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Video: Chasing Trail with Curtis Keene in Sedona
Ostensibly a promotional video for Avid brakes, this is simply a pretty cool video about Curtis Keene, the impact bikes have had on his life and, if you are not particularly into the transformative powers of the knobby tire, you can just geek out to some rad footage of Keene roosting around the red rock of Sedona. Good stuff.
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Dirty Words: Ain’t No Mountain High ‘Enuf
08.03.2012
Sal Ruibal--a journalist who's covered no fewer than 10 Olympic games--gives his take on Olympic mountain biking
Red Bull Rampage 2012 Takes Shape
08.03.2012
This October, the Red Bull Rampage will once again bring the best of the sport to Virgin, Utah for a downhill spectacle that will be sure to drop jaws around the world.
Introducing Bike Magazine’s Heavy Pedal Tour 2012
08.02.2012
Natty and Trey will be piloting this camper to the best bike parks in the country while on BIKE Magazine's Heavy Pedal Tour 2012.
Trek Reveals 2013 Mountain Bikes
08.01.2012
Trek's given us a sneak peak at their 2013 trail and cross country lines. What's in store for next year? New models, for starters, and serious upgrades to bikes such as the Fuel EX, Superfly 100 and Superfly.
Video: Northstar, California, ProGRT Course Build and Preparation
08.01.2012
Source: Northstar Mountain Bike Park In its fourth year, the 2012 USA Cycling Professional Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) has expanded to six races and continues to raise the level of competitive gravity racing across the United States. As the country’s premier gravity calendar, the Pro GRT aims to provide a consistent stage of [...]
5 Minute Break: The Nomads – Santa Cruz Blur XC & TallboyC
08.01.2012
Source: Santa Cruz Bikes Chris Johnston & Dylan Wolsky of the The Nomads ride Mills Peak, Sardine Lakes and Tamarack on the 2013 Blur XC and TallboyC near Downieville, California.
Bike Week: Sun Valley, Idaho – Photo Gallery and Video
08.01.2012
By Vernon Felton Photos by David Reddick Once a year all of us at Bike head for the hills to sample the latest bikes and products on location, somewhere, far, far away from I-5, cubicles and smog. The annual event is called Bike Week and this time around, we and some of our friends descended [...]
Video: Andreu Lacondeguy – The Making of Lacon de Catalonya
07.31.2012
Source: Rasolution Some behind the scenes at Llinars del Valles, Barcelona, with Andreu Lacondeguy. FMX rider Edgar Torronteras came to ride with Lacondeguy at his compound, and legendary BMX rider Cory Nastazio joined in for a session at Andreus’ trails. These two have been the biggest inspiration for Lacondeguy’s riding, so here is some quality [...]
5 Minute Break: These Are The Days – Kyle Norbraten
07.31.2012
Source: The Coastal Crew “These are the days, the ones that really matter. Memorable laps with friends, summer time vibes and golden sunsets. Nothing beats time at home, it is paradise to say the least. From dusk to dawn this is how we choose to spend our days.”
News Of The Tweet: Olympian Interests
07.31.2012
I’ve always found the Olympics to be full of absolutely awful, irrelevant, boring and resource intensive sports... Table tennis isn’t a sport, it is something you do on a rainy day in the common room of your bible camp. It is a game, not a sport.
Video: Round One Of Enduro Of Nations
07.31.2012
The Vibram Enduro of Nations Round One ended with victory for Jerome Clementz Cannondale/SRAM) in the Superenduro Powered by SRAM race.
Teva ‘Proof of Life’ Photo Contest – Weekly Winner – 7-31-12
07.30.2012
This week’s winning submission: Mike English. Description: Ex 721 after about 9 feet to flat. Congratulations to Mike English on winning this week’s ‘Proof of Life’ Photo Submission from Teva! The photo of his mangled wheel just earned him a pair of Teva Links Mid Shoes. Make sure to submit your photos by midnight on [...]
DirtTV: Val d’Isere World Cup Recap
07.30.2012
Source: DirtTV Pretty much everything happened that could have in the downhill-racing weekend at Val d’Isere, France. The track here was new, which threw up more than just dust and rocks for the riders, Tracey Hannah took the unfortunate title of worst crash breaking her femur and collarbone. Although fastest in qualification, Cam Cole couldn’t [...]
Video: Where the Trail Ends – Official Teaser
07.30.2012
Source: Red Bull The much anticipated full length trailer for ‘Where The Trail Ends’ is here! One of the most progressive and ambitious mountain biking ever attempted caught on film in an adventure unlike anything experienced before in breath-taking locations all over the world. www.wherethetrailends.com
Win the Whistler Trip of a Lifetime
07.30.2012
News flash: here’s what’ll happen if you don’t enter this contest right now: some douche bag will score a free trip to Whistler and that douche won’t—sadly— be you.
Bradley Wiggins Gives The Best Interview Ever
07.29.2012
By Vernon Felton So, let me begin by apologizing to Seb Kemp for shamelessly poaching this clip from his latest, excellent News of the Tweet post, but I can’t resist: this is two minutes and 45 seconds of pure gold. Having sat in on my fair share of race-day Q&As, I’ve often been astounded by [...]
Video: Steve Peat POV at Val d’Isere
07.29.2012
Here’s a quick clip from the second-to-last stop on this year’s World Cup circuit. Oh, and for those of you who weren’t riveted to your computer all weekend, here’s the top five breakdown for the men and women. It was yet another big day for the Athertons. Men 1. Brook Macdonald 2. Gee Atherton 3. [...]
Video: Specialized’s R&D Team
07.28.2012
By Vernon Felton To anyone who’s ever considered a job in engineering and thought, “Nah, that’s not for me–too many slide rules, too much math, too much time imprisoned in a dungeon whilst being forced to crank out meaningless equations relating to bridge pilings, traffic circle dimensions and waste-water treatment cleansing cycles.” Well, apparently, a [...]
Dirty Words: Smokin’ Dopers and Dopey Smokers
07.27.2012
By Sal Ruibal I’ll bet you thought I’d be writing about the “Crybaby Mountain Biker” dude this week. We’ll get to him, but let’s deal with some other dopes, too. “Crybaby” is tangentially tied in to this because he’s Belgian and was trying to make the Belgian Olympic team. That makes him the second-biggest jerk [...]
Salsa Cycles “Reveal Your Path” Contest
07.27.2012
If you could ride your bicycle anywhere in the world, where would it be? That's what Salsa Cycles wants to know and if your answer is compelling enough, you might just win a new bike and an Alaskan adventure courtesy of Salsa's Reveal Your Path video contest.







