We really enjoyed hanging with you and using your service, it made the trip meaningfully better than it would have been I am sure. It was our mistake not using you the third day (of course, I would have opted for all three days). The bikes were great and your knowledge of the trail options indispensible. If my body holds up, I will be out there to see you again before too long.
Once again, thanks for your help and I would do it again in a flash. All the guys really appreciated having your service available to them. I will give you a ringing endorsement any time I am asked and will refer people to you without hesitation.
Dan Shapiro, NY
Thanks for everything on Fri. On top of the biking, it was a pleasure spending eight hours with you. Good stories, Good conversation. Any idiot could have gotten me hooked on the sport if my first outing was Gooseberry, but doing it with you was a real plus.
Brent Shearer, NY
Thanks for everything on Fri. On top of the biking, it was a pleasure spending eight hours with you. Good stories, Good conversation. Any idiot could have gotten me hooked on the sport if my first outing was Gooseberry, but doing it with you was a real plus.
Brent Shearer, NY
Well, I'm back in Canada safe and sound and have been enjoying telling my family about our many adventures in Utah! I had such a great time riding there. Hands down some of the best riding I've done anywhere in the world. Thanks so much for showing us such amazing spots. We'd probably be lost or dead without you!
Thanks again and I look forward to coming back to Utah and riding again soon!
Darcy Turenne (Ride Guide TV)
We've arrived back in PA. We had SOOO much fun riding and listening to your stories. I'm sure your ears have been ringing for days.
Thanks again Mark for making our vacation extra special!
Robyn Hannan, PA
We would like to thank you for giving us yet another great experience in Utah. With your outstanding knowledge of the area we were able to ride 9 trails in 3 days, which was a lot!!! With this being our second trip using your services, the first being with a larger group, and this time being just the 2 of us, we got to experience the trails on more of a personal level. When using your services you get much more than just a guide, from riding with you on some of the trails, to all the great stories you tell while driving, you have become our mountain bike buddy!!
Jeff Radic, Ohio
Mark’s extensive knowledge of the local trails allowed him to recommend, and most importantly take us to and from, the perfect trails for my wife and me each day we rode with him. He was able to find the right trail to fit our level of conditioning, desire for challenge/risk as well as the requisite fun factor. I’d never ridden in St. George before and all I knew was what I’d read about how wonderful the riding was. With that said I especially appreciated the fact I could take my wife on a mountain bike vacation and be assured that I wasn’t picking a trail, in my ignorance, which would be too difficult for her to have a good time on. Mark saved me from making that error. I’m not sure who enjoyed that fact more…my wife or me?
If you want to ride in one of the most amazing locations available and maximize the fun factor at a very reasonable price I recommend that you give Mark a call!
Michael Snead, California (Review on MTB Review)
Thanks again mark. Tom and I had a great time. What a great service you provide. I posted a shameless plug on mtbr in the passion column, hope it garners some interest for your business. Hope to see you again soon,
Joel Scott
Thanks again for the kindness and passion for mountain biking... Last time we went to Vegas we rented bikes from a shop in Vegas, it was a completely different experience (in a bad way).
Dawn did great that last day, though we were both pretty beat. The Monday ride at Gooseberry was definitely her shining moment.
I also put a post up over at NEMBA.org, I hope it generates some additional business for you...
John Ish, Boston
Thanks for being the perfect host this past weekend as you escorted us around the wonderful rides in your area.
We certainly rode as much as we wanted to and enjoyed them all. You have a unique service that I think is perfect for the modern day mountain bike traveler that knows how to ride their bike but doesn't know where to ride when they go to the St. George area.
Steve Marshall, Steamboat Springs, CO
I’m still telling stories about our trip to St. Georges and the Goose Berry Mesa trail. We truly had a blast out there. When I started to plan our trip to Utah, I had no idea what I was looking for. I was lucky to find your website. Once I found you and was able to talk to you, you made everything so easy and never pressured us into anything. My buddies and I couldn’t have dreamt of a better experience then the one you gave us. I can’t imagine another company delivering the way you did. You really took care of us like we were family and tried to give us the best experience you could. My buddies (Nick, Chris, and Corey) and I want to thank you for an amazing experience. The only thing we wish we could have done different is to be in better shape so we could have done more mountain biking with you. I would recommend your services to anyone. Thanks again for an unforgettable experience!!!!
Jason Leffler (North Canton, Ohio)
Thank you for the great visit to St. George! I truly appreciate the quality of your service, your willingness to help and your friendship: I look forward to both coming back soon and sending friends
Todd Allison, BC Canada
I wanted to thank you again for making a cold day fun and memorable. Hope to see you again when my wife invites me on another business trip.
