ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico (VN) — Fort Lewis College dominated the Division I cross-country races as the 2012 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships got under way at the Angel Fire Resort.
In men’s racing, Howard Grotts won his third national title and led a Fort Lewis sweep of the podium. Grotts opened a 30-second lead at the top of the first climb and kept building on it over four laps of the 18.8-mile course.
Grotts took the victory by 7:24 over teammate Rotem Ishay  … More
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The 2012 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships continued Saturday at the Angel Fire Resort in Angel Fire, N.M., with the short track cross-country and downhill competitions.
In the short track cross-country race, riders turned half-mile laps with minor elevation gain and loss for 20 minutes and three laps. The first gravity event of the competition, the downhill, spanned 1.5 miles and dropped riders 1,000 feet of elevation.
Division I
Men’s Short Track Cross-Country
It was readily apparent in the early stages of the Division I men’s short track cross-country race that the winner would be a member of   … More
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Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky and Saguaro National Park in Arizona are the two most recent National Park Service (NPS) properties to allow mountain biking on both existing and future trails.
The regulation at Mammoth Cave opened two existing and two future trails to bicycle use on Oct. 12, 2012. Mountain bikers now have access to   … More
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