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Ride Report: Oak Mountain State Park, Birmingham, Alabama

I have been fortunate enough to ride in a lot of different states. One of the states that continues to surprise me is Alabama. Yes, you read that right, the Heart O’ Dixie. There are hundreds of miles of excellent singletrack in the Southeastern US, and one of the very best trails can be found …

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Trail Report: Moab’s Mag 7 Trail System

I am in love. Its name is the Mag (or Magnificent 7) trail system and it lives in Moab, UT. Yes, I do live in Grand Junction where our singletrack trails are fast, flowing, and mostly-awesome, but that doesn’t matter! Right now my latest love is 90 minutes away and I’ll do whatever I can …

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News: Curt Gowdy State Park to Offer Groomed Trails for Fat Biking

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 …

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Video: Trail Ninja: Riding England’s Finest Trails, Whatever The Weather

England is green for a reason: rain. But to prove once and for all that we are men and not mice, we hit one of England’s classic mountain bike rides -Cut Gate- on a wet October day. Riding in the wet tests your skill and gives you a damn good reason to hit the pub …

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Trails - November 16, 2014

“It has nice views!” Why we bike boring trails.

“Well that trail has great views,” I tell people. “Honestly, it’s one of the most spectacular views I’ve seen,” I say. “But the trail? Oh a large portion of the trail sucks.” I won’t mention what specific trail I’m referring to, but it involves steep climbing on single track through the woods at about 11,000ft …

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