Author Archives: "Vernon Felton"
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.
The Web Monkey Speaks: The Things I Used to Do
01.02.2013 //
Riding hardtails seemed like going to church and feeling good about having kneeled in a pew for an hour. My first good full suspension bike, by contrast, felt like having sex. I soon stopped riding hardtails altogether…but Klunking has me reconsidering my past.
Preview: Rocky Mountain Instinct 970
01.01.2013 //
The 29er Instinct has a lot in common with the latest Altitude. Obviously, it shares the Element and Altitude’s basic frame design. Less apparent, but just as important, the Instinct 29er also boasts “RIDE-9”: a shock mount containing two interlocking chips that enable you to significantly customize the bike’s geometry and rear suspension behavior.
News: 2012, We Hardly Knew You
12.30.2012 //
Tired of a biased media’s representation of the world around you? Fear not, The Onion gives you the score on what actually happened these past 12 months. Here’s to enlightenment.
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