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IMBA has come out with a method for rating mountain bike trail difficulty in the book Trail Solutions: IMBA’s Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack. It’s called the IMBA Trail Difficulty Rating System (TDRS) and, despite its flaws, it seems to be a pretty good start at standardizing trail ratings. First off, IMBA makes a great …

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We’ve profiled several towns and regions around the world from Israel to Scotland to the US who hope to revive local economies through bike tourism. But does this ever work and how do you measure the impact? CNBC has a great story this week about a small town in Montana that hosts an annual 24-hour …

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We’ve profiled several towns and regions around the world from Israel to Scotland to the US who hope to revive local economies through bike tourism. But does this ever work and how do you measure the impact? CNBC has a great story this week about a small town in Montana that hosts an annual 24-hour …

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Watch out bike thieves – GPS bike tracking shows up again! This time it’s at the University of Toronto and the bikes being tracked are actually “bait bikes” placed around campus to trap would-be thieves. The police department is handing out stickers proclaiming “this bike could be a bait bike” for students and faculty to …

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Forget about track stands and bunny hops – check out what this guy can do! You may have seen this or similar vids already but I never get tired of seeing this stuff. My favorite part is when he balances between two handrails and then moves to the rocks – amazing!

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