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John Ker

DANGERHOLM’S LATEST CREATION

A brilliant and bizarre bike build

SCOTT Solace Wasteland by Dangerholm For Dangerholm's most recent bike build, he took the Solace Gravel eRIDE and transformed it to something out of the ordinary. For inspiration, he turned to the post-apocalyptic storylines and worked…
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTION, JANUARY 1995

30 years ago in MBA

Tinker Juarez was the top American in the Senior Men's XC race in the World Championships, finishing second behind Henrik Djernis of Denmark. Eight of the top ten riders in the Senior Men's XC race (now called the Elite Men's XCO race) were…
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FORMER MBA EDITOR MIKE WIRTH’S GOFUNDME PAGE

He and his wife Nicole lost their home to one of the wildfires in California

Former MBA editor Mike Wirth and his wife Nicole lost their home and most of their belongings to the firestorm that destroyed much of Altadena, California, this week. Mike and Nicole have started a GoFundMe page to help them get back…
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FORMER MBA EDITOR MIKE WIRTH HAS LOST HIS HOUSE TO A CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE

That makes two MBA editors who've lost their homes to the wildfires sweeping Southern California today

Former Mountain Bike Action editor Mike Wirth lost his home in Altadena, California, today to one of the many wildfires sweeping the areas near Los Angeles over the last 24 hours. Here's a photo that Mike Wirth shot of what remained of…
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UPCOMING CYCLING EVENTS IN BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS

The hottest new destination for U.S. mountain biking keeps adding events to their calendar

Bentonville, Arkansas has been creating events for the coming months to bring more mountain bikers, gravel bikers, and bicycle dealers to Northwest Arkansas. Here are a couple of cool bike events that Bentonville has created for the…
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THE WORLD’S GREATEST WOMAN DOWNHILL RACER

Anne-Caroline Chausson, on her way to winning the 1997 World Championship

France's Anne-Caroline Chausson won nine Elite Women's Downhill World Championship titles—1996, '97, '98, '99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005.
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FOUR NEW ROUTES ADDED TO THE US BICYCLE ROUTE SYSTEM

The bicycle routes are a network of roads, trails and other facilities to make bike travel easier

The U.S. Bicycle Route System is a developing national network of officially designated, numbered, and signed routes that use existing roads, trails, and other facilities appropriate for bike travel. It will eventually encompass 50,000…
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GREG MINNAAR, 20 YEARS AGO

Back in 2004, when Greg was racing Honda's downhill mountain bike

With Greg Minnaar retiring from full-time downhill racing in 2024, we thought it would be cool to take a look back at him 20 years ago when he was racing for Honda. In this photo, he's on his way to winning America's NORBA National…
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CRANKWORX DOWNHILL SERIES IS BACK FOR 2025

They're offering more events than ever

Crankworx has sent us their latest release about the events they have planned for next year. Read on to see what they revealed today:  The Crankworx Downhill Series is BACK in 2025 with more events than ever!  {Photo (c) Clint Trahan}…
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY

Like father, like son, part two

Randy Lawrence was a downhill pro in the late 1990s, one who was sponsored by both Intense Cycles and Troy Lee Designs.Since Randy wasn't making tons of money racing pro downhill, he left the pro mountain bike scene to work as Jeremy…
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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: PART 2

The up-and-coming junior downhill racer on the Intense team

Building on the Lawrence family’s long-standing relationship with INTENSE and recognizing Ryder’s promising potential, he has officially joined the INTENSE Factory Racing team for 2024 . . .
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MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING IN THE ’80s

Take a look at what America's big mountain bike races looked like over 30 years ago. "Race Faces" was the name of the story that we ran in our very first issue, in 1986, and it showed some of the top racers of the era. The lead photo…
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TALKING WITH BJORN RILEY AND EMILLY JOHNSTON

The new SCOTT-SRAM team members talk about themselves, their hobbies, and their racing

Emily Johnston (left) and Bjorn Riley (right) will both be racing for Scott-SRAM in 2025 and for the foreseeable future. Earlier today, SCOTT-SRAM revealed that American Bjorn Riley and Canadian Emilly Johnston are the newest members of…
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CAM ZINK STARTS HIS OWN BIKE COMPANY

Cam Zink has announced that he's started his own bike company, Zink Bikes. He's not messing around either. His company sent us  photos,  logos, a geometry chart for the company's first bike, The Vacay, and everything else they needed to…
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THE 2025 WORLD CUP AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDARS

In case you want to start thinking about your travel plans now

The UCI shared its World Cup calendar for 2025 a few months ago, and its schedule for the World Championships a few weeks ago. In case you're thinking about attending any of the races, here's the shedule for the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike…
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CHECK OUT WHO WON THE STRAIT ACRES/OVER THE HUMP EVENTS

Warren and Hines take the Pro Men's and Women's Dual Slalom titles

Tinker Juarez showed up to race on the same weekend that Austin "Bubba" Warren and Kialani Hines proved to be the big winners of the Pro Men's and Pro Women's Dual Slalom events this past weekend in Southern California. Here are…
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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

Downhill racers Randy and Ryder Lawrence

Starting in 1995, Randy Lawrence became one of the original members of INTENSE Factory Racing, competing alongside mountain biking legends Shaun Palmer and Mike Metzger. His love for racing eventually led him to a successful career in…
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: 20 YEARS AGO

Check out our cover from December 2004

Our cover from December of 2004 featured one of the latest bikes from Marin, the Mount Vision Pro. In the lower left photo you can see Mike King leading eventual series champion Eric Carter in the mountaincross race at the 2004 NORBA…
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SOUTHRIDGE U.S.A.’S 2025 RACE SCHEDULE

Fontana's Winter Series begins on January 11th

The Southridge Races will all take place in Fontana, California. The locations for next summer's  three California Golden State Series races have yet to be announced. For more information go to Southridgeusa.com.
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