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Aciton Alert: Cherished Durango Singletrack Jeopardized by New Management Plan

Your support is needed to protect valuable singletrack in one of Colorado's largest roadless areas, West Hermosa Creek.
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(February 8, 2008) Portland, OR - North American Handmade Bicycle Show Draws Record Numbers


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(February 1, 2008) Video - Best Beer Ad Ever: Errol Morris Promotes bike commuting.
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(January 28, 2008) Speedway, IN - NAHBS Expands Handmade Industry, raises the game of US framebuilders

According to industry experts the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS), presented by Don Walker, sheduled for February 8-10 at the Oregon Convention Center, Portland Oregon, is the main reason for the flourishing high-end niche market for handmade bicycles in North America.
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(January 8, 2008) Summit County, CO - 2008 Mountain States Cup Schedule Released


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(November 19, 2007) Playa Bonita de Limón, Costa Rica - La Ruta Report

– The 2007 La Ruta de los Conquistadores finished Sunday, Nov. 18th with two unquestionable overall winners: Costa Rican Federico Ramírez (BCR-Pizza Hut) and American Susan Haywood (Trek-VW).

Photos by José Salazar and Mayela López
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(November 8, 2007) Action Alert!

Calling all mountain bikers! Wilderness Proposal in Works – Your input is needed

There will be a public meeting on Wednesday, November 14, to discuss Wilderness Workshop’s draft proposal called “Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign”.
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(October 8, 2007) Angel Fire, NM - Gravity pulls downhill racers to Angel Fire

Race report and photos by James E. Rickman

During the long Columbus Day weekend, downhill enthusiasts discovered that it’s hard to fight gravity at Angel Fire Resort.
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(October 11, 2007) Salt Lake City, UT - America's Toughest Stage Race is on for 2008

Five stages, 342 miles, $75,000 purse and more than 30,000 ft. of climbing is back and geared up.
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Interbike 07 - Final Report: Swag Overload


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(September 20, 2007) Chattanooga, TN

Pacenti Cycle Design Leading the 650B Wheel Revolution

Frame and Component Makers to debut at Interbike
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(September 9, 2007) Golden, Co

Yeti Gets Groomed for 2008

It’s somewhat of a journalists dream, being assigned to cover a bike manufacturer’s “Media Camp”. Especially when your talking about Yeti Cycles.
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(September 07, 2007) - Harrisonburg, Virginia

Jeff Schalk and Harlan Price Get the Better of Landis at Shenandoah Mountain 100. Harlan Seals Up Second in the National Ultra Endurance Series.

Floyd Landis seems to be haunted by mountain bikers this summer.
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(September 2, 2007) - Madison, WI

Healthy R&D budget helps Trek roll out big improvements to ’08 mountain bikes

by James E. Rickman

After a summer of epic rides, races and training on the same old machine, it’s that time of year when some riders begin to consider whether a new bike might be just the ticket to energize them for the remainder of the season.
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(Aug 30, 2007) Crested Butte, CO

Mountain Bike Hall of Fame - 2007 inducties announced

Induction Ceremony to be held Wednesday, September 26th, 2007, Interbike, Las Vegas.

A Texas advocate, one of mountain biking's best writers, a Canadian champion, and an industry innovator will be inducted into Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.
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(August 11, 2007)
Los Alamos, N.M.

The Pajarito Punishment has plenty to dish out to those who can take it

By James Rickman Leave it to Los Alamos, N.M., birthplace of
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(August 11, 2007) Leadville, CO

Leadville 100 – Five in a Row and a New Course Record for Wiens
-Gretchen Reeves Top Female
-Landis Crashes, Flats and Holds on for Second

It’s about time. After watching Dave Wiens (Gunnison, CO) win the Leadville 100 four years in a row (a record in and of itself) and missing the course record by mere seconds in 05, with his fifth win since 2003, we finally have a new course record at 6 Hours 58 Min and 46 Sec.
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(August 6, 2007) Boulder, CO

IMBA Action Alert – Monarch Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail Access Threatened

Comment Period Extended - Let Your Voice be Heard!

By Will Shoemaker
Gunnison Country Times
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(July 14, 2007) Crested Butte, CO – Crested Butte Classic

Laura Anderson smashes women’s record while Ethan Passant Opens Up Another Can of Whoop Ass

Ahh summertime in Crested Butte is so relaxing and peaceful. Wildflowers blanket the alpine slopes like a soft brush of pastel and voluptuous skunk cabbage grows as high as the deep blue sky.
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(July 7, 2007) Santa Fe, NM – Former New Mexico State Governor Gary Johnson finishes Big Friggin Loop

Jens Nielson (Albuquerque, NM) and Lyra Parker (Durango, CO) take home the bragging rights.
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(July 4, 2007) Breckenridge, CO – Firecracker 50 National Marathon Championships

Shonny Vanlandingham and Jay Henry steal the show, the stars and the stripes.
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(July 3, 2006) Boulder, CO - Boulder Performance Network Offers Custom Training Plans for 24 Hours of Moab

Boulder Performance Network is proud to be partnered with Mountain Flyer to provide training programs for this year’s participants in the 24 Hours of Moab.
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(July 2, 2007) Antelope Springs, NM - Jay Petervary wins Great Divide Race, Shatters Course Record

New records for speed, participation set in world's most challenging bike race
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(June 5th, 2007) Grand Junction, CO – Grand Loop Race 2007

Dave Harris (Durango, Colo. - Team HealthFX) sets new race record: 2 Days 19 Hours 47 Minutes.
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(May 30, 2007) Chile Challenge: A Love-Hate Relationship with “El Ojo Rojo”

Race report and Photos By James Rickman

At this year’s Chile Challenge, held on the slopes of Angel Fire, N.M., riders crawled out of the woodwork like aphids hatching out of a head of California lettuce that had been rinsed in warm water.
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(May 19, 2007) Fruita, Colo. – Dave Wiens, Lynda Wallenfels victors at Kokopelli Trail Race… and then the cops came.

UPDATED May 31

On the evening of May 19th a band of roughly 60 felonious heathens, otherwise know as mountain bikers, gathered at the Kokopelli Trailhead west of Fruita Colo to venture forth on a peaceful journey into the starlit sky’s of the desert southwest.
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(April 15, 2007) Gallup, N.M. - Dawn 'til Dusk Fast 'N Furious

Race Report and Photos By James Rickman

For the more than 300 riders participating in Gallup, New Mexico’s early season, high-desert 12-hour funfest—the Dawn ‘Til Dusk race—conditions could not have been better. (full report and Photos):
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(Aug. 25, 2006) Road Rage Hotline OK'd for Bicyclists to Report Aggressive Drivers

Bicycle Colorado recently gained approval for bicyclists to use the Road Rage Hotline to report aggressive drivers who put bicyclists at risk. The phone number for the Road Rage Hotline is simply Star CSP (*277) when dialed from a mobile phone.
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