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Newly-Formed Pennsylvania NICA League Kicks Off with Successful Inaugural Season

As I sipped coffee and braced myself against the cold wind whipping across the lake at Yellow Creek State Park, I listened to 12-year-old Luly speak in nervous anticipation of her first mountain bike race. Luly is a member of the Centre County Crows, a youth mountain bike team based out of State College, PA. …

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Controversial New Rules Handed Down by the UCI for 2017 DH Racing

The UCI management committee recently met to discuss rule changes across several cycling disciplines, one of which was downhill mountain biking. After already reducing the Female Elite field size to 20 for the downhill finals for the 2016 season, for 2017 it will be further reduced to 15, while at the same time the number …

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Confessions of a Newbie Mountain Bike Racer

I stood alone under the big tent as rain poured down outside, butterflies in my stomach. My heart was pounding and I hadn’t even started riding yet. Everyone else was talking to each other, friends and acquaintances, or maybe just braver and less socially-awkward than I was. Some of the ladies I’d met the night …

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Trek Bikes To Donate $1 Million to High School MTB Racing

Over the course of the next five years, Trek Bikes is “pledging more than $1,000,000 in contributions” to the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), according to a recent press release. See Also: “‘I Wish They Had That When I Was in High School!’ How NICA Continues to Inspire“ “Beginning in 2017, Trek will be contributing …

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“I Wish They Had That When I Was in High School!” How NICA Continues to Inspire

Upon hearing about high school mountain biking, so many people have responded, “I wish they had that when I was in high school!” that at least one of the leagues put it on a t-shirt. That high school mountain biking has exploded in recent years is likely no surprise to most involved in the sport. …

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