Shifting Focus The Making of ‘Sweet San Francisco’
We recently chatted with Christian Rigal and Clay Porter to hear about what went into bringing "Sweet San Francisco" to the big screen.
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It took the home air conditioning revolution of the mid-20th century before cycling could truly blossom in Phoenix’s oven-like heat. The...
A group of three riders search for ancient singletrack in the storied deserts of Jordan.
Few riders possess the overall skillset of Braydon Bringhurst. The native Utahn mixes fluid, effortless style with the ability to scale inconceivably...
Adventure Features
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...
Caroline Buchanan reflects on her genre-bending career.
Usha Khanal is breaking barriers both as a racer and a guide.
Through the decades, Cairns’ mountain bike scene rose from a handful of individuals modifying their fully rigid bikes and bombing down primitive...
Culture Features
Clarity in Complexity JB Liautard's Intricate Approach to Photography
The following is a collection of photographer JB Liautard’s finest images, along with his thoughts on what inspired him to create them.
Don Cook Crested Butte Pioneer
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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...
By the turn of the 1980s, it was evident that repurposed cruisers were not reliable enough for the rapidly increasing demands of off-road riding....
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.
Having grown up during the formative years of Quebec’s mountain bike scene, Les Sentiers du Moulin (SDM) holds a special place in my heart....
Thanks to a stroke of genius, a triumph of reverse psychology and a leap of faith, Teton Pass survived its unsanctioned roots to become a prodigious...
Enduro-ing is so hot right now. From bike models to shoes to tires, the term is suddenly everywhere. Packs. Shorts. Trail helmet and googles? So...
Travel Features
Origin Story Crested Butte and the Genesis of Singletrack
As the location of the genesis of modern mountain biking, Crested Butte and Gunnison have a storied history worth telling.
As vast as it is varied, northern British Columbia is an area of untapped potential. Historically, value was placed on the seemingly endless natural...
On a rare rainy week in the Sonoran Desert, Kate Van Roekel juts out her tongue in concentration as she confidently navigates an upper section of the...
In the mid-1970s, when Dale Shewalter began mulling the idea of a trail that would traverse the entire state of Arizona from Mexico to Utah, mountain...
