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6 Ways Mountain Bikes Are Winning Big and Changing the World

I admit, I was a little scared. “That fella over there bought you this beer,” the bartender said matter-of-factly. My friend, Damon, smiled, wrapped his hand around the cold beer, and nodded. I wasn’t sure what was going on. We were in small town Missouri, a place not unlike where I grew up, and we …

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California Representative Tom McClintock Introduces Legislation to Remove the Blanket Ban on Bikes in Wilderness

According to a March 3, 2017 Press Release from the Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC), Congressman Tom McClintock (R-California) has introduced legislation which would allow federal land managers to regulate bicycle use on wilderness trails, effectively removing the blanket ban on bicycles which was put into place in 1984, some 20 years after the original Wilderness Act …

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California Representative Tom McClintock Introduces Legislation to Remove the Blanket Ban on Bikes in Wilderness

According to a March 3, 2017 Press Release from the Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC), Congressman Tom McClintock (R-California) has introduced legislation which would allow federal land managers to regulate bicycle use on wilderness trails, effectively removing the blanket ban on bicycles which was put into place in 1984, some 20 years after the original Wilderness Act …

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One Year Later: Is Sun Valley Still Worth Visiting after Losing MTB Trails to Wilderness?

Sun Valley, Idaho burst onto the radars of many mountain bikers in the worst way possible: by losing access to miles upon miles of epic singletrack. If you were reading mountain bike news about 12 months ago, Idaho’s Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness was splayed across the front pages of news sites like ours, with headlines like …

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Over a Beer: Make a Difference – Write Your Congressmen

Editor’s Note: “Over a Beer” is a regular column written by Greg Heil. While Greg is the Editor in Chief for Singletracks.com, any opinions expressed in this column are his alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Singletracks.com. As a patently apolitical 20-something, I’m already largely jaded by our national political system, despite having …

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6 Ways Mountain Bikes Are Winning Big and Changing the World

California Representative Tom McClintock Introduces Legislation to Remove the Blanket Ban on Bikes in Wilderness

California Representative Tom McClintock Introduces Legislation to Remove the Blanket Ban on Bikes in Wilderness

One Year Later: Is Sun Valley Still Worth Visiting after Losing MTB Trails to Wilderness?

Over a Beer: Make a Difference – Write Your Congressmen

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