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8 Reasons Mountain Biking Is Better than Skiing and Snowboarding

Those who have followed my articles know I originally published under the pseudonym “Skibum.” Indeed, I was a downhill skiing fanatic long before I even thought about mountain biking.  In fact, mountain biking was a sport I originally took up to minimize the boredom that occurred between skiing seasons.  But I quickly became equally, and …

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Watch: MTB Lights for Night Riding – $300 VS $18

Today we’ll be testing a really high end bike light, and a really low end bike light. Is it worth using a cheap one and just replacing it when it breaks? Is it worth paying for a high performance one? We test the bikes for run time, go to the mountain bike trails, and even …

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Is There a Consensus on Ideal Trail Bike Geometry? Top Brands Compared

Bike reviews often spill a fair amount of ink detailing a particular model’s geometry. In the past several seasons, particularly, manufacturers have been creating trail bikes that are lower, longer, and slacker (LLS) than previous generations. It seemed for awhile that it was a game of oneupmanship, where companies wanted to be able to say that …

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Video: Hardtail, Mid-Travel Or Long Travel Full Sus – Which Mountain Bike Is The Fastest For Trail Riding?

Which bike is the fastest; an XC racing hardtail? A mid-travel full suspension trail bike? Or a long travel full-susser? We set a course, grabbed our stopwatch and found out…

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Is Eagle, CO the Next Fruita?

For most mountain bikers, the town in Western Colorado known for its high desert singletrack is Fruita. Not so in the Central Rockies where Eagle, Colorado has been quietly earning a spot on the same map similar to its neighbor a couple of hours drive down I-70. The residents of Eagle have decided to put …

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