The Continental Divide Trail, all 3,100 miles of it, are currenty under threat of closure from a new proposed directive from the U.S. Forest Service. Get your comments in before October 12 and let your voice be heard.
On Saturday, September 1 the 2006 Downhill National Champion and two-time National Four-cross Champion, Tara Llanes, crashed at the Jeep King of the Mountain final in Beaver Creek, Colorado and was left paralyzed from the waist down.
Entering the third and final Jeep KOM race of the 2007 season, the men’s and women’s standings had never been so tight in the event’s five-year history. Five pairs of athletes were tied and seven athletes had a legitimate chance of earning the top prize and driving off the mountain in a new 2008 Jeep Liberty.
Traveling to Whistler for Crankworx was one of the highlights of the Bikemag.com summer, but it wouldn't have been complete without some sweet new '08 product to drool over. The crew at Norco invited us to check out their headquarters in Port Coquitlam, B.C. for a tour as well as stroll on up to Whistler for a few days preceding slopestyle finals in effort to get acquainted with their new '08 wares.
After a three-year break, Truvativ founder Micki Kozuschek returns to making parts for bicycles. But will his new company, Lezyne, take flight?
Every once and a while the bike staff gets a real special treat. This year we all got to go to Disneyland. Except this Disneyland isn't the oversized rodent infested Crayola fairyland that immediately comes to mind. This Disneyland is, instead of a day of roller coasters and merry go rounds, a burl fest for the ages.
Last weekend at the Masster's World Championships in Pra Loup, France Shaums March successfully defended his World Championship Downhill title on a brand new prototype Marin DH bike.
Justin Leov just won the NORBA finals two weeks ago and is having the best race season ever. He was eagerly anticipating the upcoming World Championships, but suffered a broken collarbone this past weekend in Colorado.
The sixth annual TransRockies Challenge starting on August 12th at Panorama Mountain Resort in the rugged Purcell Ranges of the Rockies. 600 participants from 25 countries faced 600km of riding with 12,000 meters of climbing over the course of seven epic days before finishing in downtown Fernie on August 18th. Here are the final results.
The second in the series of three Jeep KOM races this summer just completed in San Luis Obispo, California. Brian Lopes and Anneke Beerten came out on top but not without a good show from some of the biggest names in slalom and mountain cross racing.
The Great Divide Race is a self-supported, solo competition traveling through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. This year was an epic race as Jay Petervary broke the record with an unbelievable time of 15 days, 4 hours and 18 minutes, beating the previous record of 16 days, 57 minutes set three years ago. Here's an interview with Jay.
Pro cross-country mountain biker Jeremiah Bishop donated his winnings from his Sugar Mountain NMBS win to the World Bicycle Relief fund.
Days after winning the Canadian Open DH at Crankworx in Whistler, pro downhill racer and two-time World Champion Fabien Barel fell and broke his foot.
Prokop and Kintner opened the 2007 Jeep King of the Mountain series in Park City, Utah, the same way they finished the '06 series - atop the podium. Now the defending champions are one-third of the way toward winning overall titles for the third consecutive year.
Darren Berrecloth is one of the most successful slopestyle mountain bikers in the world. He's using his time in the spotlight to elevate the popularity of mountain biking, progress technical freeriding and educate the next generation of riders about how slopestyle events should be done. Welcome to the Bearclaw Invitational where Darren shows the world how it's done.