I didn’t know it at the time, but I had made a wrong turn. My mind deep into other matters, I climbed endlessly up steep, paved switchbacks,...
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I’ve only blown up one wheel in my lifetime (so far). The experience was oddly satisfying—sort of like snapping that first skateboard...
My riding kits have always made me feel like a tomboy. It’s not the biggest issue, but it would be nice to feel feminine every once in a while...
Abu Ren lays a naked bike frame on the ground of his shop, steps onto the rear triangle and starts bouncing up and down. It would be an impressive...
At first glance, the thick concrete walls and tall metal gate surrounding Campo Bici don’t give much away. They suggest more fortress than fun...
Perhaps someday, by the time I’m in my geriatric years, the Great Innovation Wars will have produced cassettes with tooth counts well into the...
It’s the crack of dawn, and we’re driving northbound on the 101, heading inland from a small town on the Oregon coast. The early morning...
This past winter, riders in Bellingham, Washington temporarily lost our last remaining shuttle-able trail for the season. That meant that local...
Brice Minnigh shares a waterlogged account of the world-first mountain bike circumnavigation of Russia’s Mount Elbrus. Unforgiving terrain and lung-...
The storied Specialized Stumpjumper EVO—arguably the most famous mountain bike model in the history of our sport—is back for 2021, and...
The venerable Trek Slash is back for 2021, armed with more suspension travel than ever before. The new Trek Slash 9.9 X01 comes equipped with the...
Fit for King Pisgah's Legacy of Dirt
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By the summer of ’93, King was already older than all of us. His years of working summer camps around Brevard, North Carolina hadn’t...
Certain things in the world give me comfort. Like the sound of rain through an open window on a summer night. The rumble of thunder in a mountain...
Can a helmet make you ride faster? My Strava times seem to indicate this is the case. On the very first ride wearing Fox Racing’s Speedframe...
Rocky Mountain Bicycles has beefed up its venerable Altitude trail bike for 2021, adding 10 millimeters of travel to the front and back to make it...
It comes from my right, an explosion in the trail-side bushes that puts my heart into my throat. I jump aside, and my surprise fades as a ruffled...
Ibis Cycles describes its Mojo V4 as “the all-mountain playbike,” and from the moment I hopped aboard this playful beast it was clear to...
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...
It’s mid-August, and the dirt on our trails in Bellingham, Washington is as dry as it gets. At this time of year, the tires roll faster than...
Casey Brown paves the way for freeriding to become a viable career for female athletes.
Daylight is fading as we pack up our gear from various ridges of a past Red Bull Rampage venue in Virgin, Utah. Our crew has been here since 9 a.m....
More than 5,000 years ago, Ötzi the Iceman was rocking a fanny pack. When the naturally mummified man was thawed out in 1991, archaeologists...
The 2020 Norco Optic sits squarely in my favorite category of bikes: Those mid-travel trail rigs that blur the lines between a traditional trail bike...
At the sound of predawn bagpipes on the final morning of the 2018 Cape Epic, I awoke, and sat up slowly. I was empty and weak, but I was OK. I rolled...
Wilde’s technical prowess and audacious instincts, paired with his deep love for mountain bike culture, enabled him to document nuances of the sport...
With a few dry-weather rides under my belt, I stood at the top of Galbraith Mountain in Bellingham, Washington, wondering how this new Niner RIP 9...
I’m sitting in the Bonny Doon, California, home of Rick Hunter, the reclusive—some would say reluctant—custom bicycle builder. At...
Once upon a time, I was a true clipless evangelist. Nearing a cult-like level, I was oblivious and uninterested to what might be outside the confines...
I never expected to spend the last five years living out of a van, traveling around North America to ride bikes. After eight years of university, the...
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