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Clothing

Two of the biggest names in MTB clothing are on major sale this week

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Community

Big Change: Drop Bars No Longer Allowed at Leadville.

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Community

What's your favorite old-school technical trail feature?

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Mountain Bikes and Gear

The one MTB frame feature I always look for

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Arizona

The secret trail that put Flagstaff on the map for steep tech is about to go legit

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Gravel Bikes

What's the diff between a gravel bike and drop-bar MTB? New Pinarello muddies the waters.

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Mountain bikes

The overpriced MTB is a myth: What 15 years of data actually shows

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Pennsylvania

The Forest Service kept saying no to MTB trails. So this Pennsylvania club found a clever workaround

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Mountain Bikes and Gear

UK-based mountain bike brand's future is questioned as inventory dwindles and losses mount

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New MTB Trail Builds & Developments

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Nevada

Sky Tavern built a first-class bike park near Reno, NV, in less than 4 years

Sky Tavern transformed from a winter-only non-profit ski area into a year-round resort with 10 miles of sustainable MTB trails—and they did it in less than four years.

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Iowa

Linn County, Iowa, built a $400K gravity park and demand has exceeded all expectations

After a devastating windstorm forced trail rebuilds, one Iowa county discovered an insatiable local appetite for gravity trails—and now they're building a bike park inspired by Bentonville.

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Utah

New bike park coming to Mapleton, Utah, with $5 million in funding and 100+ miles of trails planned

Mapleton, UT, is proving that you don't need thousands of acres of public land to become a legitimate mountain bike destination—just a solid plan and the funding to back it up.

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Colorado

New bike-optimized beginner flow trail opens at Bear Creek Lake Park near Denver, CO

One of Colorado's most popular trail networks finally has a proper beginner trail, complete with flowing berms and a bike-optimized design — though it might not be around forever.

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New Mexico

Albuquerque's new Volcano View trail is the first of 25 miles planned for West Mesa

Albuquerque just completed 6.5 miles of new singletrack at West Mesa Open Space — the first phase of a 25-mile trail system on land that citizens fought to protect from development.

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Colorado

Highway to Hell: Steamboat's new 3.5-mile downhill trail features massive rock armoring and jump lines

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but in Steamboat Springs, CO, they paved it with rocks.

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Colorado

The Golden Gravel Trail is an all-new 3,700-mile gravel route from the Oregon Coast to the Mississippi River

The Adventure Cycling Association just mapped a 3,700-mile gravel route from the Oregon Coast to the Mississippi River that balances wild, remote riding with predictable resupply towns.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island's first flow trails are coming to Echo Lake in 2026

The new six-mile trail system at Echo Lake will bring berms, jumps, and gravity-focused riding to Rhode Island—a region where riders currently drive two hours just to find flow.