Tell Congress to vote for a Land and Water Conservation Fund supported by dedicated, permanent and full funding. This moment holds great promise for mountain bikers and recreational trails.

IMBA will host a new addition, the Mountain Biking Hub, in the Endurance Zone at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, to be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Aug. 3-6.

This fall (Oct. 1-3), IMBA and the U.S. Forest Service will host the Tahoe Trails Conference at South Lake Tahoe's Montbleu Resort and Casino. The event, which is open to all members of the mountain bike community, will create a valuable opportunity for collaboration between riders, land managers and the bike industry. The goal is to ensure the future of sustainable and enjoyable trails in the Lake Tahoe Basin, and beyond.

IMBA is looking for a fulltime professional to coordinate IMBA's field programs, specifically the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew and National Mountain Bike Patrol program. The successful candidate will have excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.

IMBA Executive Director Mike Van Abel recently coauthored an opinion piece on Colorado's pending roadless legislation. Writing for the Denver Post, Van Abel joined with Brady Robinsion, executive director of the Access Fund. Both IMBA and the Access Fund are founding members of the Outdoor Alliance.

The straight goods on Kicking Horse Bike Park, straight from the trail crew's fingertips.

The drought is upon us. The sky is no longer nourishing our trails with dihydrogen monoxide. We will continue to moisten the dirt as best we can with the sweat from our brows, but even this will dry up as we work ourselves into a prune-like state under the relentless sun. But, boy, it's sure a beautiful summer up here!

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Moab Or Bust! The 5th Annual Moab Ho-Down MTB Festival is happening October 28, 29, 30 and 31st - Hosted by Chile Pepper Bike Shop in Moab, Utah.

This year we have expanded the format of the festival and will be hosting the first annual Moab Mountain Bike Film Fest! The Ho-Down features a townie tour, MTB film festival, Super D Race, DH Race, outrageous costume party, dirt jump competition, prizes, pepper eating contest, raffles and flying pumpkins! If that sounds like your kind of event then take a road trip trip to Moab this October and join the fun. More details inside,

Looking for a complete slope style bike that offers performance and mad steeze? Look no further, the trend setting, chrome ball burnished, 2010 Kona Bass slope style and dirt jump bike dishes up a very aesthetically pleasing design and colour, while setting the bar for slope style bikes.

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Enduro style Mountain Bike Events seem to be where it?s at for both participants and events' organisers at the moment. Probably spurred on by the huge success of the Mega Avalanche and the ability to create events that challenge both Pro?s and Amateurs alike.

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Check out the action from day one of Colorado Crankworx 2010. It turns out all the stunts work and the competition is going to be amazing.

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Track cycling world champion Taylor Phinney has been promoted to ride for Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack for the rest of the road race season. The 20-year-old American will step up from Armstrong's Trek-Livestrong development squad to compete in the Aug. 4-8 Tour of Denmark. Team manager Johan Bruyneel said Thursday he was giving Phinney and teammates Jesse Sergent and Clinton Avery the...

Floyd Landis will ride in the Tour of the Catskills race in upstate New York starting on Friday. Race organizer Dieter Drake says Landis is a tremendous asset to the sport. The Tour begins with time trials Friday and two stages Saturday and Sunday. Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title for doping and has admitted to using drugs.

* Contador to leave Astana at end of season

Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will leave Astana at the end of this season after the Spanish cyclist rejected the team's offer to extend his contract. Contador said Wednesday he will study his options before deciding which team to ride for next season. "Alberto Contador has rejected the Astana team's ultimatum, which had asked for an answer on its renewal offer on the upcoming...

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will not renew his contract with the Astana team, the Spaniard said on Wednesday.

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.

A few months ago, I received a phone call from a cyclist with an incredible story about an incident in Lawrence County, Ohio. Because the cyclist-a guy named Tony Patrick-was in need of an attorney, I hooked him up with Steve Magas, a contributing author to Bicycling & the Law, and a well-known bicycling attorney in Ohio. After hearing Tony's story, Steve took his case. More about that later; first, let me tell you about Tony.

 

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By almost any measure, Sonoma County should qualify as cycling heaven. Spanning more than a million acres from the Pacific coast to the Mayacamas Mountains, it has every kind of riding, from flat to steep to gently rolling, much of it on lightly traveled roads through quiet forests, farmland and vineyards-a pastoral landscape that, blessed by a balmy climate, amounts to a paradise for two-wheeled travel.

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Your bulging quads and razor-cut calves are the envy of your pack, and you start every ride strong. As the ride progresses, though, your hips seesaw in the saddle, your lower back aches, and you slow in corners. The problem? Your core cries uncle long before your legs wear out. Although a cyclist's legs provide the most tangible source of power, the abs and lower back are the vital foundation from which all movement, including the pedal stroke, stems.

 

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