Recap of the 2018 World Cup XC and DH mountain bike season so far, and things to look for in the upcoming races.
Santa Cruz has updated the Bronson and 5010 trail bike, with some big changes.
Whyte introduces two new mountain bikes: The S-120 trail bike and the G-170 29er enduro bike.
A surprising interpretation of mountain biking is found in hidden, forested pockets around Atlanta, GA.
Fathers can and do teach their children a lot through mountain biking. A Father's Day tribute to rad mountain bike dads.
Sea Otter Europe, held in Girona, Spain, features mountain bike racing, hundreds of exhibitors, and demo bikes. Tens of thousands of cyclists attended this free festival in 2018.
The new Jamis Portal trail bike and Hardline enduro bike will utilize a unique mountain bike suspension platform known as 3VO.
Trek recently settled a lawsuit brought by the estate of comedian Chris Farley over the name of the Farley fat bike.
Another mountain biker falls victim to a trail trip, this time barbed wire in Ontario, Canada.
A mountain lion attacked two mountain bikers in Washington, killing one and injuring the other.
The Singletracks community shares their best (and worst) mountain bike crash stories.
Cannondale drops the weight on the F-Si cross-country race bike and introduces the Lefty Ocho suspension fork.
The updated Pivot Trail 429 mountain bike gets longer, higher, and slacker while improving its ability to run 29er or 27.5+ wheels. The trail bike also gets the Super Boost Plus treatment.
Game cameras are being used to identify mountain bikers who build illegal trails or trespass on private property. They're even being used to catch trail vandals.
The Richmond Composite NICA chapter is making mountain biking accessible to a diverse group of teenagers in California.
Even after decades of mountain bike advocacy, learning to share the trail, yield, and respect other trail users is a topic that continues to deserve discussion. In this Over a Beer column Greg shares a story of a hiker who didn't share the trail, and what we can learn from it.
The new elastomer fork from Cane Creek is adaptable to almost any style of mountain biking, and utilizes Thudbuster technology.
As mountain bikers, our crashes are an important part of who we are because of the grit and discipline they force us to learn.
GoPro has just released an entry-level Hero model for $199, with HD video and a touchscreen.
The multitude of mountain bike choices on the market today is actually making us less happy, not happier. But we can choose to avoid the trap of being a mountain bike maximizer.
A mountain biker inadvertently started a forest fire in Austria when his brake rotor ignited a tuft of dried grass.
Commencal is relocating their US office from Carlsbad, California to Golden, Colorado, due in large part to the vibrant mountain biking community in Golden.
Plan ahead to avoid problems with broken bikes, bad weather, or injuries ruining a mountain bike vacation.
Network marketing businesses can have a negative connotation, and while it's unlikely that any mountain bike brand would set out to create a network marketing business on purpose, Ellsworth's new brand ambassador program appears to move toward this business model.
A bike shop has opened inside a Colorado craft brewery, and customers get a free beer with their purchase of shop services.
The excitement that our dogs have for going outside every single day can teach us a valuable lesson about what's worthwhile in our life on this planet.
Niner Bikes has officially been purchased by the parent company of Huffy Bikes.
The nuts-and-bolts of mountain bike advocacy is surprisingly mundane, and boils down to attending a lot of meetings. But meeting-goers are absolutely vital to getting legal mountain bike trails built.
Mountain bike tourism is growing as communities embrace the economic benefits. However, rising housing costs, a shifting job market, and increased government expenditures may be an unintended consequence.
In response to a petition, REI has halted orders for products from popular mountain bike brands like CamelBak, Giro, Bell, and Blackburn, due to their ownership by Vista Outdoor, a conglomerate that also owns gun-related businesses.
A new 1,100-mile bikepacking route, dubbed the Arkansas High Country Mountain Bike Route, is well on its way to development, thanks to a $100,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation.
For Greg, mountain biking -- and cycling in general -- isn't motivated by fitness. Instead, it's motivated by adventure.
Intense will offer just 15 M29 FRO 29er downhill mountain bikes for sale to the public during the summer of 2018.
2018 Canyon Spectral trail mountain bike models are now available for purchase and shipping in the USA.
Jenny Rissveds is leaving her contract with the SCOTT-SRAM race team in order to focus all of her energy on recovery.
Working a side hustle is hot right now, but would you be happier and more fulfilled if you just went mountain biking instead?
A $12 million investment in new mountain bike trails in Central Australia is set to make the area near MacDonnell National Park a national--and even international--mountain bike destination.
Two men have been arrested and charged with building an illegal mountain bike trail in a state park in Indiana, allegedly causing over $50,000 in damages.
Time is our single greatest limitation but if we choose to spend our time wisely, if we choose to prioritize the things that matter, even the time that's left over after the most basic of tasks required to survive can be used to do and achieve great things.
Life is prone to taking unexpected turns. Maureen shares a story about a riding partner and friend's unexpected turn.
In an effort to stay healthy health, Greg decided to stop measuring the number of miles that he bikes in a year and instead focus on a different goal: elevation gain.
Sticking with mountain biking can be difficult due to family and time constraints, financial costs, and a lack of trail access. We explore the reasons people quit mountain biking, and suggest that former mountain bikers might just be worth bringing back into our sport.
Fuji is stepping up their enduro game in 2018, sponsoring a new Factory Enduro Team and promising a redesigned line of full suspension mountain bikes with MLink suspension.
The debate about mountain bikes in Wilderness areas is pitting recreation groups against conservation groups, and mountain bikers against each other. The crazy thing about this entire debate? If mountain bikers were allowed in Wilderness areas, we could all join forces and work together instead of being divided.
Santa Cruz Bicycles has added the Sustainable Trails Coalition to a list of advocacy organizations the company supports.
Strava's revamped Global Heatmap, which includes anonymized data from 1 billion activities, could show the locations of secret military bases around the world.
Strava has updated their Global Heatmap. It now incorporates 1 billion activities and shows 6x as much data as the previous version of the heatmap.
If you're lucky, after enough years of mountain biking you just might be able to achieve the transcendence of "Soul Riding."
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