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Sand Surfing the 2015 Mammoth Gravel Classic

Saturday, April 18th marked the 4th running of the Mammoth Gravel Classic. This is a free gravel race that marks the opening of gravel season in Wisconsin. Having an event in late April can be rolling the dice a little bit: two years ago the event had to be cancelled entirely due to twenty inches …

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Riding Along with the Pisgah Stage Race, Part 1

Spring in Pisgah I arrived at my campsite–nothing more than a tent pad and a trash hook on Avery Creek Road in the Pisgah National Forest–just after dark. A steady drizzle was coming down, but not too much to set up a tent. So I got started, unpacking the truck and making final preparations for …

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10 Dirty Centuries to Test your Mettle

Sure, you can do a standard mountain bike race that typically consists of 20-30 miles and maybe 2000 feet of elevation gain. But if you don’t finish feeling as though you’ve been run over by a dump truck a dozen times, can you really claim that you gave it all you had? Dirty centuries–mountain bike races of …

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Hosting a Mountain Bike Race

I imagined hosting a mountain bike race was a lot of work, but I didn’t realize how much work until I helped make stop #3 of the 2014 Montana Enduro Series (MES) in Great Falls, MT a reality. Eight months prior to the event, Steve from The Gravity Guild Garage contacted Travis at Knickerbiker to see …

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The Big Half Day: 12-Hour Race Roundup

The 24-hour racing format makes for a very fun race, especially for the somewhat less competitive who just want to get out and push themselves turning cranks and enjoying the revelries that are mountain bike racing.  But 24 hours is a big commitment, even for a relay team. If you like the idea of such …

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