First Impressions: 2014 GT Sensor and Force

The Sensor and Force undergo complete redesigns, utilizing an all new suspension platform, dubbed AOS.

News: Keith Bontrager Tells All

Mountain biking pioneer and engineering guru tells his story Thursday June 20th in live broadcast on bikemag.com

Battle to be first Enduro World Champion moves to Val d’Allos, France, June 29-30

Birthplace of enduro mtb racing hosts Round Two of the Enduro World Series

News Of The Tweet: #FB

Hashtags, Facebook and hashtags on Facebook.

Video: Mavic’s New CrossMax Enduro Tire/Wheel System

Crossmax Enduro - development and testing

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First Impressions: 2014 GT Sensor and Force

06.18.2013

GT recently unveiled not one, but two, new bikes: the Sensor and Force. Having undergone a new, ground-up redesign, both models see changes, with new geometries, Goldilocks wheels and a new linkage called AOS, or Angle Optimized Suspension.

News: Keith Bontrager Tells All

06.18.2013

Keith Bontrager changed the world of mountain biking more than a few times and he did it out of his own garage--making magic from the things he found in dumpsters. Keith Bontrager is one of cycling's greatest, and most humble talents.... which is why we are putting him on a stage, tossing hundreds of questions at him (including your questions) and broadcasting the entire affair right here on bikemag.com, this Thursday June 20th at 10 A.M. (Pacific Standard Time).

Battle to be first Enduro World Champion moves to Val d’Allos, France, June 29-30

06.18.2013

The Enduro World Series moves onto the second round at the birth place of enduro, Val d'Allos.

News Of The Tweet: #FB

06.18.2013

For a while hashtags have existed in Facebook but in a sort of stillborn sense. Many people have unleashed a string of messy characters preceded by the hash symbol, or number sign, or pound sign, or even the Octothorpe.

Video: Mavic’s New CrossMax Enduro Tire/Wheel System

06.18.2013

A behind-the-scenes look at the R&D process Mavic employed to help create a new enduro-oriented wheel and tire combo--the CrossMax Enduro.

Tested: Santa Cruz Blur XC Carbon

06.17.2013

The XC Carbon remains one of the most capable cross-country race machines I’ve ever swung a leg over. Its geometry is unchanged in this rendition, however, it now comes stock with a 120-millimeter fork—an upgrade I made after writing my previous review of this bike. Over the test period, I found myself riding lines on the Blur that usually make me nervous on 6-inch bikes.

Gallery: Buzz #3

06.17.2013

It's one of the things that has always set Bike apart from its competitors--the best photography and layout. With that in mind, here's another great gallery from the pages of Bike Magazine.

The Detail’s in the Dirt: Brakes

06.17.2013

Marc Beaumont, Magnus Hedvall and Mark Maurissen give us the low down on the what, where, when and how of modern day disc brakes.

Video: Rob’s Dirty Business–Lord Warner Reloaded

06.17.2013

Lord Warner is back with a bang for the new season! See him head to Fort William with bagpipe player in tow to pack in interviews with the cream of downhill talent in this first episode from his new series.

Video: Val di Sole DH Finals

06.16.2013

Missed the action from today's DH finals at Val di Sole? Red Bull is graciously offering up the goods right here. Check it out.

Video: Melting the web

06.15.2013

By now you should have watched Drew Bezanson's latest web melting video. However, the behind-the- scenes video is even more telling of his super-alien powers.

Video: The Entrance of Vengeance

06.15.2013

A little more relaxed look at the race weekend from the eyes of the Evil Vengeance Tour.

News: Schwalbe Launches Super Gravity Tires

06.15.2013

Schwalbe has been quietly going about making some very impressive tires over the last few years and recently announced a few new additions to the range.

Video: Whitefish Bike Park Opens Today

06.15.2013

Whitefish Bike Park opens today with lift-served access to new trails Kashmir and Freebird. Kashmir is two-thirds of the way completed with rideable sections near the Notch, and then from the top of Chair 2 down. You can catch it as in interweaves with the Summit Trail. Freebird, the most advanced new trail on the mountain, is completely open.

Off Track Podcast: From Fort William to Val di Sole

06.14.2013

Commentator Tristan Merrick hosts a rabble of some of the smartest, sagest, wittiest personalities in the cycling world as they churn over the latest happenings in the world of racing. Who killed it at the latest World Cup or Enduro World Series event? Who's primed to come out of nowhere and lay the pimp hand down on this week's competition? What's up with fanny packs these days? Merrick and company lay down the truth in each week's Off Track podcast.

News: Santa Cruz Debuts New Heckler

06.14.2013

Words by Vernon Felton/Seb Kemp Photos by Dan Barham Now with the same geometry as the acclaimed Bronson (see the chart a bit further on down the post), plus six inches of travel and 27.5-inch wheels to match, the new Heckler is, well, new. Some things, however, remain the same…. Still single pivot. Still durable [...]

Dirty Words: Stairway to Hell and Heaven

06.14.2013

Summer is coming to the Washington, D.C. area not on little cat feet, but with hammer blows of scorching heat, high-velocity derecho winds, sour armpit afternoons and enough humidity to grow mold in your toilet bowl.

Friday Five: Trail Maintenance

06.14.2013

Trails sustain our mountain biking experience. Without them all we would have is some really expensive fat tire bicycles with nowhere to go. To preserve our experience we need to conserve our trails. Below is a very cursory look at some techniques that make for good trails and which you can apply to existing trails to prolong their excellence.

Video: The STDD Breakout

06.14.2013

Singletrack Deficit Disorder (STDD) is a highly dangerous and almost virulent condition that affects thousands of Americans and Canadians every day. Science is also showing it to exist in the four corners of the globe. We have taken a close look at this condition and in this video, episode 1 of the Sun Valley Remedy, we look back at the origin of STDD.

News: Avid Updates Mechanical Disc Brake

06.13.2013

Avid recently debuted the BB7S--a sleeker and slightly lighter version of the long-enduring BB7 mechanical disc brake. While its been ages since mechanical disc brakes were an apples-to-apples alternative to hydraulic discs in the mountain biking arena, mechanical disc brakes still make sense for cyclocross bikes, commuters and folks with phobias involving hydraulic fluids.

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