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Dear Reader,
It all started in rural North Carolina in the 50's. When I was in the second grade my dad gave me a Schwinn cruiser with 24 inch wheels. It took forty years for that "Rosebud" to bloom.
In 1991, while running the Rocky Mountain Film Center and teaching film at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I began a documentary about elders in Canyonlands. Every month or so I'd hire a student intern with a mountain bike and spend a few days in Moab with free food and lodging as we interviewed crusty old cowboys and local characters. This went on for three years before I finally moved my family to Moab.
I thank MacGillivray Freeman Films for six full months scouting locations from the air and on my bike for an IMAX film. Having a private plane, then a helicopter, then a Jeep and a bike on the ground was a great way to really get a solid feel for what is out there. Shortly thereafter we moved our film operations in with Lin Ottinger Land Tours where I began guiding 4WD supported hiking trips on the White Rim with the seventy-year-old Ottinger. Meanwhile, Miki ran Lin's Moab Rock Shop.
What we got from Lin Ottinger was a library of information on local history, natural science, tour industry basics, and a grasp of more obscure areas and special trails around Moab, unknown to all but the most adventuresome. Lin opened our eyes to the idea of day tour series on trails he made as a prospector in the 50's, 60's and 70's. It was Lin who told us to stay small, who pointed out that only the big dinosaurs died off. The smallest of them are still flying around. Being small means being capable of offering personal, detailed services. It allows us to turn on a dime when bad weather pops up or an opportunity arises. There are plenty of Brontosaur tour companies lumbering along an overused trail in a mass of up to and over thirty people with gas powered sag wagons and tons of cheap gear, screwing up the peace and quiet of every campground they visit. We go where we want on expensive custom equipment with two and three clients, leaving as little trace of our passing as possible. Over the years we have streamlined operations, stripping away snags and abrasive details to eliminate distractions and clutter from the experience. We know how to get you right to the heart of mountain biking.
From the start, because of my work as a stunt coordinator for the film industry, I was designing full suspension bikes for and with the cooperation of select mountain bike manufacturers. This eventually led to the DREAMRIDE FULLY, the best long travel full suspension XC bike on the planet, and authorized dealerships for the best frame manufacturers in the world, MOOTS, VENTANA, and DARIO PEGORETTI. All frames we offer are manufactured in-house by these companies. We refuse to offer Chinese imports out of conscience and a drive for perfection.
In 2004 we purchased what many consider to be the best commercial property in Moab, a split level home on a hill next to the Bullock Park wetlands preserve in a cul de sac west of Main Street. We proceeded to turn the home into a bike shop, guesthome and mountain bike skills course. Next to a network of singletracks and the Mill Creek Bikeway, within a few yards of the best lodgings in Moab, this location allows us to serve guests in an extremely quiet and comfortable setting.
So, if you want something different that feels like home, a much smaller group, a focus on quality, privacy, safety AND unique, technical riding, to rent and/or own a fantasy bike, a PERSONAL and PERSONALLY challenging bike vacation, to learn more about nature, cycling skills and technology, the best honeymoon imaginable, to stay alone in a beautiful home, a private trip, a private chef, extreme solitude, real Moab freeriding, more than one trip or options for combination of exotic cycling locations, . . . Dreamride is for you. We are not for everybody, but for those with a brain who ride, we do it best.
An old Indian once said, "Great Spirit provides food, water, clothing and shelter. The one true gift we can offer each other is understanding." When the endorphines kick in at the top of the hill and the moment freezes, you realize that what Dreamride does is get you to a place where you remember how precious and mysterious the world is, and we have prepared you for it with respect for our Mother Earth and concern for your safety. It may be the sun reflecting onrain-soaked slickrock against a steel gray sky. It may be a talking raven. It may be a perfectly defined double rainbow, or a pastel sunrise. It could be the way the bike lands off a rock, or it could be all of these things at once. Our clients and guides call it the "Dreamride Moment."
~Lee Bridgers
METHODS. THE BOTTOM LINE: Hands-on management of day-to-day operations means when you vacation with us, you see the owners of the company sweating, twising knobs and pumping iron. Maximum off-road group size is five riders of matched skills including the guide. Maximum group size for road rides is six including one or two guides. There are always options for smaller groups, extra guides and completely private serivces. Maximum of 3 groups on the trail at any time during peak season. We can service a group of up to twelve as long as it is divided into three riding "pods" of four riders each.
Wilderness awareness.
On road: Spectacular and challenging road rides are an Elite level option, or offered as complete from-town road series set up for private couples or groups of three or four. Dreamride offers custom built road bikes from MOOTS and DARIO PEGORETTI.
The best mountain bike equipment anywhere.
Real experience and steadfast dedication to pure cycling.
As a result of Lee's background in education, his extensive research and trail scouting for film, print media, and this touring company in Moab, Dreamride is the most completely qualified educational tour company in canyon country, and the only one focusing purely on hardcore riding. If you are not interested in learning, we can always take you on a hard bike ride, but Lee's talents are wasted on folks who "just want to ride."
Click on STORIES for a free sample of stories and articles by Lee Bridgers. Enjoy them while you can.
For more information on other places in the country that Dreamride offers along with the Bridgers' experience in these locations, click on LOCATIONS AND SERVICES.
