Features

While it's clear the Stache wasn't designed for the nastiest, steepest terrain, for trails where it shines it lights up like a near-sighted goalie...

HT has been making pedals since JFK was alive, and don't think of them as off brand because Andrew Major (and Aaron Gwin) think they are sweet...

This special edition from of the RIP 9 RDO gets a custom valved PUSH ELEVENSIX rear shock but it doesn't come cheap...

EDC or Every Day Carry allows you to pack all the tools you need into your steerer tube and then deploy with a simple pull...

The name suggest this bike is up to no good but the elegant lines make me think they bike will never get caught...

Two new forks, handmade hardtails, wheels that cost two months' rent and sunglasses that demand respect and authority...

Kona has done a side run around e-bike opponents - and it's (almost) impossible to be mad...

This bike makes some bold claims, like climbing like an XC bike and descending like a dh rig - and the gliding 4-bar system may even levitate...

We can all agree that E-Bikes are ugly - but we need your help to find out which is the ugliest...

The Norco Range is a competent and burly line eater - but it also has other surprising competencies...

NWT3K is set to give mountain bikers the freedom to design their own jerseys and shorts to be delivered to your door in a couple of weeks...

"Everyone who’s ridden this bike, regardless of ability, has stepped off it with a huge grin on their face..."

Danny MacAskill has captured the world's attention with his skill, bravado and creativity - here's our chat with the magician from the Isle of Skye...

Dylan Sherrard shows us how the clay spires, sagebrush, and the wildlife of Kamloops has been a driving force behind his two-wheeled self...

Going back to a hardtail – even one with progressive geometry like the Primer – required patience. The payoff was well worth it.

“…if you do finish a ride with super wet shoes, you can just slide off the outer shoes and drive home in the liners.”

We asked 8 industry insiders one question: Will the pace of change in MTB parts and standards remain contsant, increase or slow down?

“Is this some kind of masochistic manifestation of mid-life in crisis, or just the next phase in my infatuation with bikes?”

Handmade in Bellingham and ready to grace your backside (not your fanny – that’s a front bum).

“Those employees add layers and polish to the culture the owners molded from frame jigs and late nights and cheap whiskey. And so it is with Kona.”

"Crafting an opening line is vitally important because if I can't enchant and lure you, the reader..."

"He’s drawn to oddities and missteps. He calls them the ‘so bad it’s good’ category; suspension designs that failed, frames that broke, ideas that should have stayed on the drawing table. "

With a carbon front triangle, 650B wheels, and an evolved design, Norco’s new Aurum is set to chase podiums for 2015.

Bjørn was around for freeride's awkward youth, and still around to record its coming of age...