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It’s spring here on the Western Slope of Colorado and that means bikers.  Lots and lots and lots of bikers.  Bikers are great!  There are festivals and campgrounds filled with tents; the Hot Tomato and other pizzarias and restaurants do a booming business and bike companies rent, guide, and shuttle happy mountain bikers day-after-day. Still, [...]

A few months ago I introduced you to the Red Metal 29 XL, the top-of-the-line 29er wheels offered by the Italian company Fulcrum.  The wheels have been through plenty of local rides, a cyclocross race, all three rounds of the Snake Creek Gap Time Trials, a six hour race, and have been used on both a hardtail [...]

This is easily the best deodorant commercial I have ever seen. Related posts:Cinema Sunday: Downmall Cinema Sunday: Exposure Cinema Sunday: “Routes” Original post by mtbgreg1

And now for something completely different. The Tyke Toter is a seat + handlebar that attaches to an adult’s bike seatpost, allowing your toddler to go along for the ride. My daughter and I have been testing the Tyke Toter for several weeks now and we both love it. We even rode a little singletrack [...]

Easton recently released the Havoc 150 UST wheels and I had a chance to throw a pair on my new Santa Cruz V10C  and give them a whirl. Just to be clear: these are not the Havoc DH wheels but rather a lightweight option that a race-oriented rider would want. The Havoc DH wheels are [...]

USA Cycling and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) are pleased to announce that, beginning on May 15, the application period will open for the annual USA Cycling/IMBA Trail Tune-Up Grant.Original post by kkahn@usacycling.org

What is a pump track? In this article I will explain the basic techniques required for riding a pump track. But when I say “pump track,” there are probably a number of people that have no idea what I’m talking about. A pump track is a continuous circuit of dirt rollers, berms, and jumps that [...]

This past weekend I completed my first dirty century mountain bike ride – the Cohutta 100 – near Ducktown, TN. It took me nearly 13 grueling hours to finish the 100-mile course with 14,000 feet of climbing but I’m proud to say I am an official finisher! Here’s how my day shook out. The race [...]

HimalayanRides, a touring company in Nepal that is by mountain bikers for mountain bikers, just released a new video featuring the Himalayan trails and some of the locales that you can visit on their tours. They put it better than I ever could: The Mustang region in the Himalayas of Nepal is a land so [...]

The USA Cycling Pro Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) kicked off over the weekend with the NW Cup in Port Angeles, Wash. Canadian Steve Smith and Jill Kinter earned wins to take slight leads following the first of six 2012 Pro GRT races. Original post by asmith@usacycling.org