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From easy, flowy routes to steep singletrack, these are the trails that belong on your bucket list
With two 1970鈥檚 VW camper vans filled with supplies and pro mountain bike riders, Camilla Rutherford set out for two weeks of shredding and shooting the world鈥檚 most beautiful playground.
Our favorite kit for trail riding and racing.鈥擜aron Gulley Our favorite kit for trail riding and racing.—Aaron Gulley (Michael Karsh) Leatt 3DF Air Flex elbow and knee pads Finally, guards made for all-day…
Angry hikers are setting up booby traps on popular trails to scare off cyclists. Is segregation the answer?
Photographer Dave Trumpore captured the entire event, which, of course, included plenty of dirt, pisco sours, and Chilean barbeque.
The Race Across the Sky adds a three-day option for novice mountain bike racers and those looking to qualify for the LT100.
REI gets into the premium mountain market this spring with this playful, German-engineered 27.5-inch trail bike
Giro鈥檚 new racing format, to debut October 10 in California, aims to be the most fun you can have on 700c wheels.
After a closure of the city鈥檚 biggest trail network, cyclists wonder if Portland has it out for the sport's off-roaders.
Spanning nearly 350 miles across some of the most beautiful and rugged country in the world, the GODZone 国产吃瓜黑料 race is one of the most demanding events on the planet. Only 14 of the 52 finished the 2015 course. Feel their pain.
Before shelling out $1,000 on a bike, first-time buyers should consider a few things
In case you haven't noticed, fat biking is fun. Outdoor writers Peter Koch and Jeremy Berger certainly didn't need convincing, but they accepted an invitation from the team at SRAM—bicycle component gurus—to get a taste of the culture during the Global Fat Biking Summit this January. Armed with Beargrease and Bucksaw rides, the group cruised through some of Jackson, Wyoming's best terrain as photographer Adrian Marcoux followed along. We caught up with the group to figure out just how much fun some big tires and hard-packed snow can be.
A flashlight, a fitness tracker, a GPS...the list goes on.
Though many companies are rushing to the 27.5 standard, BMC鈥檚 new trail 29er proves that big wheels are still the best choice for many riders.
What one town's quest to replace pavement with dirt trails means for the rest of the country.
Electronic mountain bike suspensions may sound convoluted and unnecessary, but the French manufacturer proves that the tech is here to stay.
Part of a new breed of adventure road bikes that lets you keep riding long after the pavement ends.
We thought the last iteration of this bike couldn't be improved. We were wrong.
Electronic shifting comes to mountain bikes. And it's awesome.
The newest urban bike parks are bigger, better, and more beginner-friendly than ever
7Mesh, a new British Columbia-based mountain bike clothing company, aims to raise the standard in outfitting cyclists.
The Portland bike shop owner starts from the saddle up.
Once an eccentric trend, fat biking is here to stay.
The day of the gel has come and gone. Elite athletes are ditching the sugar-laden junk for natural on-bike nutrition, and pro cyclist Ally Stacher is leading the charge with her new sweet potato bars.
New mountain bike goodies for the easygoing, cool-weather rides of autumn.
These two carbon 27.5ers may look similar on paper, but they ride like very different machines.
We see plenty of incredible travel photos every day—it's hard to pick only a handful to highlight as exceptional. However, these images published over the course of September really stood out.
The world's first full-suspension fatbike won't just make you fall in love with mountain biking again. It will make you a better rider.
European resorts are pushing battery-powered trail machines hard. Can they override traditional mountain biking culture?
Though it鈥檚 a cross-country racer by the numbers, this lightweight machine rides more like a trail bike.
Diamondback jumps into the enduro game with a flashy 27.5 machine
The Colorado brand says its newfangled suspension is even better than its previous excellent iteration.
Cycling isn't always spectator-friendly. But the UCI's decision to allow on-the-bike cameras at the Tour de France might just change how you view the sport.
Five wild mountain ranges. Hundreds of miles of trails. Zero crowds. That’s what awaits visitors at the country’s newest Naitonal Monument in New Mexico. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks聽consists of four separate patches of the Chihuahuan Desert surrounding Las Cruces in southern New Mexico. Encompassing a half-million acres…
A dispatch from the world鈥檚 toughest mountain bike race.
Lighter, plusher, more refined鈥攖hese six off-road ragers dazzled at our 2014 bike test.
Behold the biggest鈥攁nd possibly the best鈥攍ong-travel 29er we鈥檝e ever tried.
