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Yeti ASR-5 Alloy Test Ride

The fickle Georgia winter weather decided to cooperate and offered up a gorgeous weekend for the Southeast Bike Expo, with highs reaching 60 degrees on the second day of the event. Thanks to all the awesome exhibitors that showed up, we got the opportunity to ride some bikes that were truly beautiful as well. One …

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powder coating, Repair, restoration - March 7, 2012

Powder Coating: New Life For An Old MTB Frame

I had always pictured powder coating as something done to Jeep bumpers and wrought iron fences. I knew it could be done to bike frames, but the ones I had seen looked unimpressive, and they were expensive. This past winter, one of my riding buddies got his Santa Cruz Nomad powder coated at Pristine Powder …

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Are Unauthorized MTB Trails Growing in the US?

Unlike the trend analysis articles we’ve been posting recently, I have no hard data on this trend but it’s one that appears to be growing in my area: unauthorized mountain bike trail construction. For example, in one local park / open space area, there were two separate groups of unofficial trail builders working different areas …

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High School, Hormones, and Singletrack

Ah, to be 16 again. I recently had the privilege of attending the season opener for the SoCal High School Cycling League at Vail Lake Resort in Temecula, California. If any of you grew up like me, the idea of an organized, school sponsored mountain bike racing program is absolutely unpossible. But if you care …

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Cinema Sunday: “Beaten Tracks”

Beaten Tracks is a new series of 90-second mountain bike videos that pack in a ton of action in those few seconds. Check out the first installment in the series here: In their own description of the video, the editors wrote, “The film is about trail riding in all weathers. We worked closely with a …

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