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Single Speed World Championships

A week-long mountain bike party is coming to Bend. Here’s what locals and visitors need to know

David SwordOctober 10, 2018July 10, 2025

Bend has hosted many local, regional and national championship events ranging from running, cycling, skiing, climbing and fly-fishing. But for one week in October, single-speed mountain bikers from around the globe will descend upon Bend for a bicycling event of galactic proportions: the 2018 Mountain Bike Single Speed World Championships. A little history SSWC began […]

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Old, But Not Slow

Bend Don’t Brake bike race kicks senior citizen racing into gear

Phil BusseMay 21, 2014October 16, 2023

When I was a 17-year-old punk, I was not old enough to race in the Nordic ski marathon, the Birkebinder, but I was eligible to ski its 30 km half-race for teenagers. I did well, and the evening after the race sat at the winner’s table with a few other teenagers, and with an equal […]

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