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Riding Along with the Pisgah Stage Race, Part 2

Waking up in the Pisgah forest is a magical experience: the sounds of birds and streams, the smell of fresh damp foliage, the promise of a new day and new trails to slay. On the morning of Stage 4 of the Pisgah Stage Race, I wasn’t anxious to leave the tent, so I made a …

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Sand Surfing the 2015 Mammoth Gravel Classic

Saturday, April 18th marked the 4th running of the Mammoth Gravel Classic. This is a free gravel race that marks the opening of gravel season in Wisconsin. Having an event in late April can be rolling the dice a little bit: two years ago the event had to be cancelled entirely due to twenty inches …

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5 Ways You Should Train Like a Roadie

I can feel the piercing death stares and hear the mumbled expletives even through the magical interwebs. “Why would any mountain biker in their right mind choose to actively bike like a roadie?” Though we’re all technically cyclists, the culture and personality traits of road bikers can differ dramatically from mountain bikers. Road bikers tend to lean …

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10 Dirty Centuries to Test your Mettle

Sure, you can do a standard mountain bike race that typically consists of 20-30 miles and maybe 2000 feet of elevation gain. But if you don’t finish feeling as though you’ve been run over by a dump truck a dozen times, can you really claim that you gave it all you had? Dirty centuries–mountain bike races of …

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Race Report: 2015 New Mexico Enduro Series–Coyote Howler

The New Mexico Enduro Series kicked off with a rocky start for this year’s series at the Franklin Mountain State Park at Tom Mays Unit in El Paso, Texas. Franklin Mountain State Park, at an elevation of roughly 5,000 feet, overlooks the western side of El Paso. Very small pinon bushes and cacti pepper the rocky landscape. …

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