[Note: It’s party bus time! Besides bike shuttles, Shuttle Smith Adventures is now offering group transportation for your party, convention, business retreat or night out on the town. We’re the perfect designated driver! We can deliver to your destination and then pick you up for the return trip to your accommodations. No hassles over parking, no worries about too much partying! Party bus rates run $75 an hour. Check us out!]
Mountain bike through the Redwoods! For just $25 a rider, Shuttle Smith Adventures offers bike shuttles daily to the top of Forest of Nisene Marks, where you can rail the challenging singletrack loops of Soquel Demonstration Forest. This is the area made famous in mountain biking videos by locals Cam and Tyler McCaul, Greg Watts, Jamie Goldman and others. You sit in the comfort of the Shuttle Smith van on the gorgeous drive up through apple orchards and redwoods and then, when you’re done riding the renowned Ridge, Braille and other trails, you’ve got nothing but endless downhill awaiting you — a whole 15 miles of forest descent at your own pace, back to Aptos Village just south of the city of Santa Cruz. You can’t spend a better day on a mountain bike!
Need a bike? Check out suspension bike rental from standout Aptos shop Epicenter Cycling.
New to the area? Don’t hesitate to query us about the best routes, pointers on your style and technique, and to get your photo taken to show all the bros back home! We’re happy to help out any way we can.
New to mountain biking? No worries! You’ll find yourself among instant friends. Mountain bikers love helping other mountain bikers, whether it’s directions on the trail or fixing a flat. Don’t hesitate to flag a fellow mountain biker on the trail!
Shuttle Smith Adventures can also handle groups tailored to your schedule, convenience and riding style or ability. No one beats us when it comes to customizing an outing for your needs! Remember, you’re in world-class mountain biking country — take advantage of it while you can so you don’t get back home thinking, “Wish I’d gone mountain biking in Santa Cruz!”
Also: Any questions on routes, times, technicality or difficulty of trails, we’re happy to help answer. Consider Shuttle Smith your all-in-one resource for riding the Santa Cruz mountains, internationally renowned in movies, DVDs and Web sites as one of the world’s prime mountain biking regions.
You can reach Shuttle Smith Adventures by contacting Dave Smith via:
Phone: (831) 234-3383
Email: dave@ShuttleSmithAdventures.com
Here’s a sampling of what awaits you at Soquel Demo Forest! (Braille Trail, our favorite!)
Shuttle Smith Adventures holds California State certification No. TCP0031557_A
Shuttle Smith Adventures 
The forest is big boy ridin and Dave was great. He had great directions and tips and the ride up made it so we go blast all day. Thanks Dave
Dave, “Shuttle” Smith was the Best. Great attitude, informative, and fun, Dave embodied the Mountain biking spirit, and helped us make the most of our experience within Nisene Marks and the Demonstration Forest. Amazing trails, Santa Cruz/Aptos.
Thanks to ALL the locals that build and maintain the trails and to those that helped us SoCal boys get around (and there were many).
David Sherwin,
Newbury Park, CA
Shuttle Smith has updated the mighty box Van
come and ride in the new box Van we can carry 11 riders and bikes.
We also do custom shuttles got along trip planned check us out.
New update we reconfigured the seating in the Van to seat nine people instead of 11 to give my valuable customers a little more room to relax before ride down through the redwoods.
would you recomend this tour for seniors who ride on occasion
Yes, all ages! Dave can recommend various routes according to skill level, endurance and fun factor!