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Clearing Mountain Biking Trails
Why to do it: Clearing mountain biking trails are beneficial for numerous reasons, but I want to talk about a few. When trails are not...
tdhighsmith
Jan 22 min read
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Mountain Biking and Mental Health
How I started: Amidst the challenges of COVID-19, the contrast between being cooped up indoors and the freedom of exploring the woods on...
tdhighsmith
Nov 10, 20241 min read
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Why Volunteering Can Help The Environment!
What I do: As many days I am free I go out on Saturday mornings and volunteer with a local group called trail science ( trailscience.org...
tdhighsmith
Sep 21, 20242 min read
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Riding over roots!
Overveiw: Roots show up on almost every mountain biking trail you may come across. Whether the trail is easy, hard, steep or windy roots...
tdhighsmith
Aug 26, 20241 min read
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Spike vs Clip Pedals!
What are they? Spike and clip-in pedals serve different purposes for the biker to choose from. The spike pedal is on the right and the...
tdhighsmith
Jul 29, 20242 min read
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Staying on the trail!
What is the purpose? The purpose of staying on the trail and not going off into areas besides it has many reasons such as hurting...
tdhighsmith
Jul 17, 20242 min read
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Full Suspension Bike!
What is it? A full suspension bike refers to the bike having a front and back shock rather than only a front shock. This can also be...
tdhighsmith
Jun 18, 20242 min read
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Volunteering!
What I do when volunteering? Individually, I clear trails and paths near my house that need maintenance so everyone can enjoy them. Some...
tdhighsmith
May 11, 20241 min read
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Riding Steep Terrain!
Riding steep terrain is one of my favorite things about mountain biking! With this it is important to know this risks and...
tdhighsmith
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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Catching Air!
When getting air off of a jump on a mountain bike there is a lot to consider before attempting it. Whenever I look at a jump that seems...
tdhighsmith
Apr 15, 20243 min read
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Making Mountain Bike Berms!
What is a berm, and how is it made? A berm in the mountain biking community, is a feature on a trail in which there is built up clay...
tdhighsmith
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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Mountain Bike Dropper Seatpost.
What is a dropper seatpost, and what are the benefits? A dropper seatpost on a mountain bike is a tool that allows the height of the seat...
tdhighsmith
Mar 22, 20241 min read
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Rained Out
3/3/2024. Unfortunately for the past few days Chapel hill got hit with some heavy rain. This plays a huge role in the moutain biking...
tdhighsmith
Mar 3, 20241 min read
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Beautiful day to ride at Brumley Nature Preserve.
2/15/2024, about 60 degress farenheight. Sunny with a few clouds, my favorite riding weather. I love Brumley because there is always...
tdhighsmith
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Messing around near my house
2/4/2024 Riding some trails around my house. Weather was about 50 degrees, so pretty good. My favorite part about these trails is that...
tdhighsmith
Feb 4, 20241 min read
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