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When it comes to traveling with your mountain bike in North America, the road trip is king. Until gas prices climb back up to astronomical levels, it will almost assuredly be cheaper to drive than to fly. Once you’ve computed gas costs and plane tickets, correct those numbers by comparing the cost of flying or shipping your bike, …

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Demo days provide a perfect opportunity to properly try a mountain bike before you buy. Here you can test the fit, feel, and handling of a new bike, off road on actual trails rather than just ’round the car park of your local bike shop. For direct sale brands this is their version of a shop …

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Let’s be honest: it’s pretty hard to screw up a hardtail mountain bike. But producing a quality full suspension mountain bike on a budget is much more difficult to do. While we could include a bunch of dirt-cheap FS bikes on this list, we’re not going to. Instead, we’re only including tried-and-true suspension designs that, while …

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This hardtail mountain bike buyer's guide is designed to help you get the best value for your money and includes our choices for the best hardtail mountain bikes under $500, $1000, $2000 budgets.

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Something I enjoy very much while riding is listening to the sounds around me: the churn of my drive train, the rubber of my tires gripping the rock, my suspension compressing and then releasing. All of these sounds come together and form a symphony of MTB, and, to me, they are beautiful. In this video, …

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