The Haleakla Bike Ride Maui’s #1 Rated Activity

Whether you prefer the indulgence of a guided Haleakala downhill bike tour or the freedom to bike Maui at your own pace?
Your wish is our desire, you can fulfill either option with Mountain Riders bike tours at www.bikingmaui.com.

Having been in business for 21 years and having guided more than 600,000 people down the slopes of Haleakala. We have a good ideal of what it takes to keep our customers safe and happy on the Maui Haleakala bike ride.

We at Mountain Riders Maui bike tours are a licensed Haleakala National Park commercial use operator.

Through our website here at www.bikingmaui.com you receive a 20% online discount for booking direct.

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Aloha Troy Tanga & Mountain Riders Staff

The Haleakala Bike Ride

The fact is the 2.3 million visitors a year have a tremendous number of choices when it comes to Maui Hawaii Activities. Whether you want to experience luaus, snorkeling, dinner cruises, helicopter tours, zip lining, para-sailing, or a bike ride down a volcano.

Whether your choice is mountains, jungle or ocean. Maui is the place to find these  incredible activities and locations and many more. http://www.mauioceancenter.com, www.mauitheatre.com/ulalena

Although you can explore most of these Maui  activities in other locations. The Haleakala downhill bike ride remains a Maui visitor favorite. Since  the  early 1980′s approximately 2 million Maui visitors have enjoyed biking down the volcano’s verdant green slopes.

You can experience Maui by choosing any of these forms of transportation- boat, car, bus, helicopter or bike. However, only the bike tour gives you the complete sense of sight, smell and feel. We have provided safe and fun bike tours for over 600,000 visitors since 1991.

Come enjoy a ride down Maui’s incredible Haleakala volcano. a journey like no other!

The view inside Haleakala crater while on a Mountain Riders Maui Bike Rides

If you have not ridden on the Haleakala Maui bike rides in Maui Hawaii. You are missing a favorite Maui activity and the journey of a lifetime. The downhill Maui bike tour industry began in the early 1980′s by Bob Kiger, owner at Cruiser Bobs downhill tours. We thought we would include a little history of how the Maui bike Tours business came about for your enjoyment.

In 1982 Bob Kiger, now known as Cruiser Bob, interrupted his career as a Hollywood TV producer/director and moved to Maui to rent bicycles. He made this decision because, during an earlier Maui vacation, he could not find a decent bike to rent and because it was getting harder and harder to make a decent living in Tinseltown.

After beginning Cruiser Bob’s Rent-A-Bike he discovered some reasons why bike rentals were not popular on Maui. The roads were too narrow. Maui motorists were actually hostile to bicyclists and there were no bike paths. Bob’s fledgling business was in jeopardy because, in 1982, there was no safe way to ride a bike around his island paradise of Maui.

In spite of his isolation with only a bicycle in Lahaina, there were several views that Cruiser Bob recollects that prompted his vision of a grand bicycle tour. One early canoe ride out into the channel between Molokai and Lanai offered tatntalizing views of Haleakala. Kiger had heard through the “coconut wireless” that there was a road all the way from summit to sea level that could be bicycled. On one occasion he rode through the cane fields along the coast to Olowalu where, in the distance, he could see the giant dormant volcano.

Bob thought to himself, “what if bicycles could be to Haleakala, as skis are to Aspen?” With that simple connection, which he recorded in his 1992 journal, he formulated a business plan for Cruiser Bob’s Haleakala Downhill, a bicycle tour that would transport Maui visitors to the 10,000′ summit of Haleakala. From the top they would begin their downhill bide ride over a circuitous 38 mile course down the steepest highway on Earth. He told Tom Horton, a journalist friend, about his idea and it was published in Aloha Airlines magazine. The Maui bike tour business was born.

Bob turned 37 years old on January 3, 1983. He gave himself a special gift by hitching a ride with friends to the top of the volcano. During this first ride he tape recorded his comments while descending on the bike. “When I played back the tape”, said Bob, “I sounded like a man who had seen God.” He realized, at that point, that if the experience made him feel that good, it would also appeal to the rest of the baby boomers. Between January and April Bob took friends to the mountain to test out the road and the bicycles.

Finally on April 15, 1983 the first Maui bike tour trip was chartered by the Lawry’s Seasoning Company. They declared Cruiser Bob’s Downhill to be the highlight of their trip to Maui. From that point the business took off faster than a bike speeding down the volcano. A capital partner was brought in to pay for a van, trailer and some additional bicycles. Over the years Cruiser Bob’s has been featured in dozens of TV shows including Ted Turner’s Portrait of America, Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning Australia, PM Magazine, MTV’s The Real World, The Regis and Kathy Lee Show and many European and Asian shows. Magazines as diverse as Better Homes & Gardens, Playboy, Endless Vacation, Bicycling, Modern Maturity and hundreds of others have extolled the virtues of Cruiser Bob’s trip. Indeed it has been the gateway through which hundreds of thousands of people have rediscovered the bicycle.

Although Bob Kiger is no longer involved in the downhill bike industry. We at Mountain Riders have been provided this unique visitor experience to over 600,000 people since 1991. If you are coming to Maui don’t miss the Maui bike rides. Give us a call at 808 706-7700.

The Haleakala bike ride down the slopes of Haleakala volcano on the island of Maui is a must do adventure of a lifetime.

Whether, you are 12 or 80 years old this is the trip for your Maui visit. The Haleakala bike ride has been around since
the late 1980′s serving over 3,000,000 happy customers.

If you are planning on coming to Maui in the future?
Give us a call at 800 706-7700 to book this one of a kind Maui bike journey.

