The Oregon town of Oakridge is dubbed "The Mountain Biking Capital of the Northwest," and many avid mountain bikers relish the opportunity to ride its famous trails. The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) designated Oakridge as a gold-level Ride Center, one of only seven other centers worldwide.

Bentonville, AR: Mountain Biking Capital of the World.

Tamalpais in Marin County is generally regarded as the birthplace of the sport and of the mountain bike. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a group of Marin teenagers known as The Larkspur Canyon Gang rode 1930s-40s vintage single-speed balloon tire bikes on Mt. Tamalpais and through Baltimore Canyon in Larkspur, CA.