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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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Video: The Adventure Series: Cadair Idris & Orange Bikes
05.03.2013
The Adventure Series documents a range of unique characters and people across various locations in the UK and Europe. In this second installment, Pete Scullion from Orange Bikes takes the new Orange Five 29 bike on a single-day adventure to the second largest mountain in Wales: Cadair Idris.
News: IMBA/NINER Team Up on Auction
05.03.2013
Niner is currently raffling off eight special-edition Jet 9 RDO frames, valued at $3,770 apiece. Proceeds will benefit IMBA and the fight to keep your trails open.
Dirty Words: May is National Bike Month. Where is the parade?
05.03.2013
May is National Bike Month, but every day is National Automobile Day, Hour, Minute, Second. You can’t avoid it. I live across a little-used street from the Cardinal Forest, but I can hear the rumble and buzz from I-66 and I-95 more than a mile away all day and into the night.
Video: Dream Capture – Episode One
05.02.2013
Over the course of one week, Thomas Vanderham linked together his favorite trails in a non-stop road trip from Kamloops, B.C. to Virgin, Utah. That trip is captured here as part of a collaboration between Anthill Films and Sony.
Feature: Riding High in Italy
05.02.2013
Imagine travelling through one of the most beautiful countries in the world and then getting dropped off in Cortina; the word stunning is an understatement. Our goal was two fold – make our way up to one of the highest Refugio’s in Italy and two - discover some perfect pieces of singletrack along the way.
Interview: Curtis Keene on This Year’s Enduro Campaign
05.02.2013
Jerome Clementz and all those guys have been crushing it. So now I get to go chase those guys -- or they can chase me. We’ll see what happens!
Nine Questions for Brandon Ontiveros
05.02.2013
If you haven't heard of enduro racing by now, you have some serious catching up to do. The European-rooted race discipline is sweeping across North American this summer, with new races cropping up all over the West. California, Oregon and Washington all have their own series now, and this year marks the inception of the World Enduro Series. In other words, enduro has hit the big time.
Video: Wade Simmons Samples the Instinct
05.01.2013
In this video, the Godfather himself, Wade Simmons, gives Rocky Mountain's long-travel 29er a going over and drops his verdict on the bike. We've said it before--this rig is sort of floating under the radar right now, but it deserves its share of the limelight.
Video: Rippin’ the Trails of Bend, Oregon
05.01.2013
The trails around Bend, Oregon are famous. This video, in which Kirt Voreis and Tyler McCaul try out Fox's latest All Mountain and Trail gear, make it clear why that's the case. Road trip, anyone?
Video: Danny MacAskill Imaginate Episode 2
05.01.2013
In this episode, Danny jumps on the back of a motorcycle and pins it around the track with on of his heroes, Guy Martin. A 140-mile per hour joy ride whilst recovering from back surgery? It made sense at the time. Danny's plans for the new video project also start to take shape.
News: SCOTT-3Rox Dominates Whiskey 50
05.01.2013
You'd be forgiven for thinking Scott Sports was being a bit cocky when, just a few days before the start of this year's Whiskey 50, the company sent out a press release touting last year's victory at the Whiskey 50 and promising some stellar events this time around.... But then the SCOTT-3Rox team went and thoroughly dominated this year's Whiskey as well.
News of the Tweet: Tweets as Weapons and “Slow News” as Boss
04.30.2013
What happens when the world's most trusted news source becomes a proxy for utter bullish*t? Well, that just happened. Here's the story. Sorry, Associated Press...this one is going to hurt.
Exclusive: 2013 Bible Review – Norco Range Killer B-1
04.30.2013
Norco's 650b-equipped, all-mountain machine is a well-executed bike that makes some sacrifices to its climbing abilities so that there are no sacrifices—or excuses—on the descents
News: Marzocchi 2014
04.29.2013
Marzocchi suspension has had its ups and downs, but they showed up to Sea Otter with new products up their sleeve and a clear mission to get back on track.
Video: Aaron Gwin on the Upcoming 2013 Season
04.28.2013
Red Bull interviews Aaron Gwin on his thoughts on the move to Specialized and his plans for the 2013 season. With two consecutive UCI World Titles under his belt already, 2013 should prove a big year for Gwin.
Video: Speed & Style Finals at the 2013 Sea Otter Classic
04.28.2013
The Sea Otter Classic hosted the Speed and Style competition in which riders competed against each other and the clock on a modified pump track, with time deductions at judges' discretion based upon the quality and difficulty of their tricks.
News: X-Fusion Launches 650b-Specific Trail/Enduro Fork
04.27.2013
The Sweep is X-Fusion's new, dedicated 27.5-inch (650b) compatible fork. The fork features 34-millimeter stanchions and a 46-millimeter offset, which X-Fusion contends gives the fork smooth and precise handling traits.
Exclusive Report: Fat and Furious
04.26.2013
Stunned. Shocked. In awe. Words hardly explain our amazement at the athletic display played out by Manuel Beastley and signature Fat Bike of Glory at the 2013 Sea Otter Classic. Beastley made it no secret--he intended to dominate every style of mountain biking at Otter...then he went and did just that.
The Corner: Sea Otter Dual Slalom 2013
04.26.2013
The crowd at the Sea Otter Dual Slalom event are as interesting as the racing. We immersed ourselves into one section of the rowdy rabble to find out why this event is as important for them as it is for the racers.
Video: Why Do People Keep Coming Back to the Sea Otter Classic?
04.26.2013
What is Sea Otter? It may have started out as a race, but it's grown into something much bigger and more important than that. We interviewed the people of Sea Otter to find out what the event means to them and why they keep coming back each year.
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