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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. If our American culture has one fatal flaw, it is our obsession with comfort. In almost every aspect of the …

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New York is known as the Empire State, due in large part to the state’s influence in US business, culture, and industry. But New York is also quietly building a singletrack empire, one that’s based on high quality, accessible mountain bike trails located throughout the state. As the largest northeastern US state, New York boasts multiple mountain ranges and vast wild areas begging for mountain …

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Mountain biking. Is there a “best” way to get to the bottom of the hill? Or, should we all just ride how we want?

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Blue Ridge Adventure’s 9th annual Pisgah Stage Race will be held in Brevard, North Carolina, April 10-15 (2017). Over five stages, racers will cover 140 miles of legendary Pisgah singletrack and gain more than 20,000 feet of elevation. Of course, there will be some fire road to connect the trails, but the organizers claim that 75% of …

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We recently published a list of some of mountain biking’s greatest descents, because it’s what we all look forward to. Gravity is fun… well at least it’s fun when our wheels are pointed down. But what about when out wheels are pointed up? Then gravity’s not so swell, is it? Ahh, but it can be. Mountain biking …

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