This is hands down my favorite mountain bike trail in Bend. This is a downhill only trail that is…read morelocated beyond the Phils trail complex further up Skyliner road. You can reach it by taking trails up from Phil's trailhead, but it's quite an uphill climb. The skill level for the Whoops trail is intermediate to advanced. I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner unless you want to fall off your bike. This trail has a ton of jumps and tables. I rarely hit the jumps myself, but you can just ride over them and still have a blast. Many of these tables and jumps have some baking turns right after them, so be on your A game when riding over them. This trail is higher elevation than the other trails so it takes a bit longer to thaw out. Since it is one of the most popular trails it is typically one of the first to get rutted out. There are a few drops a rock to run over on the trail, so be aware of that as well. One of my favorite features of this trail is the options that you have when riding it. What is great is that you can park at the bottom and ride up the forest road up to it if you are short on time. If it takes you longer than you guessed you can leave, or if you have time you can go again. This make is perfect for local who want to get in an evening ride after work. Many of the other trials are much longer, making it difficult to get a ride in if you work late, but the whoops is fun and quick. If you have all day, I like to park at Phil's Trailhead, ride up Bens, to the top of Whoops, and down whoops and down Phill's canyon trail. This is one fo the best Mt bike trail combos in town! Here are a few useful links Central Oregon Trail Alliance http://cotamtb.com/trails/ Mountain Bike Project https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/287383

Been seriously impressed with these guys! I have been going to one of their competitors for a while…read moreand while everyone there was super nice, I just felt like I was getting screwed on service. So much so that a bicycle manufacturer knows about it. I broke my chain whip on a Monday evening and decided to try and new shop on a whim and ran over to pull a cassette off a wheel. These guys took care of it instantly. Three days later, I was having some bake issues and within an hour of drop off, one of their lead techs was already on the phone with Sram having a replacement overnighted. Definitely above and beyond! Pretty stoked on their work and attention to detail!

Not worth the $8 savings. Ordered a Trek part on Trek dot com. Receive email that the part came…read moreinto Pine Mountain Sports. Drive down to store. One guy at purchase desk. Stand in line for 10 minutes. Decide to ask guy working on bike if he can help me. Show him the email from Trek saying part received. He seems confused by the whole process, but goes in the back of store to look. Comes back out after a few minutes with some box. Takes it over to guy working at purchase desk. Comes back to me and says can't find the part. I ask will what should I do? I have no answer. He then asks for the tracking #. I provide and he looks it up and sees yes it was delivered. Goes in back of store and after about 5 minutes comes back with a box that has my name and the tracking # on it. What a hassle. I could have just paid $8 more and had the part shipped to my house. Live and learn.

This place was awesome. My son and I both rented bikes, (hardtails), to ride at Phil's trails…read more My son does not have his own mountain bike nor has he been mountain biking, but he fell.in love with it! The staff here was very accommodating with adjusting seats, providing maps, and even hydration and packs.

There's no way I could not write up a review for Cog Wild bicycle tours. I've taken a private…read moreguided tour here before and had a great experience and probably should've written them up then however, recently I scheduled the second tour about a year later and accidentally showed up a week early. This was totally my mistake. I had set my mind up to not bike that day once I realized the error However Lara was so gracious and kind about my mistake. She immediately walked me over to the office and started trying to figure out what else we could do. She really want the extra mile and ended up coordinating bikes from the hotel, recommending a route since now we wouldn't have a guide, and offering to drive us up if we weren't able to catch the shuttle. There's no place I will rent a bike in Bend besides here thank you Cog Wild.

This was an ok trip but I had mixed feelings about it…read more Pros: The guide was nice (we had Lane), which made the ride more enjoyable. He knew all of our names before we even left the parking lot. The trail was in good shape from recent rain so a beginner would have no trouble participating. Cons: The email confirmation and website mentioned the bike shortage and that riders had to be a minimum of 4 ft tall with a 24 inch inseam but didn't really explain how to measure that, etc. Sure, I know what an inseam in pants is, but turns out an inseam measurement for bike riding is different. Would have been nice to know without having to look it up the night before and then worry my kid wouldn't be tall enough. Lots of standing around. We were on the 10-4 tour and though we arrived at 9:45 no one directed us to have our kids take the bike test to see if they could go and nobody got fitted for bikes until everyone in the booking had arrived. Then, the large 10 am group was split into two smaller groups and if you were in the second group, you had to stand around for 20 minutes killing time to give the first group a head start. Why not just stagger the starts and have a 10 am and a 10:30? From a customer perspective this sort of sucked. This was billed as a Mountain bike ride with waterfalls and slides, but it was more like, walking/hiking to see 3 waterfalls and then a very mellow 3 mile single track ride to finish. It would have been nice to sort people by skill or interest (shorter vs longer rides) as we definitely had some gung ho dudes in our group and some newbies like me. Two of the waterfalls (at least) were accessible via McKay campground, which was a little disappointing. I thought we would be off the beaten path, checking out a little known spot, etc. Overall, our young kids, 8 and 10 enjoyed it and had fun. It was their first time mountain biking. I'd rate the ride and scenery 4 stars but the administration and organization only 2 stars (I'm a fan of efficiency and customer service) , hence my 3 star rating.

