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The Paragon Knee and Elbow Guards and the Evolution Shorts are Alpinestars' interpretation of what the all-around trail slayer needs for protection--set it and forget it. You should protect yourself as much as possible…
Home sweet home is about an hour from Dakine's headquarters, so naturally I was stoked to get my hot little hands on a piece of Dakine's fresh lineup of locally-inspired shred threads…
View from atop Grand Targhee Resort, Alta, WY Located between Curt Gowdy and Sun Valley, straddling the Teton mountain range is a destination combining the best of both mountain…
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are Chris Daniels's alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Singletracks.com. Enough whining already! Stop berating politicians and land managers for avoiding a…
Spring time means trails are drying, build season is in full swing, and we can finally stop confabulating about fat bikes. Spring also means it's time to update your look, replace those…
PC: Jereme Rauckman via Flickr Creative Commons License (no changes made) So you want to try bikepacking. Do you have a bike? (duh...) A route? (ya!) Loads of unbridled,…
They call it "7 Bikes For 7 Wonders," and it sounds like what would spawn if a mountain biker watched The Amazing Race after Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while consuming a post-ride Fred and Adam at Hair…
"I am not a teacher, but an awakener." - Robert Frost You probably remember very little of the quail shot crammed down your throat during Course XYZ 10, yet some of those…
Back in mid-March, Bell Helmets and IMBA selected 9 candidate projects vying for some downhill cred from 3 regions: West Coast, Central, and East Coast. They submitted their plans, pleaded their cases,…
As advances in suspension technology inch along, limits on terrain, the season in which you can ride, and the feats you can accomplish on a bike continue to compress. This poses both…
According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects people of all ages worldwide and is one of the leading disorders…
2015 trail wish list: Complete Bike Vacation: Set Upgrades: Mounted Time, talent, and money to contribute to the mountain bike community: Whaaa?! You're not done planning your cycling season until you have…
Gnar(ly): a particularly challenging section of terrain often consisting of varying combinations of root patches, rock gardens, drops, precipitous slopes, and/or trees within close proximity that may be wet, dry, loose, and/or…
For those of you not familiar with Brevard, NC, it is next to Pisgah Forest National Forest, and Pisgah Forest is home to the Pisgah Stage Race, known as one of the world's best…
Coldwater Mountain in Alabama and the Timber Trail are East Coast finalists for the Bell Built grant program.
The Urban Wilderness is... well... wilderness adjacent to "urbanness." Knoxville, TN, to be exact. Aside from being a very cheesy opening statement, it is the proximity of the 1,000-acre Urban Wilderness just…
That's right! New Mexico has two promising candidates for the 2015 Bell Built Grant, each very different and deserving in their own right. In south-central New Mexico, the Village of Ruidoso sits…
The second New Mexican contestant in this year's Bell Built Grant program is situated halfway between Albuquerque, NM and Flagstaff, AZ, literally in the heart of Indian country, in Gallup, NM. Nearby trails…
Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores (COGGS) has applied twice for the Bell Built Grant, but until this year has never made it beyond the initial selection round. Nevertheless, the Duluth-based mountain bike…
The crew at Sky Tavern is ready to roll the dice as one of three West Coast semi-finalists in the 2015 Bell Built Grant program. Just 20 minutes outside of Reno, NV,…
Halfway between Eugene and Corvallis, nestled in Oregon's majestic coastal range, sits the Alsea Falls Recreational Site which, before Fall 2013, offered little more for mountain bikers than an overgrown, primitive hiking trail among abandoned…
With the full support of land manager Merced Irrigation District, it wouldn't seem right not to build a downhill line through the 700-acre site of wide open terrain descending 800 feet to…
Looking for a stage race to tackle this year? We have you covered! In this preview we've rounded up a handful of the most exotic, highest, longest, unique, and epic multi-day stage…
On March 23rd, the Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA) took the first step in a series of legal actions against Portland Parks and Recreation (PP&R) and the Bureau of Environmental Services' (BES) recent decision to ban mountain…
It's beyond the scope of this writer's intention to provide helmet buying tips, but there are a few questions you should answer when deciding on a mountain bike helmet under which to light…
Is it the mud? Is it the plant life? Is it to protect hikers? Maybe it's that lawsuit? Ask any one of the 300 bike-wielding Portland protestors on Monday and they'll tell you…
You know when to mash and when to spin, you're a billy goat on the climbs, and you bomb hills with the greatest of ease, but somewhere between all that busy work…
Nothing is more exciting, outside the physical act of riding your bike, than dreaming of where you'll ride it. Whether it's a week in Whistler or a day at Duthie, from backcountry epics…
If you're single, I invite you to continue ripping responsibly without any other responsibility. If you're married (especially with children), you're probably not getting out as often as you did during your…
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