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Watch: Mountain Biking to a Remote Hut in the Alaskan Wilderness
The first option in the dictionary for the word adventure is “an exciting or very unusual experience.” While the experience that is adventure varies far and wide from person to person, Eric Porter and Kevin Murphy’s recent travels in Alaska hit that definition on the nose. After spotting a backcountry hut in an Alaskan guidebook, …
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Watch: A Life Devoted to Digging and Riding MTB Trails
Sammy Mercado devotes his flesh and soul to creating his own utopian freeride mountain bike zone, without constraints. Using his own manpower, along with a shovel, pic axe and some water — water he carries into the desert using 5-gallon buckets — Mercado has carved a slice of freeride paradise into the hidden hills of …
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Watch: Fine-Tuning the Aaron Gwin Speed Machine
Fans are used to seeing Aaron Gwin take the top step of the podium weekend after weekend, but what we don’t get to see is what goes on behind the scenes in the making of a World Cup winner. In this second episode of our Off-season series with Gwin, he introduces us to his friend …
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Watch: Rubber + Rocks + Dirt = Music To My Ears
Something I enjoy very much while riding is listening to the sounds around me: the churn of my drive train, the rubber of my tires gripping the rock, my suspension compressing and then releasing. All of these sounds come together and form a symphony of MTB, and, to me, they are beautiful. In this video, …
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Review: Origin8 Devist-8er Ultralight Fat Bike Tire
I was extremely underwhelmed with the stock tires that came on my Bike Nashbar Big Ol’ Fat Bike, so I emailed Origin8 to see if I could test out some of their new Devist-8er Ultralight tires… and I’m so glad I did! Specs The Devist-8er Ultralight (UL) tires sport a medium-depth, directional knob pattern with …
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