10-11-07 // Events: 24 Hours Of Moab This Weekend One year ago Moab, Utah had experienced more rain than it had seen in 105 years thus reducing the '06 24 Hours Of Moab to one messy mudfest. This year however, the forcast is clear and Bike magazine readying their gear to head off into the desert for one long weekend of fun.
10-5-07 // Events: Red Bull Metro Ride Budapest Mountain biking's downhill elite descended into the bowels of the Budapest underground subway system for a head-to-head elimination tournament unlike any other last month. Red Bull's Metro Ride proves to be another creative and fun stop of downhill racing for the comapny that rewrote the history of mountain bike competitions.
10-3-07 // Online Exclusive: City Slickers Appearing slightly out of place against the barren desert landscape of Boulder City, Nevada, utility-minded, urban-leaning bikes were plentiful at the Outdoor Demo and Indoor portions of Interbike. With so many manufacturers featuring these bikes, the term "urban" seems to be getting nearly as common as "29-inch wheels."
9-27-07 // Online Exclusive: IMBA's Grand Plan Imagine a facility that serves as your community hub for all things mountain biking. A place with trails for all abilities, riding clinics and progressive skills-building areas for cross-country, freeride and downhill. The International Mountain Bike Association calls these facilities IMBA Ride Centers.
9-21-07 // Events: Interbike Is Coming This Week The 2007 Interbike trade show is coming next week to Las Vegas, Nevada. Interbike is scheduled to include over 1,000 brands from almost as many exhibitors being shown to nearly 22,000 attendees from over 60 countries.
9-20-07 // News: Snow Speed Bike Record Shattered Markus Stoeckl, former downhill snow bike racer and current organizer of the MS Intense Racing World Cup team has found a renewed interest in the addrenaline-charged snow sport. While on an assignment in Portugal this summer he found out that the downhill snow speed track in La Parva, Chile was being renovated. He quickly jumped on a plane to South America after hurriedly packing his old helmet and speedsuit along with his new Intense M6 downhill bike.
9-19-07 // Events: Slovenia Kicked Ass - WC Final Results Adam Craig was the highest ranked American this year getting 12th at Maribor and 15th overall in the World Cup series. Here's his list of Slovenia's high points plus all the winners from last weekend.
9-9-07 // Online Exclusive: World Championship Downhill With 50,000 screaming fans cheering them on, Sam Hill and Sabrina Jonnier battled fierce winds on the demanding five-minute-long Forth William downhill course to repeat as men’s and women’s world champions.
9-7-07 // Online Exclusive: Kintner & Lopes 4X World Champs For the second time, Kintner and Lopes sweep the World Championship four-cross. But the wins don’t come easy. Kintner battles back from injury while Lopes recovers from a near-disastrous mechanical.
9-7-07 // News: Riders Prepare for 2007 World Championships The world championships get started this week at Fort William in the Scottish Highlands. Sam Hill leads a list of athletes looking to defend their rainbow jerseys at the most-anticipated mountain bike event of the year.
9-5-07 // Online Exclusive: Craig Roosts SSWC And Worlds Relay “You have to love a man, who is arguably the fastest XC racer in the U.S., showing up at a drunken singlespeed race in the north of Scotland, a week before the World Championships, wearing a mullet and a mustache that he grew just for the event to go along with the specially chosen Daisy Duke shorts, denim vest and pantyhose that he was racing in. That's admirable,”
9-5-07 // Online Exclusive: Bike Ban Threatens CDT Singletrack 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.
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