The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) was created by Congress in 1965 and is authorized to receive $900 million annually in federal revenues from oil and gas leasing. Unfortunately, most of these funds have been diverted, meaning the LWCF has received full funding only once in its multi-decade history. Current legislation could help restore full funding the LWCF. The bills, known as S. 2747 in the Senate (Sen. Bigaman and Baucus) and H.R. 334 in the House (Cong. Rahall) deserve your support.

Airborne® Bicycles recently announced a partnership with IMBA. To kick off the new relationship, Airborne is reaching out to IMBA members by giving them the first chance to become a part of its first-ever Flight Crew. Up to 10 enthusiastic riders will be selected for the Flight Crew and have the opportunity to test out new Airborne bikes, post videos of their adventures and represent Airborne® Bicycles at the upcoming Sea Otter Classic, April 15-19, in Monterey, CA.

Mountain biking has been identified as one of the fastest growing outdoor recreation activities among youth (Outdoor Foundation, 2009). IMBA's trail development work in urban areas, including the Gateway Trails program, helps meet that demand. These trail systems also contribute to reducing the risk of obesity and inactivity facing today's families.

IMBA recently conducted several meetings in Washington, D.C. with key congressional leaders and federal agency personnel. Productive discussions with Chairman Raul Grijlva (D-AZ), Congressmen Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO), among other members of the House Natural Resources Committee, as well as meetings with Forest Service officials, provided IMBA with the opportunity to strengthen support for mountain bike access on public lands.

Working in locations across the United States, IMBA Trail Solutions staff is helping shape the next generation of trails. A variety of innovative projects, including the youth- and family-friendly trails systems IMBA calls "Gateway Trails," are scheduled for completion in 2010.

Here's a fun and interesting way for you to win a SylvannSport GO trailer loaded with $14,000 worth of stuff from the likes of Niner Bikes, Burton, Yakima and more. It's a unique contest that will use your geo-caching skills in an effort to find the hidden trailer.

News broke yesterday that THE pioneering 24-hour mountain bike race, the 24 Hours of Big Bear, is canceled for 2010. Granny Gear Productions also said that the 24 Hours of 9-Mile has also been called off, but the 24 Hours of Moab is still scheduled to go strong.

The second stop of the 2010 Dirt Rag World Tour rolls into Seattle this weekend for the Seattle Bike Show. Stop by to talk to Maurice and oogle all the cool bike stuff!

Three awesome things come to mind when you think of New Belgium Brewing's Urban Assault Ride: beer; bikes; big wheels. That's right, the series is back for 2010, and we're excited. So excited, in fact, that we're helping sponsor it again this year!

We have some fantastic news coming out of the National Bike Summit in Washington, DC this morning. The League of American Bicyclists is reporting that Google Maps has finally added a "bike there" option to the choices of directions between to locations.

Philadelphia-area mountain bikers of all shapes, sizes, experiences and abilities will again have the opportunity to fraternize, ride, eat and buy stuff when the Fourth Annual Rally in the Valley goes down on April 17th in Wissahickon Park.

After five weeks, thousands of entries and almost 400,000 views, the Follow Me... Everywhere? Contest is almost over. Thanks everyone who entered ? it was a lot of fun everyday to see so many shots that made us laugh, get stoked or even be a bit grossed out (what?s with the urinal shots?).

There were so many good entries we?ve decided to expand to the finalists from 10 to 15. The top 14 are the photos with the most faves as voted by you, the Pinkbike nation. The final entry didn?t receive many faves but with the crew being proud Canadians, we couldn?t resists including a shot that got us some sweet exposure at an NHL game (even if it was the Oilers).

Finalists inside,

An epic ride up McNutt in the late winter meant a LONG haul through snow but the views were so worth the effort.

On March 1st, 2010 I looked up at the local mountains and saw a clear view of the peaks and a thin layer of high cloud... to me this means no rain and epic views. I raced home, grabbed my bike and the appropriate gear (food, water, GPS, clothing etc.) for an epic ride and headed up to the Woodlot. Be warned, YOU WILL GET LOST if you don't have a good map and or a GPS and know how to use it. There is a labyrinth of skidder and quad trails all over place up in these hills.

Story inside!

I've seen it time and time again, many pro riders from around the world come to Aptos, California and think they can destroy the Post Office jumps and turns out they can't get past the 2nd jump. Not the case for Sam Pilgrim, who recently visited California for three weeks. I was able to catch up with Sam and snap some photos and ask him a few questions for you guys.

Look inside to read an interview with Sam, watch his web videos while in town, and see some riding photos.

The crew drove out to ride a cool spot called Carlmont for a little change in scenery. There were tons of awesome features, in particular some dialed s-berms and a cool drop that we had a big session on!

Max, Kevin, Iggy, and I made our way out to a cool spot called Carlmont for a little change in scenery. Upon arrival, we were instantly greeted and shown around by the locals, which was nice. It was almost overwhelming as we checked out a series of flowy doubles, steep techy trails, flowy trails, booters, hips, and drops. Everything was super fun and we got some sweet trains going through some of the lines. Our buddy Josh took us to a new spot that they?re working on, with some cool step-downs, a 7-8 foot drop, and sweet s-berms. Everyone kind of got settled here, and had a big sesh on all of the features. The berms were awesome, as we hit them countless times, each time trying them a little faster. Iggy was pinning them, throwing up some roost!

More details and video inside!

It's back with more bikes, more clothing, more accessories!

Bow Cycle's 4th Annual Blue Light sale is here. March 20th and 21st will be the best time to get into Bow Cycle.

Details inside,

Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador will compete in the Criterium International, their first race together since the Tour de France last year. Contador announced Tuesday that he had changed his plans and will compete in the March 27-28 race in Corsica instead of events in Catalonia and the Basque Country.

* Garzelli beats Scarponi thanks to placings

Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde lost his appeal on Tuesday against a two-year doping ban that prevents him from racing in Italy. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Italy's Olympic committee was allowed to suspend Valverde using evidence seized by Spanish police in 2006 in the Operation Puerto investigation.

Stefano Garzelli won the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race Tuesday, making up two seconds on Michele Scarponi in intermediate sprints. Garzelli and Scarponi finished with identical overall times but Garzelli, an Italian with the Acqua & Sapone team, won courtesy of his better finishing places in the seven stages.

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is to take part in this month's Criterium International two-day race in Corsica, the Spaniard said on Tuesday.

Trek has launched its 2010 mountain bikes. The Remedy, the Fuel EX and the Top Fuel. The Remedy gets a carbon fiber frame; both it and the Fuel EX get the Fox DRCV shock and they all lost weight.

Julien Absalon has won two world championships aboard Fulcrum wheels, and now the Campagnolo-owned brand is extending its product line into the trail and downhill categories as well.

Marin recently unveiled a brand new 4-inch XC model called the Alchemist, a renamed Wolf Ridge called the Attack Trail that is optimized for Hammerschmidting, as well as a some key tweaks to the Mount Vision.

In an early release of its 2010 product line, Troy Lee recently unveiled the D2 Carbon Palmer, the latest installment in an arsenal of replica of helmets to pay tribute to some of the greatest legends in racing.

Garmin today unveiled two brand-new GPS devices?the Oregon 550 and the 550t?both of which incorporate a feature never before seen: a 3.2 megapixel digital camera.

Click here for video highlights, a stage 6 report, and analysis of Alberto Contador's second career win in the "Race to the Sun."

No race is orderly or predictable.

Create a 60-second video telling Bicycling why you deserve to win a bike of your choosing (that's less than $4,999) from 2010 Buyer's Guide, on newsstands now.

That's all you have when you forget your rain jacket.