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No Whining, Bitching, or Moaning: Frozen Fat ’17

February 25, 2017 Scott Williams 0

Words by Scott Williams Frozen Fat is a fat-bike-only weekend held in Huntingdon, PA, or more simply, Central Pennsylvania. As evident as it may appear from the event title, I would be willing to bet

Video: More Than A Sport

February 21, 2017 Press release 0

As stated in the Trek blog, “There’s something undeniably cool about a high school mountain bike team, something that separates it from more traditional sports teams like football, wrestling, and soccer. The great distinguisher, perhaps,

How To: MTB Brake Setup

February 20, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Harlan Price has been contributing to DirtRag for over a decade through articles and has coordinated the skills area and MTB clinics at Dirt Fest for the past five. A former professional photographer turned professional

Rusch Job: Bikes and Beer… and Borrowing a Tradition from our Winter Brethren

February 17, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words by Rebecca Rusch I didn’t know what gelände quaffing was until I moved to Idaho. Now it’s an annual tradition that I host as a hotly contested competitive component of Rebecca’s Private Idaho. For

Video Preview: Danny MacAskill vs. Kilimanjaro

February 16, 2017 Press release 0

Check out this preview of Danny MacAskill‘s summit attempt of 19,000’ Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. Stay tuned for the conclusion and the full video this May! Find more from Danny MacAskill here.

Iron Bicycles and Buffalo Soldiers

February 16, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words by Adam Hunt, photos courtesy of Stan Cohen “The bicycle has a number of advantages over the horse, it does not require as much care, it needs no forage, it moves much faster over

Beer Me: Smuttynose Really Old Brown Dog

February 14, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words and photo by Burt Hoovis For those of us who enjoy beer, there very well could be no better time to be alive than right now. It seems like every town with more than one

Kona Wozo in Ireland: A Microadventure

February 8, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words by William O’Connor, photos by Michal Dzikowski This story begins at my house, in a small village in the west of Ireland where bank holiday weekend biking plans are being made. My usual plan

Video: Gullyver’s Travels

February 1, 2017 Press release 0

“I’ve crisscrossed the globe as a competitor for many years, but I rarely ventured beyond the mountain resorts that the contests were held in,” says Geoff. He decided to make it a point to escape

Beer Me: 4 Hands Brewing Contact High Wheat Ale

January 31, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words & photo by Burt Hoovis Being the good wife she is, Mrs. Hoovis recently came home with several new and interesting varieties from her trip to the local beer monger. Among them was Contact

Video: Old Skool x New Skool with Tom Ritchey

January 31, 2017 Press release 0

The Bicycle Academy is a frame-building school in Somerset, England. Recently, they have started a series of events called Old Skool x New Skool, a collaboration between frame-building veterans and a new wave of builders

Riding, Racing, and A Can of Beans: Surviving Ecuador

January 28, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words by Eric Porter. Photos by Scott Markewitz. This story originally appeared in Dirt Rag #186. “Pull over! It’s burrito time!” snarled Scott as he reached his breaking point. Throughout our entire time in Ecuador,

Specialty Files: 1991 Mantis Valkyrie

January 26, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words by Maurice Tierney. Photos courtesy of www.firstflightbikes.com. Richard Cunningham founded Mantis Bicycles in 1981. Ever the innovator, Mantis made a variety of bikes, including the fillet brazed Sherpa, Pro Floater suspension bike and Flying

Beer Me: Red Beer

January 24, 2017 Dirt Rag Magazine 0

Words and photo by Shannon Mominee. You may think that beer and tomato juice is sacrilegious, and maybe it is depending on the beer. My mom mixes bottled Michelob Lite with it, hardly a beer

Specialty Files: 1991 Yeti Ultimate

January 19, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words and photos by Jeff Archer. Every rider who has thrown a leg over a top tube has probably spent some saddle time mentally designing their “ultimate” bike. For some, it might be a 14

The Los Padres National Forest Traverse

January 18, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words and photos by Jeffrey Stern. The concept was simple really – traverse three mountain ranges, tip-toe around two wilderness areas all while crossing the entire southern portion of Los Padres National Forest, a nearly

Video: My Kona — Angi Weston

January 18, 2017 Helena Kotala 0

“The world needs more people, especially women and girls, who have more faith in their abilities, on a bike and in life,” says Angi. In this inspiring video, Angi shares her passion as a coach

Beer Me: Deviant Dale’s IPA

January 17, 2017 Jon Pratt 0

I’m a big fan of an IPA, or two, after a long day of riding or building trails. The resurgence of tasty canned beer has made it much easier to bring a few along

Video: Chris Akrigg — As It Lies + Behind the Scenes

January 13, 2017 Helena Kotala 0

Chris Akrigg’s latest video, As It Lies, is just what the name implies. He doesn’t build features to ride; rather, he uses what is in the natural environment to show off his trials skills. As

Specialty Files: 1989 Talon Slayer

January 12, 2017 Dirt Rag Contributor 0

Words and photos by Jeff Archer. One of the best things about collecting mountain bikes is the relative newness of the sport. Since mountain biking is only about three decades old, and many of the