This is a question that seems to puzzle most people visiting the state of Hawaii. Of course it does not snow in Hawaii or does it?

The day after a winter storm soaked the Hawaii Islands, residents on the Big Island awoke to find the summit of Mauna Kea covered in white.

Meteorologists had predicted snowfall accumulation on the island’s highest point, so the event was not a complete surprise. Still, it’s a welcome sight for locals who were disappointed by the lack of significant snowfall last winter.

“Fresh snow atop Mauna Kea, the most we have seen in a couple years, wrote Andrew Cooper on his Darker View blog, a leading source of information for the happenings at over 13,000 feet above sea level. It was not a lot, and what there is has drifted around quite a bit.

Cooper reported that the observatories shut down last night because of the weather.

Although the convection/moisture in the area will continue to lose its upper-level diffluence/divergence as the trough responsible flattens out and lifts off toward the northwest, thick clouds and residual convection will deposit more snow at the summit through much of the night . Still, snowfall accumulations should not be very significant (and probably won’t stick around very long), but drifts could be an issue as winds are expected to linger near 20-25 mph during this time. It doesn’t matter as inoperable conditions (thick clouds/fog, ice and high humidity) will plague the summit through the night. In addition, the trough is expected to leave all of the mid/low-level moisture in the area as it departs, which will keep the inversion from rebuilding through at least the weekend. Actually, models expect some of this residual moisture to shift off toward the east and return back over the summit with the low-level trades on Monday night. Whatever the case, periodic fog, ice and high humidity will probably continue to plague the summit through Monday night; the odds on snow/precipitation will subside significantly after tonight, but there is still an outside chance for isolated afternoon convection through Monday.

The summit road is currently closed to the public. For further public road conditions and snow report messages, call (808) 935-6268.

Sunrise on Halaeakala

If you love the ocean there are many Maui Activities both in and on the water. Deep sea fishing is great year round and a great way to spend part of one of your Maui vacations.   Enjoy a whale watching excursion on one of your Maui vacations. Scuba dive or snorkel at Molokini Crater, as one of your Maui activities.   Explore the sea 130 feet below the surface in a submarine.

Three of the best Things To Do In Maui are luaus, helicopter tours and bike tours.   Luaus offer an authentic Hawaiian evening of food, fun and entertainment.   Helicopter tours show you some of Maui’s most spectacular sights that can only be seen from the sky. The Haleakala bike tour is a one of a kind visitor experience.  Once experienced These Maui Tours will be talked about for many years.

Come experience Maui’s activity paradise with Mountain Riders bike tours www.mountainriders.com

Paia beaches are some of the few public beaches on the island uncorrupted by hotels and condos (for the time being anyway). The highlights of these beaches are definitely Baldwin Beach Park with its long stretch of white sand and Ho’okipa Beach Park with its great surfing and world renowned windsurfing.

Experience the Haleakala Crater Bike Tour with Mountain Riders. Ride from the 7000 foot level of Haleakala Crater downhill with professional Maui tour guides. You will see the West Maui mountains and the South Maui coast, as you journey thru Maui’s small upcountry communities of Makawao, Hailiimaile and Paia.

As well as being “The Windsurfing Capitol of the World”, Paia (pronounced pa-ee-a), is a town full of history and local charm. Paia is located only 10 minutes from the Kahului Airport, on the way to Hana, and is the last leg of your bike tour. Paia has some of the best specialty boutiques and restaurants in Maui. Also, don’t be surprised if you see your favorite celebrities, such as Willie Nelson and Woody Harrelson.

Experience the Haleakala Crater Bike Tour with Mountain Riders. Ride from the 7000 foot level of Haleakala Crater downhill with professional Maui tour guides. You will see the West Maui mountains and the South Maui coast, as you journey thru Maui’s small upcountry communities of Makawao, Hailiimaile and Paia.

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Paia’s history is rich. The little town was formed by numerous events (Sugar in the 1900′s, surfing today) that give it the ecclectic character and complexity for which it is now famous.

In the 1880s, Alexander and Baldwin built Maui’s first sugar mill on Baldwin Avenue. Naturally, this created jobs and brought many Japanese, Portuguese, Filipino and Chinese workers to the area. Paia Town grew along with the sugar industry. By the 1930s and ’40s, Paia had grown to a bustling “Noisy Town” with a population of around 10,000. It was thought to be quite the up-and-coming community, with a movie theater, hospital, restaurants, hotels and a train depot.

Experience the Haleakala Crater Bike Tour with Mountain Riders. Ride from the 6800 foot level of Haleakala Crater downhill with professional Maui tour guides. You will see the West Maui mountains and the South Maui coast, as you journey thru Maui’s small upcountry communities of Makawao, Hailiimaile and Paia.

Quote from September, 2000

When the current mill was installed in the 1970s, it was a prototype for a new cane-milling concept using the diffusion process, Ross said. The mill was once the most efficient in the state, he said. However, the company said that recent low sugar prices and a three-year drought on Maui forced the closing.

Closing of the mill means changes in the way of life for many Paia residents. “We begin to wonder if it’s the beginning of the end,” said Annette Peters, wife of longtime truck driver Bobby Peters.

A string of shutdowns over the past five years has left Maui and Kauai as the only two islands where sugar is grown and processed. Amfac/JMB Hawaii Inc. has said it will start closing its Kauai sugar business in November, which will soon leave Gay & Robinson as the only sugar producer on that island.

Experience the Haleakala Crater Bike Tour with Mountain Riders. Ride from the 7000 foot level of Haleakala Crater downhill with professional Maui tour guides. You will see the West Maui mountains and the South Maui coast, as you journey thru Maui’s small upcountry communities of Makawao, Hailiimaile and Paia.