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Race results from the 2010 Mellow Johnny's Classic Pro XCT event.

Men's elite resutlts: Mellow Johnny's Classic Pro XCT Dripping Springs Texas 2010

Georgia Gould and Max Plaxton overcame what one pro racer deemed "oppressive" heat to win the Mellow Johnny's Classic at Lance Armstrong's Texas ranch on Saturday.

It's May and may your Phat Phat-Tire Photos always be phat.

Dave Wiens released the start list for the third Original Growler on Thursday, May 27. The race takes place on Sunday, May 30, 2010 at the Hartman's Rocks area near Gunnison, Colorado.

The Singletrack.com crew made a trip to Dripping Springs, Texas to find out how the Mellow Johnny's Classic course has changed for 2010.

With the third-annual Growler on tap for May 30, Singletrack.com checked in with MTB Hall-of-Famer Travis Brown to see what tips he has for the 300 racers in the sold-out event.

In its third year, the five-stage North Face Costa Rica Trophy Bike event runs from Oct. 12 to 16, about a month before another well-known mountain bike stage race in the Central American country.

Gunnison, Colorado's Growler mountain bike race is scheduled for its third running on May 30, the 64-mile event in 7,700-foot high Gunnison is organized by Dave Wiens, the man who has beat both Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis at the Leadville 100, a race Wiens has won six times.

Local Austin riders Erin O'Neill and Paul Garcia, along with MJC race director, Tobin Behling rolled through the Mellow Johnny's Classic course earlier this spring.

Round 3 of the World Cup cross-country sees Catharine Pendrel and Georgia Gould dominate the women's race in Offenburg Germany while Julien Absalon takes his first win of the season.

Willow Koerber, Georgia Gould, Heather Irmiger, Catharine Pendrel and other North American women all have a legitimate chance of finishing on the podium at World Cup 3 in Germany on Sunday.

Canada's Geoff Kabush and Catharine Pendrel have World Cup victories under their belts. With the Mountain Bike World Championships set for their country this fall, they are extra motivated.

For almost eight years now, two-time Olympian Mary McConneloug and teammate Michael Broderick have found a home on wheels from which to race their bikes, and they like how it feels — goin' mobile.

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The final weight on the 160mm RaceDay rotor from Scrub Components is a claimed 50 grams — and maybe even a little less.

If you've tried everything to remove that stuck seatpost and it's still not budging? Master mechanic Lennard Zinn has a few more suggestions.

Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Georgia Gould won their short-track, Super D and XC races over the weekend at Colorado's Chalk Creek Stampede, the second stop of the US Cup Triple Crown.

Singletrack.com Bike Test: If you — and your bank account — choke on the phrase "quiver of bikes" when it comes to deciding on one or more rigs for cross-country racing and heavy trail ripping, well then, Singletrack.com's first-ever bike review just might be what you're looking for.

The $2,299 Kona One20 Deluxe was a lesson in getting reacquainted with our early riding days, when our bikes were bought off the floor with an eye toward saving as much money as possible.

Is the Hei Hei 100 a four-inch trail bike or an entry-level, full-suspension XC racer? Definitely maybe.

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Among all of the famous names in mountain biking, the little-known haven of Gooseberry Mesa, Utah goes largely unnoticed. That's about to change.

The five-inch travel Fuel EX 9.8 is a superb blend of a bike: Light-and-tight handling yet packing supple, bottomless suspension.

From climbing to cornering to accelerating, the Top Fuel 9.8 wants to race.

Cyclo-cross queen Compton will hit the World Cup and domestic mountain bike circuits on her new Stevens Scope 26-inch race rig that weighs in at about 17.5 pounds.

Giant's Trance X1 is all about XC.

Keep the Trance's five inches of travel on the trail and you'll be treated to a smooth, stable ride.

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Round two of the country's newest mountain bike series makes a stop in Colorado May 15-16 at the Chalk Creek Stampede.

Singletrack.com's resident-wrench, Lennard Zinn, has a full mailbag this week: Readers want to know about SRAM XX and lubin' various things up.

The impressive thing is that out of the bikes tested, the Yeti AS-R 5 Carbon gained the least weight in growing by an inch of travel from the four-inch rigs.

Mountain Bike Test: The Yeti AS-R Carbon is a point-and-shoot bike with super crisp handling.

