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Bikochondriacs

Bikochondriacs. Maybe you know one, maybe you are one. Or maybe you think you might be one. Here are 5 easy ways to tell if you, or someone you love, is in fact, a bikochondriac. 1. Do you take your mountain bike to the shop for repairs once a month or more? Unless your bike …

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Bikochondriacs

Bikochondriacs. Maybe you know one, maybe you are one. Or maybe you think you might be one. Here are 5 easy ways to tell if you, or someone you love, is in fact, a bikochondriac. 1. Do you take your mountain bike to the shop for repairs once a month or more? Unless your bike …

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Beret Helmet

What better way to show your French pride on the road or trail than with a bike helmet shaped like a beret? A young artist in Czechoslovakia has designed just such a helmet, though sadly it sounds like there are no plans for commercial production. Besides the unusual shape of this helmet there also appear …

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Mountain bikes: More expensive than a dirt bike

Lee McCormack brought up an interesting question over on his blog yesterday: Why do high end mountain bikes often cost more than high end motorbikes (dirtbikes)? Are mountain bikers being given the shaft from greedy fat-cat bike manufacturers? While I don’t know a thing about motorcycles I do know the mountain bike manufacturing business ain’t …

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Advice for New Mountainbike Buyers

I sometimes wonder; how many drop mountainbiking after the first few rides? And how often is this the result of an uneducated choice when selecting a new bike? The first problem is money, and what people are willing to pay for a new mountainbike. Following that, a lack of information and to some extent, personal …

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