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Portland, Oregon is a city that values bicycles for both transportation and recreation. Recently, the city has been awarded the Platinum Bicycle Friendly Community Award from the League of American Bicyclists. Portland is the first large city in the US to receive this award.

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Two organizations, the New England Mountain Bike Association and the Newtown Bridle Lands Association, have teamed up with a trail proposal for the Department of Environmental Protection so that both mountain bikers and horse enthusiasts can have a place to "play" at the Upper Paugussett State Forest in Newtown.

Both organizations have been working on the 2.5-mile Upper Gussy Trail with hopes of it opening this fall. The trail will begin at the Pond Brook boat ramp on Lake Lillinona and will end at an access way off Sanford Road.

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Just recently, the El Paso County Parks Department, with a big help from volunteer workers, finished a new mountain biking trail in Bear Creek Park.

The trail is 2.5 miles and was designed specifically for mountain biking. Some local retailers and organizations have already begun organizing mountain biking races at the park for the summer.

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The fifth annual Out of Bounds Weekend is set to take place next month on June 5 - 8 in Leogang in the Austrian Alps. It's an exciting weekend for both pro riders and fans.

The 26TRIX dirt jump promises to be the coolest highlight over the weekend as well as the Kona Top 2 Bottom Terminator dual slalom as the world's best jumpers display their talents.

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On Sunday, May 27, the UK National Demo Day is taking place at Dalby Forest in North Yorkshire. Manufacturers like Santa Cruz, Yeti, Saracen, Carrera and Trek will show off their new goodies. An interesting attraction though, will be the selection of electric mountain bikes from Yorkshire-based ElectricMountainBikes.com. Yes, you read correctly, electric mountain bikes.

The bikes they will be displaying will be equipped with electric motor kits and state-of-the-art lightweight lithium technology batteries.

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Both mountain biking and road biker groups and clubs in central Vermont are starting to organize events now that better weather has arrived.

Onion River Sports in Montpelier have begun their weekly group rides and races officially this past Tuesday with a women's group ride at 6:15 pm covering about 20 to 30 miles. Events will take place every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Owner Andrew Brewer said, "We're getting a little crowded with rides. There's only so many nights in a week."

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The Dirt Series by Rocky Mountain Bicycles is a traveling instruction program teaching mountain biking skills.  This year, their 8th season, they began their camp in North Vancouver on April 19-20.

The program this year has 19 women's-only and co-ed camps in Sun Valley, Southern California, Park City, North Vancouver and Whistler, BC. Each camp is two days long and offers skill sessions in small groups, instructional rides to practice new techniques and opportunities to try out equipment from industry sponsors.

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Danao City, which is known as the mountain bike capital of the Philippines, will be holding their 20th annual 1st Congressman Red Durano International Road and Mountain Bike Championships May 3 and 4. More than 600 riders from around the world will participate in the cross country and downhill mountain bike race. Among these will be the top riders in Southeast Asia, including Ali Usman, Marittes Bitbit, Joey Barba and Nono Surban.

Big prizes await the winners while raffle promos and freebees await observers.

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The new Catskill Park State Land Draft Master Plan involves upgrades to protect and enhance mountain biking. However, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) needs your support to make these improvements a reality.

One of the policies proposed is the Primitive Bicycle Corridor which will continue to allow riding in wild, undeveloped areas. A copy of the draft plan and additional info can be found on the NY DEC's website.

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MTBcut.tv announced that they will be broadcasting rounds of the UCI Mountain Bike World cup live on the internet again this year. The first events covered will be Downhill and 4X races from Maribor, Slovenia on May 10-11. Top Downhill videographer, John Lawlor, will be there to capture much of the action and latest news from around the pits.

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