DOWN THE TRAIL: HALEY BATTEN
In her rookie year in the Elite class, 22-year-old American Haley Batten…
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In her rookie year in the Elite class, 22-year-old American Haley Batten…
Bryson Martin, Jr. takes on one of the manmade sections of trail at Whistler Bike Park during the Crankworx festival in 2009.
(Photo: John Ker/MBA)
Where Were You In 2001
A few bikes had Rock Shox forks. There was also an ad for an Offroad Pro-Flex bike that offered rear suspension, but…
The fat bike revolution had yet to arrive back then, so riders who went for rides in the winter did so on their regular bikes.
The UCI World Championships have, in effect, largely erased those other events from people’s minds and the record books of our sport.
Ten years ago, most mountain bikes still had 26-inch wheels
30 Years Ago In MBA
12 Years Ago at the Sea Otter
By the middle of 1990, it was looking like the whole mountain bike world would switch over to elevated chainstays, but…
Suspension systems were still being developed and improved,…
How different the world was 10 years ago
Check out the cover of MBA’s first issue from July 1986
Our July 2000 issue is a reminder of just how much things can change in a few years
America’s best cycling vacation resorts, the benefits of steel mountain bikes, and…
Seems like it was yesterday
Jerome Chiotti confessed to having used EPO at the ’96 World Championships; he handed over the gold medal and rainbow jersey to Frischknecht four years later
People were slowly moving to the bigger wheel size, but it took an in-between “Goldilocks” size to speed…
Our April 2000 cover showed a variety of bikes, including the Foes DHS, the Mountain Cycles San Andreas and the Cannondale Jekyll. The test rider on the Foes was Toby Henderson, who is now the CEO of Box Components. Ron Koch, who now works for Pivot Cycles, was our test rider on the Giant NRS […]
Polish star lands world’s first
Videos from the guy who trained riders like Mitch Ropelato and Cody Kelley
Flowgroh rips home loam with Papy
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Aliens Have Landed!
The key is to make sure that it is easily usable for the average consumer,
The Roaring 90’s