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Travel Tips

6 Tips for Buying Adventure Travel Insurance

May 25, 2018

You’ve booked your dream adven­ture hol­i­day — moun­tain bik­ing in the Andes, hik­ing in the Alps or climb­ing in Utah. You’ve been sav­ing your pen­nies, final­ly locked down the dates and start­ed to plan. But, how do you pro­tect your trav­el invest­ment? No mat­ter how expen­sive or extrav­a­gant your adventure…

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Mountain Bike Tips

4 Post-Ride Exercises for Mountain Bikers

May 4, 2018

Today’s guest post is from  Matt at evo. Moun­tain bik­ing is so much fun that it can make you for­get how hard you’re work­ing out on the trails. Once you get back home, how­ev­er, you’ll be sure to feel the sore­ness and tight spots that are the fruits of your labor…

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Mountain Bike Tips

Mountain Bike Training: Lower Body

March 23, 2018

Today’s guest post is from  Matt at evo.  When rid­ing a moun­tain bike, or any bike for that mat­ter, your legs are obvi­ous­ly your main pow­er source. Stronger legs mean more pow­er and bet­ter endurance so you can log more miles on the trail. Train­ing your low­er body strength is essen­tial for…

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Training, Nutrition, and Health

8 Recovery Tips for Mountain Bikers

March 16, 2018

Todays’ guest post is from Trysh Sut­ton with Pure Path. Cycling, espe­cial­ly moun­tain bik­ing can be extreme­ly tax­ing on the body. The inflam­ma­tion that is felt after such as work­out is due to micro­scop­ic tears in mus­cle fibers, some­thing that is com­plete­ly nor­mal and actu­al­ly nec­es­sary for increas­ing strength and endurance.…

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Mountain Bike Tips

Mountain Bike Training: Arms, Wrists, and Hands

March 9, 2018

Today’s Guest post with from Matthew Sklar at evo Moun­tain bik­ing is all about strong legs, right? Hit the squats and you’ll be ready to rip — or not. Your upper body, name­ly your hands and wrists still play a major role in moun­tain bik­ing. These areas can also be major sources…

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Mountain Bike Tips

Mountain Bike Training: Core and Shoulder Exercises

February 26, 2018

Today’s guest post is from  Matthew Sklar at evo.  We start­ed sell­ing moun­tain bikes at evo not only because it’s an amaz­ing off-sea­son sport for skiers and snow­board­ers, but also because moun­tain bik­ing is a ridicu­lous amount of fun, and way more fun than hit­ting the gym.  How­ev­er, at the end of the…

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Kids

Tips for Introducing Your Kids to Mountain Biking

January 19, 2018

Today’s guest post is from Sophie Elise at  bestbikesforwomen.com If you’re a moun­tain bik­ing par­ent, you might be think­ing of intro­duc­ing your kids to moun­tain bik­ing. It’s a great activ­i­ty to boost con­fi­dence, con­nect with the great out­doors and cre­ate a spe­cial rela­tion­ship with your child. When intro­duc­ing chil­dren to any…

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Travel Tips

7 Ways to Prepare for a Guided Mountain Bike Trip

July 18, 2017

So, you’ve decid­ed to plan an epic moun­tain bike hol­i­day  and escape the real world for a  lit­tle sin­gle­track ther­a­py. You’re ready to turn your phone off,  ramp up your ped­al strokes and  hit the road.  As a moun­tain bike tour com­pa­ny, we get asked sim­i­lar ques­tions before the start…

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Destinations

Mountain Biking Guatemala: Video

August 31, 2017

As the days become short­er and the evenings grow longer, you may be start­ing to think about a win­ter moun­tain bike adven­ture.  Guatemala offers the per­fect loca­tion for a win­ter moun­tain bike escape. There are few places on Earth where thou­sand-year-old cul­tures and incred­i­ble sin­gle­track co-exist– and Guatemala is right…

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Mountain Bike Tips

5 Mountain Biker Stereotypes: Help Set them Straight

August 14, 2017

From an out­siders per­spec­tive, moun­tain bik­ing can seem intim­i­dat­ing, dan­ger­ous and not for the faint of heart.  Like any sport though, what you see in Red Bull videos and  YouTube stunt videos is not the real­i­ty of the sport that is enjoyed by the aver­age par­tic­i­pant.  If you’re new to…

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