It’s a testament to the quantity of trails around here that after riding 3 – 4 times a week most every week for three years straight there are still trails I haven’t explored. I’m a lucky man. One of those unexplored trails is Starvation Creek.
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News of the obvious
Under the category of “it’s on the Internet so it must be true” People for Bikes just released their 2023 city ratings.
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This past weekend was the annual FIBArk festival.
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Once upon a time, around 1994 or so, back when I started mountain biking, anyone who rode a mountain bike, rode a bike with 26-inch diameter wheels.
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I got the opportunity to go to an early screening of this film last night.
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Something you find out about quickly in Colorado is how distances between places get distorted by the terrain of the state. On a map, two towns may look close to each other but because there’s a mountain range between them, the practical distance, the distance you have to drive, is surprisingly far.
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Despite the great winter we’ve had in Colorado, here in the central mountains the snow has mainly stayed at higher elevations. In town, it’s been mostly dry. I’ve been riding what has felt like dusty, dry August trails for the last month.
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Ok, so it’s been a few months of skiing posts and I’m sure some of you are thinking hey, what about bikes? Well, here you go. The mad Scotsman, Danny MacAskill is at it again with a short film dedicated to the wheelie. This time he’s asked a bunch of others, including the legendary Hans Rey to join him.
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This strikes a chord I like.
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