Trek made a statement with their new Fuel EX trail bike. In throwing away the usual method of incremental development so common in this industry,...
Product Reviews
Sitting squarely in the modern mid-travel trail bike segment is the new YT Jeffsy Uncaged 8. With 150 millimeters of travel front and rear, this...
Sometimes I find myself slogging up a steep and loose trail for a bit of "type II" riding with friends. My most memorable backcountry...
I had not seen pavement in weeks, maybe even months. Every aspect of my life was slowly being covered in dirt. Dirt coated the underbelly of my bike...
Cannondale’s new Jekyll bears resemblance to the legacy model’s aesthetic I remember first encountering at my local bike shop in Superior...
Scott’s redesigned Spark is unabashedly aimed at being the hot new ultralight super bike. At first glance its striking profile looks more like...
Shortly after his death, Albert Einstein's brain was removed from his body, meticulously preserved and thoroughly studied in hopes of gleaning...
Never come between a judge and his verdict. Doing so might make the judge threaten to have the sheriff hold you in contempt of court—at least...
After reviewing a slew of big bikes this summer—each seemingly heftier and slower uphill than the last—it was refreshing to hop on the...
The Devinci Spartan is the latest thoroughbred steed to adopt a suspension design based around a high pivot idler system. Devinci hasn’t been...
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Transition’s new sled, the Spire, is described by the Bellingham-based company as their “nimble bruiser”—an ultra-capable...
Something feels sensible and responsible about wearing Patagonia. I lend this to the company’s environmental leadership, material and process...
As a kid I learned many painful lessons from sending it barefoot on my BMX bike. My toenails still show evidence of the suffering that occurred....
Few other bicycle components boast the same weighty legacy as Shimano’s Deore XT groupset. Originally introduced almost 40 years ago, Shimano...
The Evil Offering fills an important hole in the Bellingham-based company’s 29er lineup—sitting squarely between their nimble 120-...
It’s always exciting when a new test bike spices up the ride on my favorite trails—and lately it seems that mid-travel bikes have added...
I was excited to test Rocky Mountain Bicycle’s new Instinct Carbon 70 model, as it sits squarely in my favorite category of suspension travel....
I try to steer clear of making absolute statements. Almost every absolute declaration I’ve made in recent years has come back to me, only to be...
Being a Pacific Northwest mountain biker, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I like riding in pants. Over the decade that I’ve been...
After a long summer of choking on moondust while riding North Lake Tahoe’s trails, last November’s mix of snow and rain was welcomed....