Fat Bike Basics: 11 Tips for Winter Biking
Don’t let the snow stop you. Hop on a fat-tire bike and get ready to pedal all winter long.
Fighting Flames, Blazing Trails: This Forest Firefighter Builds Singletrack
From the ethereal beauty of fire to the tangible beauty of bikes, trail-builder Bill McLane takes us behind the scenes of the story of his career.
Danny MacAskill Invents Bicycle Gymnastics
Danny Macaskill’s legend continues to grow. This time, he heads to the gym for a little New Year’s fitness training.
Wild, Remote, Unforgiving: Cycling Mountains in Tajikistan
In this film from The Service Course, two cyclists ride through the Pamir mountains, along a silk trading route, and into the wild in Tajikistan. And in 2020, you can do the ride too.
CAKE Kalk OR: Not a Dirtbike, Not an E-Bike, 100% Fun
Blurring the lines between dirtbike and e-bike, the CAKE Kalk OR combines big torque with scant weight for one insanely fun ride.
Lael Wilcox: How to Prepare for a Bikepacking Race
Learn how ultraendurance bicyclist Lael Wilcox utilizes komoot to guide her on biking adventures.
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Gear Hacks: 12 Crazy Winter Biking Tips That Actually Work
Cycling in winter requires a dialed cold-weather setup. Here’s what you’ll need, whether you’re looking for the best gear or the grittiest budget hacks. Because neither snow nor rain should keep you from your cold-weather bike ride.
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Top-Shelf Steel: Niner RLT 9 Gets Real for Gravel
Niner gives us a beautiful steel gravel grinder in the RLT 9. Our writer threw his leg over it for a review.
Illegal Skateboarding Launched This Cutting-Edge Helmet Brand: Here’s How
Sweet Protection builds some of the most advanced ski, bike, and whitewater helmets on the planet. But its roots trace back to illegal halfpipes hidden in the woods of rural Norway. This is the story of a few passionate athletes and their quest for better gear.
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Insanity on 2 Wheels: Fabio Wibmer’s ‘Urban Freeride’ Is Next-Level Biking
Sit up, click play, and enjoy the most intense 8 minutes of urban mountain biking we’ve ever seen.
Ride Along With Lael Wilcox on the Tour Divide
The Tour Divide is the grandest North American mountain bike race. And in 2019, Lael Wilcox aimed to win it all.
‘You Have the Lungs of a 75-Year-Old’: 21 Questions With Bikepacking Badass Lael Wilcox
With each passing multiday, self-supported endurance bikepacking race, it becomes increasingly clear this is Lael Wilcox’s world. We’re just riding in it. But hit her with a few off-the-wall questions — like why Oprah would be her perfect riding buddy — and you uncover a charming and infectiously positive (if relentlessly motivated) person.
The Best Gear From Outerbike 2019
Bikes, nutrition, brake pads, and the craziest fork we’ve ever seen — we trudged through the pouring rain and muddy grounds of Outerbike to find the coolest products on display.
Life Time Launches New Gravel Race: The Big Sugar-NWA Gravel
Life Time will stake its claim in gravel riding by building the next big off-road race in Bentonville, Arkansas. Endurance riders, meet the Big Sugar-NWA Gravel race.
Trek ‘Dirt Series’ Camp: 5 Mountain Bike Skill Revelations
Looking to up your mountain biking skills? Stuck trying to get past that same feature on the same old run? There’s a solution: the Trek Dirt Series.
‘Food and Water Are Overrated!’ 21 Questions With Jay Petervary
When, where, and why was Jay Petervary literally running for his life? And how often does he cry at movies? Find out everything you’ve wanted to know about the endurance bike racing phenom in GearJunkie’s 21 Questions.
How to Watch Red Bull Rampage 2019 Mountain Biking Live!
The 14th edition of the greatest show on mountain bikes kicks off Friday. Red Bull Rampage 2019 will be broadcast live on Red Bull TV. Don’t miss a moment of the action!
This Year’s Red Bull Rampage Is Scary
Red Bull Rampage happens tomorrow. Now you can get an exclusive look at the crazy lines — and competition.
6 Great Female-Focused Adventure Films
A growing number of female filmmakers, directors, producers, and subjects are broadening outdoor narratives on screen.
RMU Tailgate Locker Review: MTB & Gear Hauler on the Go
Bicycles, tools, beers, even a shower — RMU’s first tailgate pad packs more functions than mountain bikers will expect.
Exploring One of Colorado’s Lost National Monuments
High above the arid San Luis Valley, carved into the rock of the distant mountains and far away from any remnants of civilization, lies a fantastic secret: Wheeler Geological Area.
Sena R1 Helmet Review: Intercom Connects Cyclists on the Road
Motorcycle helmet brand Sena brings a Bluetooth speaker and mic intercom system to the cycling market. We give the Sena R1 helmet a road test.
Watch: Pro Biker Claire Buchar Is Crushing It
Pro mountain biker Claire Buchar is ready to hit the trail. In this video, she stops to talk motivation and give us insight into why she rides.
Salsa Redesigns Cutthroat: First Ride Review
‘The mountain biker’s road bike’ receives its first redesign since it launched in 2015. We got our hands on a tester to see how the 2020 Cutthroat feels compared to the Great Divide classic.
Hardest Single-Day MTB Race in America? Meet the Marji Gesick
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula hosts what many claim is the most difficult mountain bike race in America, if not the world. An average DNF rate of 60 percent foretells the fate of riders who try to reach the end of the Marji Gesick’s twisted track.
‘GRiT’ Group Has Goal: 33% Girls in NICA Mountain Biking
Just 20 percent of participants in National Interscholastic Cycling Association mountain biking are girls. But by 2023, the middle- and high-school program is gunning for girls to make up more than one-third of its bikers.
The Sounds of Bikepacking: Gritty Film Captures Ambient Adventure
Three friends venture out into the countryside of Yorkshire, England, to do one thing: embrace the ride no matter what. And with nary a word spoken, their trek captures a symphony of sound.
New Kind of REI? Check Out Just-Opened North Conway Store
New Hampshire’s iconic adventure hub of North Conway now serves as a lab for a different type of REI.
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Watch: Bikepacking Italy From Town to Trail
Two friends, Francesco D’Alessio and Giorgio Frattale, decide to dedicate a video tribute to their native land. It’s a celebration of life, wilderness, and exploration.
Kid Bike Joy: Animated Film Reveals the Magic
Race along with young shredder Julia Traum in a Race Face Creator Series mountain biking film.
Zwift, UCI Announce 1st ‘Virtual Cycling’ World Championships
In agreeing to sanction the first esports championship, UCI — the world’s governing body for cycling — acknowledged it needs to ‘remain relevant to all audiences.’
