John Ker

 Trail riding in the mountains near Bend, Oregon, with Cogwild Adventures. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

 It’s a fun and beautiful descent from the snow-crested peaks of the Italian Alps to the wooded valleys below, especially in the summer months. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

“I was riding this trail with Hans Rey (in the lead here), Sven Martin, Bryn Atkinson (in second in this shot) and some other guys in the alps in Northern Italy several years ago. Sven and I would both stop and shoot photos every few minutes because the trail was so spectacular. We had started at the […]

Hans Rey leads some fellow GT riders on a singletrack trail just south of the Swiss/Italian border. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

The Elite Men, a.k.a. the Pros, race to the top of the mountain at the Fontana City National. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Spencer Rathkamp takes to the air on one of his favorite jump lines. Photo: JK

Jeff Lenosky drops into a leafy trail in Highbridge Park, in northern Manhattan. Yes, that Manhattan. The park offers a fun, IMBA-designed trail loop for mountain bikers in New York City. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Bryn Atkinson (left) and Hans Rey (right) take a couple of teammates into the Alps in Northern Italy in late June of 2008. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Randy Spangler leads Chuck Donaldson and Joanna Petterson into the hills near Auburn, California. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Patrick Reynoso checks out a nice trail in the hills near Pasadena, California. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Patrick Reynoso lofts the Cannondale Trigger 27.5 off the rocks in an outtake from our January issue, on newsstands now. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

 The crowd squeezes in to watch the action at the top of the biggest climb at the Cross-Country National Championships in Macungie, Pennsylvania, last summer. According to the official results, the rider is Mike Montalbano. Can’t say that we know him, but he races in the pro ranks and was rocking a low number, so he must […]

A rider negotiates a tricky section of trail at USA Cycling’s Cross-Country National Championships in Macungie, Pennsylvania, in July 2014. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Jimmy Mac, Crested Butte, Colorado.

Jordan Rarick leads Arthur “Biscuit” Smith on one of the many trails at Gooseberry Mesa in Utah. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Patrick Reynoso blasts down a rocky trail in Southern California. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Spencer Rathkamp drops into a sweet singletrack in the mountains behind Pasadena on one of the bikes we tested for our Feburary 2015 issue. Merry Christmas! Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

If you want to work on your cornering style, you could do a whole lot worse than copying the form of Kevin Viggers (shown here): Elbows bent, bike leaned over, outside leg extended  to bottom of pedal stroke with the inside pedal high, front wheel in line with the back wheel (notice there’s no turning of the […]

Longtime MBA test rider Jon Buckell tears into a turn at Mammoth Mountain. Jon is one of the fastest up-and-coming gravity riders in California, racing pro-level downhill, super D and enduro events. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Kevin Aiello takes the lead on the red course in dual slalom racing at the Mammoth Kamikaze Games this past September. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Kevin Viggers chases his buddy Craig Sanders down one of their downhill practice trails near La Verne, California. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

 Kevin Viggers lays his bike into a high-speed turn while buddy Craig Sanders lays chase. The two have been riding together since they were kids and are two of the fastest expert-level downhill racers in Southern California. Kevin was working for Mountain Bike Action for the last few months, after working for year as a mechanical engineer,  but he was recently called back […]

 Look closely. Our first impression was that this was Todd Wells, in his classic red Specialized jersey, but this guy’s riding a Trek bike. Who is it? You tell us. Go to the Mountain Bike Action Facebook page and identify him in the Comments section for this photo if you can name the rider.  Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

There’s nothing quite like the trails of Crested Butte, Colorado, in the summer. Photo: John Ker/Mountain Bike Action

Eric Carter takes a high line on one of the wooden berms in the Crested Butte Bike Park. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Preston Moore flies through a turn at Fontana. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

 A rider tears through a turn in the Predator Night Race at Fontana, California. Photo: Kevin Viggers/Mountain Bike Action

Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio, opened this separate building a few years ago for dirt jumpers to enjoy in the warmer months. This building will probably be used for something new next summer, according to one of the employees at the park. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Mike Wirth takes advantage of the cooler temperatures, towering trees, and 8500-foot elevation of nearby Mount Pinos on a warm summer day in SoCal. Photo: JK/Mountain Bike Action

Richie Schley is one of the guys who helped turn Whistler Mountain into one of the most famous mountain biking destinations in the world.