Carl Decker
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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 Sword

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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TONIGHT! Blitz to the Barrel

Avatar photo James Williams

The 2013 edition of Blitz to the Barrel, a mostly-downhill, invite-only pro mountain bike race with a $20,000 cash purse, is back and as always, finishes at 10 Barrel Brewing Company on Galveston Ave. If unfamiliar, here’s a look a last year’s race, which ends with a beer-chug at the finish line and, later, an […]

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