Features

It may be summer in the northern hemisphere but in the mountains the rain can turn nasty any time of year...

It may not be the slickest looking post but it's simple, easy to work on and incredibly reliable, and the price blows most other posts out of the water...

No downtube bottle mount on your bike - or maybe you want a second mount for big missions - SKS has the answer...

A long travel 29er worthy of the Intense name? Word on the street is that it's the best non-DH Intense ever...

The Tectal is a top of the line helmet and while it doesn't come with MIPS it will help authorities find your corpse and it fits very well...

Digger has been building trails on the North Shore for 35 years and his knees have taken a beating...

A full breakdown of Manitou's premium 29+ fork as Andrew prepares to compare it to the basic Comp model on the Trek Stache.

Lots of photos and very few words about the bikes of 7 riders in this years Trans Provence - as well as video from the event...

"An experienced rider sustained a spinal cord injury trying to pre-jump the A-Line rock drop in 2009..."

Some early impressions of the Magura MT Trail Sport as well as some tips on how to bleed them as soon as you get them...

A close look at a medium-sized waterproof hydration pack as well as a small hip pack that also contains a bladder to keep your juices flowing...

650b wheels were adopted by the DH race community - leaving 26" wheels behind forever - without the consternation and resistance 29ers are seeing...

The Mallet DH pedal has always been well-received in terms of function but durability and quality of workmanship has been a problem in the past...

"I'm not suggesting that every online interaction with a hate spewing white supremacist is a chance to obtain a new worldview..."

Eagle and 1x in general has simplified swapping gears but the ramifications of dropping the front derailleur go beyond losing a cable from your bars...

Around here a Triple Crown involves climbing to the top of Seymour, Fromme and Cypress in that order - but Andrew Major had other ideas...

Santa Cruz started with a blank slate with the goal of building the strongest and most reliable wheels on the market....

Why do we itch for a new bike when our current ride works flawlessly - whether we are racing or not?

Magura launches a 4 piston/2piston combo and refines the precision engineered line from Germany...

Setting up tubeless could make The Pope cuss, but these tips will help you get everything inflated and sealed up right...

"This is an alternate look at how to spec bikes to get the best performance per dollar, rather than to catch the eye of any fickle consumer..."

Sell the bike and quit riding? Downgrade to a hardtail? Swap components for cheaper ones?

A slideshow of Dave Smith's selects from the past year

How do you seat tubeless tires without a compressor or access to power? Here's one way for even stubborn tires...