Late last month, on the first cool evening in a while, the sunset cast long shadows over Keystone Canyon in Nevada. It was the perfect time for an after-work spin.
Will Boyer was there to ride his mountain bike. On that day, the trails were still in good shape. But once they bake in the sun for a few weeks, he said, the dirt gets loose and harder to ride.
“Sometime during the summer you get to that one day where you’re out, and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m just riding through a trench of dust,'” Boyer said. “I’m hoping that we get some monsoon moisture coming in.”…