Quiz Time! Our editor strongly believes that Type A personality folks are more likely to hang around longer (maybe even a lifetime) with an extreme or adventure sport of their choice. In this case, mountain biking for our quiz. There are 25 questions with “Yes” and “No” answers below. Make a note of how many “Yes” you answered and read the conclusion.
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While street riders are perfectly adept at living off street features, there would always be this longing for a “true home base”. A place for events, gatherings and regular practice sessions. Not all BMX riders are park riders, but it is always good practice to spend some time at the BMX park. Added that there are rails and boxes that allows for more dedicated training as compared to random street features, a BMX Park would greatly help to get new riders up to speed and experienced riders rise to their next levels. Sadly, this “home base” event ground was not in its best condition. “Let’s rebuild this BMX Park.”
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The Ultimate Trail Bike has to be the best flow finder, and the best gnarl slayer. How do we achieve that? How about TWO bikes? A dynamic duo designed to complement each other, ready to tackle just about every type of trails out there.
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With more than 10 First Ride or Review articles floating around the internet at press time, there is no additional value-add if we publish a copy-and-paste article about this very hyped up new rig from Specialized. Instead, our ed thought it would be good to tell you why you should be putting your money on this one. (This is not a sales pitch, it’s what he feels as a mountain biker.)
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The electric mountain bike is fast gaining its way into mountain bike lifestyle – epic rides and race formats. Is it really the easy way out of real cycling? Or are we opening up to to more options? Our Chiang Mai representative shares her views.
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ED NOTE: THE IDEAS OF RIDING ON ROAD LESS TRAVELED A TALE OF RIDING OCBC CYCLE 2019 WITH A STREET BIKE AND SOME HOPEFUL IDEAS OCBC Cycle always give the feeling of a festival. Especially for cyclists – what ever their cycling disciplines are. And this year is no exception. With the event pushing activities
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: TRAIL ETIQUETTE If we look at every sign board erected at all trail heads, we would usually see at least one that list out guidelines to cyclists on what are the rules and conducts to observe in the trail. (In Singapore, the signage has a few brief guidelines – so as
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ED NOTE: E-MOUNTAIN BIKES DOES HAVE A PLACE IN THIS SPORT LET'S PUT ASIDE ALL PERSONAL OPINIONS AND TO HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE Purist wanna stay pure. E-mountain bikes are cheaters, they take the effort out of the sport, they do not go along with the "pedal power" movement … We heard that side of the
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SPOTLIGHT: BICYCLES IN SINGAPORE MUST NOT BE WIDER THAN 700MM! HOW DO THE MAJORITY OF MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN BIKERS AND DIRT JUMPERS CARRY ON FROM HERE? It had became somewhat an international joke within the cycling fraternity. Global Mountain Bike Network (GMBN) had a brief laugh with this new ruling. "It is illegal to run
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SPOTLIGHT: BIKE SHARING IN SINGAPORE A BEAUTIFUL VISION AND AN UGLY REALITY (Does this look like an appropriate bicycle parking area?) Bike Sharing – the new era's solution to urban commuting. Case-studied in many regions around thew world, it is one big step towards ready, convenient, green transportation that requires very little adjustments to our city's
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