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What do you do if you come across a bear out on the trail? Mountain biking is perhaps the most dangerous of the forms of recreating in bear country. I think very few of us actually consider this, myself included until two years ago. This article isn’t meant to instill fear or make you question whether to explore new …

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Take a look at the downhill pros to see how they move around the bike a lot. Braking is an important factor and coming off the brakes to find speed is much easier than going in to a steep section too fast.

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Manuals are a very important bike skill because they can set you up for so many different things, like bunny hopping, for instance. To get into a manual, bend down on to your handlebars and pop up with your arms straight out. If you look down, you’ll stay down, so look directly ahead with your …

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If you’ve ever had a conversation with a group of mountain bikers about tire pressures, inevitably the whole thing devolves into a contest to see who is running the lowest pressure. And why not? With tubeless and high volume tires like those on fat bikes and plus-size rigs, mountain bikers can safely run some pretty insanely low pressures …

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Disclaimer: This may come as a shock to most of our reader base, but this story covers races involving skinny-tired bikes. If you can’t stand to see a bike with anything less than a 2-inch tire, click “back” now, as you may not be able to handle the words written below. Somehow, I had not …

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