It’s early May, the forecast is questionable, it must be PMBAR time. Joe, my partner from last year, good friend and riding buddy who knows my tendencies made the call…
Another year, another PMBAR, this was the event’s 20th year and my 9th time at the event. Still my favorite event on bikes. A few reasons for this, it’s a partner event meaning everyone there is riding with someone else, there isn’t a set course which means there are options and it’s not just a complete race. It’s also a longer day, most of the time to be in the top 5 you’ll need to get to all 5 checkpoints which typically takes 6.5-9 hours. Even though I don’t get to ride as much as I used to the longer days still seem to work well for my mental side of things. Regardless, I love PMBAR day.
After spending what didn’t seem like that long but was apparently too long in the parking lot, we were off. The start directions were simple this year, straight up Black…
I feel like I could talk about PMBAR for days. After missing last year so Katie could partake it was time to return to my favorite and what I’d call…
PMBAR 2019 Full Report. So much fun getting out and riding bikes all day in a proper Pisgah Sort of day. Sunshine to hail storms…Let’s go do it again.
Another year another PMBAR, this is always a race I look forward to. You never know where you're going to be going, how long you'll be out there, how much…
PMBAR is an event that I start to look forward to the next one almost as soon as we cross the finish line at the current edition. The past couple…
PMBAR (Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure Race) is probably my favorite race of the year. First of all it takes place in my backyard on the amazing trails in the South…