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Opinion: 10 Reasons Why You SHOULD Race Your Mountain Bike

Editor’s Note: Dustin Gaddis has raced a slew of endurance MTB events and has helped coordinate races ranging from a local time trial to a national championship, but he isn’t very fast in the grand scheme of things. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Singletracks.com. …

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Opinion: There Will Never Be a Do-It-All Mountain Bike

…and for the experienced mountain bike consumer, that shouldn’t come as a surprise. But for those still thrashing about on a bike that’s about to give up the ghost, who’ve become middle aged people with a decent job (prime industry targets), and for those who haven’t checked in with us since fork boots and bar …

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Opinion: Trek’s New Online Bike Sales Program Is Doomed to Fail

Trek has just announced that they are going to begin online bike sales, as reported by Bicycle Retailer. This is big news, as they’re the first brand of the big three to take the plunge into online sales At first, I thought that Trek was finally getting with the times, but as I read Bicycle …

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Opinion: There’s Nothing Wrong with Your Bike

Fat bikes. 11-speed drivetrains. Boost spacing on hubs, forks, and frames. 27.5 (or 29) plus. Electronic shifting and suspension. Enduro blue. Visit any mountain bike website–including ours–and you’ll see articles about new products or standards that claim to be “game-changing” or “the next big thing.” The pace of so-called “innovation” seems to really have ramped …

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Opinion: Why every day should be “Earth Day”

4/22/15. Earth Day. It’s a wonderful thing to pause and take time to consider the natural environment around us. It seems that too often we live caught up in our lifestyles and recreation, so much so that a specific day can really help to renew our mindset of sustainability, or even just cause us to …

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