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First Look: 2009 Trek Top Fuel
Journalists at Trek's 2009 press camp got a bit of a shocker when, without any advance warning, Trek unveiled a radically re-designed Top Fuel platform. The updated Top Fuel involves some impressive bicycle manufacturing technology, and the look is dead sexy.
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Gearing Up for KendaFest
jeffjump07.jpg The entire Dirt Rag staff is getting ready to head north tomorrow to Hancock, Massachusetts for the KendaFest Presented by Dirt Rag this coming weekend, July 25-27.
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Project SingleSpeed Racer- US National Champs
plate.jpg A knee injury leads to a frustrating US Mountain Bike Nationals. Lath faces off against other singlespeeders and suffers a bit, but a singlespeed racer lays down the fasted overall Expert time

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First Look: 2009 Trek Fuel EX
Fuel EX Profile Trek has just unveiled their 2009 Fuel EX lineup to the press corps in Durango, CO. Karl has had a chance to ride the top-end OCLV version, and filed this initial report.
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First Look: Gary Fisher Roscoe
roscoe profile The newest member of the Gary Fisher family is a trail bike that sports 140mm of front and rear travel. I'm in Durango, CO among a group of journalists who are the first to ride this new machine.
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Brain Fart: Self supported road racing?
Eric has ideas for changing the way the shaved leg and lycra set races bikes. More...
Nomad Gets Next-Generation VPP Makeover
Nomad Detail Santa Cruz introduced their next-generation VPP suspension in February, via a redesigned Blur LT. Now they've updated the Nomad platform with the new and improved VPP, in addition to several other design tweaks.
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Brain Fart: Two Wheels, One Love
kettle-crappy-light.jpg It's always been interesting to me how much crossover there is between the motorized, and non-motorized two-wheeled worlds. Not that this overlap is surprising, quite the contrary.
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Penn State Mountain Bike Survey
Penn State You can help Penn State University researchers study mountain bikers' perceptions of trail access by completing a 15-minute online questionnaire.
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New Dirt Rag Merch: 20th Anniversary Water Bottle
20th anniversary bottle As Dirt Rag prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary, we proudly announce our 20th Anniversary Edition water bottle. Speaking of Dirt Rag merch, for the month of July we're offering our Fox Digit gloves for only $22 (that's 21% off).
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Salsa Cycles Sol Sessions First Report
BigMamma I had the chance to visit the Salsa Cycles HQ in Minneapolis for the unveiling and riding of Salsa's two new full suspension bikesthe Big Mamma and the El Kaboing.
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Scott Bikes Get Smart: The Genius
maurice riding scott Dirt Rag got to check out Scott's latest and greatest Genius trail bike in Sun Valley, Idaho. This is the report.
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ISSUE 136 ON SALE NOW!
I-70 Ride Guide
I-70 is ribbon of pavement linking states from Maryland to Utah, and fellow riders across the land share experiences along this corridor, in some well-known places and some not-so-well-known ones. More...

Manifesto Style: Interview With Ryan Leech
Ryan Leech has not only pushed the limits of trials riding, he has made a career for himself as perhaps the most badass motivational speaker ever through his school tour, Trials of Life. More...

East Bay Bike Patrol: Eyes, Ears and Advocacy
The BTCEB is the second oldest mountain bike advocacy group in the U.S. When their local trails were threatened with closure, the BTCEB formed the Bicycle Patrol. It was just what the doctor ordered. More...

Kona Hei Hei 2-9
by Justin Steiner
If you spend most of your time riding technical, rough, rocky trails, and aren't a gram counter, I would strongly persuade you to consider this bike if you're shopping for an affordable dually 29er. More...

Lynskey Pro29 Custom
by Andy Bruno
They built the bike that I wanted and it came out better than I expected. It fits me well, inspires confidence, and makes me want to ride more. More...

Gary Fisher Superfly
by Karen Brooks
The Superfly might be further incentive for racers to drink the 29er Koolaid. A 29er racing machine such as this makes perfect sense to me. More...

Santa Cruz Blur LT
by Maurice Tierney
The new Blur LT represents years of passionate riding and engineering, the latest in fabrication technology and the epitome of what an average trail bike has come to be. More...

GoPro Helmet Hero
by Karl Rosengarth
With a base price is $169, the GoPro Helmet Hero is a compact, self-contained video/still camera that keeps things simple and affordable. More...

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