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7 Life Lessons About Parenting I Learned by Teaching My Kid to Ride a Bike

Ok, so I lied in the title: I didn’t actually teach my kid to ride her bike. She basically taught herself, so it seems a little dishonest to take any credit for her accomplishment. Still, I learned a number of lessons leading up to the big moment (pictured here), which I thought I’d share with …

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Video: How To Train With A Heart Rate Monitor

Heart rate monitors are a great – and now a cheap – way of measuring your effort during training and racing. It doesn’t take much to improve your training, and, once you start measuring and judging your effort from day to day, you should start to see the benefits.

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Video: How To Pack Clothing for Epic Adventures

Survival isn’t everything on adventures, there’s also the art of enjoying yourself to consider. And being warm, dry and comfortable goes a helluva long way towards making that enjoyment happen. So if you’re thinking about heading out on a mountain bike adventure, whether its a 1 day or 21 day ride, sorting the right clothing …

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Video: How To Set Up Your Mountain Bike Saddle And Seatpost

Seatpost and saddle set up have the biggest effect on your bike fit. Get them right and you’ll be able to pedal powerfully and cope with whatever technical descents come your way. If they’re just a little bit out, the chances are that your bike won’t ever feel *quite* right.

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Video: Top 10 Mountain Bike Skills To Progress Your Riding

Working on your skills and gradually becoming better and better is part of the fun of mountain biking. There isn’t a rider in the world who doesn’t have skills that they could work on. When you’re practicing it’s really worth focussing on some key areas. Here are our top ten skills to help you improve …

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