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Some seriously serious, totally thoughtful, not at all cheeky gifting suggestions for your best riding friends.

A little more travel, a little more support. Is it the secret sauce to a good time?

Anyone who recommends a dual suspension bike over a hardtail – without first calculating the difference in the cost of ownership – may need some schooling...

Why have Canadians have won more Rampage titles than all other nations combined, and dominated the podium?

Santa Cruz is back with an updated version of their aluminum do-anything-and-everything hardtail.

Shorts, pants, jacket and gloves that expose a not-so-secret plan to keep you riding no matter the weather...

Some inserts that allow you to fix your puncture after your ride, a pair of cold weather gloves, and a sneaky device to dry out your soggy gear in record time...

"Bikes are adult Lego, and like all Lego, the real fun starts when you put the instructions away..."

Almost every component of North Shore Billet's premium performance flat pedal is made in-house at their facility in Whistler, BC...

Pete and Cam got a tease of a Gore-Tex version of Five Ten's Trailcross shoe at Crankworx 2019 - and finally the promise of waterproof shoes has arrived...

Tom is terrified of adjusting his derailleur. To him, limit screws and cable tension are some sort of necromancy.

Mike reveals the circuitous route that took him from a small town in New Zealand - to 27 years of writing the Grimy Handshake for Bike Magazine...

The Lux Trail CF 8 suspension is firm, fast, and can be freakin' fun but the geometry is too rooted in its XC-Race roots to be fairly marketed as a proper trail bike.

"I look at other people, and I remember when I used to be that excited about going for a pedal, but it just isn't there..."

A DH bike in Enduro clothing?

Can a hunk of alloy give the Enduro (more) party in the back?

Ready or not, day 1 of BC Bike Race eventually arrived. For many racers, it had been a two-year wait. Was Pete ready for 6 days of hard riding? Probably not, but he did it anyway.

Very light & comfy riding pants from the Squamish brand.

Our subject tests his gains during the winter - but finds himself sidelined with injury once again...

Wolf Tooth updates the 8-Bit system to add a utility blade, chain breaker, and tire plugs while keeping everything ergonomic to use.

Race Face says "The SL is for Super Light". How'd they do over 12 months of Shore-country riding?

Two good pieces of gear - the Leatt MTB 4.0 pant & Showers Pass Apex short - that would survive a cull of my closest...

Comparing inter-compatibility of bikes present and past, while celebrating sixteen model years of backward compatibility for SRAM's MatchMaker system...

"The crow banquet got served up somewhere in the final mile, at the end of a long fast straight downhill from where the radar gun was usually placed..."