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Whether you’re cruising singletrack and charging down hills, traversing hundreds of miles, or speeding through race events, here are the best mountain bike shoes for your ride.
Well-constructed mountain bike shoes provide power on the climb and security on the descent. A solid pair also protects and prevents foot fatigue without being restrictive and hopefully feels good to wear.
When you’ve pedaled dozens of miles from civilization, nothing’s worse than getting caught in a pair of shoes that’s loose, cumbersome, undependable, or doesn’t fit right.
Standing under blue skies on the Grand Mesa with hikers and bikers traversing the trail behind them, officials marked the completion of a decade-plus effort to create a 34-mile trail from the top of the Mesa to the town of Palisade.
The Palisade Plunge is officially open.
Representatives from federal and state land management agencies, local leaders and Great Outdoors Colorado all spoke to celebrate the accomplishment and congratulate everyone who worked together in partnership to get the trail built.
âTo look around this group and see people who are representing so many different aspects of public lands and private lands ecosystems across this landscape and celebrating it in a way where people come together,â Bureau of Land Management State Director Jamie Connell said. âI know there had to have been challenges.â
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Lachlan Morton rode the whole route of the Tour de France without the kind of help official racers get, like mechanics and meals. He started behind official Tour racers and finished five days ahead.
Pro cyclist Lachlan Morton wasn t officially in this year s Tour de France, but he rode the route anyway, by himself and beat everyone to the finish in Paris
by five days.
After starting shortly behind the official group on June 26, he crossed the unofficial finish line at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday: 3,424 miles in 18 days, including ascents up some of France s famously brutal mountains.
Morton rode around 200 miles each day, usually spending about 12 hours in the saddle before finding a place to camp for the night (or simply riding through the night).
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