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A few weeks ago the opportunity to hit the road and travel to the Jackrabbit Trail System presented itself by way of an invitation to my wife from her cousin.  Whenever my wife asks if I want to travel to a new trail to go riding, I’m sure to jump on …

The 2010 USA Cycling Professional Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) makes its way to the Rocky Mountains this weekend with a stop at Winter Park Resort’s Trestle Bike Park, July 29-August 1. The Colorado event is the fourth of five international-grade downhill events on the Pro GRT. Winter Park will host many of the [...]

We’re restarting the singletracks weekly email newsletter today. Even if you’ve opted in (this is not automatic), you will only receive the newsletter if: – You signed up for an account in the last 6 months OR – You’ve logged into your singletracks account in the last 6 months As always, you can opt …

Have you ever found yourself hitting a whole bunch of roots or rocks and noticed your hands were going numb? Or have you ever ridden through heavily wooded areas and noticed those trees getting closer, praying you don’t hit one? Well Giro has the “Remedy” for these situations and more. The Giro Remedy gloves ($42 [...]

Crankworx Colorado is one of the biggest DH and FR competitions/festivals in the world and once again it’s being hosted at Trestle Bike Park in Winter Park, CO. If you can’t make it out in person, check out the *free* webcast of the events right here on singletracks! The video above should show a countdown [...]

I spent a little time checking out Cyclorama.net last night. The website is the latest project of Company of Cyclists, a UK based group that I mentioned in a past post. Though the site is new, they already have a lot of content that will interest any of you who like to see various types [...]

Last week I came across a little piece of mountain bike history at my local library, a book simply titled The Complete Mountain Biker. Written in 1989 by Dennis Coello, this book offers a glimpse into the state of the art in mountain biking more than 20 years ago. The chapters on backcountry touring and [...]

The NiteRider Pro 1200 LED is virtually alone in the upper echelon of lighting systems for adventure sports. Whether you’re mountain biking, motocrossing, or snowmobiling, this is a powerful light system that rivals the brightness of most automobile headlights. I got a chance to field test the Pro 1200 over the weekend at a 24-hour [...]

As a part of my trip to Northstar Resort in California a couple weeks ago I got a chance to ride a portion of the fabled Tahoe Rim Trail that encircles Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) meanders within a mile or so of Northstar and the resort offers connecting trails and maps that [...]

Willow Koerber (Durango, Colo./Subaru-Trek) finished third in the women’s cross-country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Alpine resort town of Champandeacute;ry, Switzerland.Original post by jhammond@usacycling.org