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Video: Patagonia for Adventurers
Escape to Patagonia and experience paradise at the end of the world. This incredible itinerary offers up the perfect combination for adventure-seekers. Spend 9-days mountain biking and whitewater rafting in remote regions of the spectacular Andes...
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Tropical Whim - a mountain biker's recipe!
Our lead guide Miguel Lozano in Peru is renowned for his cooking. On our Inca Adventure and Inca Trail Rides he's famous for preparing incredible meals. He's protective of his recipes, but we managed to coax this simple but delicious one -...
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10 Reasons Mountain Biking Makes You Awesome
For most us, mountain biking isn't just a sport or a hobby. It's a way of life. Here are ten reasons why being a mountain biker automatically kicks your level of awesomeness up a few notches. 1) It’s a killer workout...
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THE SACRED RIDES DIFFERENCE
Yesterday someone who was interested in booking one of our Rides (and doing some comparison shopping) asked about the difference between Sacred Rides and one of our competitors. I took some time to think about...
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Why Mountain Biking is Just Like Sex, part II
Part 2 of our 'Why Mountain Biking is Just Like Sex' series (part 1 here), this time with submissions from our Facebook page. If you ride too hard or too long, you're sore for a week Some say the dirtier the...
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Travel Tips
Top 10 Tips for booking a cheap flight
Need to book a flight? Here are a few tips to help you get the best deal possible. Have any of your own tips to share? Let us know in the comments below! 1. Sign Up for Alerts First, sign up for AirFareWatchDog’s fare alerts and...
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Inspiration and Humour
The Commandments of Mountain Biking
From our friends over at bike198.com, a list of the Top 25 Mountain Biking 'Commandments.' Do you have your own rules of the trail? Post them in the comments below! Pay It Forward – Tubes, quick-links, a helping...
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7 Ways to 'Sell' a Mountain Bike Trip to Your Significant Other
If you're a mountain biker of a certain vintage, it's probably not as easy to just take off somewhere with your bike as it used to be: there are other people to bring into the decision-making process when considering/planning a mountain bike...
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Top 20 Things Mountain Biking has Taught Me About Life
Good writers have often used sport as a metaphor for life: the lessons of playing field or arena applied to daily living. Lessons learned mountain biking can easily be applied to everyday life, and often what we learn on the trail reflects our...
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7 Adventure Travel Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Research shows that over 30% of adventure travellers on guided trips report being dissatisfied with their experience. Often this comes down to some easily avoidable mistakes. So, after 17 years of traveling the world with my mountain bike...
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