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All you need to know about: mountain-biking
Oli Beckingsale is the British mountain bike champion and Commonwealth Games silver medallist. Keep your tyres soft Unlike a road bike, where you want hard tyres for speed, you should ride your mountain bike with soft tyres. This gives you better traction and more suspension. (07/06) Read
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Hometown Weekly | 26/06/08 iVelo
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Ottawa Sun | 06/06/08 iVelo
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Giro d'Italia classifications demystified

Cyclingnews | 15/05/08 iVelo
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Science Daily | 13/09/07
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BBC | 31/08/07
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Cannondale Issues Safety Recall on Lefty Forks

Cannondale | 24/05/07
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Anti-doping case against Landis may be in jeopardy

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