Tim Peck
Mountain Biking’s One-Hit Wonders
When I first discovered mountain biking, the bikes were rigid, they stopped via manual rim brakes, and wheels were still just 26 inches. Back then, the idea of vast trail networks like Kingdom Trails, the Carrabassett Valley, and my local system, Bear Brook, was the stuff of dreams.
Building a Better Boulderer, Not Person
Over ten years ago, I was wandering around the Boulder Natural Area of Pawtuckaway State Park, somewhat lost and most certainly confused, in search of any problems on which I stood a chance of success when I first met Ron. He was an older gentleman, slight of build, with a beard, a ponytail, and everything about him—from the way he was dressed to the way he carried himself—giving off the unmistakable air of being a climber.
The Expanding Kingdom
It’s hard to believe that it’s been roughly 15 years since I made my first trip to Kingdom Trails in East Burke, Vermont. In fact, it’s been so long that I can’t even remember how I came to learn about how this sleepy town in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom that was reinventing itself as a mountain bike mecca by building seemingly endless amounts of singletrack through the town’s forests.
