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Pre-Race Prep: What to Wear on Raceday, and What to Strap to The Mountain Bike

A quick checklist of the items to pack and wear for a mountain bike race, plus our recommendation for a pared-down emergency kit to carry on the bike.

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Mountain Bike Race Prep Tips: Event Logistics to Know Before You Go

Mountain bike race logistics take planning and preparation, especially if it's your first time. These tips will get you to the start line on time and ready to compete!

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Top 5 Tips for Your First Downhill Race

Every mountain biker remembers their first race vividly. For myself, it was in May of 2013 on a cold, Canadian, snowy weekend. As it was my first downhill event, I had little experience and was a loner on the hill who wound up dead last. It was a good reminder at the time, being a cocky …

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Confessions of a Newbie Mountain Bike Racer

I stood alone under the big tent as rain poured down outside, butterflies in my stomach. My heart was pounding and I hadn’t even started riding yet. Everyone else was talking to each other, friends and acquaintances, or maybe just braver and less socially-awkward than I was. Some of the ladies I’d met the night …

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