I'll start this review off with a pretty bold, to-the-point statement: the Spot Mayhem 509 is the best overall bike I've ridden to date. Now that's out of the way, let me put a few caveats out there: It's not the most fun bike I've...
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If you read our previous blog post, you know we recently spent four days in Fruita and Grand Junction with BKXC and his loyal Patreon/YouTube followers- and it was a trip for the ages. With 12 of the most fun guys around, we spent four...
Last weekend, we hosted a group of 12 rippers along with BKXC himself for four days of amazing riding in Fruita and Grand Junction, on the western slope of Colorado. Each year we do two trips with Brian's loyal fans, and this was the first...
We recently spent four days in Moab, Utah with The Singletrack Sampler and 13 of his loyal followers, and it was a trip for the ages. Not only did we ride some of the best trails Moab has to offer, but we created new friendships,...
A few years ago, Spot Brand bikes (based in Golden, CO) released their first full-suspension bike, a 27.5" 140mm rear travel all-mountain ripper called the Rollik 557. It arrived to a lot of great fanfare and fantastic reviews, and was immediately popular with buyers looking...
We get it- riding a new bike can be exciting, especially when you're traveling to a place like Moab, Crested Butte, or Angel Fire. That said, we also know it can be confusing when you have a bunch to choose from: which bike is right...
When we talk about St. George, most folks immediately think of the two big draws which both happen to be in the Hurricane area, about 30 minutes north east of town: Gooseberry Mesa and Little Creek Mesa. Additionally, the JEM trail system is up there,...
We get questions both before and after clients book their trips about what they can expect, and the questions span the gamut of everything you can imagine: ride difficulty, technical ability, trip logistics, food choices, and everything under the sun. We've tried to spell it...
If you follow Chasing Epic or if you've been on one of our trips during the last two seasons, you know that photography is important to us. We love taking action shots of our clients, both to capture the emotion of the moment and to...
With every Chasing Epic trip, we integrate mountain bike photography- group shots at lookouts, action shots, vast landscapes. It's something we love, and it adds an extra element of adventure and excitement to the Chasing Epic experience. Not only does it let us capture the...
In late 2016, I was sitting around watching Brain Kennedy’s YouTube videos (BKXC) of his guided trip to Spain and it got me thinking: how cool it would be to do an all-inclusive mountain biking trip like that? At that point in time, I had...
