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How to Prevent Leg Cramps When Mountain Biking // Tips to Avoid Cramping

As temperatures start to rise, many mountain bikers–myself included–are dealing with a sore point: muscle cramps. While muscle cramps are fairly common and mostly benign, they can be painful and annoying to deal with during a mountain bike ride. This article will briefly discuss common causes of leg cramps, and will offer tips for preventing and dealing …

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Watch: FSA SL-K Carbon Wheel Review

Full Speed Ahead, better known as FSA, has been extremely successful making carbon components such as cranks, bars, stems, and carbon road wheels, and they have used their knowledge to produce a line of mountain bike wheels.  This line up consists of their XC Race wheel, the K-Force; the XC model, the SL-K; and the trail-oriented …

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Watch: Mountain Biking Half Nelson, “One of the Greatest Flow Trails in the World” near Squamish, BC

BCpov takes us along for the ride on Half Nelson near Squamish in British Columbia, a trail he calls “one of the greatest flow trails in the world.” Judging by the video (and the riding!), he’s not too far off.

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Watch: Super Techy Rock Climbs… In Connecticut?

Put away the ropes–these rock climbs are made for bikes! Come along for the ride with Jordan Byron as he showcases the most technical riding Connecticut has to offer.

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Everything You Need to Know About Mountain Biking Prescott National Forest

Central Arizona lives and breathes the Wild West. Sandwiched between three other National Forests beats a sandy jewel, nourished with vessels of trail coursing through the saguaro-laden Sonoran desert.  Dirt veins dotted with scrub oak and manzanita wind up and around the granite peaks and pine-covered mountains that amplify the revered appeal of the region. …

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