Professional mountain bikers navigate complex insurance challenges as independent contractors, often relying on secondary jobs, family plans, and stategically worded applications for coverage.
A shoulder-season favorite in Canada's wine country, the crazy-quilt trail network above Okanagan Lake delivers technical slabs, true-to-rating blues, and a fresh 10-year plan to make it all more accessible.
San Juan County's largest trail grant yet will bring beginner-friendly loops, a singletrack connector, and the first bike-optimized trails to Bloomfield.
Two retired cycling advocates leveraged years of relationships with Travel Oregon and local land managers to secure grant funding for trails at the small ski hill, with adaptive-friendly design built in from day one.
After years of losing precious vert on a dusty mining road, riders will soon have a purpose-built singletrack descent wrapping around the flanks of Mount Ouray.
The tiny lakeside town collaborated with the Splatsin First Nation, the Shuswap Trail Alliance, and the province to build BC's newest bike park on some of the steepest, rockiest terrain imaginable.
Tucked beneath an 11,000-foot national park, this remote Spanish valley is quietly building a trail network that could rival anything else in the Pyrenees.
The facility aims to draw 45 mountain bike companies to Scotland's Tweed Valley, generate $189 million in economic value, and launch the country's first dedicated bike park.
Sam Garrett, a 19-year-old mountain biker from Rapid City, South Dakota, recently received a design patent for his tubeless tire plug tool that fits inside standard thru axles.
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