Watch: Building Old-School Singletrack Bike Trails in Marquette, MI

The folks in Marquette, MI are building old school singletrack mountain bike trails the hard way.
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Marquette, MI is mining country, where the Range Area Mountain Bike Association works to build “old school” mountain bike trails. Trail building and iron mining have a lot in common: both are hard work, and it can take a long time to make progress.

 

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