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Article: Interest in mountain biking at all-time peak
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- The Herald News - Joliet (IL)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2003
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To be sure, mountain biking has its share of gonzo enthusiasts, riders -- largely young guys -- who have no qualms about pedaling off a 12-foot cliff or riding over Bunyanesque logs.
But that, said Tim Blumenthal, executive director of the Colorado-based International Mountain Bicycling Association, is more the adrenaline-pumping exception to the mundane rule.
"I think there's this whole dynamic behind being out and going slow and enjoying the experience," said Sig Hutchinson, a 50-year-old Raleigh, N.C., resident who has been riding for 15 years. "There's an inverse relationship with me between speed and enjoyment."
He's 50 and he mountain bikes? Go out on public mountain biking trails ...