Mountain Biking News October 2006

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TUESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2006
	Syllamo Mountain Bike Trails, a Hit among Bikers
	The Syllamo Mountain Bike Trails in Mountain View, Arkansas was opened three years ago. With about 50 miles of dirt roads crisscrossing through wooded hill, riders are continuously being lured to go to Mountain View which has a population of less than 3,000. Recently, the International Mountain Biking Association has named the Syllamo Mountain Bike Trails which continuously draws mountai Read Full Story
MONDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2006
	Gohl, Milatz Complete Germany's Olympic Team
	Nina Gohl and Moritz Milatz, Germany's top mountain bike racers, have signed a two-year contract with Multivan Merida Biking Team recently. Gohl won her first world cup race this year. Milatz, on the other hand, won the national champion jersey in the Olympic cross country discipline, making him the strongest male mountain bike racer in Germany. Gohl and Milatz would be joining the Read Full Story
FRIDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2006
	Biking Injuries Rise With Increase in Popularity
	A part of the estimated 50 million mountain biking participants all over the United States is found in Western North Carolina where road cyclists are being lured by profusion of trails. With the growing number of mountain biking enthusiasts in the locality also comes the growing number of injuries sustained. Brian Lawler, director of sports performance enhancement at Blue Ridge Bone and Jo Read Full Story
	Day-Use Fee Will Be Charged at Medicine Bow Trail
	A $5-dollar fee per vehicle would be required from Medicine Bow-Rail Trail users starting summer next year. The fee would apply to existing and newly constructed trailheads namely Pelton Creek, Vienna, Woods Creek, Lincoln Gulch, Lake Owen, Albany, Tick, and Mountain Home. As stated from a Federal Register notice, the fees would be used for the operation and maintenance of the trail and its Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2006
	Compton Wins First International Cyclocross Race
	Katie Compton, two-time defending US women's cyclocross champion, has won her first international cyclocross race during the Granogue Cross UCI held at the Granogue Estate off Montchanin Road last Saturday. Compton competed with forty riders, including Georgia Gould, the current NORBA national cross-country mountain biking champion, and Lyne Bessette, the current Canadian cyclocross champi Read Full Story