With Miniskibum’s first season of sanctioned High School mountain bike racing under his knobbies, it’s time to share the NICA experience with Singletracks readers. Even if you don’t currently have high school-aged…
Continuing on their quest to manufacture parts that are durable, lightweight, and affordable, Loaded Precision offers a stem in their AMXC line of cockpit components. Specs The AMXC stem features the same…
The Fenix BT20 is a single bulb LED bike light with a separate battery pack.
Mammoth 24-Hour Enduro Race, California. Photo: Mammoth Mountain. If you ask me, mountain biking season isn't over 'till the fat lady sings. And I don't listen to opera,…
I could hear the other racers stirring, getting ready to leave. 30 of us had camped there: 29 other riders had made it out of Canada and back to the United States,…
A review of the Gravity Dropper Turbo LP seatpost.
Mavic has been around forever. I remember one of the first high-performance rims that came on my first Yeti Ultimate way back in 1990 was Mavic's PSP rim, which boasted a 23mm…
"Is this trail legal?" I asked as we ducked onto a sliver of singletrack tucked into a park I'd never noticed before. I felt like a dork for asking, but still, I…
While the previous urban downhill video we posted today today was pretty awesome, in my opinion, this one blows it out of the water! Check out this urban-ized downhill run here:
The final destination on my month-long road trip this summer was Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I had long heard rumors of the fantastic riding in Steamboat, and despite my impending relocation to Colorado,…
I just can't get enough of these urban downhill races! While this one doesn't seem as extreme as some of the races in South America, it's still a pretty fun vid. Watch…
Our editorial team handpicked the top 10 mountain bike destinations in North America in 2013.
Along with the RSX Short that SUGOI sent over for review, they included a matching RSX Jersey. Specs The RSX Jersey from SUGOI is an extremely lightweight, cooling layer. According to SUGOI,…
A review of the 2013 RockShox Pike mountain bike fork.
Want to know what pepper spray feels like? Ever wondered what it's like to be a professional mountain biker? Then this is the video for you... We follow pro mountain bike rider…
Every fall IMBA announces its new model trail selections. In years past, their announcements just encompassed the new IMBA "Epic" trails, but in recent years they have expanded the number of model…
From the moment I started opening the box that the Jaybird Bluebuds X came in, I knew these weren't your ordinary headphones. Personally, I think details like that matter a lot, and…
It's not every day that a company emails me and asks if I'm interested in going for a ride. Usually it's "can you publish this" or "can you review that," which is…
Clif Bar is making three seasonal varieties of their eponymous energy snacks and I recently got a chance to try all three. Since taste is a really subjective call, I decided to…
This is a story that started a long time ago in a land far away--in Europe, actually. In 1927 Tullio Campagnolo lost a bicycle race in the Dolomite mountains because he couldn’t…
We've already posted a video from Kelly McGarry's 2nd place Red Bull Rampage run here, but this first-person GoPro video really takes the insanity to a whole 'nuther level! This is one…
While NICA has been focused primarily on high school mountain biking up to this point, with Georgia recently added as the newest league, the So Cal league is now going to test…
On Friday, September 13th, as flood waters rose in Boulder and Denver and made Colorado seem like a monsoon, I was in search of rideable single track. After riding on washed out…
Foundry Cycles recently sent over their brand new Tomahawk carbon fiber hardtail race bike for review. The Tomahawk is an evolution of Foundry's well-tested Broadaxe 29er hardtail, but rendered in new the…
Ever since I laid eyes on a Bell Full 9 full face helmet at Interbike 2012, I was keen to get one out on the trail for some serious testing! The new Full 9…
A mountain bike may seem like a large, unwieldy object when it comes to shipping or flying cross-country, but if you know what you're doing, you can easily pack your mountain bike…
Loaded Precision has burst onto the mountain bike components scene with a full complement of parts that strives to hit the mythical trifecta of light weight, sturdy construction, and affordable cost. Loaded…
Vassago is an Arizona-based company that specializes in 29er hardtail frames. I have owned their singlespeed Jabberwocky frame for a while now, which is one of two of their less expensive Taiwanese models. It’s…
We've already posted several videos from the Red Bull Rampage, but this excellent vid pulls in all of the best highlights from the weekend's riding, and does a fantastic job of summing…
I sound crazy, I know, telling you to come bike in the desert in August, but just hear me out.
While most of us, myself included, will probably never aspire to throwing down massive slopestyle jumps, it's just so awesome to watch someone who can shred like that! Check out this short…
If there's anyone you'd peg as the person who could flip the 72-foot-long canyon gap at Red Bull Rampage (if you thought it was possible at all), it would be Kelly McGarry.…
As mentioned here on Singletracks before, wheels are one of the most important upgrades you can make on a bike. Many stock wheels are either heavy or noodly, or sadly: both. The…
Fall in Ontario can be a fickle season. The forecast can say sunny, but then all of a sudden turn sour. What to do? Dakine provides the solution in the lightweight Blitz…
Plenty of history was made on Sunday at Red Bull Rampage, including the fact that Kyle Strait became the only rider with multiple Rampage wins. His run (which you can watch below) was solid…
Do you remember those kids' coloring books where you had to connect the dots in a specific order? As you finished drawing lines between the numbered dots, suddenly a coherent picture would…
What do you do if you have to haul a bunch of bikes, but have no room for them in your vehicle? Since many (but not all) people drive some sort of…
While mtbgreg1 was out shredding the gnar on the Santa Cruz Bronson, I was enjoying a more laid back ride on the SOLO 5010 Carbon. Santa Cruz pegs the 27.5 wheeled 5010…
Back in 2010 Cam Zink pulled the biggest 360 on a bicycle ever at this same event, the Red Bull Rampage. This year, Cam took third place in the event, but in…
I know, it's a shocking concept, but I'm here to argue that it is, in fact, possible to ride your mountain bike without strapping on a backpack to hold your water, snacks,…
For some odd reason, my Giant Anthem X 29er came from the factory with an SLX drivetrain, but brakes from another vendor which shall remain nameless. The stock brakes were annoying at…
Hot on the heels of maddslacker's long-term review of the 3.5in 3.8in-tired version of Fatback's aluminum fat bike, I had a chance to take the massive 4.8in version for a spin around the…
Hot on the heels of my long-term Fatback review, I had a chance to demo the new Borealis Yampa carbon fiber fat bike at Outerbike. I ... like…
Somehow (and I'm not quite sure how), until a week ago I had never done a legitimate test ride on a Santa Cruz before. This year at Outerbike I decided to change…
At a time when the only fat bikes in the world were some one-off custom models and the fairly-heavy, steel-framed Surly Pugsley, Greg Matyas at Speedway Cycles in Anchorage, Alaska was inspired…
Did you ever want to ride like a pro, using their own gear? In hockey, it happens all the time: you can purchase a player's own branded stick with his own personal…
My favorite adventure vacations are ones where the adventure is in close proximity to comfort. No one understands this quite…
Join Cam McCaul and friends as they explore the South Island of New Zealand on the ultimate mountain biking road trip. After the Teva Slopestyle bike contest in Queenstown, Cam and pros…
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