Finders Keepers The Origin Story of 'Bike Short'
Why would anyone steal a pair of wet, post-ride biking shorts, and more curiously, who would commit such a heist, drying rack and all?
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On a breezy Sunday afternoon at the West Maui Bike Park, the kids are champing at the bit. They huddle around Ray Watson, their tufts of sun-bleached...
At 17 years old, German prodigy Patricia Druwen is already pushing the boundaries of women’s slopestyle. Within this short time span, she has spent...
On April 17, 2024, a ritual that had played out for 34 years was in full swing. The world’s biggest and brightest cycling brands were all...
Adventure Features
Below Down Under Mountain Biking Takes Hold in Tasmania
It’s the state Australia forgot: a small island sitting far off the southernmost point of the mainland, exposed and truly wild. It’s a...
Across Oaxaca, Mexican mountain bikers are working with locals in small villages to tune up the trails once used as footpaths.
If mountain biking can be a unifying force, then this remote community on BC’s Sunshine Coast is living the truth.
A group of three riders search for ancient singletrack in the storied deserts of Jordan.
Culture Features
The Big League Breaking Barriers for Women Freeriders to Compete on the World’s Biggest Stage
As the dust settled in Virgin, Utah, following the final runs of the May 2022 iteration of Red Bull Formation, the energy at the venue was soaring....
The following is a collection of photographer JB Liautard’s finest images, along with his thoughts on what inspired him to create 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/grid_teaser/public/articles/Decades_in_the_Making_Opener.jpg)
In recognition of Crankworx’ 20-year anniversary in 2025, some of mountain biking’s most notable professional photographers to comb their archives in...
Women made slopestyle history in their first premier slopestyle event in the Crankworx World Tour in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Awareness Features
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.
When Tom Stuessy took the job as executive director of the Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA), the organization’s bank account had only $...
Climate change is impacting mountain bike races in British Columbia, leading to trail degradation, race cancellations, and adaptive solutions.
Mountain bikers have long promoted the socioeconomic benefits of trails, but rising housing costs in trail towns are pushing many locals out of their...
Travel Features
Hallowed Ground Breckenridge’s Backyard Trail Bounty
It’s a Thursday morning in late September, and Nate Hills is eyeing the 69er—the biggest and most imposing launching pad at the Frisco...
It took the home air conditioning revolution of the mid-20th century before cycling could truly blossom in Phoenix’s oven-like heat. The...
As the location of the genesis of modern mountain biking, Crested Butte and Gunnison have a storied history worth telling.
Phil Kincheloe unfolds his Sedona trail map and spreads it across the trailhead picnic table in front of us. His hand sweeps across the entirety of...
