photos: San Diego Mountain Bike Association. A friend recently returned from a trip to California with an interesting discovery: bell boxes for mountain bikers. If you ride in California you already know about these but for east coasters, the concept may be new. At many shared-use trailheads, mountain bike clubs have installed signed boxes [...]
February 13, 2012
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In the tradition of Jeff Foxworthy: If you have ever weighed your bike before and after washing the dirt off… you might be a weight weenie. If you have ever taken your bike completely apart and weighed each component on a gram scale… you might be a weight weenie If you bought this bike… you might be a weight [...]
February 12, 2012
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This is the video that started it all for the now-legendary trials genius, Danny MacAskill. With almost 29 million views on Youtube, odds are that if you ride a bike, you’ve seen this video already. Even if you have, it’s always worth another watch: Related posts:Cinema Sunday: Danny Hart’s 2011 DH World Championship Winning Run [...]
February 11, 2012
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Oregon is a land of beautiful, diverse landscapes. And trails. Lots and lots of trails. We scoured our database to find 7 photos from the best MTB trails in Oregon for your viewing pleasure: Trail: Echo Hills Vineyard Trail System, Echo, Oregon. Photo: brian_cimmiyotti. Trail: Moore Park Trail Network, Klamath Falls, OR. Photo: AK_Dan. Trail: [...]
February 10, 2012
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“Jack of all trades, master of none,” is the cliche that keeps coming to mind when I think about my experience with the Ibex Asta Pro. But is that a bad thing? Read on to find out! Components The Ibex Asta Pro comes kitted out with a full Shimano Deore XT drivetrain in a 3×9 [...]
February 9, 2012
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I am assuming that the majority of you have already seen images of the new SRAM Red 2012 group, which was unveiled last week after several months of anticipation. If you somehow missed it, see the posts at Bike Radar, Road.cc, BikeRumor, and this video at VeloNews (just to name a few). I was pretty [...]
February 9, 2012
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I admit it: I’m big mountain bike data geek. I want to know how many people ride a particular trail, what kind of bike they’re riding, and how often they ride it. And if you’re familiar with singletracks.com, you know we collect this data and display it on trail and gear pages for everyone to [...]
February 8, 2012
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The idea of creating bikes that grow with kids that has been around, but designer Alex Fernandez Camps’ approach for Orbea is interesting. Many kids bikes allow for substantial adjustment of seat and stem height, but Camps’ design features an aluminum frame that can be expanded horizontally as the child grows. The GROW bikes come [...]
February 8, 2012
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Fresh out of the oven, the latest hotness from Louis Garneau. The latest T-Flex 300 mountain bike shoe from Louis Garneau is the shoe Xzibit would build if his TV show were called “Pimp My MTB Shoe.” It’s the shoe with features you never thought to ask for while delivering on the features you can’t [...]
February 7, 2012
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This weekend was round two of the Snake Creek Gap Time Trial Series, a three race series over 34 of the rockiest miles of singletrack in north Georgia. NWGA SORBA puts on the event every year and they do a fantastic job in spite of the fact that the race is a huge logistical challenge. This [...]
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February 14, 2012
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