Was excited to go. Day of the trip for our group smoke was heavy. Hazardous in fact. His terms and…read moreconditions explain that you must show up no matter what the conditions. From there the group will vote and you must conform to the group decision. We were the only ones who showed up. The owner, Todd, decided after getting various voice messages the day before and the morning of, but he would cancel the event. Great! No pick up the phone and call your customers to make sure they don't waste their time and come all the way out to the top of a mountain only to find your experience was canceled. He claimed to have sent a text in the early morning hours. But I didn't get it until after the fact. Oh well, not great but not terrible. Did waste a lot of our time driving out there on a horrific weather day for smoke. Talked to Todd personally later, and he said "no problem I'll give your money back." Refund it all of it except our deposit, then wouldn't answer the phone or return multiple calls. In my final message I reminded him of his neglect as a business owner and a conscientious honest human. Told him repeatedly he needed to refund my deposit, as there were no terms or discussion of anything other than a full refund. Really annoying to deal with business owners who aren't conscientious. Really detracts from your credibility. So here's the review I promise to leave you if you went another two weeks without returning my calls again. Gave you four chances Todd.

I love this little mountain bike trail. Though the trek to the top is a long and steady climb, it's…read moreworth it when you get to the top. From here you will have a downhill only section of trail to bomb down. This trial starts out off of Conklin Road and as far as I know there is no way to shuttle this. The uphill is pretty gnarly, but at least from my experience pretty steady. So you may want to bring a snack or two for energy. The trail follows a forest service road up to the top of a beautiful butte that is uphill only and separate from the downhill section of the trail. So you will not have to stop much for anyone passing you. When you get close to the top you will stat to notice the elevation increase and be able to witness some breathtaking views that are unique from this perspective of central Oregon. Once you get to the top, I would recommend taking a breather and getting some photos of the views. It's a good time to chill and have a snack. From here you will be ready to mob downhill. This is where things get super fun. There are a few rocky sections to watch out for, but for the most part this trial is pretty smooth and fast! As this trail is ways from any hospital you will want to use good judgment, but still, have fun. Be sure to stay on the designated uphill or downhill section that you are supposed to be on and you will have a five-star experience! Here is a good link to some of the biking rules and guidelines for Central Oregon https://bendtrails.org/trail/tylers-traverse/ Here is a link to a website with a good map and elevation gain/loss https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/6542301/tylers-traverse-downhill Here is a link to the land management agency that manages this area https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/deschutes/recarea/?recid=38542

This has to be my favorite trail after the Whoops when the conditions are right. Tiddlywinks is one…read moreof the trial options from the Wanoga Trailhead. It is pretty long, so if you want to ride up and back, you should have a good portion of your day free. I highly recommend shuttling this trial. The trail starts off pretty rocky. The elevation will drop and gain consistently and you might think that your ride is going to be pretty lame. But eventually, you will find yourself in a beautifully dense conifer forest. At this point, you will have a good elevation gain to continue on. Once you hit a crossroads you will start to notice that there is not much elevation gain left. That's when things get pretty epic. Once you start your decent, you will be faced with some pretty epic berms and jumps. you will know this because it's quite visible. If you are not an intermediate rider, you may want to take caution. I have flown out of control a time or two here myself. But it's the most exciting feeling you could ever wish for. The berms and jumps last for maybe a quarter mile or so. If you had a blast you could peddle up the little trial to the side and do it again. After that Tiddlywinks mellows out and you have some smooth fast riding left. About a couple miles I would say. Then you will see another jumpy/bermy section left to ride. After that, you will ride through some more gorgeous sections of the trail until you reach the Storm King trail intersection. At this point, your journey will be close to over. To shuttle this trail it is only a couple hours long, but to travel up and back, it took me about half a day. One thing to keep in mind is that this trial is pretty high in elevation. So it can take a while for the snow to clear to ride it. The other factor is it is quick to get sandy and rutted out. So if it's too late or early in the season your SOL. WARNING: The gnarly sections are downhill only. If you don't like getting collided into, be sure to find the signs that say "Downhill Only" and keep off that section of trail. Here is a link to the etiquettes and trail information in Central Oregon. https://pinemountainsports.wordpress.com/tag/tiddlywinks/ Here is a link to the land management agency that monitors this area. https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprd3794824.pdf Here is a link to a map and elevation information. https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/21540/funner-tiddlywinks

This is the BEST mountain bike shop I have been to and I go to a lot of bike shops. They are so…read moreaccommodating and laid back. Really friendly and funny. Service is quick. Marcelo and Olivia are so engaging. Great bikes to rent and all the makings of a great shop. They are so willing to do any adjustments to make the bike just right for you. Can't recommend highly enough.

Awesome people! Super friendly and helpful. Stopped to get advice on trails to hike on spontaneous…read morebackcountry hike. They didn't steer us wrong!

We rented bikes to ride the famous McKenzie River Trail - my friends told me I had to ride this…read more Boy am I glad I did. They are a smaller shop with a limited selection, yet very nice bikes - mine looked like it was almost new. They we careful to make sure I had a trail map, repair kit and extra water for the ride (its a long ride- at least for me it is). I also got a shuttle from them up to the top of the trailhead. Their staff was very nice and knowledgeable.

From the owner: Mountain Biked rentals serving the McKenzie River Trail and O'Leary - King Castle Trail…read more Featuring Kona Process 134, Kona Precept & other bikes.