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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Ride Locator Map | |
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| Rides at a Glance | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Map Legend | |
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| How to Use These Maps | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Durango | |
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| Ride Locator Map | |
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| Section Introduction | |
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| Getting Around Durango | |
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| Chapman-Rim Trail Loop | |
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| Ridge Loop | |
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| In Addition: How to Resurrect Your Bike After a Big-Time Mud Attack | |
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| Telegraph-Carbon Junction Loop | |
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| Sale Barn-South Rim-Cowboy Loop | |
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| Missionary Ridge | |
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| Stevens Creek-Missionary Ridge-Haflin Canyon Loop | |
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| Stevens Creek Mini-Loop | |
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| Log Chutes | |
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| Colorado Trail-Dry Fork-Hoffheims Loop | |
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| Hidden Valley ("Church Camp") Loop | |
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| Animas City Mountain | |
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| Test Track-Perins Peak Loop | |
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| Trans-Test Track Loop | |
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| The Big Loop (La Plata Canyon-Kennebec Pass-Colorado Trail) | |
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| Smelter Hillclimb | |
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| Old Railroad Grade | |
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| Purgatory 1990 World Championship Course Sampler | |
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| Old Lime Creek Road | |
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| Molas Pass to Coal Bank Pass | |
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| Hermosa Creek Shuttle (from the Top) | |
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| Hermosa Creek Out-and-Back (from the Bottom) | |
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| Jones Creek-Dutch Creek Loop | |
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| Devil Mountain | |
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| Windy Pass Loop | |
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| In Addition: Waiting for the Next Last Grizzly in Colorado | |
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| Treasure Mountain Out-and-Back | |
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| North Glade Loop | |
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| South Glade Loop | |
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| Kinsey-Seven Sisters Loop | |
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| Honorable Mentions | |
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| Telluride | |
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| Ride Locator Map | |
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| Section Introduction | |
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| Getting Around Telluride | |
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| Imogene Pass | |
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| Galloping Goose | |
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| Wilson Mesa Long Loop | |
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| Western Deep Creek Loop | |
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| San Miguel River Ramble | |
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| Engineer Pass | |
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| In Addition: Black Bears in Colorado | |
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| Spring Creek Pass-Jarosa Mesa | |
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| Honorable Mentions | |
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| The Art of Mountain Biking | |
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| Mountain Bike Beginnings | |
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| Mountain Biking into Shape | |
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| Be Safe--Know the Law | |
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| The Mountain Bike Controversy | |
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| Etiquette of Mountain Biking | |
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| Trail Maintenance | |
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| On-the-Spot Quick Fix | |
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| Rules of the Trail | |
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| The Necessities of Cycling | |
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| Be Prepared or Die | |
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| Be Safe--Wear Your Armor | |
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| Oh, Those Cold, Wet Colorado Days | |
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| To Have or Not to Have--Other Very Useful Items | |
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| Types of Off-Road Terrain | |
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| Techniques to Sharpen Your Skills | |
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| Braking | |
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| Going Uphill--Climbing Those Treacherous Hills | |
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| Going Downhill--The Real Reason We Get Up in the Morning | |
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| Last-Minute Checkover | |
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| Local Bike Shops | |
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| Good Eats--Where to Carbo-load and Fill the Gullet | |
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| Repair and Maintenance | |
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| Fixing a Flat | |
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| Lubrication Prevents Deterioration | |
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| Index | |
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| Meet the Author | |