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Cannondale showed us this bike, their first with rear suspension, at the UCI World Championships in 1990. Notice that the bike didn’t have front suspension yet, so we can’t call it a full-suspension bike. Paul Turner had recently started making Rock Shox suspension forks in 1990, but Cannondale must have decided to stay with a […]
Ten years ago, most mountain bikes still had 26-inch wheels
It’s likely that Vlad has a hard time finding anybody else who can keep up with him when he’s training, since he’s one of the fastest mountain bikers in Europe.
In looking over our second issue of MBA, dated November 1986, we came upon this shootout of five rear derailleurs from almost 35 years ago. The article was written by future MBA editor Richard Cunningham, who was still making a living designing and building bikes under his own Mantis label back then. If you zoom […]
Best Of The Best
The ProXCT shakes up in 2021 and kicks off with the familiar Vail Lake on…
Today’s Best XC Race Stallions Tested
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Battling World Cup Race-Worthy Bikes
MBA’s Brandon Castelli rounds one last corner on a rocky trail before heading home. Things were so different back then. This was right around three years before COVID-19 changed the world. Photo by John Ker.
The White Rim Trail in Utah’s Canyonlands Is Now The New Proving Ground
30 Years Ago In MBA
Made In The Details
See what’s new, what’s changed, and what 2021 has in store
We are builders and innovators
Even though the racing action this year has been affected so much, it was good…
Nino Schurter Back On Top and Laying It On The Line
A Mountain Bike Way of Life
MBA October 1990
The UCI has posted all the results for this year’s World Championships, including the Team Relay, the downhill qualifiers, and all the cross-country and downhill races held this past weekend. Here’s the link. https://www. uci-mountain-bike-world-championships-presented-by-mercedes-benz
The shortest World Cup season in history turned out to be one of the most intense for SCOTT SRAM and an indication of strong form in the ramp-up to the 2020 World Champs.
Loana Lecomte and Simon Andreassen excelled on Thursday in Nove Mesto.
The first round of the long-delayed 2020 World Cup XC Series is finally underway in Europe and will run through Sunday. The XCC (Short Track) event was held yesterday in wet weather, as can be seen in the Nove Mesto Instagram post shown above, but the main events are happening over the next few days. […]
XC Shootout at SkyPark Bike Park
The pursuit of speed
Tinker Juarez – Rad and Random!
Never Change A Winning Team
Turning a dream into reality
Six women and two men have been selected for the U.S. Long team for the Olympics next year
Could this be the greatest cyclist in the world?