Have You Ever Had to Walk Off a Trail Due to a Mechanical?

Mountain bikers tend to be a pretty prepared bunch, but it's impossible to plan for every contingency.
By Jeff Barber
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Mountain bikers tend to be a pretty prepared bunch, but it’s impossible to plan for every contingency. Unless you’ve got an extra set of handlebars in your Camelbak, a sheared bar is going to require hoofing it back home, or at least to the nearest alternative form of transportation.

Have you ever had to walk your bike due to a mechanical?

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