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Watch: Snow on the Uber-Technical Jackson’s Trail in Moab

When you’re riding one of Moab’s most technical trails, it starts to snow, and the rocks get slick as snot…

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Watch: Red Bull’s Biggest MTB and BMX Moments of 2016

When we started out back on our journey through 2016 Aaron Gwin was set to climb aboard a bike which had never even raced a UCI World Cup before and Danny Hart had still never won one. We were wondering if anyone would be able to beat Rachel Atherton and what, if any, changes were …

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Cane Creek Releases New DB Air IL Shock and New Remotes

This week, Cane Creek announced the DB Air IL, the latest shock from the Western North Carolina brand. The Air IL is suited for a broad range of bikes from 100mm to 160mm of rear travel. Pricing for the new shock is $475, and it’s available now. Key features of the DB Air IL include: …

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How Strava Is Using GPS Map Data to Help Mountain Bikers

Last year, Strava users logged 9.6 fitness activities per second. Think about it: in the time it took you to read that sentence, 50 rides, runs, and workouts were logged by athletes around the world. If you’re like me, you’ve probably wondered what Strava does with the data from those 300+ million activities, beyond the leaderboards and the kudos. Monitoring …

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It’s OK that You’re Slow

“It’s OK that you’re slow.” Maybe I’m saying that about myself, not you. Maybe I wrote that to make myself feel better, and make you feel better, too. Or maybe, just maybe, I wrote that because it’s true. Being slow on a mountain bike doesn’t make you a lesser person, just a slower one. Your family …

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