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The Intense Carbine 275 - A Solid 650B for the Down HillIntense Cycles is always a favorite around BikeAttack. Why? Probably because Jeff Steber the designer, engineer and owner of Intense Cycles is more than just a great designer — he's a rider. True, designers can build great bikes, but designers who love to hit the trails design bikes that riders love. What we like about Jeff is that he's real and so is his brand: Intense Cycles, based in California.The Bike Attack Team has had the opportunity to "field test" many of the Intense mountain bikes, but one that we've really liked is the Carbine …
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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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