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The Delivery Guy Sold Me Out: Confessions of an Upgrade Addict

Along with a mountain biking habit comes a natural addiction to buying the latest-and-greats components, gear, and bikes. But how do you get your family on board with a daily delivery of mountain bike goodies? By using one of these three methods you can keep your upgraditis hidden in plain sight.

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Perspective: “Am I Getting Too Old for This?”

Should old age, with the accompanying physical aches and pains, keep you from mountain biking? Timm argues "No!"

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Listen: Soft Skills for Mountain Bikers

Pick up etiquette tips for mountain biking, including rules of thumb for yielding, passing, and getting along with others.

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End of an Era: A Father’s Ode to His Best Biking Buddy

Along with the guiding, mentoring, nurturing, disciplining, and demanding a father does in hopes of raising a competent son, there should also be some sharing: sharing of time, sharing of self, sharing a passion for life itself. If a father is lucky, he will have a hobby or active pastime he can share, hoping that …

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Marijuana and Performance: Does Using Weed Help or Hinder Your Mountain Biking?

Go for a ride and crack a beer trailside, or enjoy one afterward. Clearly beer is embraced by mountain bikers. In fact, it’s weird for a brewery to NOT have a cycling jersey for sale with their logo on it. Furthermore, there are a slew of health benefits to cracking a fizzy cold one, with a …

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