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Video Cycling Mt. Bike – A short clip of the mountain bike park under the I5 freeway in Seattle
Video Cycling Mt. Bike – A short clip of the mountain bike park under the I5 freeway in Seattle
Archive for the ‘Cycling’ Category
Britain’s Steve Peat ended a decade of frustrating near-misses by winning the men’s downhill title on the final day at the world mountainbike championships in Canberra.
The 35-year-old, who had finished runner-up four times since 2000, snatched the gold by 0.05 seconds from South African Greg Minnaar in front of an estimated crowd of 40,000.
“It was pretty emotional putting the jersey on… Details
Welcome to 4X, the no-holds-barred bike racing that’s like BMX only bigger, meaner and gnarlier
Cycling etiquette, from the correct way to pass a lorry to the proper behaviour on a towpath, is perhaps the most revisited theme on this Bike Blog. It’s certainly the one guaranteed to provoke the feistiest comments.
So I’m going out on a limb here and suggest that not all of us want to be polite and proper all the time when we ride our bikes. Sometimes we just want to put the power down and charge, using any means at our disposal to get past the rider in front and beat them to the line, and if that involves elbows or cutting them up, so be it. Obviously not a great idea during the morning commute, but the good news is that there is a two-wheeled sport that not only allows such behaviour but positively encourages it:4X mountain bike racing…Â Details
Video Cycling Mt. Bike – Mountain Bikers Steal the Show with McCovey – After loading 1800 cubic yards of dirt onto a 290-foot barge, Red Bull’s mountain biking squad stole the show last weekend at AT&T Park as they performed huge stunts in McCovey Cove.
