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Specialized just released a collection of bikes and equipment called Torch that includes a rad color-changing S-Works Epic FSR World Cup mountain bike frame. In keeping with US Olympic Committee trademark rules, Specialized isn’t saying this collection has anything to do with the Rio Olympics, but you know… According to Specialized, the frame (and matching S-Works Evade helmet) is yellow at temperatures below …

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If you can brave the Zika virus and reports of rampant crime and corruption, tickets are now on sale for spectating the cross country mountain bike race at this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! The ticketing site for mountain biking is now live, here. As far as I can tell, tickets are currently …

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In Chapter 13 “Legend in the Making”, it is not N1NO Schurter who tells the story, but some of his most famous competitors like Julien Absalon, José Hermida and Manuel Fumic. How did N1NO make his way up to be one of the most successful mountain bike athletes? And what sets him apart from the …

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Since mountain biking was added as an Olympic sport in 1996, only two Americans have won medals. Both were bronze; Susan DeMattei in 1996, and now Georgia Gould in 2012. Photo Credit: Brynn Lennon I got a chance to sit down with Georgia and her husband Dusty LaBarr (mechanic for the Subaru Trek mountain bike …

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The weather is warming up and the trails are drying out here in the southeast which can only mean one thing: mountain bike season is on the way! Here are a few mountain bike news items we’re digging this week. 2012 London Olympics MTB Course photo courtesy news.bbc.co.uk. We’ve written about the 2012 Olympic mountain …

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