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The first ever Southeast Bike Expo is being held this weekend at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, site of the 1996 Olympic mountain bike competition. Online registration closes at midnight tonight and you can save $5 off the $25 admission by pre-registering with all proceeds going to IMBA/SORBA. The weather forecast is looking …

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Bull Mountain has been castrated. What used to be one of the last remaining bastions of technical mountain biking in the state of Georgia has been cut and bled of its virility. What was once a true man’s trail (or a true woman’s trail ) for those who wished to challenge themselves is now a trail …

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First a story… A couple of years ago a friend of mine who is a former pro rider came out to Colorado and naturally, we went for a bike ride. While he can pretty much drop me at will, through high speed turns it wasespeciallyembarrassing. At one point when he politely waited for me to …

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This is a pretty popular mountain biking video that has made its way around the various mountain biking forums and Facebook pages several times over. You’ve probably seen it… and in case you haven’t, you’re in for a real treat! To me, this footage looks like it was taken out of a feature-length mountain biking …

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Here are all of the amazing photos that we featured as PODs on Singletracks.com this past week: Trail shot – Barker Dome. Northwestern New Mexico. Photo: Jerry Hazard. Rider: dozzerboy. Trail: Enterprise South, Chattanooga, TN. Photo: GoldenGoose. Taken at the Husky 100 in Callala Beach, Australia. Photo: iAdventure. “Trail Day at Barracks Lane.” Trail: Barracks …

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