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  • Dumbing Down The Trail: The Art Of Removing Technical Trail Features

    Dumbing Down The Trail: The Art Of Removing Technical Trail Features

    A wreck over the weekend has stirred up some intense debate over removing obstacles in the trail in the name of safety. This past weekend, a friend of ours fractured his C7 vertebrae after having a head on collision with a diagonal tree that overhangs the trail on a non-technical trail in north Georgia. This specific tree has been known for collarbone breaks and numerous life flights out of the area, so after this last serious encounter, it was removed. [...]

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  • The New Look, The Livestrong Foundation and Bike198

    The New Look, The Livestrong Foundation and Bike198

    There have been some big changes and releases over at Bike198.com, so I wanted to give you a heads up on each. Bike198.com and The Livestrong Foundation Starting today, we are releasing Bike198 jersey’s and shorts for purchase. However, we didn’t want it to be just another “me too” website cycling jersey. We wanted the sale of our kits to actually mean something and give back to an industry that has provided so much to us over the years…so we [...]

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  • First Look: Diamondback Mission 4 AM Mountain Bike

    First Look: Diamondback Mission 4 AM Mountain Bike

    Next up on the chopping block at Bike198 is the Mission 4 from Diamondback. This 150mm rear wheel travel all mountain styled mountain bike comes kitted out with some of the best the industry has to offer with the Truvativ Hammerschmidt AM mated to a 9 speed X.0 drivetrain with top of the line Fox Racing Shox components to handle the suspension work. The Mission 4 is the top of the line in the Mission lineup with several more options all the [...]

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  • Poll: Do You Run Tubes Or Go Tubeless In Your Tires?

    Poll: Do You Run Tubes Or Go Tubeless In Your Tires?

    Gone are the days of 1.8 tires filled up with 50 psi just hoping that you do not pinch flat your tubes and have to tear the tight tires off the v-brake rims. With wider and lighter tires, wider and lighter rims and a wide variety of different options for mountain bikers, you can enjoy the benefits of more rubber in more ways than ever. Running a set of tubeless tires used to mean heavy rims and heavy tires, but [...]

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  • Here Is Your 29er Mr. President – Niner Bikes Goes Presidential

    Here Is Your 29er Mr. President – Niner Bikes Goes Presidential

    I just received a pretty cool email from the crew over at Niner Bikes. The attached press release (below) and picture (credit: C.A. Smith | casmithphotography.com) you see above is Chris Cugai and Steve Domahidy of Niner Bikes delivering a Niner Jet 9 to former President George W. Bush. President Bush has been known for his 26″ obsession, but this is his first jump into the big wheeled category and he picked a great bike to start on. This story [...]

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  • Review: Specialized Vice AM Style Mountain Bike Helmet

    Review: Specialized Vice AM Style Mountain Bike Helmet

    There is a growing trend in the mountain biking industry for helmets that provide more protection while trail riding. Mountain bikers looking for increased protection that are not as weight sensitive now have a wide range of lids to choose from that going away from the typical racer look that mtb helmets have typically had in the past. It all seemed to start with the Fox Flux and now we are seeing helmets like this Specialized Vice on review and [...]

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  • Riding Tip: Big Mountain Riding – Tackle The Peaks

    Riding Tip: Big Mountain Riding – Tackle The Peaks

    For those lucky riders in mountainous areas like Colorado, North Carolina, Sections of California, Canada, sections of Europe and other places that are graced with big mountain riding, you guys are used to taking in the tips I am about to lay out on your regular weekday rides. And don’t worry…the rest of us are incredibly jealous… But for those mountain bikers that find most of our riding with short climbs to short descents, we handle water consumption and ride [...]

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  • First Look: WTB TCS Customized Integrated Wheel System

    First Look: WTB TCS Customized Integrated Wheel System

    For 2010, WTB is releasing new lineup of wheels implementing their TCS (tubeless compatible system) to provide a lightweight wheelset option to compliment their lightweight TCS lineup of tires. The idea is to bring high volume, lightweight, tubeless tires to a lightweight wheel setup to bring down overall rotational weight while still getting the benefits of running tubeless. The 23mm wide AM version is going right in line with the trend of wider rims at a lower weight that was [...]

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