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Advocacy, national park, national parks, News, rocky mountain national park, Trail, trails - February 4, 2014

News: Opportunity to Participate in NPS Decision to Allow Mountain Biking in Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park is considering allowing cycling on a two-mile section of the East Shore Trail near Grand Lake, CO. Citizens may comment in person at either of two public meetings: one in Grand Lake on February 11 and one in Boulder on February 24. They are also taking public comment via their website …

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Events, Fat Bike, News, south pole, unsupported - January 29, 2014

News: Unsupported Trip to South Pole–On a Fat Bike!

Juan Menendez Granados has set the bar very high for those of us making 2014 goals, having traversed from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole over the course of 46 days… solo and completely unassisted. He’s the first person ever to accomplish such a feat …and then he had to get back out. His arduous …

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News, Outdoor Retailer: The Bergans of Norway Rondane 6L Pack

I saw a ton of cool stuff at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market show in Salt Lake City last week, but one of my personal favorites is the Rondane 6L, a lightweight hydration pack coming in 2014 from Bergans of Norway. It’s not out quite yet, in fact it’s not even on the manufacturer site …

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News: RockyMounts Releases Versatile Brass Knuckles Tray

Bike racks these days seem to be designed for a very specific application: they’ll work well with one type of bike, but not with others. Or they might attach to one sort of cross bars, but aren’t compatible with a different one. Well, RockyMounts just announced their new, versatile Brass Knuckles tray, which is designed …

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News: Access4Bikes Raffling a Marin Rocky Ridge 7.6 to Raise Money for Marin County MTB Trails

When I visited Marin County, the birthplace of mountain biking, in 2012, I rode what were essentially the only two bike-legal singletrack trails in Marin County, Camp Tamarancho and China Camp… and I rode them both in the same day. By Access4Bikes’s own admission, they “face a decades long shortage of quality singletrack and legal …

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