Mountain Bike

Better late than never, we say. Here are the awards for the sexiest, blingiest, lightest and other superlative 29er mountain bikes from the Fool’s Gold…

Twenty6 Products is releasing a special edition of their Rallye Pedal in an unique color with five full sets of colored pins and hardware.  Made…

Sam Blenkinsop became the first Kiwi to win a mountain bike UCI World Cup title by beating former world champ Sam Hill (AUS), current world…

  OK, nothing official yet, but Shimano has this little survey box on their website, and as of this morning, about 15% of respondents indicated…

From Freecaster.tv – they’re covering all of the world cup mountain bike events this weekend, first posts are up today, including men’s downhill practice runs.…

Gone Riding, Florida’s largest off-road race promoter, will be testing AMB’s chip timing system at the 12 Hours of Dauset in Georgia on Sept. 20.…

RockShox 2010 BoXXer is the first “all new” redesign of their downhill fork in the model’s history.  It’s “lighter, more precise and ultimately faster” according…

Bikerumor.com’s got the first official look anywhere in the U.S. of the 2009 Foes RS7 downhill race bike.  Yes, the Germans got to see it…

Fresh from EuroBike, Freecaster.tv has a ton of video coverage of various bikes and bits.  Here’s the new Specialized S-Works Epic that Christophe Sauser won…

So you couldn’t make it out to Napa to get spanked by the hottie referees or get your story in the NY Times, well, at…

Turner has redesigned their entire line for 2009 using DW-Link technology, replacing the TNT design of yore.  The DW-Link has been gaining popularity for it’s…

Shimano is introducing its new Yumeya boutique brand at Eurobike, offering parts that are “characterized by a lightweight and exclusive design to give your XTR bike…

Bionicon is introducing their B-Boxx internally geared crankset at Eurobike today. Similar to SRAM’s Hammerschmidt (see our post on that here), the idea is to…

Next time you’re running late for a race, see if your excuses match this: Geoff Kabush (Canada) pulled off a podium finish at the UCI…

Singletrack MTB Magazine’s Issue 44 hits newstands next week with coverage of EuroBike, the UK’s version of Interbike.  If you live in the states, you…

My first (real) mountain bike was a Bianchi Nyala steel hardtail…still have it.  Their frames have changed quite a bit since then, but the italian…

Gas is still expensive…save a few bucks on the race entry by registering early for the MTB Oktoberfest, which happens to be the USAC National…

Race pics from the Fool’s Gold 100 mountain bike race and festival are online here.  Race photographer Andrew Kornylak shot some pretty great stuff, worth checking…

After raising the bar for free-ride / downhill events from 2001 to 2004, the Red Bull Rampage took a hiatus as events like Crankworx filled…

Raleigh officially announced the release of their XXIX “Pro” model 29er mountain bike for 2009.  The bike frame is Reynolds 853 and will be spec’d…