Join us at the BCRD Quigley Bike Park on Sunday, June 22nd, from 11 am-4 pm for an epic day centered around riding bikes! Join our 1st ever Denim poker ride on the Quigley Pond Loop at 11 am! You have to wear denim to participate! The winner will take home a Ripton utility jacket! Sign up on our website: www.thetrailheadbicycles.com/events. Following the Demin Poker Ride, folks can enjoy food from Wood Fired Pizza Truck or La Parilla Tacos and grab a FREE beer! We will start the afternoon off with kids’ activities and bikepacking & skills clinics for all ages! At 1:30 pm, our bike contests begin, including men’s & women’s keg pull, strider races, bike limbo, and none shall pass! Green Flow Line Strava challenge will be going on throughout the event! Prizes for adults and children for each event! Awards at 4pm! This event is co-hosted by The Trailhead Bicycles and BCRD.
24 Hours with a Local: Trailhead Bicycles Owners Kyle Wies and Andy Solomon
After several years of working for Fitzgerald’s Bicycles in Victor, Jackson, and Idaho Falls, friends and business owners Kyle Wies and Andy Solomon—and Andy’s wife, Erin—decided to open their own bike shop in Hailey after seeing a hole in the market for a year-round bike shop. The two met at Fitzgerald’s in 2015 when Andy bought a fat bike from Kyle—two years later, Andy was working there too. They opened Trailhead Bicycles in April 2022 and have been busy ever since. Andy and Kyle live fairly opposite lives: Andy and Erin are parents to their 6-year-old daughter, Finley, and shop dog 11-year-old Elliott (if you’ve been in the shop, you’ve likely seen this huge, loveable guy) who all live in Woodside. When not on the bike, Andy and the family can be found outdoors doing it all—lake days, paddle boarding, hiking, and biking, of course. Kyle lives by himself in Ketchum, commuting daily to Hailey by biking on the bike path or reading on the bus. Kyle’s a big runner and reader when he’s not biking, and the two friends also like to get together to watch soccer. Assuming the trails are dry and ready for biking (a bit of …
What We’re Made Of: Wood River Trails Coalition
Originally founded in 2011 under the name the Wood River Bike Coalition, the Wood River Trails Coalition (renamed so in 2019) is a non-profit trail stewardship organization working to create, maintain and sustain the Wood River Valley’s network for all users. With so many locals and visitors alike using the trails for walking, hiking, biking, and enjoying with dogs and horses, trails in the area take a pretty good beating every year. According to the Wood River Valley Trail Study from 2012, the Ketchum Ranger District of the Sawtooth National Forest alone sees over 90,000 user days annually, 35,000 of those being visitor user days. Harsh winters mean that trails need even more maintenance after the snow melts to ensure they are up to snuff for summer outdoor enthusiasts. It is with the help of the Wood River Trails Coalition that this is made possible. Partnerships With more than 500 miles of single-track trails for various uses, land management agencies are tasked with the job of maintaining this vast area. Without predictable annual funding to pay for a proper trail crew to maintain current trails and begin projects on new ones, the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have a difficult …
