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I admit it: I’m big mountain bike data geek. I want to know how many people ride a particular trail, what kind of bike they’re riding, and how often they ride it. And if you’re familiar with singletracks.com, you know we collect this data and display it on trail and gear pages for everyone to …

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Fresh out of the oven, the latest hotness from Louis Garneau. The latest T-Flex 300 mountain bike shoe from Louis Garneau is the shoe Xzibit would build if his TV show were called “Pimp My MTB Shoe.” It’s the shoe with features you never thought to ask for while delivering on the features you can’t …

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This weekend was round two of the Snake Creek Gap Time Trial Series, a three race series over34 of the rockiest miles of singletrack in north Georgia. NWGA SORBA puts on the event every year and they do a fantastic job in spite of the fact that the race is a huge logistical challenge. This …

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I recently worked with my buddy Chris to pimp out his 2010 Fox 40 to 2012 specs and it was a big success. Well, Fox decided to send down a brand new 2012 Fox 40 FIT RC2 for us to compare and review as well. I was pretty stoked to give the 2012 Fox 40 …

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There’s one piece of gear that every mountain biker has, but most of us rarely think about: a helmet. That is, we rarely think about it until we really need it. The Giro Hex is a beefy lid intended for all-mountain, trail, and marathon applications. It features an in-mold EPS liner, polycarbonate shell, P.O.V. visor …

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