Pedal to the People A New Wave of Americans Discover Mountain Biking
The growth of mountain biking is leading swarms of newcomers to rush to their local trail systems amid calls to build more places to ride closer to home.
Original Features
BC Bike Parks Travel Guide
Across British Columbia, lift-access riding has become a defining part of mountain bike culture, shaping trail design and rider progression with as...
Kamloops Travel Guide
TravelIt’s rare when trails built during the formative years of mountain biking still hold up to today’s standards. And, rightly so, it was a...
As vast as it is varied, northern British Columbia is an area of untapped potential. Historically, value was placed on the seemingly endless natural...
Mert Lawwill never really rode mountain bikes. Perhaps this is because he was more used to doing 100 miles per hour on his motorcycle while racing...
Reviews
How disruptive is Amflow's debut bike?
“Not every pack has to make sense for every rider.” That’s what I told myself when I unboxed the Camelbak H.A.W.G. last year. And I...
In the pantheon of bike parts, it often feels like pedals get an outsized share of “innovation.” Perhaps it’s because they’re...
Welcome to Issue 17.2
This issue of Freehub, loosely woven together with themes of community, is lined with examples of mountain bikers helping mountain bikers for nothing other than sheer love of the sport. Danielle Baker writes about the all-too-short life of Matthew “Mattmo” Jeromkin and the trail that sprung up in his honor, now cared for by Nanaimo’s mountain bike community. Betsy Welch writes about Maui’s steady ascent toward building legal places to ride. Ben Haggar shares nuances from Japan’s riding scene—home to an interesting mix of strict adherence to cultural norms while also striving for progression. And, finally, in the feature “A Gift for Giving,” Brice Minnigh details the life of Don Cook, a Crested Butte icon at the forefront of so much development that we now take for granted in the bicycling world.
