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Video: “Rocky Mountain – Fortitude”

Rocky Mountain’s approach to suspension on the Altitude platform is truly unique. I wrote about it briefly after Interbike this past September, but in a nutshell the Ride 9 system provides 9 different geometry combinations, which change the seat tube angle, head tube angle, and suspension rates. In order to showcase how versatile this suspension …

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An Inconvenient Fish

While mountain bikers work hard to build new trails, we constantly face losing existing ones as a result of development, lobbying by hikers and equestrians, forest fires and natural disasters, Wilderness designations, and other rule changes. One area, almost literally in my backyard, seems destined for closure due to a rather unexpected cause: the presence …

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Review: Feedback Sports Sprint Work Stand

Finding a bike work stand that can handle the larger weight and size of the gravity-oriented bikes I normally work on can be a challenge. The Sprint stand from Feedback Sports conquers the stability obstacle by holding the front fork and supporting the bottom bracket, keeping the bike parallel with the ground and making repair …

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Video: Danny MacAskill “Imaginate” Ep 2 and Ep 3

The “Imaginate” series goes behind the scenes with Danny MacAskill as he prepares for his greatest movie yet. Red Bull has given Danny a blank check to do basically whatever he wants, so the pressure is on. Not so much from outside forces, but Danny is determined to make a video like nothing anyone has …

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Race Report: 2013 Cohutta 100, DNF

Yes, you read that right: after all this training, all the build up for this race… I didn’t even finish the sucker. Let me tell you why. Basically, this race was one of the most miserable experiences of my life. While the weather leading up to the weekend was beautiful, sunny, and warm, temperatures dropped and …

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