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The second annual Epic 17K mountain bike race claims to be the world's highest, and is set to take place in India's Sikkim state June 26 - 29.

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To celebrate the Nepalese New Year and 7 years of making mountain bike films, Enduro MTB Nepal put together this incredible film featuring some uber-high-altitude riding! We’ve made seven mountain bike films in Nepal now. so thought the time was right to put together a highlights edit – and there’s been a lot of them. …

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As my wife and I prepared for our first ascent of Pikes Peak, I regaled her with a tale of what I witnessed upon my first ascent with my buddies as a teen. We had just reached the top and were walking around the summit parking area, when we saw a sedan with Kansas plates …

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So this is actually an old study (2006) but I just read some commentary about this over on seriousrunning.com this week. Apparently cyclists who took Viagra as part of a study increased performance (cycling, that is) by up to 45% at high altitudes. Not everyone in the study showed signs of improvement but for those …

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