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For years Park City, Utah was notable as the only gold-level IMBA Ride Center. Of course, there are a plethora of incredible destinations that haven’t chosen to apply as ride centers, so take the designation with a grain of salt. Nevertheless, beginning in 2015 there are no less than 6 gold-level Ride Centers! While this doesn’t diminish …

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If you don’t have a strap mount for your GoPro then you aren’t getting enough out of your camera. It’s as simple as that. I used to think I could get by with zip-tying my GoPro to my saddle bag, but the result is a bunch of blurry and bouncy photos that go straight to …

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Brand new bikes are expensive little things, so buying one that’s only a year or two old means you can save heaps of money while still benefitting from the latest bike technology – sometimes at half the price. But splashing cash on something that’s been hammered along mountain trails means you gotta go armed with …

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Asheville, NC-based Industry Nine is launching a new wheelset they’re calling Torch Trail S. The wheels are using a revised version of their Torch hubs that is designed to be used with straight-pull steel spokes, a first for I9. Previously, I9 hubs were available in either a “Classic” version for j-bend steel spokes (which Jeff …

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Victoria is geographically the smallest state on the Austrlian mainland, yet it’s an extremely diverse location! With a climate that ranges from wet, temperate forests to semi-arid plains to snowy alpine mountains (topping out at 6,516 feet on Mount Bogong), you can access an incredible variety of mountain bike trails and ecosystems in a short …

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