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Inside Proving Grounds 2022 With the Transition Bikes Team

This year’s freestyle course allowed for diverse styles, with the USA’s Brett Rheeder and Argentina’s Camila Nogueira coming out on top.

Written by Andrew McLemore September 15, 2022

Legendary MTB Race Slices Through Deep-Woods Wisconsin: What Is Chequamegon?

The Chequamegon mountain bike race kicks off on Sept. 16. Here’s everything you need to know to hit the dirt at the legendary race.

Written by Sam Anderson September 13, 2022

Singletrack Stoke: Adaptive MTB With Bowhead Athletes Gene Wey, Dave Sagal

Watch new hosts of the Loam & Gravel Society’s web series hit the MTB trails of Vancouver Island with adaptive athletes.

Written by Andrew McLemore September 08, 2022

Stoke Factory: Transition Bikes Takes Pre-Season Romp at Retallack

Warning: This video contains excessive amounts of gnar-shredding and friendly hijinks on British Columbia trails. Welcome to Retallack.

Written by Andrew McLemore September 08, 2022

Mountain Biking Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho: Explore This Under-the-Radar Gem

One of the benefits of ski resorts is that in the summer, the lifts keep spinning for mountain bikers. Here’s our MTB guide to Idaho’s…

Written by David Young September 07, 2022

Big-Line MTB Competition: Natural Selection Tour, Proving Grounds Team Up

The Natural Selection Tour and Proving Grounds partnership aims to push progression for athletes while creating an event like no other.

Written by Heather Hendricks September 07, 2022

The Stickiest Rubber for Your Gnarliest Ride: Specialized ‘Hillbilly’ MTB Tire

Specialized built version 2.0 of the knobby Hillbilly to churn through wet, coarse trails and handle slick slabs, with the brand’s stickiest rubber.

Written by Sam Anderson September 06, 2022

Pivot Shuttle LT: The First E-Bike I Actually Wanted

Pivot became an early e-MTB adopter in the U.S., and now it introduces a battery-powered trail bike with an entry it calls ‘intoxicating.’

Written by Seiji Ishii September 01, 2022

How to Watch ‘Esperanto,’ Teton Gravity Research’s Anticipated MTB Film

To watch ‘Esperanto,’ you don’t have to show up on the TGR tour — you can also stream it via multiple online platforms.

Written by Sam Anderson August 31, 2022

Shred, Dig, Repeat: Shae James Earns Her Turns on 2 Wheels

Who needs dialogue or narration when you’ve got scenery like this? Not to mention stellar photography and a killer soundtrack.

Written by Andrew McLemore August 30, 2022

Ride the PNW’s Newest Downhill Park: ‘The Summit 2.0!’

The sun set on 20 summers at The Summit at Snoqualmie Pass without a mountain biker ever seeing the slopes.

Written by Sam Anderson August 30, 2022

Natural Selection Evolves to Launch Freeride MTB Competition in September

Many of the best MTB riders in the world will gather in Oregon in September for a joint event from Natural Selection and Proving Grounds.

Written by Andrew McLemore August 29, 2022

‘Shredpacking’ Blurs the Line Between Dirt Jumping and Bikepacking

These guys took fully loaded bikepacking rigs over jumps, drops, and gnarly terrain just for the fun of it.

Written by Andrew Marshall August 24, 2022

Mountain Bikers Benefit From National Forest Trail Improvement Grants

The 2022 National Forest System Trail Stewardship Funding Program awarded over $100,000 to 12 mountain-bike-friendly trails.

Written by Andrew Marshall August 19, 2022

Olympic Mountain Bike Silver Medalist Tests Positive for Doping

Swiss anti-doping officials provisionally suspended Mathias Flückiger after he tested positive for a cattle growth hormone called Zeranol.

Written by Sam Anderson August 19, 2022

Kialani Hines Teases Us With Epic MTB Views in ‘California Winter’

Winter in La Jolla might just be paradise. If it is, these two MTB park and trail riders are living in it.

Written by Sam Anderson August 18, 2022

Extreme Mountain Bike Marathon: Watch Insane Climbs in the ‘Ischgl Ironbike’

With massive elevation gains over a relatively short distance, the Ischgl Ironbike in Austria will either inspire or terrify.

Written by Andrew McLemore August 18, 2022

Torsenn Brown Tears It Up and This Edit Gets All the Right Angles

If you don’t know if Transition Bikes’ newest entry can get you where you need to go, dig some confidence out of Brown’s tight turns…

Written by Sam Anderson August 17, 2022

Watch Highlights From the Enduro World Series in Vermont

The sport’s best athletes turned out for the Enduro World Series (EWS) Burke this weekend. Missed it? Just want to relive the gnar? Catch the…

Written by Andrew McLemore August 15, 2022

Emil Johansson’s Winning Red Bull Joyride Run Will Make Your Head Spin

The announcers said ‘do not blink’ right when Johansson dropped into the Joyride course. We’d advise the same.

Written by Sam Anderson August 15, 2022

Bonus Cut: Behind the Scenes of TGR’s ‘Esperanto’ Bike Film

Behind every rad shredder is an even more rad film crew. In ‘Esperanto,’ freeride MTB studs take on breathtaking high-mountain terrain in Ecuador.

Written by Sam Anderson August 12, 2022

‘Orogenesis’ Promises Longest MTB Trail on Earth

Gabriel Amadeus Tiller and his conglomerate of volunteers are patching together 5,000 miles of trails from Washington to Baja.

Written by GJ Staff August 11, 2022

For First Time in 3 Years, Crankworx Comes Home to Whistler: How to Watch

Psyched to watch the first Crankworx MTB World Tour in Whistler, British Columbia, since 2019? Here’s how to stream key events live.

Written by Sam Anderson August 10, 2022

Win a Hardtail in the 2022 Esker Ride Scholarship

The Montana-founded bike brand acknowledges that the threshold of entry tends to be a little high in MTB. One big reason: buying a bike.

Written by Sam Anderson August 08, 2022

Pivot Shuttle SL: Stealthy E-Bike Weighs as Little as 36.25 Pounds

Pivot Cycles’ new Shuttle SL e-MTB is a super-lightweight hybrid entry that offers assistance but rides like a traditional mountain bike.

Written by Zach Overholt August 03, 2022

Sam Pilgrim Mods Out His MTB With Steering Wheel & Bus Handle, Hijinks Ensue

The boisterous MTB trickster is back to shenanigans as usual with a whacky jump bike modification. Is it a stroke of genius or pure lunacy?

Written by Jilli Cluff August 03, 2022

Watch MTB Pro Freeride the Rim of an Active Volcano in Java

Join Italian freeride mountain biker Nick Pescetto as he rides through the smoke of an active volcano in Java, Indonesia.

Written by Andrew McLemore August 01, 2022

Specialized GEN-S: Young MTB Crushers in Training

Meet the first class of Specialized’s exciting youth development program, a pack of super-stoked kiddos from all over the world.

Written by Jilli Cluff July 29, 2022

The POV of Fear Itself: A Scaredy Cat Goes Trail Riding

Everybody’s got that friend who freaks out when everybody else thinks the scenario is ‘chill,’ right? Answer: yes — either that or you are that…

Written by Sam Anderson July 29, 2022

Manx Enduro: A Crusty Duo Tackle the Isle of Man by Mountain Bike

Ride a time warp back to the glory days of Handycam adventure footie, courtesy of Hazzard Racing and two latter-day pop icons.

Written by Sam Anderson July 29, 2022

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