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How the US Border Patrol is Using Mountain Bikes to Secure the Border

Border security has been a controversial topic in the US recently, specifically regarding building a wall along our southern border with Mexico. While it’s unclear how effective such a wall might be, it turns out the US Border Patrol is already using something way more awesome than a wall to enforce our borders: mountain bikes. The US Customs and Border Protection website says, …

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How the US Border Patrol is Using Mountain Bikes to Secure the Border

Border security has been a controversial topic in the US recently, specifically regarding building a wall along our southern border with Mexico. While it’s unclear how effective such a wall might be, it turns out the US Border Patrol is already using something way more awesome than a wall to enforce our borders: mountain bikes. The US Customs and Border Protection website says, …

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Mean Green: Life on the Line. Bike Patrol on the Border

Editor’s note: This article was written by Leon Baker of the US Border Patrol, El Paso Sector. It originally appeared in the International Police Mountain Bike Association newsletter, and has been republished here by permission. Mosquitoes buzz in my ears, seemingly immune to the gallons of toxic DEET sprayed over every inch of me. They probably …

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Mean Green: Life on the Line. Bike Patrol on the Border

Editor’s note: This article was written by Leon Baker of the US Border Patrol, El Paso Sector. It originally appeared in the International Police Mountain Bike Association newsletter, and has been republished here by permission. Mosquitoes buzz in my ears, seemingly immune to the gallons of toxic DEET sprayed over every inch of me. They probably …

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The Ride of a Lifetime: A 60+-Year-Old Mountain Bikes Kokopelli’s Trail

Kokopelli.  The mention of it doesn’t mean much to most of us.  Wikipedia says that Kokopelli is a mystical, flute-playing Hopi Native American fertility spirit, a desert-mountain jester, alternately provoking carnal behavior, providing rain for crops, or intoning a healing melody — all by tooting his magical flute. In certain circles, though, the term “Kokopelli” …

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