Welcome to the Freehub feature catalog—14 years of documenting mountain bike culture through long-form storytelling in print and online.
In the last three decades, mountain biking has exploded across Vermont. What started as small communities of passionate enthusiasts has grown into a...
In the remote Alaskan wilderness, a team of pro riders drop into first descents of some of the most breathtaking backcountry freeride lines in the...
High in the hills above Washington-Grizzly Stadium, riders can hear chants from the roaring crowd echo throughout the mountains.
Central Ohio is more known for rolling pastures and farming communities than radical riding terrain, but trailbuilders here are known for making the...
Anka Martin's cycling journey takes her to the Azores islands of Portugal on a 6-day adventure through the region's finest trails.
There is an awful lot of pride among mountain bikers along the eastern seaboard of the United States in relation to the word “jank”...
Low-hanging bushes whip me in the eyes as I lay my bike over into the next turn. The sun set at least 30 minutes ago behind the high plain on which...
Biking through the seemingly unapproachable terrain of the Chilean alpine of Torres del Paine National Park has proven to be as rewarding as it is...
By this point, hundreds of thousands have seen North Vancouver-based freerider Steve Vanderhoek charging some of the most consequential lines ever...
For a town of 325 citizens, Downieville, California, is home to a lot of ghosts. They wander through the 150-year-old buildings lining the scrap of...
Like many others, my first experience with the Whistler Bike Park came through a bent set of handlebars and a severely bruised set of ribs. They were...
Talus Turk’s rise from Bellingham, Washington grom to world-class professional freerider has been astronomical. His 5th place overall finish at...
Straddling his bike on Colorado’s Grand Mesa amid brilliant fall colors, days before the first winter storm put trailbuilding season into...
Local, state, and federal agencies are taking notice of the rise in eMTB use on trails. Advocates for the technology believe it will provide greater...
For Tim Haren, a former Green Baret, a ride in the woods isn’t a mission. It’s therapy, community, and perhaps a little bit of salvation.
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...
I can’t sit on my couch. The tick of spinning hubs is too distracting. It’s an all-day, every day parade past my front lawn during the...
Arkansas is working toward a future that breaks the mold of a stereotypical mountain biking destination. The essential ingredients are there:...
For mountain bikers like Reese Bradburn in North Central Washington, enduring the necessary evil of the uphill lets them get to the good stuff. For...
Among the places reputed to be the Pacific Northwest’s premier riding destinations, few have a stronger claim than Oakridge, Oregon. Squarely...
