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In an effort to stay healthy health, Greg decided to stop measuring the number of miles that he bikes in a year and instead focus on a different goal: elevation gain.

The post 250,000 Feet: Pursuing Health By Changing my Metric of Success appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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The debate about mountain bikes in Wilderness areas is pitting recreation groups against conservation groups, and mountain bikers against each other. The crazy thing about this entire debate? If mountain bikers were allowed in Wilderness areas, we could all join forces and work together instead of being divided.

The post Over a Beer: Mountain Bikers Are Conservationists, Too appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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If you're lucky, after enough years of mountain biking you just might be able to achieve the transcendence of "Soul Riding."

The post Soul Riding: Transcendence on Two Wheels appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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In this article, Greg attempts to discern just how fundamental mountain biking is--or could be--to achieving the five most basic human needs, based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

The post How Mountain Biking Fulfills Humanity’s Most Basic Needs appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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Setting a year-long mountain biking goal as a New Year's resolution is fraught with challenges. What if we simply started our goals at a different time of the year?

The post Over a Beer: The Problem with New Year’s Resolutions and Mountain Biking appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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