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After Yet Another Loss, Montana Mountain Bikers Fight Back With a Lawsuit of Their Own
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. Anti-cycling forces have long used lobbying clout and legal action to close longstanding cycling routes …
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One Year Later: Is Sun Valley Still Worth Visiting after Losing MTB Trails to Wilderness?
Sun Valley, Idaho burst onto the radars of many mountain bikers in the worst way possible: by losing access to miles upon miles of epic singletrack. If you were reading mountain bike news about 12 months ago, Idaho’s Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness was splayed across the front pages of news sites like ours, with headlines like …
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Over a Beer: Make a Difference – Write Your Congressmen
Editor’s Note: “Over a Beer” is a regular column written by Greg Heil. While Greg is the Editor in Chief for Singletracks.com, any opinions expressed in this column are his alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Singletracks.com. As a patently apolitical 20-something, I’m already largely jaded by our national political system, despite having …
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The Top 10 Places We’d Love to Mountain Bike… If It Was Legal
With the Sustainable Trails Coalition’s bill officially introduced in Congress, we can’t help but daydream about all the places we’d love to ride our mountain bikes… if only it was legal! With over 109 million acres of designated Wilderness in the United States, plus thousands more miles of singletrack outside of Wilderness areas that are also off limits …
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Responses to 5 Arguments Against the Human Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act
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. The recent introduction of the Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act into Congress has unsurprisingly …
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