Thomas Lining's Phat Phat-Tire Photo "Sunset at Stony Creek" is the winner of the April reader-submitted photo contest.

If you're looking for a stiff-and-sturdy wheelset in a sub-1,500-gram package, the Syncros FL carbons are your (pricey) ticket.

Confused by what you're buying? The RockShox product line is getting a new way of decoding the goods.

Initial specs and geometry for the new v-10 may change as Santa Cruz Syndicate riders are just now beating on prototypes, but expect 8.5 and 10 inches of travel and an adjustable head angle independent of the travel adjustment.

Kenda Cup 5 in Big Bear, California, which was scheduled for May 15-16, has been cancelled due to excessive amounts of snow, trail damage and closures.

A few months after signing with Trek World Racing, young American downhill prospect Neko Mulally is sidlelined with a broken arm and will miss the first two World Cup events.

World Champion and defending World Cup champ Jared Graves kept up his winning ways over the weekend at the first World Cup 4-cross competition of the year in Houffalize, Belgium.

After her second-place finish over the weekend in Belgium and her second place last weekend in England, American Willow Koerber leads the 2010 World Cup, making her the first American since Alison Dunlap eight years ago to wear the leader's jersey.

Houffalize is one of the classic venues on the World Cup circuit with some of the most enthusiastic and knowledgeable fans in the world. On tap for the weekend is XC and four-cross.

Singletrack.com Tech Editor Zack Vestal takes a look at two bars with big backsweep: Ritchey WCS Carbon 10D flat bar and Bontrager Race Lite Big Sweep flat 12 degree handlebar.

The GoPro Hero is moderately priced, easy to use, takes excellent-quality HD videos, and it (so far) is virtually indestructible.

For the least expensive option in the Singletrack.com helmet cam test, the Epic Wide works pretty damn good.

The ContourHD is light and sleek, making it easy to forget that you have a camera strapped to you noggin while riding.

This camera is the easiest to use out of all of the units we tested, but it's also the only one that has a camera connected to its business end via cable. That can be good or bad, depending on what you are looking for in video camera.

The Carmichael Training Systems International Classic in Colorado Springs will not only be the final Pro XCT event of 2010 and a UCI stage race, but it will host the Alison Dunlap Junior Mountain Bike Series race, the final race in GT Bicycle's Proving Ground Series and is the final cross-country qualification race for Nationals.

CNN shines a light on Ray's Indoor Bike Park in Cleveland and finds the redevelopment of an old warehouse goes beyond bikes.

Colorado CycleFest is a weekend of festivities that include a ride with Dave Wiens and Susan DeMattei in support of the Colorado High School Cycling League.

Feelin' that spring sluggishness? Take a look at some reader-submitted inspiration in April's Phat Phat-Tire Photos.

On-and-off rain over the weekend in Port Angeles, Washington made for a slick, fast course at the ironically named Dry Hill venue for the first installment of the Pro Gravity Tour.

FSA has introduced a whole range of 10-speed-compatible mountain bike cranks, both in double and triple configurations, to mesh with the new SRAM and Shimano drivetrains.

Cohutta 100 sees record number of racers descend on Ducktown, Tennessee, with two-time defending National Ultra Endurance Series champion Jeff Schalk taking the win.

Replay of 2009 Worlds sees Nino Schurter take Julien Absalon in sprint finish at World Cup #1 in England. Best North American is Todd Wells at 19^th.

Reigning World Champ Irina Kalentieva outlasts Willow Koerber, who finished third at Worlds, in World Cup #1 in England. Katerina Nash and other riders on American-based teams dominate top-10.

Pedro's kicks in a chunk of cash to assist a new IMBA campaign seeking to improve access for mountain biking on public lands.

Update: We thought this 140mm fork was worthy of replaying after Sea Otter. What's so special about it? It's 5.5 inches of travel for 29er rigs.

As the Sea Otter Classic is "Powered by SRAM," the Chicago company uses the event each year to introduce its new products. Lennard Zinn brings them to you here.

2010's first World Cup will take place in Yorkshire Dalby Forest on April 24 and 25. But for some of the teams that raced the Sea Otter Classic in California the weekend before, getting across the pond continues to be difficult due to an erupting volcano.