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Until this past weekend, I was a Slickrock virgin.  Yes, I lived less than 2 hours from the famed trail, but I had never ridden it.  Why?  Well, the main reason simply was that I wasn’t ready.  I knew the trail would test my endurance, lung capacity, fear factor, and more.  So what happened once …

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Do you remember those kids’ coloring books where you had to connect the dots in a specific order? As you finished drawing lines between the numbered dots, suddenly a coherent picture would emerge from what were just dots and numbers a few minutes earlier. Mountain biking at Gooseberry Mesa (and most places with desert slickrock) …

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Here is part two of my mountain bike immersion experience from last month. As I posted previously I spent a week in Copper Harbor Michigan for a work retreat and riding extravaganza. Before I left for that trip I had to pack up all my gear for a trip to Utah, since I was scheduled …

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Here is part two of my mountain bike immersion experience from last month. As I posted previously I spent a week in Copper Harbor Michigan for a work retreat and riding extravaganza. Before I left for that trip I had to pack up all my gear for a trip to Utah, since I was scheduled …

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Slickrock MTB trail photo posted by Dave&Patti My brother passed this article to me and I was stoked to see what Forbes had to say about the best mountain bike trails in the US. You can imagine my disappointment when I realized that Forbes’ definition of a “bike trail” is pretty generous and includes the …

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