Tested: Specialized Roubaix
In the past, "comfort" was simply marketing-speak for "piece of crap". Specialized's Roubaix proves that doesn't have to be the case.

Tested: Santa Cruz Blur 4X
Mike Ferrentino spent months aboard Santa Cruz's new dual slalom Blur. Here's the low-down.

An Off-Road Touring Bike?
Gunnar swims against the tide with an off-road touring frame.

Tested: Raleigh Phase II
Raleigh's Phase II is better spec'd and lower-priced than any comparable 5-inch travel dualie. Is this too good to be true?

Tested: GT Flowta
GT's ode to weight-conscious freeriding is not exactly light, but serves up serious downhill performance

2004 Kona Unit
5/13/04 - There are lots of choices in today's singlespeed scene. Once the domain of beer-soaked industry sidebars and garage mechanics, lately, singlespeeds are like the Atkins diet: They're everywhere.

Rocky Mountain ETSX-50
9/8/03 - Epic cross country, adventure riding, call it whatever you want, the Rocky Mountain ETSX-50 is what you ride when super lightweight bikes fall apart and long-travel freeride bikes are too heavy.

5-16-08 // Tested: 2008 Felt Redemption 1
Despite their longer travel, aggressive all-mountain bikes are still expected to climb as easily as their XC brethren. So pedaling efficiency is a big issue among this new breed, and manufacturers are feverishly working to build better suspension designs.

5-16-08 // Tested: 2008 Tomac Snyper 140
Beyond the considerable attention I received while rolling around on one of the first new Tomacs to be released in three years, most of the buzz surrounding the new Snyper was focused on the conglomeration of bent, welded and machined aluminum at the main pivot.

5-16-08 // Tested: 2008 Trek Fuel EX 9
The first thing you notice about Trek’s new Fuel EX 9—an aluminum 5-inch trail bike—is the unusual rear pivot. It’s located around the axle, with its bearings tucked neatly into the intersection of the chainstays and seatstays.

4-14-08 // Tested: Trek's '07 Fuel EX 9.5
I approached the Trek Fuel EX 9.5 warily. The bike’s matte OCLV carbon frame, gray XTR kit and fairly standard silhouette failed to reach out and scream “Ride me!” After all, this is the suspension platform of choice of President George W. Bush, the Weekend Warrior in Chief, and all politics aside the man is as much a mountain biker as he is a rancher.

4-8-08 // Tested: Cannondale's Perp Two
With the Perp, Cannondale set out to create a highly versatile freeride bike. Introduced last year and based off the company’s Judge downhill platform, the Perp offers 7 or 8 inches of adjustable travel, relatively quick geometry and it uses a 1.5-inch headtube with single-crown forks in mind.

4-6-08 // Tested: Titus Racer-X 29
The custom bike elves at Titus tore up the existing page on 29-inch bike design and started with a clean sheet of paper.

2-15-08 // Tested: '07 Marin Mount Vision
Marin has been messing around with versions of Jon Whyte-designed suspension platforms for years. It rolled out the latest iteration, the Quad Link, on the longer-travel Quake in 2006 and this year brought the design to the masses on the 5-inch-travel Mount Vision.