SORBA hosts mountain bike skills clinic in South Carolina, teaching technical riding techniques often overlooked in favor of endurance training.
Cleveland may soon get a million-dollar midtown mountain bike trail system, bringing dirt riding closer to urban centers and reducing travel time for riders.
Mountain bikers spend more time online than watching races or reading magazines, making web advertising a smarter investment than sponsoring pro riders.
The R-one 4x4 is a four-wheeled mountain bike that's opening downhill riding to wheelchair users and able-bodied riders alike.
The "Stripped" trailer showcases creative mountain bike filming techniques using helicopters and cable cams to capture the elusive "flow" across multiple riding styles.
Bikers riding from Alaska to South America got busted by federal agents after blogging about their illegal Grand Canyon detour.
Shimano's new "Coasting" automatic shifting technology targets casual cruiser bikes, not mountain bikes, offering a potential gateway for future off-road riders.
Hans Rey's legendary stunts including his bungee jump and 13-story building descent are featured in this amazing "No Way!" video trailer.
DeLorme's Topo USA 6.0 offers vector-based maps, clickable trails, and nationwide coverage on one DVD, making it the best GPS mapping software for mountain bikers.
**Pueblo's 48-mile South Shore trail system is drawing Front Range riders south this winter with dry, Fruita-quality singletrack closer to home.**
The Stair Cycle lets riders "pedal" by stepping up and down, creating a stand-up riding experience that could revolutionize mountain biking comfort and handling.
A winter ride turns dangerous when one rider experiences severe hypothermia, teaching a group of friends a hard lesson about staying together on the trail.
After his eTrex Vista died, the author explores repair costs versus replacement and wonders what to do with a broken GPS unit.
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From technical in-town shredding to high-alpine epics, one rider ranks his top 10 trails after 13 years of chasing singletrack across America.
The National Park Service is holding public forums nationwide this March—mountain bikers should attend to advocate for expanded trail access in parks.
For most of us mountain bike trails just seem to exist. It's not that we're lazy or ungrateful, it's just that we don't put much thought into the sacrifices that are often…
Spring is the ideal time to GPS map mountain bike trails with warmer weather, longer days, bare trees for better signals, and clear trails.
Ah, the seductive powers of the mountain bike. In Sacramento a new program aims to use bicycling (I assume they mean mountain biking, cycling is still a pretty elite sport) to lure…
This PS2 mountain biking game looks promising from the video clips, but it may only be available in France—has anyone played it?
In perhaps another example of mountain biking becoming the next golf, Paul Kedrosky writes "Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Mountain-biking." Paul makes some good points about looking where you…
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This mountain bike crash compilation starts slow but delivers plenty of painful wipeouts to keep you entertained.
To whom it may concern: My name is Jeff and I've been riding the same Trek 7000 mountain bike (hardtail) for the past 7 years. The bike has been everywhere as my…
A mystery mountain bike discovered at the bottom of an Australian cliff has locals puzzled about its origin and contemplating a risky retrieval mission.
A review of the Garmin Edge 205 GPS.
A couple weeks ago I talked about our (sucky) mountain bike gear review pages on singletracks and now we've done something about it. The new mountain bike review pages are now online…
For some reason these mountain bike job posts always seem to come to me on Fridays -¬† which is too bad since most of us dream of these types of jobs on…
We haven't been officially blogging that long but we've been writing online mountain bike articles on singletracks for years (5 and a half years to be exact). Now you can find all…
When the Olympics come to town it usually means new athletic facilities and sometimes even new mountain bike trails (look at the Georgia International Horse Park trails - you too can ride…
The Fat Cyclist is organizing a raffle to help out Dave Nice, a rider in this year's Great Divide race, a 2,490 mile jaunt from Montana to New Mexico. Nice started the…
North Shore rider Ryan Leech is using his skills on the mountain bike to teach kids important life lessons through his 50-school "Trials of Life" tour this spring. The 28-year old rider…
I can't imagine skiing off a jump like this, let alone hitting the ground on a mountain bike. I also love the reactions of the Richard Simmons look-alike on the ground, classic.
According to an article from New Zealand, mountain biking and cycling in general are becoming more popular with riders of all ages - leading one bike shop owner to agree that "cycling…
I've written a couple times about mountain bike jobs (here and here) and somehow I keep finding other jobs I've overlooked. The latest gig I found is mountain bike photographer and if…
The FBI is on the lookout for what I'm dubbing the "Mountain Bike Bank Robber." Apparently this guy has robbed banks in Ohio, North Carolina, and Kentucky and in each case -…
It happens to everyone at least a couple times a year - you plan a gnarly mountain biking trip for weeks and on the day of your ride, it rains. Or even…
A couple weeks back I wrote about public high schools offering mountain biking courses. Now it's time to talk about what adults can do to learn about mountain biking or improve existing…
For those who haven't heard, the first ever mountain bike race at the north pole will take place on April 7. There are 13 riders signed up for the 2007 race, though…
I was reading an article recently about a former landfill in New Zealand that was being developed into a park with mountain bike trails and I realized something: alot of mountain bike…
Tim Woody knows his mountain bike trails. The Anchorage resident was flipping through the latest issue of Outside magazine when he happened upon an ad for the state of Tennessee: "Knees scraped.…
A while ago I posted a list of bike jobs and apparently I overlooked one mountain biking occupation: mountain bike police. Yep, there's even a Police Mountain Bike Association and this year's…
The Get Outdoors blog had a short post about the Fuego, a foldable mountain bike from Dahon. I personally haven't seen too many foldable mountain bikes and this thing pretty much blew…
The Absa Cape Epic is easily the most extreme mountain bike stage race in the world. The race takes place in South Africa and runs almost 900 km (about 600 miles) with…
The guys over at Blue Collar Mountain Biking always seem to come up with gnarly quick fix ideas and the latest one I read about, using quick release levers to change a…
Beyond the recent cosmetic changes to singletracks, we've also added a ton of new features over the past few weeks. Here's a run down of what's new and what's to come if…
The BBC reports the Tweed Valley in Scotland could be developed into a killer mountain biking destination, provided adequate chairlifts are installed. Currently about 8,000 mountain bikers ride in Innerleithen but officials…
Get out your white sweaters and tennis shorts: The Proving Ground mountain bike country club is set to open in New Jersey this spring. The founder, Lars Tribus, is building the 23…
I just read a blog post by Doug Walsh that was talking about how divisions exist within the mountain biking community along the lines of gear and equipment. Doug pointed to an…
We've been quietly introducing some changes to the look and feel of Singletracks over the past few weeks and it's time to show you what we've done (if you haven't already noticed).…