As is tradition at Freehub, our final issue of each year centers around the theme of “adventure.” It’s often our toughest edition...
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It took 22 years for someone to try Josh Bender’s Jah Drop near Kamloops, British Columbia. That someone was Brage Vestavik who took a leap some...
Myles Trainer and friends go on a journey of self-discovery and connection through the Bolivian mountains.
Crankworx's Open Enduro, a grueling five-stage race, pushes the world’s top racers to their outer limits.
I emerged from the desert at the trailhead, riding through the parking lot, avoiding eye contact with everyone. I was fuming and nobody needed to...
Since getting my first mountain bike in 1990, I’ve seen the ill effects of what ambulance chasers have done to our sport. Closed trails, helmet...
Within a week of showing up in Bellingham, Washington in 2012, it was made very clear to me that I needed a mountain bike. I had moved for a five-...
We’re living at a time during which the pace of change is unprecedented in human history. And each year, when we start to create this issue...
It was October 1992 in western Pennsylvania, and autumn was in the air—brisk temperatures, leaves sporting hues of yellow, orange, and red, and...
The thought of a swarm of strangers in a conga line on a trail fills Chris Reichel with dread.









