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I can honestly say that I rode legal, purpose-built singletrack within the city limits of Atlanta. Very soon, you will be able to do the same. A date for the party and ribbon cutting has yet to be set, as there are a few punch list items to complete, but it’s so close you can …

The post Purpose-Built Singletrack Comes to the ATL: Southside Park appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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Editor’s Note: John Fisch is an avid backcountry enthusiast who hikes, bikes and backpacks at every opportunity. While John is a regular contributor to Singletracks.com, the opinions expressed in this commentary are his alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Singletracks.com. In light of the recent buzz generated by the efforts of the Sustainable Trails Coalition …

The post Responses to the 10 Most Common Arguments Against Allowing Mountain Bikes in Wilderness Areas appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are Chris Daniels’s alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Singletracks.com. Enough whining already! Stop berating politicians and land managers for avoiding a fair public process, an absence of bipartisanship, unilateral decisions, dismissing scientific data leading to blind edicts preventing, prohibiting, and pilfering our trails under …

The post Opinion: STOP Riding Like This! Ease the Impact of Mountain Biking on the Environment appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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Finally, after 14 months, all 9.5 miles of the Apex Trail is fully open. Woohoo! How does this affect you if you don’t live near this trail in Golden, Colorado? Quite simply, what happened to Apex could happen to almost any trail in the world… and having your favorite trail shut down for over a …

The post The Apex Trail Is Finally Open: An Article About Sustainable Trail Practices appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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You read that right. Groomed trails. For fat bikes. The word you’re looking for is “awesome-licous.” In case you didn’t know, grooming trails for fatties is not common practice. In fact, many popular ski resorts, until very recently, seemed to frown upon the idea of fat bikes using groomed trails, reserving those bits of horizontal …

The post News: Curt Gowdy State Park to Offer Groomed Trails for Fat Biking appeared first on Singletracks Mountain Bike News.

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