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Since 1975, Marin and Bay Area residents have been preparing for the Thanksgiving Day feast by participating in the Appetite Seminar—a 20-mile mountain bike ride with 4,000 feet of climbing up and over the Pine Mountain Loop. While this year’s version was accompanied by crisp, clear, and cold (38 degrees to start—and yes I know …

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A LeMans start is always a bit of a frenzied affair, as runners sprint to be the first to make the transition to be riders. After all, we don’t register for a bike race, even a 12-hour race, to show our mettle as pedestrians.  Nevertheless, such a start is often necessary to thin out the …

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Smith riders Rosara Joseph, Sarah Rawley, and Liz Cunningham got to race the first ever Trans Cascadia Enduro race in Oregon last month and it looks like it was a blast! Can’t wait for the 2016 race registration to open up…

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This year’s Biketoberfest—a celebration of bikes and beer in Fairfax, California—got under way with riders heading out onto Marin’s world-famous roads and trails under ominous skies. By the time they returned, the sun was making intermittent appearances and the small town had been transformed. Every year since 2002, this cycling hub, the birthplace of mountain biking, …

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When I was informed I’d be racing in the inaugural Clif Bar Cykel Scramble due to my amazing prowess on a short-track with obstacles and ramps and jumps (or because the first-stringer was called away to a wedding and nobody else could/would do it), I was confused. “Wait, it’s a…what?” “A relay race thing with …

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