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  • Bike Test: Norco Shore One

    Read how the Norco Shore One lived up to several abusive months on the terrain for which it was named.

  • Bike Test: Rocky Mountain Altitude 70

    The radical geometry of this long-legged trail bike promises to make climbing enjoyable. We’ll see about that.

  • Bike Test: Jamis XAM II

    Jamis bills the XAM II as an “aggressive all-mountain” bike, a designation this baby blue beauty had no problem living up to. Witness the headtube-downtube junction: a triple-decker-submarine-sandwich-sized mass of 7005-aluminum tubes and gussets. In fact, everything on the frame, from the massive chainstays to the oversized swing-link and shock mounts, is seriously overbuilt.

  • Ten Promising New Mountain Bike Products for 2010

    Every new year brings a new wave of pinup-grade gear, and based on early reports, 2010 is looking as innovative as ever. Here are 10 promising new mountain bike products.

  • Bike Test: Ibis Tranny

    "This scale has got to be wrong,” I thought. Sure, this Ibis Tranny was built as a singlespeed, but it’s got a 4-inch-travel fork with a through-axle, and it certainly looks the part of a brawler…. But 20 pounds, complete?

  • Bike Test: Bionicon Golden Willow SC I

    Bionicon Golden Willow SC I: This transformer of a trail bike takes some getting used to, but makes for a savvy singletrack slayer.

  • Bike Test: Mongoose Pinn'R Apprentice

    This 7.5-inch-travel rig comes with stout, solid parts and is ready to tear into steep, sketchy trails. See how the Mongoose Pinn'R Apprentice faired in Bike magazine's Bike Test.

  • Bike Test: Kona Minxy

    Pump some estrogen into a tried-and-true Kona Stinky and you get a women's freeride ripper that's not afraid to roll with the big boys. Introducing the Kona Minxy.

  • Bike Test: Jamis Dakar XCT 2

    THE DAKAR XCT IS JAMIS’ TAKE ON THE 5-INCH, GO-ANYWHERE, do-anything, Downieville-style-of-riding bike. Jamis claims it descends as well as its bigger brother, the 6-inch XAM, and pedals like the company’s cross-country race bikes.

  • Bike Test: Foes FXR

    IN THIS FAST-PACED WORLD OF AT LEAST three “proprietary technologies” per frame, hotshot riders signed to high-profile contracts, and confusing kinematic equations used to describe every aspect of the ride, Foes sticks out like a big, red, sore thumb.

  • Bike Test: SANTA CRUZ BLUR LTc

    TWO POUNDS. TWO FREAKING POUNDS. THAT’S HOW much lighter a complete Santa Cruz Blur LT carbon is than last year’s aluminum version—with a very similar spec. That might not sound like a lot, but as the clock ticks deeper into a multi-hour ride, those two pounds will loom a lot larger than they did in the showroom.

  • Bike Test: Scott Genius 20

    SCOTT HAS LONG BEEN MISSING A TRAIL MODEL TO BRIDGE ITS race and aggressive all-mountain categories. The original Genius was sold in Europe, but because of pivot-placement-patent issues it was never imported into the United States. Now, with a redesigned frame and an overthetop rear shock, the Genius platform is available in America.

  • Bike Test: Trek Fuel EX 9.9

    THE TRAIL BIKE CATEGORY ENVELOPS A WIDE RANGE OF bikes, from long-travel warriors ready to battle the most heinous rock gardens to wispy-but-deadly singletrack ninjas that prefer to float and dart around the worst a trail can throw at them. The jet-black Fuel EX 9.9, with its sinewy 120 millimeters of travel fore and aft, is as ninja as they come.

  • Bike Test: GT Force Carbon Pro

    GT’S FORCE CARBON PRO TRAIL BIKE COMES CLOAKED IN A SMORgasbord of the latest and greatest bits, including a complete Shimano XTR kit, Mavic Crossmax ST wheels and Fox TALAS 32 RL fork with QR15 axle. The swank parts, however, are just the window dressing. The real story here is the lightweight, 100-percent carbon fiber frame.

  • Bike Test: Titus FTM

    Evolution is a fine theory for nature, but when it comes to bikes, Intelligent Design reigns supreme. As much as we like to personify our bikes, they don’t just “evolve” on their own into lighter, stronger, faster beasts. Instead, bikes are given life by designers and product managers, and in the case of the Titus FTM, those guiding hands managed a near-miraculous job.