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  • Photos: La Bresse World Cup Preview

    A brand new track at the 2009 La Bresse World Cup offers racers shades of old school racing. With rain in the forecast, and riders itching to perform well, anything could happen this weekend.

  • Destination Kernville: Kern River Trail

    Part two: The Bike crew ventures out on a trail they’ve never ridden, for a three-hour tour. The only problem was that there was just two hours left of daylight. What could possibly go wrong?

  • Destination: Kernville, California

    Bike magazine is spending the week in the rugged little mountain town of Kernville, California, exploring the trails and sampling local brews such as the Just Outstanding IPA, named after the outstanding trail we rode yesterday.

  • Photos: Houffalize World Cup Men's XC Results

    The start is critical in Houffalize. Mathias Flueckiger—all 130 lbs of him (and that’s dripping wet)—was decimated on the initial climb. Sharp elbows will only help you if you’ve got a bit of weight and power on your side. And he wasn’t alone.

  • Photos: Houffalize World Cup Women's XC Results

    What a rock and roll race! I’m not normally one to gush about an XC race, even a World Cup one, but this women’s race was a gas from start to finish.

  • Photos: Houffalize World Cup 4x Report & Photos

    Jill Kintner returns to winning form, Jared Graves takes another victory during the second World Cup four-cross race of the season in Houffalize.

  • Preview: Houffalize World Cup

    Perhaps no race course has the history and awe-inspiring reputation as Houffalize. Legends are made here, as many as 40,000 spectators line the course, and the weather is notoriously awful.

  • Photos: Sea Otter Classic 2009 Final Product Roundup

    Someone forgot to tell the nearly 300 companies that showed up at the Sea Otter Classic that it's still 2009, and Interbike isn't until September, because nearly every booth was showing off some kind of 2010 product. Here's a smattering of what we saw.

  • Photos: Offenburg Men's XC World Cup Race Results

    Julien Absalon roared back to dominance in Offenburg over the weekend, attacking hard in the final quarter of the second lap and never looking back.

  • Photos: Offenburg Women's XC World Cup 2009

    Following China's build up to shine at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, everyone wondered if the country would continue to support its amazingly well-developed women's XC program. The powerhouse team was notably absent in South Africa, so it was with some surprise that Chengyuan Ren joined the fray in Offenburg.