Essential Workers: Search and Rescue Teams Are Ready to Serve, 24/7
It’s a tough time to be in the search and rescue business. Not only are calls up significantly in many areas as more folks seek solace in the outdoors, but the pandemic has significantly slowed rescue team recruiting and training events, leading to fewer available workers in the field.
The Alloy Pyga Hyrax All-Mountain Bike In for Test
Named for a wily critter, the Pyga Hyrax is a 140 travel bike with a 150mm fork, designed to be as fast and as sure-footed as its namesake across challenging lines.
Legendary Mountain Bike Trail Builder Tony Boone [Podcast #276]
Tony Boone has been building mountain bike trails for more than 30 years, and literally helped write the book on the subject, contributing to IMBA’s Guides to Building Sweet Singletrack and Providing Great Riding.
Are Mountain Bike Marketing Categories Like Trail and Enduro Helpful, or Mostly Arbitrary?
Over time brands and consumers alike have latched onto designations like trail and enduro as a way to convey a bike’s intentions. But shorthand descriptors leave important details unstated, and in some cases, can lead buyers astray.
A Heated MTB Handlebar Insert Inventor Seeks Crowdfunding
Tired of cold hands, a mountain biker invents battery-powered heaters that fit inside standard handlebars.
The SR Suntour Axon Elite34 is a Capable XC Fork [Review]
The Axon Elite34 is a high-performance mountain bike fork designed for rough XC tracks and light duty trail riding.
How Earl’s Bike Shop is Handling the Pandemic Bike Boom [Podcast #275]
Earl talks about how the pandemic and surprising bike boom has affected business, and his approach to connecting with new and old customers.
How do You Choose to Support Your Local MTB Trails?
New Enve Gravel Rims are Up to 28mm Wide Internally, Use External Nipple Construction
This week Enve added a new set of “mid-priced” carbon gravel wheels with wide rims, external spoke nipples, and improved pinch flat protection, made in the USA.
MTB Atlanta Receives IMBA Dig In Grant for Trails at Chattahoochee Bend SP, Seeks Matching Funds
MTB Atlanta was recently awarded a 2021 IMBA Dig In grant in support of a potentially large trail project at Chattahoochee Bend State Park, and the group is seeking donations to maximize matching funds.