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Iron Horse – A Redemption Story

  Tim started bellowing at me before the car had come to a complete stop, before his feet actually hit the ground. “Hi Tigger. When are we gonna ride? I got my bike. Are we gonna ride? Where’s Rob?” Have you ever been on a family or other camping trip in a singletrack mecca with …

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How bad do you want it… really?

I don’t know what the cause is, but lately I’ve been hearing from people I talk to and commentators here on ye olde interwebs, that they’d love to do something–be that compete in a certain mountain bike race, travel somewhere, or achieve some other goal–but they just can’t do it. Personally, I think that’s BS. …

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Thinking and Mountain Biking (Without Going Endo)

Some of the greatest joys of mountain biking are intrinsic to the name itself: you get to bike around in the mountains! What could be better? Settling your butt onto your well-worn, perfectly-fitted, split-tail bike seat almost guarantees that you will be getting away from the multiplying vicissitudes of mini-malls, phone calls, the unrelenting “bing” …

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My Mountain Biking Teachers

“I am not a teacher, but an awakener.” – Robert Frost You probably remember very little of the quail shot crammed down your throat during Course XYZ 10, yet some of those who taught you have left lasting tread marks on your mind. What was it about Mr. Benson’s high school biology class that still inspires you today? Was …

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Video: The Ride that Changed it All

Boa’s 2014 Ride That Changed it All from Boa Technology on Vimeo. For most of us, a key element of mountain biking is overcoming hardship–pushing ourselves to the limit, to see exactly what crazy things we can accomplish. But some riders overcome way more hardship everyday than most of us can even comprehend. Nick is one …

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