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How to Avoid Excessive Bike Baggage Fees
Flying with your bike isn’t easy, but it shouldn’t cost a fortune By Sonya Looney I love traveling to new places, and using my bike as a tool for adventure. Whether I’m racing in a far-off land or...
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A Stage Race Like No Other
Just one of the many rugged descents during MTB Ayiti. Photo: Steve Zdawczynski A new stage race hopes to bring mountain bikers to this gritty nation By Sonya Looney Earthquake. Cholera. Poverty....
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Living the High Life at the Yak Attack
The Yak Attack is a 10-day stage race in Nepal that cuts across the Himalaya Mountains. Racers band together to overcome altitude and bad crashes at Nepal’s Yak Attack stage race. By Sonya Looney It...
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Four Ways to Improve Power and Comfort
Warning signs that your bike position may be holding you back By Sonya Looney Spring is here and for me, that means two things—cleaning out the garage and checking in with my bike fitter at Wheat...
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Coming to Terms With the Trans-Sylvania Epic
The first four stages have been a blur of rock gardens and tight trees. (Photo: Mike Bush) Sonya Looney suffers, then surges at the Pennsylvania stage race I’m sitting in our communal kitchen at the...
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Remembering the Rocks
At a stage race like the Trans-Sylvania Epic, riders’ moods can swing from high to low in a matter of miles. (A.E. Landes Photography) Reflections from a stage-race addict By Sonya Looney We all have...
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Flying Into Fall
Riding in British Columbia is all about risks and rewards. This offseason, the choice is clear: Take the harder lines By Sonya Looney I’m well into the off-season and enjoying fall rides. The...
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Rolling through Winter
There’s no better place to finish a long race season than at the Mongolia Bike Challenge stage race. For one racer, the coldest season also makes for the best riding By Sonya Looney When I was...
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Launching a New Season
From high mountains to fields of wildflowers, this race across the Andes has it all. Photo: M. Tucuna/TransAndes Challenge To get motivated for the season, set big goals—like the six-day TransAndes...
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Mud and Volcanoes at the Trans Andes Challenge
It poured for the first five days of the Trans Andes Challenge. Photo: M. Tucana/ Trans Andes Challenge Torrential rain, backyard barbeques and dance parties By Sonya Looney To those enduring a...
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