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Cliff Cave trail work. Photo: Matt Hayes / GORC. Congratulations to the 2012 Singletracks trail grant recipients, the Gateway Off Road Cyclists (GORC) of St. Louis, MO and the Birmingham Urban Mountain Pedalers (BUMP) of Alabama. Each club will receive a $500 cash grant toward building and maintaining mountain bike trails in their area! We’re …

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In early 2000 I was preparing to graduate from college and decided it was time for a new mountain bike. After browsing the local shops I fell in love with an electric green and yellow Trek 7000 hardtail. At one of the shops I visited the sales clerk said the geometry was all wrong for …

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It’s hot here in Grand Junction. Really hot. This weekend’s temps are projected to hit 100 degrees. Hot. The one good thing about biking in this weather is that you have to get up really early to beat the heat. That means having breakfast and bloody marys after a bike ride instead of pizza and …

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Identifying a “favorite” bike trail is tough. Sometimes a favorite trail one day isn’t a favorite the next day. Sometimes I’m in the mood for a tough technical trail; other days I want a mellow scenic ride. For my top five trails in western Colorado I decided to pick a variety of trails to cover …

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Everyone defines their perfect MTB road trip differently. For some, it might be stringing together a long loop of mountain bike trails at different locations to drive to and hit, one after another. For others, it might be driving cross-country non-stop to reach a destination that has enough singletrack to fill a full week of …

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