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Afghan Women’s Cycling Needs Your Support!

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For the past five years, Mountain 2 Mountain has been working in Afghanistan to create education and opportunities for women and girls. In 2009, Shannon became the first woman to mountain bike in Afghanistan. Last fall, Shannon discovered an underground movement of female cyclists – not just riding their bikes, but cycling as part of the newly formed Afghan National Cycling Team. Mountain 2 Mountain was featured on a NBC Nightly News last week: Recently, Mountain 2 Mountain publicized a [...]
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I Never Wanted a SingleSpeed :: Now I Know Why

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Riding a singlespeed is like playing an old game with new rules. In my sixteen years of mountain biking I had never wished for a singlespeed and really only happened on one by accident. Finding myself without a mountain bike was one of the saddest moments of my life. I distracted myself by exploring all of the amazing roads Boulder has to offer, but there was still a hole where a flashy carbon frame and 4″ of travel once lived. [...]
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Keep Her in The Game or ON HER BIKE

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We’ve been there, we’ve seen it.  Although girls ages 6-9 show an equal amount of interest in sports as boys of the same age, by age 14 they are distracted. Distracted by the idea of what culture and media tell a girl they are suppose to look, be and act a like, sports become less important. “Yet we know that girls who stay in sports are proven to have higher self-esteem, better body image, get better grades and avoid things [...]
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The Tour De Farm :: Day 1

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It burned. It burned so much. The burn became quicker and fiercer as the day dragged on, but we had to continue. Why? It’s not a race. It hurts and there is no competition, so why continue? But on we went and on we would go until we made it to Nice. We knew that this tour would push us in a variety of ways, but we didn’t know how soon. One thing I love about cycling is how it [...]
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Movie Night :: Reveal The Path

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Taking inspiration from grand bicycle adventures, Reveal the Path is a documentary film that sets out to “ignite the dream in you”.  Created by Mike Dion and Hunter Weeks, the same guys who brought us Ride the Divide, Reveal the Path scours four continents for stories and adventure by bike. Matthew Lee and Kurt Refsnider, legends of the Tour Divide race, share the adventure with Mike Dion and Hunter Weeks.  The scenery and cultures are unique as they cycle through [...]
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