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Many of you may have already seen this bike tree concept, by Abhinav Dapke, elsewhere on the web. I like the rendering, so I want to pass it along too. I am not sure if the entire concept is feasible or not, but I do like the fingerprint entry/release idea. I use a fingerprint recognition [...]

Just two weekends left to ride new trails with your GPS for a chance to win the GoPro mountain bike helmet camera. GoPro was kind enough to send us two of these babies and we’ve been using ours out on the local trails and having a blast! The second place prize is sweet as well [...]

Speedgoat Bicycles has once again created an amazing, one-of-a-kind bicycle to be raffled off to fight breast cancer. Raffle tickets and more information about this year’s bike are available on our web site at speedgoat.com.  All proceeds from this year’s event again go to support Breast Cancer Fund, in their search for environmental links to [...]

CNN.com has an article on women’s liberation and how things really got started with the bicycle back in the 19th century. The article mentions Jacquie Phelan, founder of the Women’s Mountain Bike and Tea Society (WOMBATS) and her fight for equality in the MTB scene. Jacquie says bikes should cost less for women as well [...]

Taking the adventure with Mountain Biking is something that many like to do. It will give your whole body a great workout but it is also going to be very fun for all. There is nothing like this type of sport.Original post by Arleigh Jenkins

Received via email from IMBA: IMBA is coming to Knoxville, TN, May 23-24, and you’re invited to join in the special events. Kelly and Collins Bishop of the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew are teaming with the SORBA Appalachian Mountain Bike Club for a weekend dedicated to improving local trails and having fun. The visit features [...]

As you probably already know we’re big fans of taking our GPS on the mountain bike trail, especially for keeping track of distance and climbing and for mapping new singletrack. This week we read about a couple more ways folks are using GPS units with their bikes we thought you might find interesting… A new [...]

The best mountain bike photo contest is in full swing and we’ve got a Garmin Edge 205 GPS plus other great prizes up for grabs. We’ve seen a ton of great photos but there’s still plenty of time to get out and capture the action – contest runs through June 15, 2008. Here’s a sampling [...]

Whistler Mountain Bike Park opens tomorrow, May 17 which is pretty incredible given that the average snow depth is still more than 35 inches on the mountain. As a point of comparison Keystone in Colorado won’t open for mountain biking until June 20, more than a month later despite its location almost 1,000 miles south [...]

Poison Oak Productions’ latest documentary, The Way Bobby Sees It, follows blind downhill mountain bike racer Bobby McMullen’s as he prepares to race the epic Downieville Downhill in California. From the Poison Oak website: The Way Bobby Sees It is a gripping documentary about a blind mountain bike racer who rides downhill, fast. Bobby McMullen [...]