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11 Drills for Holding a Line: Gain Confidence on Skinnies and Narrow, Exposed Terrain

The skill of riding straight–holding a line, as it’s commonly called–is one of the most fundamental mountain bike skills.  It’s not just used for riding skinnies, like the length of logs, planks, and elevated boardwalks, but staying on your line through rock gardens or along a section of narrow singletrack where precision matters. But just like the …

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Race Report: It Hurt Like Hell… And I Loved It!

I took part in my first XC race over the weekend: the 6th Round of the Ontario Cup at Mountainview in Midland. It nearly broke me, and I loved every lung-burning, testicle-crushing, breakfast-losing second of it! Right from the start line, even the speed of my fellow competitors in the lowest male division blew me …

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5 Reasons Why You Should Give Mountain Biking a Try

A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about all the reasons people give for not biking. But perhaps instead of giving you a list of reasons why they don’t bike, people just want to know why in the world you do. When people ask me that question, they’re asking for trouble because I …

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Think You’re a Mountain Biking Expert? Think Again.

Picture this: You’re renting a mountain bike for a trip to Whistler or Park City and on the rental form, they ask you to rate your riding ability: beginner, intermediate, advanced, or expert.  It turns out that plenty of people end up checking “expert,” despite the fact that most, if not all, the guys and …

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Mountain Biking Basics: Trail Etiquette

We live on an increasingly crowded planet and trails, whether we hike or ride them, are a refuge from the daily grind. And while these wonderful strips of bare ground in our open spaces help us escape from civilization, it often seems like the rest of civilization is escaping on them at the same time, …

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