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Trail Tuesday: Pocahontas State Park, Richmond, Virginia
During my recent trip to Richmond, Virginia for the Dominion Riverrock Festival, I seized the opportunity to get out of the city on Sunday to explore a trail I’d never ridden before. Pocahontas State Park, located about 20 miles from downtown Richmond, was my destination. I had attempted to ride Pocahontas during my 2012 visit, …
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Levis Mounds, WI: One of the Oldest MTB Trails Still Packs a Punch
While many classic mountain bike trails dating back to the hazy, smoke-filled beginnings of our sport were once hiking trails, horseback riding trails, or moto trails, Levis/Trow Mounds may just be one of the first trail systems ever built by mountain bikers, for mountain bikers. Normally referred to as just “Levis Mounds,” the rocky sandstone …
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Giro Gauge MTB Shoe Review
The last pair of shoes I got in for review was intended primarily for cross country racers, and not for all-day epics and adventurous rides that might require hike-a-bike. When the opportunity came to review a pair of shoes from Giro, I examined their website carefully to see exactly which shoe might fit my wants …
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Mountain Biking Flagstaff, Arizona
The final stop on our almost two-month western mountain biking tour was Flagstaff, Arizona. On the way from Big Bear, California to Flagstaff, we made sure to detour up to Grand Canyon National Park, as neither my wife nor I had been there before. The Grand Canyon While there is no singletrack riding in the …
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Shuttle Runs in the San Gabriels: Mount Wilson and Mount Lowe
One of the major destinations on my road trip this past summer was the SoCal area. California in general is pretty famous in the mountain biking world, with Marin County the acclaimed birthplace of the sport. Also, many major bike companies, gear companies, websites, and magazines call California home, and they are mostly split between …
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