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Grand Opening of Adventure Mountain Bike Park in Big Bear Snow Summit It was a great day for mountain bikers in Southern California. Finally the Adventure Bike Park designed by Gravity Logic opened it's doors to the public. Many riders showed up and stood in line at the many chair lifts to ride the newly designed trails. Here some pictures from the opening day. …
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Remember the good old days when NORBA’s National Championships in Mountain Biking were held at Big Bear, California?The days when you constantly ran into folks like Missy Giove, Shaun Palmer, Steve Peat, Brian Lopes, April Lawyer, Myles Rockwell, Leigh Donovan, Marla Streb? Those days are long gone and due to several accidents in 2005, Snow Summit closed the park to big bikes. This was the end of an era for mountain bike down-hilling, dual slalom and cross country racing in the greater Los Angeles area. The sport suffered badly and it took years to recover. Eventually with newly reformed rules …
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Full Suspension Mountain Bikes are for those daring bikers who wish to take the road less travelled. They’re designed to help make the ride comfortable even when navigating difficult terrain. But compared to the Hardtail bikes they can seriously put a hurting on your wallet. It is easy to spend up to 7,000.00 dollars on a Full Suspension Mountain Bike. If you are serious about mountain biking and want a good ride that isn’t taxing to your body you’ll need to shell out at least $2,000 for one.  This ensures you getting a good bike with decent components that last.It is better to spend $2,0 …
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Bike Fitting: How To Make Sure Your Bike Fits You for a Comfortable RideBike fitting is important for your unique body type and is essential for comfort, performance, and the prevention of injury. In this post we will discuss bike fitting for road bikes and mountain bikes. This is great knowledge for the intermediate to advanced riders.When buying a new bike from your local dealer they will help size a bike specifically to your body needs. These tips apply more to a person who is planning to buy used, online, or building a custom bike. Of course, even when buying locally, it is good to know wh …
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Kona’s AfricaBike has been deemed by Kona to be “the most important bicycle the company has ever developed.” This statement reveals that there’s more to the Kona AfricaBike (model Three) than just its features and specs. This bike is the vehicle behind the humanitarian cause of providing bikes to residents of sub-Saharan Africa, where adults and children oftentimes lack an efficient means to get to school, work, and to obtain vital medicines. Basic Needs, which is the non-profit group Kona established to foster the AfricaBike programs, notes how “In a person’s lifetime a bicycle can …
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