Our July 1989 issue of Mountain Bike Action showed our never-ending fascination with the latest bikes and technology. That part of the sport has never changed over the last 35 years. In those days, the biggest concern for most mountain… Read More...
Not one to rest on its laurels, Trek has introduced a second generation of the Supercaliber with a completely new frame with more travel and evolved features to take on the highest levels of racing. Read More...
Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Macungie, Pennsylvania, will host the event on July 17-21, 2024
America's XC National Championships are scheduled to take place just over a week before the Olympic mountain bike events take place in Paris, where the women's Olympic mountain bike race is scheduled for Sunday, July 28th, and the men are… Read More...
Inspired by the Epic 8, at a more attainable price
With advanced kinematics and geometry from its big sibling, the Epic 8, combined with cutting-edge D’Aluisio Smartweld technology, the Chisel mountain bike delivers performance you can feel—whether you’re racing “between the tape” or… Read More...
The legendary XC race bike of Nino Schurter now features RockShox Flight Attendant suspension
The SCOTT Spark RC x Flight Attendant collection introduces two new models: the SCOTT Spark RC World Cup EVO and SCOTT Spark RC World Cup, that will be equipped with the all-new RockShox Flight Attendant suspension system, and available… Read More...
A new XC focused titanium hardtail built for speed
The MXC is Moots' solution for riders looking for a lightweight ti hardtail designed for buff trails, demanding climbs, hours of hard pedaling, and locations where “downcountry” trends don’t apply. Read More...
Race Highlights from an exhilarating first round of the 2024 WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Mairipora, Brazil where the riders gave us a nail-biting UCI Cross-country World Cup race! Read More...
Cannondale’s lightning-fast XC race machine takes another leap forward.
To keep up with the trends, the newest Cannondale Scalpel gets a bump in travel to 120mm front and rear, and tweaks to the geometry while retaining the simple, but effective Flex-Pivot 4-bar rear suspension design. Read More...
Scroll down to the "Q and A" to read the personal info Van der Poel shared with us
Meet The Riders And Their Rides
Mathieu van der Poel
Mathieu Van der Poel suffered a bad crash in the Tokyo Olympics mountain bike race in the summer of 2021. He resumed racing again before the end of 2021 and placed second at one of… Read More...
Yeti pulled all the stops on the ASR’s carbon frame to get it as lightweight as possible calling it the most ambitious carbon project that the brand has ever taken on. Read More...
The result is a single frame design that, depending on the components added, can be either a competitive XC racing rig or a confident trail bike that is ready for anything thrown its way. Read More...
Instead, they opted to double down on their dw-link design and build a cross-country racer without compromising suspension performance in the name of shaving grams. Read More...
One of the USA's hopefuls for the 2024 Paris Olympics
By the time the Paris Olympics rolls around in 2024, Haley will be aiming to win a medal (it’s not hard to guess which one) in the most prestigious mountain bike race in the world. Read More...
Spot’s latest bike is a second-generation Ryve 115 cross-country bike with a long list of updates that puts it at the forefront of this category’s rapid evolution. Read More...
Canyon's new cross-country bike has a few tricks up its sleeve.
While it shares its heritage with the race-proven Lux World Cup, the Lux Trail sets itself apart by taking its performance beyond competitive racing. Read More...
When a Ti hardtail is the right tool for the trail
While the Nitrous has enough versatility to basically be a bike quiver on its own, it certainly backs up its claim that it could be the ideal +1 to your quiver. Read More...
Evie has already established herself as one of the best mountain bikers in the world, and since she’s only 25, we expect we’ll be seeing her for many years to come. Read More...
In today’s era of alternative materials (carbon fiber, titanium, magnesium and matrix composites), a lot of people forget that aluminum is the most successful alternative ever used. Read More...
It’s almost laughable that a longtime bike reviewer with an often critical opinion of products has never actually designed or built a bike. Read More...