Awareness
Racing the Climate Canadian Event Organizers Feel the Heat
Climate change is impacting mountain bike races in British Columbia, leading to trail degradation, race cancellations, and adaptive solutions.
Features
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Every accomplished photographer is driven by foundational forces that provide the inspiration needed to harness a variety of elements into a...
Across the churning waters of the Harlem River from Yankee Stadium, New York City’s ultimate temple of sport, lies Highbridge Park. Here, on...
The laws of physics are immutable. In Newtonian mechanics, momentum is the product of an object’s mass and velocity. This could explain why...
Adventure Features
Always on Time Moonshine and Magic in Switzerland's Engelberg Valley
Across an idyllic Swiss landscape are trails that endure because of farmers, climbers, animals and countless others who have walked them for centuries.
After a morning spent slamming my pedals into the muddy sides of our “trail,” repeatedly jerking to a stop mid-stroke, I’m beat....
A group of three riders search for ancient singletrack in the storied deserts of Jordan.
Three women embark on a 180-mile bikepacking mission to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas that started with a helicopter drop in the hinterlands.
Culture Features
Fertile Ground No Mountains, No Worries in Bermuda
In 2010, the Bermuda Bicycling Association called a meeting to discuss the growing presence of mountain bikes around the island. James Holloway and Hans Hirschi then decided to up the ante for trails.
In every sport, there is “the” event. It’s where the legends are made, where the limits are drawn and then broken, where gradual...
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...
Since opening in 2007, Revelstoke Mountain Resort has become a winter hotspot. Its alpine trails in the Monashee and Selkirk mountains are now...
Awareness Features
No Place Like Home Affordable Housing Problems Grow Amid the American Mountain Biking Boom
Mountain bikers have long promoted the socioeconomic benefits of trails, but rising housing costs in trail towns are pushing many locals out of their hometowns.
For residents of western North Carolina, a mention of the town of Canton will likely spark thoughts of the massive paper mill that has operated there...
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...
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...
Arkansas Travel Guide
Travel
Tucked throughout its leafy forests, undulating hills and mountains, and bodies of water are expansive networks of singletrack that reinterpret its...
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...
In the last three decades, mountain biking has exploded across Vermont. What started as small communities of passionate enthusiasts has grown into a...
