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Chattanooga Ride Report: White Oak Mountain + Enterprise South

Last week I met up with Greg and Jeremy near Chattanooga, TN to check out a couple mountain bike trails. Chattanooga was recently named “Best Town Ever” by Outside Magazine thanks to the miles and miles of fresh singletrack in the area – and local trail builders aren’t done yet. The weather was great on …

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Four Trails for Avoiding the Crowds in Fruita

It’s spring here on the Western Slope of Colorado and that means bikers. Lots and lots and lots of bikers. Bikers are great! There are festivals and campgrounds filled with tents; the Hot Tomato and other pizzarias and restaurants do a booming business and bike companies rent, guide, and shuttle happy mountain bikers day-after-day. Still, …

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A Modest Proposal: Building Mountain Bike Trails for Everyone

No, the answer to all of our problems isn’t eating babies. And while I contemplated attempting to write this blog post as a satire, I realized that a) I’m not clever enough to do so and b) the average internet reader probably isn’t clever enough to pick up on satire anyway (I’m sure you are …

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Which Came First: The Mountain Bike or the Trail?

photo credit: Wende Cragg / Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Rider: Joe Breeze, 1977. The question of which came first – the mountain bike or the trail – isn’t really a philosophical head-scratcher like the chicken and egg problem. As most of us know, the early mountain biking pioneers modified and built bikes for riding …

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The Mountain Bike Trails I Didn’t Ride

At the age of 23 I am still pretty young but I’d like to think I’ve already learned some valuable lessons thanks to my unique life experiences. One of the lessons I’ve learned, but that I need to be reminded of often, is to live in the present and not take anything for granted. This …

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