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2022 Ore2Shore Results
A soggy edition of the famous Ore2Shore marks the zenith of the summer mountain bike season. This year’s event marks the first ‘normal’ year after pandemic-affected races in 2020 and 2021. That may have been a factor in the outpouring of interest in the 2022 Ore2Shore and the mass exodus north to Marquette. Ore2Shore 48 […]
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100% Glendale Review
Some people don’t sweat much when they ride bikes. I am not one of those people. Due to my sweat, as well as the tricky conditions brought on by the chronic summertime humidity the comes part and parcel of being surrounded by lakes in Traverse City, my sunglasses have a tough time remaining free of […]
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2022 Traverse City Trails Festival Results
The TCTF presented by Stone Hound Brewing offered up another sweltering edition of Traverse City’s famous singletrack shredfest. As you’d expect for a peak-summer Saturday, temperatures started in the mid-70s and only inched up from there. Two hours later, as the 28 mile racers were coming back to finish at Ranch Rudolf, the mercury shimmered […]
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2022 Traverse City Trails Festival Race Preview
This year’s TCTF is marks peak summer in Northern Michigan and continues its run as the unofficial Singletrack World Championship. As is always the case, it’s a tidy but tough Elite field and an absolutely stacked Expert field highlighting what we expect to be a 200+ rider start list. The TCTF Course The route this […]
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BMC Two Stroke AL TWO Review
Two months into a long-term relationship with a BMC Two Stroke AL Two and we’re in love. But it took some work. The BMC Two Stroke AL checks all the boxes of my new ‘dad bike’ list; but will it fit your riding style? Why I Bought A BMC Two Stroke AL I had a […]