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News: Fabien Barel Wins First Round of Enduro World Series
Fabien Barel won the first round of the Enduro World Series in Punta Ala. Clementz came in 2nd place. Jared Graves took third.
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Dirty Words: Too Cool for the Tour? Take a walk on the sausage side.
07.06.2012
It is July and the biggest thing in bike world is the Tour de France. Yes, there are Olympic MTB XC qualifying races, BC Ride, yadda yadda yadda. But the Tour de France is, at its beating heart, a mountain bike race. That they ride rigid 29ers with skinny tires and wear really tight shorts [...]
Team Sad Sacks – BC Bike Race Stage 5: The Pain Sets In
07.06.2012
Words by Brice Minnigh, Photos by Morgan Meredith It was only Day 5 of the seven-day BC Bike Race, and the cracks had begun to show. Bike magazine’s own Team Sad Sacks—who had spent much of the race’s first four days faffing around taking riding photos, helping other racers with repairs and chatting far too [...]
2012 BC Bike Race Report: Days 3 and 4
07.05.2012
The weather gods have finally decided to be merciful and the rain' stopped, and the racing at the 2012 BC Bike Race is truly heating up.
Team Sad Sacks – BC Bike Race Stage 4: A Real Ballbuster
07.05.2012
While much of the United States spent Wednesday drinking beer and barbecuing in honor of Independence Day, Bike magazine’s own Team Sad Sacks celebrated July 4 by grinding their way through the most physically taxing stage of the BC Bike Race.
News Of The Tweet: Twitter Dialogue
07.04.2012
Between xgames bashing and Mtb twitter wars, twitter its cool tonight — Craig Stik Glaspell (@stikmanglaspell) June 30, 2012 This week I’ve decided to hand over The News Of The Tweet to Stikman it seems. He was the sun around which so much humorous tweeting revolved this week. Watching x games live on espn, over [...]
Team Sad Sacks – BC Bike Race Stage 3: Powell River’s Pleasure Trove
07.04.2012
Words by Brice Minnigh Photos by Morgan Meredith The 500-strong field in the 2012 BC Bike Race converged yesterday morning on the tiny community of Powell River, disembarking their ferry to a rousing welcome from the local community—including bagpipes, a choir and applause from hundreds of the town’s residents. Within a half-hour of arriving on [...]
Video: Strength in Numbers – Switzerland Segment Now Online
07.03.2012
Source: Red Bull Travelling with your bike is an amazing way to create connections between different riding communities all over the world. To capture this, the Anthill crew followed freeride legend Wade Simmons on his annual summer trip to the Swiss Alps along with fellow freerider and friend Matt Hunter. The Switzerland session presents three [...]
Giant’s New Trance X 29er
07.03.2012
Giant Bicycles will soon release a 29er version of their popular Trance X model. In the meantime, check it out here.
Team Sad Sacks – BC Bike Race Day 2: Let the Mud-Wrestling Begin
07.03.2012
Words by Brice Minnigh Photos by Morgan Meredith From the steady rain that pelted our tents through the wee hours this morning to the noisy German-language conversation that served as our early 5 am wake-up call, Bike magazine’s own Team Sad Sacks knew today would be a day of reckoning with untoward elements. Unable to [...]
2012 BC Bike Race Day 2 Report
07.03.2012
Words by Harlan Price Campbell River hosted day two of the BC Bike Race under the wettest conditions in race history. With a police escort, 525 spirited racers left from the Robert Ostler Park under a steady drizzle of rain. After a neutral start the police escort pulled aside and an opening road section spread [...]
2012 BC Bike Race Day 1 Report
07.02.2012
Words by Harlan Price/Photos by Dave Silver, Margus Riga and Todd Weselake BC Bike Race Day 1 Surrounded by a country celebrating its birthday, the winners of the opening day at the BC Bike Race started their seven-day journey through epic BC singletrack. Barry Wicks, and Wendy Simms (Kona Bikes) won the opening stages of [...]
Proof of Life: Can You Top the Sh*tbike?
07.02.2012
Here’s to the beloved Sh*tbike, our world-famous ambassador of sideways enthusiasm. While yours most certainly lacks the A-list celebrity status owned by our intrepid Bikemag beamed blunder, we know you’ve got one—a pile of crap, a relic of a bygone era, that humble bike that got you to class mostly on time, a daily driver [...]
5 Minute Break: Windham World Cup Highlights
07.02.2012
Source: DirtTV Highlights from the Downhill World Cup at Windham, New York. Here’s your bonus break: Watch the riders rip the course in slow motion.
‘Proof of Life’ Photo Contest from Teva
07.02.2012
Upload pictures of your worn, beat-up bike to the ‘Proof of Life’ Photo Contest from Teva for a chance to win up to $2K in prizes. A winner will be selected each week to receive a free pair of Teva Links Mid shoes, and at the end of August one grand prize winner with the [...]
SRAM’s XX1 1×11 Group: New Details Emerge
07.02.2012
By Vernon Felton By now, you probably know that SRAM is rolling out an 11-speed, single-ring group called XX1. If not, check out this story. Today, SRAM revealed a few more details about the new group, which they believe will appeal to both enduro and cross-country racing types. If you’re still grappling with the whole [...]
Start Here: Is This the Big One?
07.02.2012
I am ridiculously superstitious. Silly, I know, but I figure I inherited this trait from my grandmother, who had strange superstitious rituals for warding off almost any kind of misfortune.
Team Sad Sacks – 2012 BC Bike Race Day One: The Shred Fest Begins
07.02.2012
Words by Brice Minnigh Photos by Morgan Meredith Bike magazine’s own Team Sad Sacks is off to a fun start at the 2012 BC Bike Race, making countless new friends and savoring highest-quality singletrack they’ve ever experienced in a stage race. Riders from 33 countries were either pleasantly surprised or shocked by the technical nature [...]
Video: Transition Bikes – Carbon Covert Project
07.02.2012
Source: Transition Bikes Transition Bikes unveils the new carbon Covert. See the bike in action as well as some of the new features and design inspiration that went into creating Transition Bikes first carbon bike.
Praise: The Moment
07.01.2012
Our most valued photo contributors have devoted years to refining their craft, learning to read light, manipulate time and compose landscapes. But equally important as their technical precision is the fact that they are all committed mountain bikers—real riders who combine their abilities with hard work to elevate our sport to a more noble, almost spiritual, plane.
Back Page: Boom Goes the Dynamite
07.01.2012
By Derek Taylor Photo by Nicholas Teichrob HE WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE AWKWARD. That was the first tip-off. Many action sports prodigies are a little unusual before they find their calling. He never got along with the stick-andball jocks in his rural Idaho hometown. He was gawky, wore his jeans too high, and his T-shirts—usually [...]
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