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Two bikers go to the extreme
Sophomores Peter McNulty and Mike Gross don't spend their summer weekends hanging out around town. They get up at 6:00am on most Saturdays, pack up the car, and make the long drive to one of the Northeast has many mountains. Sounds pretty standard for many people during the winter who go up skiing, but these two are doing something a little different: downhill mountain biking. (26/06) More
Keyword(s) : Mountain, Drive
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