MIN MAX | TEARDOWN
Min-Max: Norma’s 2014 Rocky Mountain Altitude MSL
This time around involves a physical min-maxing and Norma's 2014 RMB Altitude gets a new lease on life...
VIDEO
Makers: North Shore Billet
After twenty years of producing high end bike parts for local customers like Chromag, North Shore Billet's slow and steady approach is still the key to success.
Long Term Review
2022 Canyon Grizl CF SL 8 Suspension (Gravel)
What the hell is the difference between mountain and gravel bikes anyway?
FUNDRAISING APPEAL
Help For Toxik Harald
'Toxik' Harald Strasser, long time local custom paint legend, is battling a motor-neurological medical condition and could use a hand.
Drop bars enter the modern age
The Wide Gravel Future
As drop bars enter the modern age, do gravel riders have anything to learn from mountain bikers?
MINI REVIEW
The Haf-Clip
This strap-on accessory for bikers is an easy way to carry a full face, jacket, pads, and more.
An ER Doctor's Bro Goes Down Hard
A Crash Story (with a Happy Ending)
"Like a 3 legged stool, the chances of your spine standing up by itself diminish the more legs you break..."
TEARDOWN | FIRST IMPRESSIONS
2014 & 2022 Cane Creek IL Double Barrel Air Shock
Taking a born in 2014 Cane Creek Inline Air shock and updating it to the current 2022 DB Air IL spec.
MIN MAX
Min-Max: Sal's Kid's 2010 Intense Tracer
This 2010 Tracer is "a hodgepodge of clutter and imagination" is a sweet ride for a ten-year-old son.
ROAD TRIP!
Road Tripping Through Powell River
Hailey, Ollie, and pals hit the road to discover the 4-wheeling and biking in Powell River.
Trail Bike Review
2022 Canyon Spectral 125 CF 8 Review
The Spectral 125's aggressive geometry and short travel are a potent mix for the right kind of rider.
Review
Bontrager Foray Shoes
A light, stiff, fast shoe for pedal-focussed gravel and XC but versatile enough to venture into the gnar occasionally.
Wide Ranging Review
Garbaruk 11-Speed Wide Range Drivetrain
Looking for more range for your 11-speed?
MIN MAX
Min-Max: Bean's 2017 Salsa Timberjack
Bean's Salsa Timberjack is loaded down with interesting tales while satisfying a selectively-sourced, budget-forward build...
Beggars Would Ride
Better Than Christmas
"I dare you to find some product, any product at all, that has such a big impact on how your bike performs..."
The Women's Freeride event through athletes' eyes
Setting Sight on Formation 2022
Georgia Astle and Vaea Verbeeck talk about Formation prep, on site experience, and injuries.
TEARDOWN
2023 RockShox Forks
New damper, new air system, new chassis, new features, new philosophy - all but the names changed for RockShox's 2023 fork lineup.
TEARDOWN
2023 RockShox Super Deluxe Shocks
What's new with RockShox's Super Deluxe Ultimate air and coil shocks for 2023? Just about everything.
RIDING IMPRESSIONS
Riding RockShox's 2023 Suspension
The new Lyrik and Zeb and rear shocks get sweaty and overworked on the North Shore and beyond...
GEAR REVIEW
DHaRCO 2022 Riding Gear
From Australia's South Coast, to Canada's Wet Coast - DHaRCO serves up stylish threads that work everywhere.
Built in Kamloops
We Are One Arrival - Long Term Review
"This thing could ride down the hill like a turd caught in a rockslide, and it might not even matter..."
First Impressions REVIEW
2022 Rocky Mountain Element Carbon 70
Mike Ferrentino's First Impressions Of Rocky's Monument To "The Slackening"
ROAD TRIP!
Road Tripping Through Savona & Kamloops
"Bikes, trucks, camping, cooking...it was all that I could ask for"
Gear Shots for May 19, 2022
Gear Shots: Three Things From Andrew
A unique stow-able tool from Wolf Tooth, USA-Made foot blankets, and an almost indestructible pack gets resuscitated...