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Overview: Early in the days of the internet, UtahMountainBiking.com
(UMB) started as a "why not" by a bunch of riding buddies. It
has evolved into the most comprehensive regional biking website in the
world. Plus a bike store
and a race team. The two main guys behind UMB are
Bruce Argyle
and Mike Engberson. Mike earns a living running the UMB store in
Lehi, selling and fixing bikes. Bruce donates his time
doing the fun part: riding trails, taking photos,
and writing articles for this web site.
Mike Engberson,
on duty at the UtahMountainBiking.com store at 169 West Main, Lehi.
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| How it happened: The mountain bike trail pages were first created by Bruce
on
the Mad Scientist Software
web site in 1997.
At first, it was simply a blog of trail experiences and biking photos from company-sponsored adventures. As the photos accumulated,
Bruce split them up into individual trail pages, with a brief ride description.
After a couple of years, we had quite a collection of trails, and mountain
bikers were hitting our company web site for trail information! Riders
requested trail maps and additional information. The pages were expanded
and moved to a separate website called UtahMountainBiking in
2000.
That's Bruce
Argyle, with Jackie the UtahMountainBiking
mascot, many years ago. You'll see Jackie in many of the older trail photos (and videos) on this
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Why we're doing this: For fun. And oh, yeah.
For money. Mike earns his living through this web site and the UMB store. For
Bruce, the website is an
excuse to go biking and take pictures. He
has no
"special qualifications" to do this biking web site -- other than
hundreds of days spent happily mountain biking.
Bruce tackles the rocks on the Zen
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| Our goal: Well, the UtahMountainBiking store wants to sell you a bike. Or
repair your current bike. Or sell you high-end parts and supplies for that
bike.
But if you already have a favorite bike store, use the web site anyway.
We
try to give useful information. Is this trail worth riding? And what will I
see there? How tough is it to ride? We're the most in-depth source of information about Utah's
bike trails, with over 1000 trails photographed, mapped, and reviewed. For information on how
Bruce evaluates a trail,
click here.
A roadie, a cyclocross bike, and a
mountain bike for sale at the UMB store in Lehi. |
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More than just "bike trails:"
Because Bruce spent his working years as an emergency physician,
UtahMountainBiking.com is the web's leading authority on
mountain-biking first aid -- just check it
out! And because Bruce broke a lot of bike parts, he created a bike repair
and upkeep resource, with lots of photos to make it easy. And check out the
feature articles on biking fitness, winter biking, mountain photography (and much more) in our goodies
section.
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We're the number-one biking resource in the world's
number-one biking destination: Utah. And we'll continue to get better. We have one word for what makes UtahMountainBiking.com different: content.
We have information for you, not just advertising and sales. Tell us how we can
make this website more helpful.
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