Photo Gallery I: 2015 Bible of Bike Tests
PHOTOS BY KEITH CARLSEN / Bike Magazine
Gear editor Ryan Palmer putting an XC bike to the air test...
...and succeeding.
The three-ring circus.
Two former editors. See what this job does to your hair? Yep, Vernon Felton and Mike Ferrentino now work remotely.
Gettin' real during the 'Roundtable Reels' shooting.
Sometimes the arguments over a bike's performance can get a little out of hand.
Testing for our 2015 Bible of Bike Tests is well underway, and our women's test crew is out shredding the trails around Bend, Oregon. For this ride, Petie Thom was on the Norco Sight Forma, Nicole Formosa aboard the Kona Process 134 SE and Lydia Tanner on the Specialized Rumor Evo. Yeeeeeew!
Bike Bible lead filmer Rupert Walker working on new creative techniques.
Editor Brice Minnigh getting his Niner 29'er on.
Lydia Tanner slips through a technical line.
Getting the shot of Rupert Walker getting the shot for the video rollout.
Lydia Tanner hosting a game of call and response to get the ladies hyped up for a day of testing.
Ryan Palmer filming with Rupert Walker.
No bike gets on the trail without it first getting past this guy – Jon Hansen from Bend's Pine Mountain Sports – the official Bike Mag Bible mechanic.
Late at night they make fun of the testers.
Sometimes you just gotta meditate on it.
Lydia, professional pedal swapper. Stuff testers do.
Mountain bike guide and Bike Bible tester veteran Simon Stewart knows his way around a BBQ. And they make him smile.
And the fruits of Simon's labor make fellow tester Travis Engel one happy bike test camper.
This job is wrought with endless paperwork.
And measuring stuff.
We'll be here if you need us.
