Welcome to the Freehub feature catalog—15 years of documenting mountain bike culture through long-form storytelling in print and online.
Walk into the Tippie family household on any given day, and you're likely to stumble upon bike helmets, ski boots, or a flurry of outdoor gear. But one thing you’re guaranteed to see is Alix Tippie, sitting in the living room, surrounded by towering stacks of her sketches, markers in hand, completely absorbed in her art.
Beyond Asheville’s newly discovered town identity lays a gem that has been there for much longer than the River Arts District or even the textile...
The universe has 94 known naturally occurring elements. Hydrogen and helium, the two most common, are understood to have formed during the Big Bang...
Cumberland, Vancouver Island, has transformed into a premier mountain biking hub with 120 miles of trails, driven by local passion and rich history.
Across an idyllic Swiss landscape are trails that endure because of farmers, climbers, animals and countless others who have walked them for centuries.
Fueled by a desire to get off the beaten path, Thomas Woodson is pushed to his limit on a 9-day trip across the Bolivian Andes.
Across Oaxaca, Mexican mountain bikers are working with locals in small villages to tune up the trails once used as footpaths.
Finale Ligure, Italy is firmly cemented as one of the foremost mountain biking destinations in Europe after years of grassroots development.
The following is a collection of photographer JB Liautard’s finest images, along with his thoughts on what inspired him to create them.
Being the 2019 Red Bull Joyride champion, all eyes were on Emil Johansson as the 2020 Crankworx tour kicked off in Rotorua, New Zealand. Learn how he...
There’s something to be said for being weird. It’s a matter of perspective, and perhaps it’s a matter of the type of “weird,...
Paige Stuart and Andi Zolton, the only two U.S.-based women working on the professional mountain bike race circuit, pave the way for women mechanics.
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 trail network curated by mountain bikers and backed by the United States Forest Service.
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...
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...
In December 2009, I was digging in a rough new section of trail on Galbraith Mountain, just outside of Bellingham, WA. My 6-year-old Rhodesian...
Durango’s trails reflect the region’s rugged qualities. Most were built in vast open spaces with little oversight and reckless abandon—rowdy kids beating in paths or herds of horses wandering through sagebrush fields.
Reno, which was dubbed the Biggest Little City in the World in the early 1900s, is big on biking. Geography is super-sized in this corner of Northern...
In Western Colorado, rugged landscapes shaped by the Colorado River meet the Rocky Mountains. Fruita, Grand Junction, and Palisade thrive as premier...
The flavor of riding around Whitefish, MT can be likened to a well-balanced, three-course meal. There are short loops to satiate those initial hunger...
