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Destinations

Video: Epic New Zealand

September 4, 2015

Pic­ture the most scenic, epic rides you’ve ever done around the globe; throw ’em all on one lit­tle island, add the friend­liest hos­pi­tal­i­ty you’ll ever encounter & there you have it: beau­ti­ful New Zealand. Enjoy this jaw-drop­ping footage of moun­tain bik­ing in New Zealand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKAL2gExLg

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Destinations

Video: Nepal Through My Eyes

September 3, 2015

Enjoy this beau­ti­ful moun­tain bike GoPro com­pi­la­tion of a few of our Rid­ers’ sub­mit­ted footage, and from our lead guide Mandil in Nepal. https://youtu.be/N0IogfBXYwc

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Travel Tips

Top 11 Travel Apps You Need for Your Next Trip

September 1, 2015

by Nate Less­nick The age-old adage “There’s an app for that!” couldn’t ring any truer than in the trav­el world. The prob­lem is, you may often find your­self  bash­ing your phone and yelling: “There’s too many frig­gin’ apps for that!”, leav­ing you over­whelmed, frus­trat­ed and with a cracked screen. True…

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Destinations

Trish Bromley Makes History at Crankworx 2015

August 26, 2015

by Mea­gan Broughton Sat­ur­day August 8th, 2015 his­to­ry was made at Whistler Crankworx, as the first ever female com­peti­tor in the Dual Speed and Style event went head to head with the Pro Men. I caught up with Trish Brom­ley who shares her expe­ri­ence, words of wis­dom and thoughts on…

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Inspiration & Humour

Video: This Is Why We Ride!

August 31, 2015

We asked moun­tain bik­ers around the world a sim­ple ques­tion: “Why do you ride?” This video is their respons­es to that ques­tion — a cel­e­bra­tion of moun­tain bik­ing around the world. https://youtu.be/qEEqaGdBv9Y

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Inspiration & Humour Travel Tips

The 8 Best Travel Books to Get You Inspired

August 12, 2015

Moun­tain bik­ers have an adven­tur­ous spir­it. Always search­ing for the next great trail, and curi­ous about what’s around the next bend. But, where did that adven­tur­ous spir­it come from? Where do we find our inspi­ra­tion? In a lot of cas­es, I find inspi­ra­tion in oth­ers — in their pas­sion for…

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Sacred Rides

Ultimate Winter Mountain Bike Sweepstakes — Winner Draw

August 18, 2015

We have a winner(s)! Thanks to all of you who par­tic­i­pat­ed in our Ulti­mate Win­ter Moun­tain Bike Sweep­stakes, to win a free moun­tain bike trip for two to one of our win­ter des­ti­na­tions! Today was our draw date, and in the inter­ests of trans­paren­cy, I record­ed this short screen cap­ture to…

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Inspiration & Humour

Top 15 Accounts to Follow for Mountain Bikers

August 16, 2015

Let’s face it, as much as we’d all like to spend every wak­ing hour on our bikes, we all have to spend some time wait­ing in line, grab­bing a bite or sit­ting  on the crap­per. Might as well turn that into pro­duc­tive time, right? Hence the beau­ty of Insta­gram, where…

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Travel Tips

How to Buy Travel Insurance: A Travel Insurance Primer

August 17, 2015

Adapt­ed from www.travelinsurancereview.net Trav­el insur­ance is, on the sur­face, a pret­ty sim­ple thing: go to a trav­el insur­ance web­site, plug in your details, review the quote and then pur­chase. Or talk to a trav­el agent and get them to cre­ate a pack­age for you. But like house insur­ance, life insur­ance, or…

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Destinations

What Are the Pro Women Riding These Days?

August 15, 2015

Ever won­der what moun­tain bikes the pro women are rid­ing? The She-ra’s of our sport. Maybe, just maybe, if you had that mod­el, that rub­ber or those com­po­nents, you could be faster, more con­fi­dent, or more skilled.  Well, it may be a far reach, but any­thing is pos­si­ble. Toss…

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