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You Need to Wear Body Armor: The History of Mountain Biking Injuries

Smashed kneecaps, broken forearms, skull fractures, gnarly, full-thickness lacerations and sutures. (“Woah, that’s my muscle fascia!”)  Sound familiar?  Is that because you’re one of the statistics? If general participation in extreme and adventure sports required a blanket contract, this clause would most surely exist: “Ride at your own risk.”  A certain and expected amount of …

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Tough as Nails: Mountain Biking a Scottish Corbett in November

As my wife and I walked into a bar in Aviemore, Scotland, for a bite to eat, well after dark thanks to the 4pm sunset in early November, I was pretty surprised to bump into a Scottish guy wearing a legit kilt. While I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to see a guy in …

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Endura Women’s Singletrack Rain Jacket Review

The Endura Women’s Singletrack jacket is a nylon, fully seam-sealed 2.5-layer waterproof, “breathable fabric” rain jacket with under arm zipped vents, and a hood. I put the “breathable” in quotes because everyone says their rain coat is breathable, and then you end up just as wet from your own internal combustion as you’d be if you just …

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Watch: Top 5 EPIC Descent Tips

Neil and Scott’s top five EPIC descent tips.

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Which Stout Beer Tastes the Best? We Bravely Attempt to Find Out

Editor’s Note: Singletracks neither encourages nor condones underage alcohol consumption, alcohol abuse, or excessive drinking. If you’re underage according to local law, choose to abstain, or just can’t stand when people geek out over beer, we ask that you choose another article to read–perhaps this one. Following our successful blind IPA taste test earlier this year, we figured …

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