Mountain Bike Tires

Lost snowboarders billed for rescue costs

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:13:40 -0800

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. Grouse Mountain ski patrollers plucked two snowboarders, a father and a son, from a high-risk avalanche area in waist-deep power. The two had ducked ropes to get to the

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State parks we'll miss if the budget cuts go through

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:19:37 -0800

Chronicle Outdoors Writer Tom Stienstra has chosen five state park gems that would be dearly missed if they are closed as part of state budget cuts. How about you? Which park would you miss most from the list of parks targeted in Gov. Schwarzenegger's...

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Trail Planning Meetings In Bar Harbor, Town Hill

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:17:36 -0800

BAR HARBOR Friends of Acadia invites the public to participate on a Village Connector Trails Committee. The Village Connector Trails program creates new opportunities to walk and bike into Acadia National Park and within Mount Desert Island

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By Howard Cohen McClatchy Newspapers

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:46:54 -0800

MIAMI -- Mountain biking without spills and broken bones -- and 500 calories burned in 30 minutes? Those are some of the promises of X-Biking, a new indoor class using specially-designed stationary bikes. The idea is to mimic outdoor mountain biking over rough terrain, hills and

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New award recognises how young entrepreneurs boost tourism

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:50:01 -0800

A young entrepreneur from the Borders has helped to get a new tourism award off to a flying start. Ian Withers, 28, who set up Peebles-based mountain biking tour company MB7 in 2004, is one of a growing number of young tourism entrepreneurs vital for the future of Scottish

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MPD Bicycle Officer Struck by Car

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:27:40 -0800

A Metropolitan Police Department mountain bike officer was rushed to the hospital Thursday after the officer was struck by a stolen car in Northeast. A police spokesperson says two officers were riding together when one was struck in the 4200 block of Ord St.,

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Mountain biking's second coming

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:52:27 -0800

One of pioneers of mountain biking, Gary Fisher, is the man behind the Fisher brand mountain bikes. Cyclingnews ' Sue George spoke with the Californian to see how he was reading the pulse of the

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MTB news & racing round-up for December 7, 2007

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:03:00 -0800

Welcome to our regular roundup of what's happening in mountain biking. Feel free to send feedback, news, & releases to mtb@cyclingnews.com and results, reports & photos to cyclingnews@cyclingnews.com

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'High-end' bicycle like no other

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:33:27 -0800

It isn't just the $11,995 price that makes this mountain bike remarkable. The Arantix, developed by Delta 7 Sports in Payson through a technology-transfer license with Brigham Young University, looks like it was spun by a spider on steroids and attracts long looks

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Mountain bike and Nature Trails and hiking in and near McGregor Village

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:00:37 -0800

The Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve near McGregor Village is well known for its Nature Trails and Nature Walks in an area were fauna and flora are unique to the region. The vegetation is known as arid Robertson

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The Snow Queen s railway

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:09:16 -0800

First she designed a ski jump for Innsbruck. Now the Austrian city has a Zaha Hadid mountain railway, to open next month. Our correspondent finds a futuristic funicular with stations like sculptures carved out of

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Can't ski? Bike

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:46:18 -0800

Caught between the seasons? Not enough snow to ski. No salmon left to hook. Too warm to skate the icy expanses of Potter Marsh. Too cold to think about getting out the boat. Dust off the mountain bike you put away for the winter and explore the sled dog and skijor trails of Anchorage's Bicentennial Park and Campbell

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USA Cycling Weekly News Update: October 26 - November 1

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:02:56 -0800

This week, the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Cross Country Calendar concluded as Georgia Gould and Geoff Kabush took home the overall titles, 22 student-athletes claimed national titles at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships, Katie Compton earned the number-one world ranking in women's cyclo-cross and claimed two more USA Cycling National Cyclo-cross Calendar

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Summit charts the future for Boston bicyclists

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:07:10 -0800

Biking experts and advocates from around the country who met at the three-day Boston Bikes Summit this week praised Boston's new bicycle-friendly focus and mapped out the direction they hope Mayor Thomas Menino's recent initiative will

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Bike tours an option on Caribbean sailing

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:27:14 -0800

Bicyclists can undertake five moderate-to-hilly rides during the Feb. 22-March 2 Caribbean sailing of the Norwegian Pearl. Organized by Bike & Cruise Tours, the group will spend shore days seeing the islands by bicycle, with mountain bikes, lunch, leadership and support vans

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