Author Archives: "Vernon Felton"
Dirty Words: Caught in the Freeze-Thaw Conundrum
01.11.2013 //
Coming home wearing a suit of mud used to be a badge of mountain bike honor, but all that mud used to be trail. Sometimes you just have to get off the bike and let the trail rest.
Video: Projekt Roam Hits the Southwest
01.11.2013 //
Projekt Roam’s mission is to travel North America in search of places that celebrate the unparalleled beauty and freedom of not only the bike, but the terrain we ride as well. In this clip our hosts travel to the mountains of New Mexico and Arizona.
News: Ten Bucks for the Best Calendar on Earth
01.09.2013 //
Ten bucks for a calendar overflowing with the absolute best mountain bike photography of the year? Yeah, it’s a bargain. Buy it here.
Left Field: Kickstarting an Idea
01.08.2013 //
You may or may not give a damn about an uber-portable, wireless, intelligent speaker system that makes sonic love babies with your smartphone (though I think such a thing is, in fact, pretty cool), but the fact that you can now reach out to millions of people to fund such an idea is pretty amazing all by itself.
Exclusive: Here Comes the Bible of Bike Tests
01.08.2013 //
Most Buyer’s Guides suck–they’re little more than catalog copy rolled into a “special issue”. That blows. Which is why we do it very differently at Bike Magazine. For our Bible of Bike Tests, we take some of the most promising bikes and gear, and we actually flog the hell out of it on some of the best trails in the world. Here’s a peek at the groundbreaking issue that will soon be hitting newsstands.
Video: Trials Riding in Three Styles
01.08.2013 //
Three types of riders united by a common love for trials riding.
News: Garmin Unveils New GPS Units
01.07.2013 //
The Edge 810 and 510 are Garmin’s first dedicated cycling devices with real-time connectivity. The new models combine the most popular aspects of their current Edge 800/500 models while adding advanced connected features through a smartphone.
News: Sugar Showdown Comes to Lumberyard Bike Park
01.07.2013 //
Top-notch skills instructors to spread “the Sisterhood of Shred” at Portland’s Lumberyard indoor mountain bike park from January 25-27th. Register now.
Left Field: Jilly’s on Smack
01.06.2013 //
In a music industry that supposedly promotes creativity, but mainly promotes straight-ahead outfits, both Rush and Primus stood out as unapologetically unique. Which also explains why so many people either love or hate those bands. Not a lot of middle ground here.
Video: Preparing for Supercross on a Mountain Bike
01.04.2013 //
Specialized has been documenting Cole Seely during the off-season while he puts in work on the bike, at the test track and in the gym to prepare for the West Coast Lites season.
Video: Wink Grant on his Chromag
01.04.2013 //
Wink Grant makes killing it on a hardtail look ridiculously easy and smooth. The eight-year old commentators are an added bonus.
News of the Tweet: The Speed Of Our Integrity’s Demise
01.03.2013 //
We have to get used to the fact that Twitter and other social media platforms will form powerful means for information transfer, but we have to make sure that we aren’t losing anything in the process.
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