Dreamride was the first and is still the only mountain bike tour company in Moab, Utah to offer SLICKROCK SKILLS CAMPS. Our clinics led by DREAMRIDE OWNERS, GUIDES AND SPECIAL GUESTS are considered to be among the best in the world.
Our guides are not your run-of-the-mill variety college dropouts looking to slack their way through life without a real job. Dreamride guides are NOT trained to clean chemical toilets or drive the sag wagon. Dreamride guides really ride and are educated professionals who have more to offer than simple conversation and an energy bar. Click on MOAB GUIDES for brief bios.
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"There are trail guides; and then there's the real deal." ~ Bike Magazine
"This guide is setting a new standard for guidebooks. Lee Bridgers' first-hand accounts give the reader a sense that they have some behind-the-scenes information about Moab." ~ Brian Fiske, Senior Editor of Mountain Bike Magazine
Lee Bridgers' Moab guidebook is available in bookstores around the world. To order a signed copy from Dreamride call 1-888-MOABUTAH.
A mom and pop business.
Off road: The first day of any package is a thorough skills and fitness evaluation, as well as education in environmental riding technique. Groups are small or smaller, and repeat visitations to our best areas are limted. Dreamride currently holds the widest range of permitted trails, slickrock areas, singletrack, and technical jeeps roads in the Four Corners region. Trails are chosen for each party based on skills and interests, balancing abilities with environmental integrity. For ever more secretive, remote, solitary and highly challenging trails and freeride areas, look into our ELITE LEVEL packages.
We spare no expense to offer full-custom American-made bikes of the highest quality and performance. Our RENT-TO-BUY demo fleet is based on frames from Ventana, Moots, and Dreamride, each outfitted for a specific terrain. Super-high-end specialty rentals are offered to ELITE parties. All mountain bike rentals have high end drivetrains, disc brakes and suspension front and rear and are meticulously maintained. Our DREAMRIDE FULLY (pictured) is a full custom full suspension trail bike built for each individual client. The Fully is not only top dog in Moab, it can be built to be the best equipment for any environment. Nowhere else are you going to find a more thoroughly tested and thought-out mountain bike.
Take advantage of Lee by booking your package at the ELITE LEVEL. Lee was the first to coordinate a mountain bike sequence for a major motion picture (IMAX EVEREST). He contributed the mountain biking chapter (Out of the Gene Pool and Into the Food Chain) to the extreme sports textbook, Into the Extreme, published by the State University of New York and Illinois Presses. He is a contributing writer for Mountain Bike Action magazine, and wrote and provided the photography for the Falcon guide book, MOUNTAIN BIKING MOAB. Lee also rewrites pre-existing Moab guidebooks for Globe Pequot Press. Lee has worked as mountain bike environmental adviser and tech consultant for Time Magazine, ABC News, National Geographic and many others.
film services ~ skills camps ~ mature guides
Dreamride began as the premier mountain bike film service in the mecca of mountain biking, with years of experience and on-site resources in Moab necessary to provide perfect locations, professional production crew, riders/doubles and mountain bike equipment for photography, video, film, helicopter aerials, and mountain bikestunts for commercial film and print media. For those wanting the most extreme and/or exotic images of mountain biking Dreamride can smooth out the bumps of production in Moab. Professional, fine art, or amateur photographers are welcome. Click on FILM SERVICES for more information.
press and pictures
Dreamride has been featured on television and in a number of publications and magazines worldwide, such as MOUNTAIN BIKE, MOUNTAIN BIKING, DIRT RAG, MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION, THE NEW YORK TIMES, ABC'S GOOD MORNING AMERICA, STUFF, SHAPE, MAX, MAXIM, SUNSET, and AUSTRAILIAN WAY. Below is a small sample of press clippings, along with slideshows of various tours and events.
"I learned a ton about biking, as well as about the area, during three days of riding with Dreamride, which leads clinics and tours. Having spotters gave me the courage to try routes that were more difficult than I'd normally attempt. During the breathtaking descent back, I found myself riding down ledges I wouldn't have gone anywhere near just two days earlier." ~ Sunset Magazine, October 2002
"Dreamride specializes in smaller groups, they'll even take out one rider. They have a reputation for taking riders way off the beaten path and into interesting technical areas and even out to petroglyphs." ~ Mountain Biking Magazine
"One of America's most prestigious mountain bike schools." ~ Qantas Australian Way Magazine
"Moab's world famous MTB school. The world's premier MTB tour company." ~ Max Magazine
"Dreamride's unique custom tours focus on pure mountain biking and hiking, solitude, wilderness, challenge, bizarre rock formations, photography, natural and local history and archeaology." "The guys at Dreamride are fanatics who offer vacations for hardcore riders demanding the best. Unlike other tour companies that offer hundreds of vacations or corral 30 riders per trip, Dreamride offers highly personalized vacations for groups of five, and that includes the guide!" "One of America's top tour companies." ~ Mountain Bike Action Magazine.
Dreamride's Moab SKILLS CAMPS, stunt demonstrations, and four wheel drive trips were featured on ABC's Good Morning America. "Just like Lee said I would, I dreamt about it." ~ Kevin Newman
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This guidebook was written primarily for our guests. Purchase one prior to your vacation with Dreamride and use its environmental, safety and local history information to enrich the experience. Bring it with you and have the author sign your copy.
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DreamrideP.O. Box 1137
Moab, UT 84532
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