David Gibans, Colorado
I’ve gotten swallowed up in work since we got back (now I want your job more than ever) but didn’t want another weekend to come and go without saying THANK YOU for making our days in St. George extra special! Really, the most fun I had were on the days you rode with us. I know you don’t do that often so I just want you to know that it’s much appreciated. Once again, my very favorite ride of the trip was Little Creek Mesa but Gooseberry took a close second.
Nancy Bailey, California
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I just wanted to say thanks for everything, we had an amazing time. Cheryl loved Utah and thought you were awesome.
Bobby Moyer
Just wanted to thank you again for the fabulous day my family had mountain biking with you on the 19 th. You managed to see that each of us had a challenging day and we really appreciate that you found a way to accommodate us even though we had different riding abilities. It was certainly the highlight of a great vacation!
Andrea Collier
Well I made it home without any issues and my luggage was not lost... I had a most memorable day with you on Gooseberry and JEM. I have not stopped talking and thinking about it. I will have start thinking about when I can get back out there. I went for a ride today and sparked up a conversation with another rider in the parking lot and told him all about the trip and your service. He is looking forward to my post on the club website.
Mike Pellerin
As you can expect the trip was outstanding. 115 degrees daily around the St George area. We arrived on Tuesday afternoon, picked our bikes (combination of Konas, generally around 5.5 inches of travel) and headed out for a couple of rides, Bear Claw Poppy and Barrel Roll. Next day we spent about 5 hours at Gooseberry Mesa and rode the JEM trail in the afternoon. Thursday we spent at Little Creek and then Hurricane Rim in the afternoon. Friday was downhill day and we did runs at Blowhard Mountain (12 miles, 3,300 feet descent from 11,300 feet), Bunker Creek (12 miles, 3,000 feet descent from 11,300 feet) and rode one of the most spectacular trails in Utah called Thunder Mountain (that is the one with all the Hoodoos and red rock and sand in the photos. On Saturday we went back to Gooseberry Mesa in the morning and hiked in Zion National Park on Angels Landing Trail in the afternoon.
Our tour/shuttle guide was Mark Erickson of Mountain Bike Buddies. He was great, knew a lot about the trails and was always there with a cold drink after the rides! I would highly recommend using him if you are headed out to that part of the country.
Steven Gross (Club Review)
About 8 years ago I read a letter in this column from a reader at Pennant Hills, he was recommending joining a supported mountain bike ride that he had done through the desert in Moab Utah. I took his advice and had a great trip which in turn has led to a complete life style change, since then I have mountain biked through many parts of the USA, Australia and New Zealand.
I have just returned from 4 weeks in Colorado and Utah and would like to share what I believe to be a unique opportunity for Australians to ride bikes in that part of the world. Mark Erikson runs a small company in St George Utah, he provides good quality full suspension bikes, a shuttle service in his van to trailheads with pick up at the end of the ride, maps and sports drinks are also provided. His rates are very reasonable and he can take you to places that even locals do not know about.
We rode the north rim of the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon area, Zion Park area and St George. He selects trails based on age and ability of the riders.
Glenn Palfrey (Article written for travel magazine in Australia)
It was a pleasure riding with you. Gena and I both enjoyed it immensely. The mountain biking was awesome and so were your stories. Thanks for all your directions, pointers and advice.
Fernando Deribeaux
Thanks again for everything and putting up with us. Great experience!
Great bike shop! Great Mountain Bike Buddies! Great Riding!
Say hi to Morgan and please let him know how much fun we had riding with
him. We really appreciated the extra riding, teaching and tales.
Take care and happy to be a reference for you anytime!
Michael McDermott, San Francisco
Just wanted to thank you again for your great service! My friend Bonnie and I rented bikes 2 weeks ago when we were in town with the Orchestra at Temple Square. We had a great time and so appreciated the service you gave us in picking us up and taking us to Snow Canyon.
Thanks again for the great service you do and best wishes for a great spring/summer season!
Tamara Oswald, SLC, UT
I just wanted to say thanks for the great time we had with you during our trip. For me, riding the trails was better than Las Vegas. I enjoy a good show or restaurant but the views and the spectacle while riding was life altering.
We hope to contact you in the future for another helping of riding. Thank Cindy for allowing us to invade your space in order to prepare for our rides. See you soon.
Thank you.
Nick Colicchio
Thoroughly enjoyed our 2 days out there. Only took me 3 days to be able to sit comfortably!
Perhaps the group will make this an annual deal as I'm sure many of your clients do.
Mark Carlson, Tampa Florida
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