If you know how to ride a bicycle, then you can join in on the exciting experience of mountain biking: conquering steep hills, jumping cliffs and scratching up your skin. Mountain biking is a little more risky than regular bike riding.
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 19, 2008
An often discouraging topic associated with any extreme sport is injuries. However, they do not have to be discouraging but little lessons that we can use to better ourselves and educate others wanting to conquer the mountains as well.
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 18, 2008
That's right! The time has come. Mountain Biking by 198 is giving away a Mountain Cycle Fury 5.5" travel frame in the winner's size! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to win a $1,000 frame just for doing what you love to already...talk about your favorite trail!
Continue reading...Monday, November 17, 2008
A reoccurring theme throughout this series has been that "practice makes perfect", so logically...getting a lot of miles under your belt is essential to honing in your mountain biking skills. So now it is time to start racking up the mile count!
Continue reading...Thursday, November 13, 2008
While mountain biking in frosty temperatures can be exhilarating, it can also be dangerous for someone who does not take the proper precautions. Regardless if you are going out for a casual or extreme ride, the rush is there, and it can often overpower your safety, health and well-being.
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
In this video done by Hutchinson, they feature their urban tires in a very artistic manner. I am an ex post production video editor out of Atlanta, so I know how much time and energy this video took. There is very specific story-boarding and a long shooting process to output a short video like this.
Continue reading...Monday, November 10, 2008
It is true, if you diversify your riding...you will become a better rider. This is a well known fact among many different disciplines in many sports. Why do you think there are stories of football players taking dance lessons?
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 5, 2008
This month brings a contest between two top-notch websites in these sports to answer this question. Mountain Biking 198 and MaxRigging are having a competition. The contest is simple. Which site, the biker’s or the rower’s, can get more subscribers to their RSS feeds by the end of the month.
Continue reading...Monday, November 3, 2008
The idea behind sessioning is that we are not perfect riders...none of us are. How can we expect to ride every trail perfectly the first time? We can't...so most times, we mess up and move on. Sessioning is the art of trying it again.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Red Bull Rampage, the premier freeride mountain biking competition, held annually from 2001 to 2004, is blasting back onto the scene in 2008, bigger and badder than ever before. From October 2-5, Red Bull Rampage: The Evolution will draw the greatest riders in the world to a new venue just outside Virgin, Utah, offering the most challenging terrain mountain bike competition has ever seen.
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