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I live in Georgia, which isn’t exactly fat bike country, but even Georgians get tired of winter–it’s just that “cold” to us is any temperature below 50 degrees. In fact, we were digging out of our second winter snow when I decided to head down to Florida to check out the IMBA Epic Alafia State …

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Ray Petro, who founded and built the revolutionary Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio, and the second of its kind in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sold his endeavor to Trek in 2010. While Petro still contracts with Trek to redesign and modify the parks, he now has a lot more free time on his hands. …

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We all take our home trails for granted, but when I saw all the feedback on Facebook for the entrance and exit bridges to Magic Island at Alafia River State Park, I felt thankful. But then it occurred to me, as cool as those bridges are, I never gave them much thought because they’re just …

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photos: Don Feeley. The whole weekend was a mud fest. This is how Team Floridas premier mountain bike racer Victor Alber sums up the 2011 Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships, which were held in Angel Fire, NM from Oct. 28-30. The town, a popular ski resort destination that boasts elevations of nearly 11,000 ft., was a …

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photo by joetutt. Graham Swamp mountain bike trail near Daytona Beach, FL was built more than 7 years ago by Mickey Garrett and some friends. The 6.5 mile trail has been maintained by Garrett under an agreement with the landowner, St. Johns River Water Management District, and until recently, everything was cool. That is, until …

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