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Watch: 5000-Foot MTB Descent!! Mt. Wilson – Los Angeles

Basically SoCal’s version of the Downieville Downhill. This trail boasts a whopping 5000+ vertical feet of descending in 13 miles! There is a shuttle service run by Southern California Outdoor Adventures that will take you up Highway 2 (Angeles Crest) all the way to the top of Mt. Wilson. It’s an Epic ride with gnarly …

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New Bike Legal Singletrack in Marin: Is It Enough?

Ah, Marin. “The birthplace of mountain biking,” they say. And they speak the truth. The legends of the sport hail from here and can still be spotted on the slopes of Mt. Tam. This place is a cornucopia of landscapes and ecotones.  Dry, stubby chaparral clutches rare serpentine rock, gnarled mahogany fingers around sage-green earth. …

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Watch: Weird and Wonderful Tech from Sea Otter 2017

Blake takes a look around Sea Otter to find the weirdest and more wonderful bikes and parts in the pits! Fat Ebikes, pizza cutters, chain saw wielding bikes, adaptive offroad bikes, Blake has found all sorts! Let us know what you think in the comments down below! Weird or wonderful?

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Watch: “Don’t Look Down!” – Mountain Biking the Portal Trail in Moab, Utah

The Portal Trail is renowned as one of the most dangerous trails in the world–and for good reason!

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Placemaking: Building Community with Beer, Bikes, and Beans

“Hey, have you heard of a place in Sonoma County that has a bike shop and a bar and a café where bikers hang out?  Trail something?” In my work on the San Francisco Bay Trail at the Association of Bay Area Governments, my colleagues are urban planners working on regional housing and transportation needs, …

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