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This week's Post of the Week winner didn't even have to post to YourMTB.com to win! It's mtbmike, a.k.a. Mike Barrow, a.k.a. president of the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance (Colorado).

Why did he win? For this heartwarming photo (posted by YourMTB.com publisher Steve Outing) of Mike ripping up a "No Bikes Allowed" sign on Boulder's Flatirons Vista/Dowdy Draw trail. Nope, he's not vandalizing; Mike got the honor after a trail work day, after which the trail was opened to bikes for the first time.

Mike and his BMA colleagues and volunteers are a big part of the reason that the trail restriction was lifted. And the group has been having success getting more new trails for mountain bikers in Boulder County.

We think Mike deserves an award, so he gets Post of the Week, which includes a great gift pack from Pixie Mate (which just happens to be a Boulder-based company).

What have you done to deserve Post of the Week? Post a great picture, blog or video, and next week you could win!

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This week's Pixie Mate Post of the Week is a classic tourist shot. That is, it made us want to pack our bags and become MTB-riding tourists in the Swiss Alps.

ljorgie took a great photo of his girlfriend riding a trail in Zermatt, Switzerland, with the Matterhorn in the background. It'd make a killer postcard.

For stopping trailside to capture the idyllic Alps view, we're sending ljorgie a Pixie Maté V10 Survival Kit.

Share your postcard view, and next week you could win!

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Crested Butte: Wildflowers. Mountain splendor. Epic singletrack. ... Dirt jumping park?

This week's Pixie Maté Post of the Week comes from the epicenter of mountain biking, Crested Butte, Colorado. But it's not what you expect to come from that high-altitude MTB mecca.

Gunnifreeride caught this outstanding action shot at a Crested Butte dirt jumping park. The rider's position in the sky, hovering momentarily above Mt. Crested Butte, made for a great shot. Thus, selection of this week's winning Post of the Week was a no-brainer.

For snapping his shutter at just the right moment, we're awarding Gunnifreeride this week's Pixie Mate Post of the Week, which comes with a Pixie Maté V10 Survival Kit.

Recount your tale of MTB endurance, and next week you could win!

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24 Hours. No, not the TV show. The 24 Hours of Landahl has you off the couch and on your bike. (Let's see Keifer Sutherland do that!)

YourMTB.com member mgersib (aka, Matt Gersib) rode in Landahl for his first attempt at 24-hour racing -- solo! (Most 24-hour crazies do it as a team.) And he posted a great write-up about his experience.

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The YourMTB.com Post of the Week, sponsored this week by Pixie Mate, has its first-ever winner: Ttamwerdna, for his video, "NORBA Mountain Biking Series at Mount Snow, VT."

The video is footage from the NORBA Mountain Biking Series #3 at Mount Snow, Vermont, shot by Ttamwerdna while he was serving as a course marshall for the race. It's a nice, tightly edited compilation of the event's best racers tearing down the steepest part of the course.

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We've added a new, regular contest here on YourMTB.com: Post of the Week.

The idea is simple enough. Each week we (YourMTB.com staff) will look over everything -- videos, photos, stories -- that's been submitted to the site by YourMTB.com members and pick the absolute best thing. (Commercial content submitted by companies is not eligible.)

What do you have to do to enter this weekly contest? Just post your best photos, videos and stories to YourMTB.com -- that's all. No entry forms or any other hassle.

For the next five weeks, our Post of the Week sponsor is Pixie Mate. Weekly winners will get a very cool Pixie Mate gift pack. (This is tasty stuff; trust us.)