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There's an app for that: adjusting Fox suspension

Registration lagging with days to go

The look is a love-it or hate-it industrial style, obviously not for everyone. But we simply had to give one a try.

Colorado Springs would seem an ideal venue for the USA Cycling 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championships

USA Cycling's 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championship heads to Colorado Springs this weekend.

The latest smooth-riding Ti 29er from Steamboat Springs

The 2012 'Whiskey' will offer one of the largest single day cash purses in history.

Logan Binggeli (KHS Bicycles) took his first stars and stripes jersey by almost four seconds over Aaron Gwin (Trek World Racing).

Giant Bicycles' Kelli Emmett talks tire pressure at the 2011 Gunnison Growler.

Alpine Orthopedics' Brian Smith explains his tire pressure setup at the 2011 Gunnison Growler.

A trail bike that rides like it has three inches of travel sometimes, and five or six inches other times. A-OK in Caley's book.

USA Cycling announced Wednesday the 2012 edition of the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT)

Bend residents took stars and stripes jerseys in five categories at the 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships

Proto' shifters on Jaroslav Kulhavy's world championship-winning Epic

"It's a tool, not a trophy."

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn shows us how to clean the chain using the cyclone tool. This will come in handy anytime, especially on the muddy days.

With all the dirt and grime your chain receives from your fast and daring riding style, you must take care of and clean the chain regularly. Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn explains how to clean the chain to make it last as long as possible.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn demonstrates removing a chain with master link.

Check out Nick Legan's author page.

Todd Wells talks with Singletrack about his coming season

Rumors of Speedplay's new offroad pedal have circulated for months, if not for years. Full production is still a few months away and pricing has yet to be set, but the new pedal, called the Syzr (scissor), was finally ready for public view at Interbike.

A look at a multi-purpose XC machine from Felt

Lennard Zinn braves the heat at the Outdoor Demo outside Las Vegas to find hot new gear

Windham Mountain Resort, the host site of a UCI World Cup just weeks ago, is beginning recovery efforts after tropical storm Irene hit the area

Want to prevent flats? Well we can't guarantee that. However, Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn shows us how to install a rim-strip on a standard-tubeless wheel. We feel this should help.

• 1. Thomas Litscher, (SWITZERLAND), in 1:32:30
• 2. Marek Konwa, (POLAND), at 01:42
• 3. Jaap Moorlag Henk, (NETHERLANDS), at 02:13
• 4. Matthias Stirnemann, (SWITZERLAND), at 03:33
• 5. Reto Indergand, (SWITZERLAND), at 04:17

2011 UCI World Championships women's U23 cross-country photos by Frank Bodenmueller

2011 World championships junior men's race photos by Frank Bodenmueller

France dominated the second day of competition at the Mountain Bike World Championships, taking both world titles on offer

Competitors faced a grueling 22-mile course across a mountain, equipped with a solitary gear

FM Bike displayed a rigid 29er that weighed less than 15 pounds

Scrub Components offers pads for their specific metal composite rotors and replacement pads for most of the top brands with stainless rotors.

This past July, a record 228 racers came from 14 states and Canada to test their endurance at the fifth annual event.

The final event of the MTB World Cup racing season (#7 of the year) was last weekend in Val Di Sole, Italy. Gwin had already wrapped up the title, but still showed up to the event on said prototype bike and crushed it to win with a time of 3:10.35 …

NUE series leader and three-time defending champion, Jeff Schalk (Trek Mountain Co-Op) became the first in the Men's Open this year to win four races following his win at Pierre's Hole 100 in what has arguably been one of the most hotly contested seasons ever.

Check out the winning bikes of the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB

More photos from the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB race

Rebecca, Gretchen and Pua really burnt up the Leadville course with record breaking finish times.

More race action from the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB race

Lots of photos from 2011 Leadville MTB 100

The name of Schwalbe's Hans Dampf tire translates into English as "Jack of all trades." Yep.

This is the third year I have raced the Breck Epic stage race. The last two seasons I have really enjoyed racing here. By "really enjoyed racing here," I mean that I suffered like a beaten dog, and then about a week later when the pain had faded from my memory, I thought about all the pretty singletrack I rode, and decided I wanted to come back next year. It's funny how bike racers don't really remember pain.

Todd Wells Leadville bike setup

Mountain bike racing is traditionally a solo endeavor. But this year's Leadville 100 may buck that trend thanks to a quartet of Team Cannondale pros lining up at the start on August 13.

2011 LT 100 Mens finish and post race interviews. Finish live video and sound with Todd Wells and Albin Lakata M's 1st and 2nd.

2011 LT100 Womens finish and post race interviews. Finish line video and sound from Rusch, Reeves, W's 1st and 2nd.

2011 Leadville Trail 100 results, top 50 men and women

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Rebecca Rusch's nickname is the Queen of Pain, but perhaps the Diesel Diva would be more fitting.

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells is a different rider than he was last year. Eight pounds different to be precise. And that's not including a lighter bike.

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells and Rebecca Rusch (both on the Specialized team) won Saturday’s Leadville Trail 100. Rusch shattered the women's record she set last year, while Wells made up for a frustrating ride last year in which an early mechanical kept him out of the hunt for the top of the podium

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells and Rebecca Rusch (both on the Specialized team) won Saturday's Leadville Trail 100 on a sparkling clear warm day in the Rockies.

Gallery of the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB Start

Video of Ken Chlouber talking with racers at the Leadville 100 pre race meeting.

Pre race interview with Pua Mata

Among a handful of fast women set to face-off with Rusch are top riders such as Jenny Smith, Kelli Emmett, Gretchen Reeves and Sari Anderson.

Pro rider Nate Whitman gives us the daily update on the Leadville Trail 100 from the Herbalife24 Basecamp. Hear the latest weather and trail conditions.

How many Olympic gold medalists are racing the 2011 Leadville 100 on Saturday? One for sure. That's Bart Brentjens, winner of the first ever Olympic cross country mountain bike race at Atlanta 1996. Bart-man also won bronze at Athens 2004, plus a ton of World Cup races during his long and prestigious pro career.

Go time is near. The start of the 2011 Leadville 100 is less than a day away. Soon you'll be on your bike, facing down a 100 miles (actually 103) of high-alpine mountain biking along with about 1,800 of your new best friends.

Hear the latest weather and trail conditions. Nate also gives advice for athletes how to prepare in the last days before the race.

Among the names on the potential winners list of the 2011 Leadville 100, Alban Lakata's will be the least familiar for most. Unless you're a true devotee of the mountain bike racing game, you may not know that this 32-year-old Austrian won the 2010 world marathon title and is his country's reigning cross-country national champ.

Whitman is setting no specific time goals for 2011. Instead he simply hopes to "have a great race and feel strong during the last few miles on the Boulevard. If that happens it will mean I was able to stay with the top guys for a good portion of the race. That would be satisfying."

Pro rider Nate Whitman gives us the daily update on the Leadville Trail 100 from the Herbalife24 Basecamp. Here the latest weather and trail conditions. Nate also breaks down the pro womens race and gives you the key riders to watch.

Interview with Todd Wells

Interview with Gretchen Reeves

Recovery tip from Todd Wells

He may not be a pro in the traditional sense of the word. But as one of North America's best known cycling coaches, it's certainly interesting to see what Chris Carmichael will saddle up come race day at the 2011 Leadville 100.

Gretchen Reeves Pro Tip Video

Whether your goal is outright victory, a sub-9-hour time, or simply to finish the race inside the 12-hour cutoff, there are definitive tactics for long-haul racing that can tip the scales of success in your favor.