Northern Nucleus A Master Plan Materializes in Terrace
With remoteness comes responsibility and the residents of Terrace, British Columbia have no shortage of both. Though the small city is only about...
Original Features
Decades in the Making Photographers Reflect on 20 Years of Crankworx
In recognition of Crankworx’ 20-year anniversary in 2025, some of mountain biking’s most notable professional photographers to comb their archives in search of moments that felt especially notable to them.
![“Brett Rheeder’s front flip off the start drop at Crankworx in 2019 was sure impressive but also a lead up to a first-ever windshield wiper in competition,” said photographer Paris Gore. “Although Emil [Johansson] took the win, Brett was on a roll of a year and took the overall FMB World Championship win. I just remember at the time some of these tricks were still so new to competition—it was mind-blowing to witness.” Photo: Paris Gore | 2019](https://freehub.com/sites/freehub/files/styles/banner/public/articles/Decades_in_the_Making_Opener.jpg)
Getting a Lift The Legacy of Gravity Logic
Trail BuildingA deep look back at the history of one of mountain biking's most prolific trail building companies, with an eye to the future.
Brice Minnigh shares a waterlogged account of the world-first mountain bike circumnavigation of Russia’s Mount Elbrus. Unforgiving terrain and lung-...
After six days of blind racing, only a handful of minutes separated ABUS teammates Kirsten Van Horne and Georgia Astle at this year’s Trans...
Reviews
Everything you need in a handy package.
Lightweight wheels that pack a punch.
The Lux Trail sees a fairly drastic revamp.
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.
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