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Readers Write: Massanutten race recap and photo gallery

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 13:09

Robert Lewis gives us the scoop on one of the first downhill races of the summer on the east coast, plus a look ahead to what's next.

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Riders Write: The story of Black Lightning

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 10:59

What amused me in Dirt Rag #163 has to do with a bike I own - an older bike whose importance in time seems to have only just arrived.

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First Impression: GT Performer 26

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 11:41

Many companies have products from their pasts that are icons of their brand. One of GT's is the mid 80's Performer BMX bicycle. If you rode BMX bikes in the 80's chances are you desired a Performer.

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Race recap: The Barnyard Classic

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Wed, 04/11/2012 - 09:43

The Barnyard Classic is essentially a biathlon consisting of a two-hour mountain bike relay race and then 90 seconds of gelande quaffing. (Google it).

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Race report: Tuscarora Enduro

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 09:36

After a week of beautiful, warm riding weather, the sky opened up and dumped as much rain as it could the night before the race in one mighty deluge.

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First Impression: Gravity G29 singlespeed

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 14:41

Slowly, I am becoming more comfortable on the G29 and becoming more confident with pushing it to see what it can do. So far it has not let me down.

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Readers Write: DIY Walmart snow bike

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 16:40

One inventive reader saw two bikes that no one wanted, and combined them into one fat bike to take his friends riding in the snow.

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Homegrown - Paragon Machine Works

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 16:39

Bike Industry

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Paragon Machine Works doesn’t make bicycles; they make the things that make bicycles better.

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Readers Write: Coal Cracker Classic race report

Submitted by Friend of Dirt Rag on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 15:19

This year's running of the CCC - held in eastern Pennsylvania - wasn't for everyone. The course was challenging, the weather wasn't co-operating and the outfits were... interesting.