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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...

“The trail the kid fell off was not mine. Lots of other people were building these really stupid stunts…”

Seb talks to Digger, Dangerous Dan and Sterling Lorence to find out how the North Shore got high…

“With contrasting outlooks both of these pioneers added the last vital ingredients to the heady cocktail…”

Seb Kemp’s tale begins in Deep Cove with klunkers freshly imported from California.

“The only other rider I’ve followed who rides like that is Brendan Fairclough.” These words came from Matt Hunter…

How can you tell if a journalist is lying? When they tell you they are unbiased…

“Digger came into On Top rambling on frantically about chainsaws and ripping things down …”