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big mountain enduro, crested butte, Enduro Mountain Biking, News, race, ultra enduro - January 15, 2014

News: Crested Butte Ultra Enduro Race Goes on Sale January 15th

Big Mountain Enduro (BME) has announced the 5-day Crested Butte Ultra Enduro, which, as you can tell from the above image, is the first backcountry enduro of this kind to be held in North America. This 5-day epic will feature four days of heinously-difficult backcountry mountain biking, with the fifth day/stage held at Evolution Bike Park at …

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News: Rays Indoor Bike Park Founder Building Features at Santos in Florida

Ray Petro, who founded and built the revolutionary Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio, and the second of its kind in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sold his endeavor to Trek in 2010. While Petro still contracts with Trek to redesign and modify the parks, he now has a lot more free time on his hands. …

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News: Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew Is Hiring

Are you and your wife/husband/significant other looking for an incredible way to spend the next two years? Well, the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew is hiring! If you were to land the job, the two of you would get to travel the nation for two years in a Subaru Outback, shredding singletrack, teaching others how to …

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Advocacy, bell built, News, trail building - December 20, 2013

News: Bell Built Grant Returns for 2014

Thanks to a very successful 2013 contest and promotion, the Bell Built Grant is returning for 2014. Just like they did in 2013, “the 2014 program will consist of $100,000 in grants to fund three mountain bike trail projects that create places for a broad spectrum of mountain bikers — which includes any combination of bike …

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Fat Fun at Global Fat Bike Day

Having only thrown a leg over a fat bike ever so briefly for a couple quick parking lot spins on dry pavement, I was skeptical about the apparently-growing fat bike craze. Why on earth would anybody want anything on their rims wider than 2.4in? Surely, whatever stood to be gained would be quickly overwhelmed by …

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