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Watch: Top 10 Tips for Riding at Night

10 of the best tips for night riding on your mountain bike.

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Search and Rescue: When the Unthinkable Happens

The peace and beauty of a backcountry ride is a mountain biker’s dream. Hitting up iconic routes like Colorado’s Monarch Crest is a bucket list item for many riders. For the vast majority, the Crest provides a mountain adventure replete with gorgeous scenery, sweet alpine singletrack and gnarly descents. For most, the adventure is followed …

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You Need to Wear Body Armor: The History of Mountain Biking Injuries

Smashed kneecaps, broken forearms, skull fractures, gnarly, full-thickness lacerations and sutures. (“Woah, that’s my muscle fascia!”)  Sound familiar?  Is that because you’re one of the statistics? If general participation in extreme and adventure sports required a blanket contract, this clause would most surely exist: “Ride at your own risk.”  A certain and expected amount of …

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Bear Cozy Bear Spray Holster Review

Following Aaron Couch’s insightful article on how to safely ride in bear country, I felt compelled to publish an article about a clever piece of gear that can be used to stay safe in bear country. Though it may only be anecdotal evidence, the majority of adventurers I talk to up here in Alaska swear …

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Biking in Bear Country: A Guide To Conflict-Free Adventures

What do you do if you come across a bear out on the trail? Mountain biking is perhaps the most dangerous of the forms of recreating in bear country. I think very few of us actually consider this, myself included until two years ago. This article isn’t meant to instill fear or make you question whether to explore new …

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