Elevated Reflection Moments of Repose on Colorado’s Tallest Mountain
Chris Reichel contemplates his time living in the Centennial State, sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Recently, while conducting research for this Freehub Arkansas Photo Book, I learned about Bruce Walker, a man who owned Flying Possum Leather on...
This February, the Ozark Off Road Cyclists (OORC) celebrated its 19th running of the Buffalo Headwaters Challenge, an annual bike bash based in Red...
In early October 2023, Freehub senior photographer Riley Seebeck shuffled through his camera gear in the dark at the summit of Mount Nebo as he...
As is tradition at Freehub, our final issue of each year centers around the theme of “adventure.” It’s often our toughest edition...
When listing the top 10 brain-melting moments in the history of freeride mountain biking on your fingers, Josh Bender’s four jumps off the...
When settlers first came to the Pacific Northwest, they began an initiative for deforestation. The forest held many valuable resources, but it also...
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...
Valerie Naylor is the Rock Queen. At least, that’s what Randy Conner of Contour Trail Design Company calls her. He’s seen her move rocks...
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...
I hate group rides. Just the thought of them fills me with anxiety and nervous energy. I don’t want to spend my ride chasing someone faster...
Mountain bikers love the word community . It’s a catch-all term that, while imperfect, does the tidiest job of describing the real reasons so...
Second grader Nora Recker is known among fellow riders for her quiet confidence and serious skill.
Sipping a cold beer with Spanish enduro racer Iago Garay on the terrace of our local brewery in Madrid, Spain, is a rare occurrence. Iago’s...
We all remember it vividly; our first clipless pedal mishap. Usually, this type of blunder is made all the more embarrassing because it occurs at...
For those of us who’ve been mountain biking for two, three or even four decades, the sport of today has progressed far beyond our wildest...
I’ve experienced conflicting emotions while producing this edition of Freehub, filled as it is with stories of hope, resilience and community...
In most parts of the world, you can usually expect a mountain bike trip to involve a little rain and wind. But a typhoon or tropical cyclone can be a...
One of the things I love most about working for an independently owned mountain bike magazine is the freedom it provides to explore genuinely...
Almost 20 years ago, my wife Allison and I started a lifetime of family adventures in the mountains while the eldest of our three children was still...
In southeastern Montana, things have a way of springing up overnight. Billings, the state’s largest city, earned the nickname “Magic City...
Monkeys are assholes. Over the years, I have grown to hate the jungle for many reasons: the suffocating heat, humidity, and all the critters and bugs...