As the Wilderness debate intensifies in Montana, hundreds of miles of singletrack could be closed to bikes. But that’s just the beginning. New Forest Service policies–er, philosophies–could soon spread across the country, jeopardizing access to thousands of miles of America’s best trails.
Results: BC Bike Race Stage 4 How's this for the start of the fourth day of epic mountain biking? A 4:30am wake-up call as pre-cursor to watching the remnants of a beautiful sunrise over the Georgia Strait while waiting to board the first BC Ferries crossing of the day.
Results: BC Bike Race: Sabotage Can’t Slow Stage 3 Before the third stage of BC Bike Race was even underway today, event organizers were dealt a potentially show-stopping challenge this morning on course: sabotage. The course had been de-flagged for the third day and racers were lined up in the start chute ready to ride when the word came over event radios.
Results: BC Bike Race Stage 2 After a short ferry ride from Vancouver to Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island, competitors were treated to excellent, and exhausting purpose-built singletrack. Teams Kona takes the lead in the men’s team category; Luna Chix lead the ladies.
Results: BC Bike Race 2009: Day 1 The third annual BC Bike race got underway Sunday with contestants rolling
through the streets of Vancouver. As soon as the pack hit the legendary
North Shore, the pack thinned out and the attacks began.
Events: 2009 BC Bike Race Ready to Roll The green flag drops in Vancouver this weekend as the third annual BC Bike race heads for the hills. The seven-day-long adventure race starts in the city on Sunday, and heads directly for the legendary trails of Vancouver’s North Shore.
Preview: Fluidride Cup Invades Mt. Hood The northwest's fastest gravity racers will be looking to put down speedy laps this weekend. The course is new and local riders are preparing to defend their home turf.
Preview: Gravity East Series to come to Windham Mountain this weekend The Gravity East Series will make its fourth stop this weekend, with DH and dual-slalom events at Windham Mountain, New York, the venue that next year will host the World Cup’s first visit to the U.S. since 2005.
Results: Maribor World Cup DH & 4X Race Results Last weekend’s World Cup races in Maribor, Slovenia, had just about everything—roots, rocks, rain, lightning, cancellations and schedule shuffles, shaking up the podiums with some surprising winners.
Video: Steve Peat and 2.5 Seconds How'd Steve Peat miss the podium in Fort William? By losing 2.5 seconds here. Even the best make mistakes.
Preview: Maribor, Slovenia World Cup Sam Hill has dominated on this track the past two seasons and is looking for his first win of the year. But Steve Peat and Greg Minnaar, both racing for Santa Cruz, are on fire this year. Check out all the action from the World Cup DH and 4X race in Maribor this weekend.
Live Webcast: Maribor, Slovenia World Cup This weekend we hit Maribor in Slovenia for Round 5 of the NISSAN UCI DHI & 4X World Cup. Right now the sun is blazing hot, but heavy rain is forecast over the weekend, so this should make for some exciting racing as last year's Maribor winner, Sam Hill, is hungry for another win here and not shy of a bit of water.
Events: Freedom Riders to get a totally OC screening SoCal mountain bikers will have the opportunity to slurp PBRs, benefit IMBA, and enjoy the viscerally entertaining and socially responsible version of our freeriding battle for trails at the same glorious time. On Wednesday, June 24, San Clemente's OC Tavern Grill & Concert Hall will host a viewing of Freedom Riders, the much-vaunted film by Gravnetic and KGB Productions that has been making the rounds of the lower 48 for the past several months.
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