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Colorado’s Venus de Miles Ride
Posted on04. Sep, 2010 by KFullerF4.
On Saturday, August 29, I joined more than 1,800 other women and a few men dressed in drag to ride Venus de Miles through Longmont and Niwot, Colo. We were launched to pumping music, treated to a scenic route and surrounded by camaraderie. The three-year-old event, which was Colorado’s first, women-only ride, tripled its inaugural [...]
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The staff ride
Posted on30. Aug, 2010 by KFullerF4.
My secret is out – my coworkers now know that I am a Grade-A-mediocre mountain biker, perhaps the worst to ever work for the International Mountain Bicycling Association. But four hours after we arrived at Curt Gowdy State Park in Wyoming last Thursday for staff-ride day, many of us were standing knee-deep in a beautiful [...]
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“The shock of the real”
Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by KFullerF4.
“Wilderness … we scarcely know what we mean by the term, though the sound of it draws all whose nerves and emotions have not yet been irreparably stunned, deadened, numbed by the caterwauling of commerce, the sweating scramble for profit and domination.” – Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire
In the morning, I rise around 6:30. My goal [...]
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What is mountain biking?
Posted on19. Aug, 2010 by KFullerF4.
Since joining the staff of the International Mountain Bicycling Association, life has been a whirlwind introduction into the bicycle industry. Next month, I’m off to Michigan for the Midwest Mountain Bike Summit, then down to Vegas for Dirt Demo and Interbike, where I’ll represent the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew and National Mountain Bike Patrol. What [...]
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The International Mountain Bicycling Association is a non-profit educational association whose mission is to create, enhance and preserve great trail experiences for mountain bikers worldwide. Since 1988, IMBA has been bringing out the best in mountain biking by encouraging low-impact riding, volunteer trailwork participation, cooperation among different trail user groups, grassroots advocacy and innovative trail management solutions.
