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Packing for the Big Bike Trip Trip

My route to the west: Madison, WI to Ashland, OR I must have been born lucky. I love mountain biking, as Im sure you do. We think about it during the work week, we fit in a ride whenever we can, but sometimes the time is short and we just cant work that long ride …

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Introduction: My Journey West to Get Back East, in Haiku

Why would I leave Trek? greatest bicycle making company ever? Wisconsin is where cheeseheads eat brats and drink beer but aint no mountains The job was awesome The perks were incredible Epic local trails But with my wife home We both had adjustment pains To the Midwest scene Even a great job In a place …

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Crashed Confidence

“As soon as you get comfortable and confidenton it, sell it, because you’re about to get hurt.” I’ve heard that saying in reference to motorcycles before, but I’m starting to think maybe it should apply to bicycles too. Well that didn’t go as planned. This was the result of not looking far enough ahead. I …

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Traveling to Big Bear Lake: Lodging, Eats, and Drinks

I have written about both the downhill mountain biking and some of the cross country riding available at Big Bear Lake, but no mountain bike destination is truly complete without comfortable places to stay (or at least pitch a tent), unique restaurants to satisfy that post-ride hunger, and establishments to serve some delicious adult refreshments. …

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Interview With Georgia Gould, Olympic MTB Bronze Medalist

Since mountain biking was added as an Olympic sport in 1996, only two Americans have won medals. Both were bronze; Susan DeMattei in 1996, and now Georgia Gould in 2012. Photo Credit: Brynn Lennon I got a chance to sit down with Georgia and her husband Dusty LaBarr (mechanic for the Subaru Trek mountain bike …

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