Downhill mountain bikes have come a long way from the days of fully rigid bikes and toe-clip pedals. Gitane rider Marc Parmentier hangs on tight,...
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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
