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Do mountain bikers tend to bother animals more than other trail users? We ask Douglas Carchrie, a trail consultant at Big Mountain Scotland, who has studied how communicating conservation info can change behavior.

The article Mountain Biking and the Environment Part 2: Wildlife [Podcast #280] appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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As we rolled up to the beginning of a rotten bridge that abruptly ended 10 feet out into a roaring river, I turned to one of our guides, Chris Gibbs, and jokingly asked, “so let me guess: now we’re going to wade across this 200-foot-wide river, in 35°F weather, then pedal up that mountain, and …

The post Sink or Swim: An Icy Plunge Into the Challenges of Scottish Mountain Biking appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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