22W04 — Sespe Trail Uncovering a Lost Gem of Singletrack
The trills from the creek are incessant. Goldfinch and Kinglets chirp songs across resonances that I cannot spell using the alphabets I know. It’s...
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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...
When Tom Stuessy took the job as executive director of the Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA), the organization’s bank account had only $...
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
Challenger Deep A Descent to the Bottom of the World
We know less about the deepest points on our planet than we do about the surface of Mars. More than 6,600 individuals have summited Mount Everest,...
If mountain biking can be a unifying force, then this remote community on BC’s Sunshine Coast is living the truth.
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...
Cuba's passionate mountain biking community thrives against the odds thrives despite little access to modern bikes and gear.
Culture Features
Sketch Comedy Victor Brousseaud's Funny Take on the Familiar
Being funny isn’t always easy. But drawing funny is downright difficult. Combining humor and art walks a fine line in which both must be...
Last light: Eric Porter rides the upper reaches of the legendary Wasatch Crest trail 4,000 feet above town as a setting sun melts the first snowfall...
At this point in our history, there is little question over who the Greatest of All Time is. It’s Brandon Semenuk. This dynamic, parallax...
You might well know the feeling: You’re fully pinned on your go-to trail, railing corners and generally having the ride of your life, when...
Awareness Features
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.
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...
Travel Features
Reason to Stay Embracing the Rugged Roots of the Snowshoe Highlands
Explore Pocahontas County’s rugged trails, rich biking history, and growing recreation scene, from Slaty Fork’s backcountry to Snowshoe’s world-class courses.
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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...
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...
