USA Makes History at XCM Worlds: Courtney, Swenson Take Gold in Alpine Showdown Courtney and Swenson made history at the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, each claiming rainbows in Switzerland. Written by Jordan Villella September 08, 2025
Tumbleweed Cycles Upgrades Stargazer for the Better, Adds UDH, Geo Tweak & More Tumbleweed Bicycles upgrades the Gen 2 Stargazer: everything you need, nothin’ you don’t! Written by Ron Frazelle September 08, 2025
Josh Ogle Puts the Detail in 3D Printing with Multiple Titanium Full Suspension MTBs at MADE Ogle Component Design delivered a masterclass in titanium 3D printing and machining with their own bike, and a new Firefly prototype Written by Zach Overholt September 05, 2025
Pashley Cycles Launches Wildfinder ‘Grountain Bike’ for Real World Adventure Should bikes like the new Pashley Wildfinder be called ‘Grountain bikes’ or simply an ‘ATB’? Written by Ron Frazelle September 05, 2025
Dylan Banera is Back with A Wild 3D Printed Aluminum Dirt Jump Bike When I was a teenager, I couldn’t just print my own mountain bikes. Oh, how times have changed Written by Zach Overholt September 02, 2025
Exposure Boosts Light Output & Fast Charging for Coming Darkness, Plus Color OLED & More Exposure’s complete range of off-road riding bar- & helmet-mounted lights gets across-the-board upgrades to light your nighttime trail ride longer and farther. Start with more… Written by Cory Benson September 02, 2025
Coffee Paste? NoNormal Offers a New Way to Make Coffee While Adventuring NoNormal Coffee Paste is Fair Trade, 100% Arabica beans that you simply stir into water – trailside coffee has never been easier Written by Travis Reill August 29, 2025
White Rim FTK goes to Hannah Otto, securing Moab’s Triple Crown Moab’s White Rim route is over 100 miles, and people usually take several days to ride it. Hannah Otto did it in less than seven… Written by Travis Reill August 29, 2025
Neuhaus Metalworks Introduces Nova 32″ MTB with Industry Nine 32″ Wheels? By November, Neuhaus will be delivering 32″ Nova MTB frames. Will 32″ wheels and tires be ready by then? Written by Zach Overholt August 28, 2025
Shimano SPD Cleats Reimagined with Multi-Entry, Step-in Engagement 35-Years-Later For the first time in 30 years, the experience of riding Shimano SPD clipless off-road pedals is about to change… and it all comes down… Written by Cory Benson August 28, 2025
New Clipless Shimano M9220 XTR Trail Pedals Mimic Saint for Enduro & DH Racing Let’s get this out of the way first – Shimano may call their new M9220 XTR clipless pedals ‘Trail’ or ‘Enduro’, but these are obviously… Written by Cory Benson August 28, 2025
Titanium Retrotec is Likely First Pinion Gearbox Bike That Can Also Singlespeed What to do when you want that multi-geared Pinion gearbox bike to be a single-speed? Just have Curtis Inglis build you an adapter. Written by Zach Overholt August 26, 2025
Moots Teases Modern Gravel Race Bike w/ Huge Tire Clearance, Unveils New Dropbar Adventure Bike Moots has two new dropbar builds. One meant to go very fast, the other more to take in the scenery. Written by Zach Overholt August 26, 2025
All-New Scott Gambler DH Bike Does All We Expected, Plus Even More Adjustability Back in May at the first DH World Cup, we got a really good look at the new 2025 Scott Gambler DH bike as a… Written by Cory Benson August 26, 2025
Pivot’s New Shuttle AM: Incremental Updates to an Already Dialed Ride Not a complete redesign, but a host of small updates aim to refine the performance of Pivot’s full-power Shuttle AM eMTB. Written by Jeremy Benson August 26, 2025
Paladin AM1: The CNC-Machined MTB Frame MADE in Portland, Born from Robots Is a CNC-machined bike a handmade bike? That’s debatable, but we’re glad we got to see the Paladin AM1 prototype in person! Written by Zach Overholt August 23, 2025
Wilde Bikes Releases Two New Bikes at MADE, Including 26″ Klunker-inspired Dog Star All of the new Wilde bikes are beautiful, but the Dog Star with its vintage XTR build and intricate lug work is something to behold. Written by Travis Reill August 23, 2025
Falconer MTB Rolls on Prototype 32″ Astral wheels & White Industries Single Speed Cassette Rear Hub It seems one of the biggest hurdles to the 32″ future may just be finding long enough spokes! Written by Zach Overholt August 22, 2025
Wheels Mfg Goes Single Speed With New SOLO-HG Conversion Kit, Chainrings & UDH-Delete Dropout 666 If you’ve given yourself completely to the dark side of single speeding, Wheels MFG Dropout 666 will complete the look. Written by Travis Reill August 22, 2025
Salsa Spearfish Review: Zesty Green Salsa Blew My Expectations Out of the Water Salsa gets up to date and back up to speed with the latest version of its Spearfish cross-country bike. Written by Jeremy Benson August 21, 2025
Restrap’s Award-Winning Hydration Vest gets a New Look, and Way More Storage Space Restrap builds upon its award-winning Race Hydration Vest platform…literally; the new Rolltop Hydration Vest is nearly 3X the capacity Written by Travis Reill August 21, 2025
Lizard Skins Gradient Adds Ergonomic Support to Mountain Bike Grips Grippy and comfy, Lizard Skins’ new mountain bike grips add more cushion so you can keep pushin’ it. Written by Tyler Benedict August 20, 2025
Forge+Bond Factory Tour – You’ve Never Seen Rims Made Like This! Here’s how Forge+Bond makes a very different wheel. From materials to layup to assembly, it’s all different over here! Written by Tyler Benedict August 20, 2025
Affordable Merida Dirt, Big.Nine & Big.Seven Alloy Hardtails Go From Pumptrack to Trails We cover a lot of high-end, really expensive mountain bikes, but three updated Merida hardtail offerings for MY2026 show that you can get a fun… Written by Cory Benson August 20, 2025
Nino Schurter Calls Time on Legendary Career After more than two decades at the pinnacle of cross-country racing, Nino Schurter is hanging up his race plate. Written by Jordan Villella August 19, 2025
Knolly Bikes Teases an Updated Cache ATB and Shows Off MTB Dream Builds With even bigger tire clearance and geometry corrected for suspension, the Knolly Cache 2.0 is up for anything. Written by Steve Fisher August 18, 2025
Crankworx Whistler – Eyecatching Prototypes, New MTBs, and Even a Tandem Crankworx is a celebrations of all things MTB – which includes plenty of wild new bikes. Written by Steve Fisher August 18, 2025
Are Aero Fork Legs & Fork-Mounted Shifters the Future of MTB Racing? Eye Catching Tech at the Leadville 100 How do the fastest riders get even faster for a race like Leadville? Making their bike more aerodynamic is the latest trend.. Written by Jordan Villella August 15, 2025
Norco Pulls the Trigger on Its New Revolver Cross Country Bike. Now With Two Travel Options Norco’s Revolver cross-country bike gets a major update with a new suspension design, lighter weight, and two travel options to choose from. Written by Jeremy Benson August 14, 2025
Giant Launches Limited-Edition, Bike Park Ready Reign SE w/ One of a Kind Black Lightning Finish Less than 100 of these bikes will be made, and no two are exactly alike. Written by Steve Fisher August 13, 2025
