Issue 17.3 Progression
Progression
Bursting with stories themed around Progression, our third edition of 2026 explores cycles of change within mountain biking from multiple angles.
Issue 17.3
Issue 17.3
This issue of Freehub explores cycles of change from multiple angles. Anne Keller documents the quirkier side of Moab’s riding scene. Caroline McCarley writes about a tight-knit group of Moroccan guides working hard to put their corner of Northern Africa firmly on the map as a point of interest for traveling mountain bikers. Matt Coté dons his business reporter hat to tell the definitive story of what happened, from an economic standpoint, during the boom of Covid and the bust of the ensuing years. And, in our cover story, Sakeus Bankson profiles the hard-to-pin-down Braydon Bringhurst—a rare rider who revels in both up and downhill feats of stupendous technicality.
In this Issue
Abdellah Hida unwinds a woman’s coiled bike chain in the busy back hallway. The woman is not a local or a client of the Marrakech bike shop...
They say never meet your heroes, but it’s worth meeting Braydon Bringhurst. No one else rides like him. The 37-year-old Idahoan has a style...
On April 17, 2024, a ritual that had played out for 34 years was in full swing. The world’s biggest and brightest cycling brands were all...
The three young women sat off to the side, shoulders hunched, heads lowered, working steadily through the task: cutting, gluing, folding with a kind...
Rob Stepnoski, the co-founder of Austin, Texas-based Freeride 512, can quickly pick a mountain biker from the city out of the pack by their low-slung...
There’s a rhododendron that grows on the side of my house. In spring its vibrant blooms stretch up toward the sun. I’ve lived in this...
The human brain is full of stories. Stories about who we are and how we fit into the world, but mostly stories about what will come. Our gray matter...
