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Comparing inter-compatibility of bikes present and past, while celebrating sixteen model years of backward compatibility for SRAM's MatchMaker system...

"The crow banquet got served up somewhere in the final mile, at the end of a long fast straight downhill from where the radar gun was usually placed..."

A smaller and lighter motor still packs a punch, with almost one horsepower at peak output, new suspension kinematics and an array of improvements make this an exciting eMTB to test...

How the fear of injury turned this rider around...

No matter what my reasons were for wanting to do BC Bike Race, I knew it had to be done. As the race approached, I felt a bit of a reckoning coming on.

On dropping pounds of weight off my bike with narrow rims, lighter tires and inserts, a Manitou R7 XC fork, and aluminum chainrings instead of stainless steel.

"Product managers from the US couldn’t understand the volume of broken bikes coming out of the North Shore..."

For some this may be early, but the supply chain is troublesome. Get ahead of the game with domestically made parts, a session with a photographer, or stocking up on consumables like fresh lube.

Steeps and Lips aboard the Knolly's latest release

"20 years later and the game of Rampage has changed: the riders know it, and the pioneering legends who rode the event in the early years do too...."

The 15th edition of Red Bull Rampage will soon be underway in Virgin, Utah

The runtime, beam quality, weight, and price of self-contained light systems have all been improving for years and Blackburn's Dayblazer 1500 continues that trend...

The smallest roster of finishers ever lays down an outsized impression...

Wearying of the corporate carousel, Mike Ferrentino has landed in an erratic manner at NSMB.com

"This likely would be a sub-ten-minute job for most good mechanics, but for me, it felt like it would take a miracle to finish in 30..."

"That’s not to suggest that we should all stop mountain biking and entertain ourselves by constructing sculptures out of found materials..."

Who is competing for the coveted Rampage crown in the 15th running - on the 20th anniversary of Wade Simmons' win in the inaugural competition in 2011..,

In this episode of Makers, we sit down with Travis and Ying Bothner, the duo behind ENNEF Design.

My 2004 Marzocchi Z150 FR SL fork isn't the only time I've thrown cash into a flaming dumpster in the years I've been mountain biking.

What's it like to ride a bike for months with Shimano Deore M6100 components and then be catapulted into the world of XTR - on the same bike...

Not all loamers are illegal or unsanctioned, and not all unsanctioned trails are loamers, but you can figure out where these rules apply...

A 2.5-layer truly weatherproof jacket for 4-to-8-year-old kids from Showers Pass...

Several years ago, a group of us headed to the Yukon to ride and learn more about a fantastic program called Singletrack to Success. We just found the video footage.

The future bruises on my ass cheeks hurt but not as much as the gleefully twinkling eyes of my companions and the jolly mirth in their glib and waggish comments.