Rail trails are the ultimate in reusing and recycling. Converted from former railroad corridors, these multi-use paths carve gentle grades through cities and the countryside, making them family-friendly routes for hiking and biking. To date, there are more than 1,800 rail trails open nationwide, covering more than 21,000 miles. 鈥淭hey…
Fast, furious, and under-the-radar, short track mountain bike racing offers something for everyone
Yes, 29ers can turn just fine. No, 26ers aren鈥檛 alive and well. Now would everyone please just pick your favorite bike, shut up, and ride?
You might be one of those who people who doesn鈥檛 鈥済et鈥 Vegas. The charms of Sin City are completely lost on you, but there鈥檚 a conference at Caesar’s, and your company has sent you. Or maybe it鈥檚 the location for your buddy鈥檚 bachelor party. So you reluctantly…
Perth was thrust into the public consciousness recently for being the home base of the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean. But this city of 1.7 million people with a Mediterranean climate on the remote southwestern corner of Australia has hardly been a secret…
Hotels are constantly adding new bells and whistles to get a leg up on the competition鈥攖hink access to fancy guitars and complementary museum passes. Now, many venues are starting to keep their cycling guests happy with premium-ride loaners. Bikes at Twin Farms. Kimpton Hotels &…
The GTS delivers flair and functionality at a reasonable price.
Win the heart of your favorite cyclist with the new Calfee-Ellsworth Witness.
Underground, unsanctioned races are about as elusive as secret New York City parties. These simple steps you put you in the know.
Next week at Outdoor Retailer, Black Diamond will unveil jackets with a revolutionary cord management system that shrinks, hides, and embeds the technology needed to tighten hoods and hems. It鈥檚 called Cohaesive, and I鈥檓 excited about it for a few reasons. Cohaesive simplifies cord…
Before criticizing the gravel bike movement, throw a leg over Niner鈥檚 impressive new RLT 9
Over the past few decades, humans have developed some pretty high-tech synthetic fabrics, including membranes with nine billion pores per square inch and bi-layer wicking polyester. 聽聽 But in spite of our best efforts, the most advanced technical fibers still come from Mother Nature. Take merino wool, which is hard…
This is always a tricky question. There鈥檚 plenty of room for debate when it comes to choosing the 鈥渞ight鈥 ski length, and a useful answer should entail a lot of research. 聽 聽 Take the rocker revolution, which had people arguing about how the effective edge鈥攐r the length of metal…
With it鈥檚 new 26+ semi-fat bike, Surly is carving out a whole new category of bikes
The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, a tech orgy that draws hundreds of thousands of people every year, wrapped up Friday in Las Vegas. And as usual, there was some pretty weird technology on the floor.聽 Sensoria Fitness Sock A tattoo that measures your pH. A glove…
Exercise caution when you look for an inexpensive mountaineering pack. Remember, a well-built pack is going to last a lot longer than a cheap one, and you want to make sure it won鈥檛 fail at a crucial moment. But that doesn鈥檛 mean there aren鈥檛 good options out there that cost…
The 国产吃瓜黑料 bike test begins today. More than 60 bikes, a week of riding, and 20 testers to help you find your perfect bike in 2014.
国产吃瓜黑料聽staff members are always busy testing gear鈥攚e reviewed more than 600 items for the summer and winter聽Buyer鈥檚 Guides alone. We can鈥檛 cover everything in the magazine, so we asked 11 国产吃瓜黑料rs to name their favorite piece of gear from 2013. And because our staff ranges from elk hunters to ultramarathoners,…
With the first snow of the season on the ground, we鈥檝e turned to our favorite cold-weather pieces to keep us in the saddle.
Proof that big wheels and big travel are not mutually exclusive
For travelers and adventurers, this cross between a road bike and an ATV might just be the perfect all-in-one solution.
If you鈥檙e in the market for a do-it-all mountain bike, the hardtail Trek Stache is less expensive than a comparable full-suspension model and, for the most part, keeps up just fine.
At the annual 国产吃瓜黑料 Travel World Summit in Namibia, a bicycle proves the best way to experience your surroundings.
Whether you think e-mountain bikes are a godsend or an abomination, as companies like Currie Tech prepare to roll out whole lines of electric-assist trail rides for 2014, it鈥檚 clear the debate is upon us.
After a friend's recent near-miss with disaster in the backcountry, our writer has been thinking about risk, personal responsibility, and what it means to be "ready" to go the wild.
The course for last weekend's Red Earth Mountain Bike Race in Ishpeming, Michigan, cruised past the ghosts of mining's past鈥攂ut was underwritten by mining's present.
A late-summer weekend at Angel Fire bolsters our writer's belief in all the benefits of the bike park