Mountain Bikers Want to Know, What’s Happening in Northwest Arkansas?
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we talk about Northwest Arkansas’ ascendence as a mountain bike destination. Starting with a discussion of the area’s geography and topography, we’ll explore the history of mountain biking in Arkansas and what the scene is like today. Most importantly, we attempt to explain the unique characteristics that make Northwest Arkansas an appealing mountain bike destination, and what other up-and-coming communities can take away from the area’s success.
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| 0:20.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. |
| 0:23.3 | My name is Jeff, and today Greg and I are going to be talking about the mountain biking |
| 0:27.6 | in Arkansas. |
| 0:28.8 | So over the past year or two, we've heard a lot about the mountain biking scene in northwest |
| 0:33.6 | Arkansas. |
| 0:35.1 | And everyone from Emba to Seth's bike hacks to pro riders like Danny McCaskill |
| 0:39.6 | seem to be talking about the trails there. So we wanted to explain a little bit about what's going |
| 0:45.6 | on in Arkansas. So we're going to start our discussion talking about the geography and topography |
| 0:50.5 | in the area, talk about some of the trails that have existed there for a long time, |
| 0:55.9 | and then talk about the changes, the things that have been going on the last few years, |
| 0:59.8 | and call out some of the best rides to check out if you are heading to Arkansas. |
| 1:05.2 | So to start off, Arkansas is a state in the United States for our international listeners, and it's |
| 1:12.8 | located in the Middle South USA. Is that the best way to describe it, Greg? |
| 1:18.2 | Yeah, Arkansas is sort of sandwiched between a lot of different geographical areas. I think |
| 1:23.8 | middle-south is about as close as you're going to get, because it's sort of in the |
| 1:26.5 | middle, in the south, like it's very southern culturally, but then it's right on the edge of the |
| 1:31.0 | great plains and, you know, it's and it's pretty mountainous. It's sort of in a weird spot, honestly. |
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