Tag: Colorado
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Worst Retirement Ever S2 E1: Pike’s Peak
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever S2 E1: Pike’s PeakPike’s Peak was put on the world motorsport radar by the now legendary film Climb Dance, a hair-raising trip into the setting sun with Ari Vatanen and his terrifyingly fast Peugeot 405 back in 1988. Full gas and mostly sideways, Vatanen made the iconic dirt road in Colorado with its drops to the side of… …
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Shot: The Learning Curve
Click or not: Shot: The Learning CurveAlthough I take photographs, I don’t consider myself a photographer. So when I got the opportunity to do a story on a Singletrack Colorado tour back in 2013, I was more than a bit sceptical as to what imagery I could come up with using my limited knowledge and camera operating skills. I was given… …
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Tomac
Click or not: TomacMaybe you had to be there, but the early 90s is still looked upon as the ‘golden era’ of mountain biking, despite the no suspension, bad geometry and ass-backwards bikes. It was about riding, and it was about racing. To this day, the name Tomac is whispered in reverent tones when conversation turns to the… …
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Worst Retirement Ever, Ep 8.5: Boulder 2 – The Sequel
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever, Ep 8.5: Boulder 2 – The SequelSometimes, taking down dopers requires a second effort. And I don’t know if Phil does indeed succeed this time, but I’m sure there’ll be wattage up the yin-yang and cookies being burned. …
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Worst Retirement Ever EP 7: Lookout Mountain
Click or not: Worst Retirement Ever EP 7: Lookout MountainCrowdsourced and shot entirely on iPhones, Phil makes his way up another hill, this time in Colorado with the enthusiastic and sometimes naked encouragement from some of the locals in the latest instalment of the Worst Retirement Ever. He also gives us another cool little history lesson while name-dropping former Pro comrades who have now… …
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Colorado Weed
Click or not: Colorado WeedProving you don’t have to be a top tier pro racer, eccentric dirt jumper or overhyped freerider to put out consistently exceptional videos, Jeff Kendall-Weed continues to impress with silky skills and creative trail riding wrapped up with inspirational edits in picturesque locations. Telluride, Colorado falls well into that category and provides a smoking backdrop for some… …
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TPC Museum Series: HB’s Miyata
Click or not: TPC Museum Series: HB’s MiyataGreg ‘HB’ ‘Hairball’ Herbold is often overlooked when it comes to the first UCI Mountain Bike World Championship discussions, where most of the focus falls on Ned Overend and Julie Furtado who took the cross-country titles at Durango, Colorado in 1990. But HB ruled supreme over the world’s best downhillers that weekend, and all on… …
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TPC Museum Series: Juli Furtado’s Yeti FRO
Click or not: TPC Museum Series: Juli Furtado’s Yeti FROWe love The Pros Closet‘s Museum Series here at ChainSlap. They have produced a series of videos looking at some of the coolest and most important bikes of the last 20 to 30 years, both mountain and road, which were ridden by significant Pros to some pretty big victories in the annals of racing. One… …