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Podcast: Our Favorite Mountain Bike Rides in Colorado

For many, the mountain biking in Colorado represents the pinnacle of trail perfection. But it’s a big state with a lot for mountain bikers to choose from, so here are our recommendations for various types of rides, including bike parks, backcountry epics, easily accessible trails, and desert rides. We’ll also share our favorite basecamp locations in Colorado. …

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A Dozen Delicious Descents to Ride in 2017

Whoever first decided to make “going downhill” a euphemism for things going badly obviously wasn’t a mountain biker.  While most of us love to ride up, level, or down, it’s the down that really gets the adrenaline going.  It’s the down that we look forward to.  It’s the down that we talk about over a …

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When Rides Go Wrong: My Tragedy Trilogy

One bright and beautiful September afternoon roughly a decade ago, I was riding with a colleague, having a grand time slaying singletrack and swapping ride stories.  At one point, as I recounted a rather spectacular endo, my colleague informed me he had never gone OTB.  I found this a little hard to take.  After all, I …

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Riding the Springs, Part 3: The Southwest Complex

Over the past two days, I’ve shared what I believe to be three of the best city/state parks/open spaces for mountain biking, all of which reside in the mid-sized city of Colorado Springs. As great as those parks are, they are just that: parks, oases of rock and pine in the midst of urban development. …

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Riding the Springs, Part 2: The Other Major Parks: Ute Valley and Cheyenne Mountain

While the riding in Colorado Springs justifiably revolves around Palmer Park, it is but one of many great trail networks in and around the city. The Springs abounds with city and regional parks and open spaces, most of which are highly-worthy mountain biking venues.  Even though they are all part of the same city and fairly close …

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