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A person in a green plaid shirt is washing a mountain bike with a hose near a modern building. The bike is positioned on a stone pathway, and the individual is focused on cleaning the bike's tires. Lush greenery is visible in the background, and another bike leans against the building.

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A lot of mountain bikers replace their bikes after 5 years. But not me.

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Arizona

This Arizona bike park sat abandoned for years. Now it's finally coming back, and it's better than ever

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Arkansas

A new lift-served bike park just packed 20 miles of downhill trails onto a 300-foot hill, and it opens this spring

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Mountain Bikes and Gear

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Florida

This Florida county has a million residents and zero trails. A legendary MTB club is finally fixing the problem

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Mountain Bikes and Gear

Bank woes force BC bike brand into receivership while evaluating options for staying afloat

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Oregon

A 400% logging increase threatens two of Oregon's most popular MTB trails

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Iowa

The all-new Carlson Park in Decorah, Iowa, offers the region's first flow trails

Decorah's legendary mountain bike trail network has long been known for rugged, technical singletrack, but that's about to change with flow trails for riders of all abilities.

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New Mexico

A woman's ricochet bullet claim accidentally got the trails shut down. But local riders fought back and got them legalized, and even scored e-bike access in the process.

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Oregon

New pro-built trails are coming to Buzzard Butte, part of a 35-mile vision for the Oregon coast

TORTA is gaining momentum on the Oregon coast, with big grant funding, adaptive trails, and pro riders helping shape what could become one of the region's premier trail systems.

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New Zealand

The Whakarewarewa Forest Loop circles the famous trail system outside of Rotorua, New Zealand. Now, the loop trail has been rerouted off of pavement and is entirely on dirt.

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California

The public comment period is open for the Wildcat Canyon Regional Park flow trail

Have your voice heard: public comments are open through March 13, 2026, for the proposed flow trail in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park in Richmond, CA.

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Arkansas

Mulberry Mountain Gravity Park opens in the Ozarks with 600 vertical feet of downhill trails

Arkansas is getting its steepest downhill trails yet with the opening of Mulberry Mountain Gravity Park, a shuttle-served bike park in the Ozarks boasting 600 vertical feet.

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British Columbia

The Shimano Trail Born Fund’s one goal is to ‘produce more mountain bike trails’

Shimano's Trail Born Fund is cutting through the red tape to invest millions of dollars in singletrack trail build around the world.

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New Zealand

Coronet Peak has just completed the first of 15 new MTB trails

Work is underway on a massive trail expansion that will reshape Queenstown, New Zealand's mountain bike scene.

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Nevada

Reno's Peavine Mountain MTB trail system is expanding to 70 miles of singletrack

Reno's Peavine Mountain trail network is on its way to 70 miles of singletrack, with new flow trails and connections to underserved neighborhoods already in progress.

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