Welcome to RideSpots.com
Local expert travel advice on the best mountain bike destinations in the world.
SIMPLE
You no longer need to go to dozens of different travel sites to plan your mountain bike adventures. Here we showcase the world’s best mountain bike destinations in a clean and simple format.
CONSISTENT
Every destination is presented in the same simple format: RIDE, EAT, SLEEP, CHILL and MUST DO RIDES. We either travel to the destination ourselves, or partner up with influential local mountain bike ambassadors to bring you the best of each destination.
RELIABLE
We always recommend the best places for mountain bikers to ride, eat, stay and for the chill time off your bike. Our team of RideSpots.com ambassadors knows each destination and shares the best with you so that you can enjoy a hassle free mountain bike adventure.
RELEVANT
We only feature businesses that we feel legitimately serve traveling mountain bikers. We do not feature business that are not suited for the mountain bike traveler and we do not list every business that approaches us. If you are reading this and we have not featured you and you think that we should feature you then please contact us and we apologize if we overlooked you somehow.
Who We Are
Mike Jones
Mike lives in Squamish, BC and has been riding and racing mountain bikes for over 25 years. He has been the multi time national downhill champion for Canada and has represented Canada many times on the national team. While racing gave Mike the opportunity to travel the globe with a bike, he really tasted the excitement of bike travel ‘just for fun’ over a three year period while he hosted the internationally aired mountain bike travel TV show “The Ride Guide”. Mike has authored many articles for magazines and websites around the world featuring world class places to ride your mountain bike. Always stoked on helping more people to ride and explore with their mountain bikes, this website is an accumulation of all of Mike’s years of mountain bike adventuring… he along with our team of dedicated local ambassadors is stoked to bring you RideSpots.com as the staging for your next mountain bike adventure.
Carmen Salaberry
Carmen has been mountain biking for most of her life and calls Squamish, BC her home. She loves riding, traveling, writing, great food and discovering what’s around the next corner. In her professional life, she has over 10 years experience as a commercial lawyer and now works as a senior regulatory advisor. But, like anyone who is on this website knows… mountain biking is actually all she really wants to do every day. Sharing her adventures and making your next trip even easier and more organized is pretty exciting and a task she takes on with delight. Carmen has been described as quick witted and super organized, and she always enjoys planning ahead… much of what you see on this site comes from Carmen’s vision for a clean and simple site that makes planning your next trip easy and fun. Ride, Eat, Sleep, Chill… repeat!