On February 27, I gave birth to my son Henry. Up until then I spent much of my pregnancy moving: walking, yoga, lifting light weights. But I gave up rigorous, get-your-heart-racing exercise when I was five months pregnant. It was too hard for me to keep running and biking with short breath, a bulky body...

The Swing Daddy is a fine-tuned, accessorized rack that true bike geeks will love. From the integrated lock to the built-in bottle openers, the engineering on this carry-all anticipates everything a cyclist could ask for, including the ability to swing completely out of the way (even when loaded with...

Where the Wild Things Are On Sunday, I huffed and pushed my way up Flagstaff Road, a torturous climb on a road bike that rises above some of Boulder's legendary open space. Twenty minutes into the climb my heart pounded in my chest like a drum. Thirty minutes, I had to stop and gulp air. Forty...

An all-mountain bike that rides uphill as well as it bombs downhill trails at Keystone. I pulled up to the gondola at the base of Keystone over the weekend, ready to embark on my first day of lift-accessed downhill mountain biking for the summer. Early season conditions mean the trails are only open...

Your skis and boards might be in storage until next season-unless you're planning a Southern Hemisphere getaway this summer-but that doesn't mean that mountain life comes to a standstill when you can't play on the snow. When the snow melts, the ground thaws and the mud dries up enough to...

After much anticipation and planning, which included coordinating a camping trip with six adults and six children ranging from four months to nine years old, I found myself last week climbing the steady single track of the Monarch Crest trail toward its high point of 11,960 feet. My lungs squeezed...

Picture yourself riding a kick scooter on a forest service road -- not the sleek kind best suited for navigating concrete corridors, but a burly Diggler mountain scooter, with shocks, handlebar brakes, two BMX wheels, and a skateboard-like deck to stand on. Now add a pair of eager Siberian huskies to...

Your skis and boards might be in storage for just a little bit longer, but that doesn't mean that mountain life comes to a standstill when you can't play on the snow. During the summer, mountain biking and hiking fun takes over the terrain in and around the five Vail Resorts . While you're...

Living in a ski town, there are certain things you do before winter arrives. Among them: update your gear, make sure your heat works, buy new socks, plan hut trips, drink too much beer at Oktoberfest and, perhaps most important, take a fall road trip. The purpose of the fall road trip is entirely...