Trail Tales

Do you know how to crash? Why can’t you sell your old bike for good money? How cool can a 44 year old really be? Uncle Dave takes on all questions…

"It's expensive, there are lots of other sports that are just as fun, and hikers are pricks. Sell it to me..."

"If I were you, I’d treat it like it is masturbation - whatever feels right is probably the correct way to be doing things..."

"Send them back home to their trophy wives and stainless steel appliances in sadness and shame..."

"The old mule and horse paths have transformed into the most perfectly pitched, 18-inch-wide flowy singletrack that fluently contours the topography..."

“…despite the very capable support crews with extensive first aid and a doctor riding along with us, we were still pretty much breaking in bikes and trails on the bottom of the world.”

"They will also kind of suck and the concentration of aging crappiness will just cause depression for the entire group..."

"Your only recourse is to quietly bad-mouth him behind his back until everybody he has ever met knows that he is an uncouth cheapskate..."

Several of the videos, filmed by infrared camera and other means, showing Tina Kraal, her arrest etc...

Judge Milne cited mitigating factors like Mrs. Kraal's health, her age and her expressions of regret and apology...

Ms Kraal faces a maximum sentence of $5000 and six months in jail - but it's unlikely she'll receive any jail time at all...

"Of course the descenders were inconsiderate madmen and of course the climbers were busy-bodied fun killers..."

"Oscar only gets let out of the basement a few times a day and when he does, well, he's off like a roid-raging teenager..."

Some protection, a vessel for all seasons, somewhere to store and protect your gear on the road - and trail info for everyone...

Jon's list involves places to ride, old buddies and fast new friends up and down the west coast - and some gear...

Are all men are secretly just hormonal teenagers who will stop thinking objectively once suitably distracted with a hint of boob...

Photographer Kaz Yamamura shares his personal favourite photos from 2015…

Kaz Yamamura and local style wizard Mark Balcita headed up the lifts earlier this year to shoot a quick and dirty Whistler video…

Beautiful machining, light weight, fast engagement, , proprietary tires, bladed spokes, (24 front and rear) but no carbon?

Even grumpy, curmudgeonly Uncle Dave has been struck by the spirit of Christmas - or at least the spirit of receiving...

Custom riding destinations are fair game are they not? If not then a custom bike may have to do...

Star Wars helmets, the greatest mini keg, and a road warrior’s best friend are on Pete’s Dear Santa list for 2015.

Sell or store? What to do when you've got two fresh, but fast devaluating, bikes that you can't ride for a year and a half...

Did Marzocchi's best years coincide with the most buxom Bomber babes representing the brand?