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Training for the Cohutta 100: Three Unexpected Training Aids

As many of you are aware, I am currently training for the Cohutta 100. I have wanted to dabble in ultra endurance mountain biking for a few years now, and this spring I decided to go for it! Yes, this is the same dirty century Jeff raced last year. While I didn’t want to be a …

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How To Brake Your Mountain Bike

When most mountain bikers think of skills they need to learn and practice, braking isn’t usually one of them. I mean, how tough can it be: pull the lever and your stop, right? Actually, it’s a lot more complicated than that. If you take the time to learn how to brake properly, it can do …

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What? You want me to ride a road bike?

Okay, so you’re passionate about mountain biking and not so keen on jumping on a road bike. But I’m going to try to convince you to add road riding to your routine so that you can improve your fitness, as well as your mountain biking. You may have heard words like “fast twitch”, “slow twitch”, …

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Rocky Mountain Dealer Day and the Wade Simmons Bike Clinic

A couple weekends ago I had the awesome opportunity to hang out with two mountain biking legends: Wade Simmons and wild man Brett Tippi at the annual Rocky Mountain dealer day and Wade camp. Read on as it was one hell of a weekend… Friday: Rocky Mountain Dealer Day Local rep and fellow shredder Andrew …

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Getting Down and Dirty: 100 Mile Mountain Bike Races

Breckenridge 100. Photo: Mountain Moon Photography. In the mountain bike world the closest thing we have to the runners’ Marathon is the dirty century, or 100-miler as some like to call it. Truthfully, riding a mountain bike 100 miles is way more difficult than running 26.2 miles. My brother is a runner and he recently …

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