AARON GWIN’S INTENSE M279 SETUP SECRETS
Can Gwin still dominate the World Cup series the way he did five times in the past 11 seasons? We’ll have to wait and see, but we wouldn’t write him off.
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Can Gwin still dominate the World Cup series the way he did five times in the past 11 seasons? We’ll have to wait and see, but we wouldn’t write him off.
With the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup series set to kick off this week in France, the Giant Factory Off-Road Team unveiled its full roster of XC, downhill, enduro, gravel and E-bike athletes for the new season.
MOUNTAIN BIKING WITH PRO ATHLETES IN WINDROCK TENNESSEE Join Nik Nestoroff, Dakotah Norton, and Christopher Grice for an onboard lap as they ride a 7-minute long break Downhill run in Windrock, Tennessee. This trail drops over 500 feet per minute! The KHS Pro Team has just wrapped up the Fontana Race series with two overall […]
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By Steve Thomas With his bug-man-like body armor and futuristic bikes, it was hard to miss the Swiss racer Philippe Perakis during the early years of downhill mountain bike racing. Not only was Perakis one of the most innovative and flashy riders, he was also among the fastest. Long before Max Commencal and his […]
Be sure to listen to the part at the beginning where Lenosky gives his tips on setting up your handlebars and controls to work best for your riding. “Mountain bike set up can be confusing! I’ve been riding my MTB for over 30 years, I’ve tried a bunch of things that have worked and a […]
The following press release from Enduro Bearings may read like an ad for their product, but it helped remind us how important the bearings in our bikes are. We usually don’t give a bike’s bearings much thought until something goes wrong with them, so it makes sense to get the best bearings you can whenever […]
Press release from the KHS Downhill Team: Below: New KHS team member Nate Kitchen (#57), age 16, won the Junior Pro division. Nikolas Nesteroff (1) won the Pro Men’s class. Bootleg Canyon mountain bike park has been on the map for years and has always seen some of the best World Cup riders like Sam […]
With a background in BMX and motocross, Reed made the full-time switch to MTBs after graduating from High School in his native Cleveland and shortly after threw himself into the heart of the Rampage scene, digging for Nicholi Rogatkin at the 2015 event before moving to Hurricane in southwest Utah to live, train and ride as close to the hallowed canyons of Virgin as possible.
The team will continue to develop and race the prototype alloy INTENSE M279 DH bike. They’ll be working closely together on some new changes and special tweaks for 2022. Further, Seth and Joe will race the new INTENSE Tracer enduro bike at select Enduro World Series (EWS) races this year.
Luca Shaw and his new Canyon Sender CFR. Luca Shaw says that he’ll be racing the Canyon Sender CFR downhill bike in the year ahead, after having raced for the Santa Cruz Syndicate for the past seven years. Luca will join Troy Brosnan, Mark Wallace and Jakob Jewett on the Canyon “Cllctv” (a.k.a. Collective) […]
The 2021 Proving Grounds kicked off again this year at the Oregon Dirt Park just outside of Bend, Oregon. Flash back to 2019 when Proving Grounds was born. The concept was to blur the lines between big mountain and slopestyle, and in this year’s event, athletes were able to choose their own lines. The course […]
THANKS FOR THE TEN YEARS CONNOR (Press Release) After more than a decade of watching Connor Fearon tear it up on the World stage for Kona, the time has come to say goodbye to the Aussie ripper. We set out to make Connor a short farewell video, but trying to cram ten years of flat […]
The 12th running of Mt7 Psychosis saw a mix of 25 riders, who’ve come from all over the world to compete in Crankworx B.C., come together to take a crack at the 1200 vertical meters and 7.3 kilometers of steep, rough, and rocky singletrack (and infamous hike-a-bike section).
Video Snowshoe World Cup Week Every now and then two World Cup races just happen to take place in the same week, at the same place, totally normal, right? Well, that is what happened in Snowshoe, WV and the KHS pro MTB team was there to race. #khsbicycles #khspromtb SUBSCRIBE & RENEW HERE FOLLOW US […]
(Vaea Verbeeck rode to her third win of the week on Friday at Sun Peaks Resort. Photo courtesy Crankworx) SUN PEAKS RESORT, BC, September 24, 2021 — The flecks of hero dirt have settled and the third and final race at Sun Peaks has wrapped. As the travelling road show that is Crankworx B.C. prepares to […]
(Valli Höll, on her way to the win on Saturday at Snowshoe, West Virginia. Photo by Bartek Wolinski/Red Bull Content Pool) – Austrian teenager Valli Höll had triumphed in Wednesday’s first Snowshoe race to boost her chances of the title in her first elite season, while Frenchman Loic Bruni came second that day to […]
Here are the Elite Men’s downhill results for Saturday in West Virginia, the last World Cup downhill race of the year: Final Year-End Point Standings
The top World Cup racers met up in the first round of elite downhill competition in West Virginia today (Wednesday, Sept. 15). Check out the results below. The titles for the top men and women racers will be determined by the final points tally for the year after the final round of World Cup downhill […]
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The latest full face helmet from Fox Racing was designed with direct input from it’s sponsored downhill and freeride athletes to offer the highest level of protection, performance and style. The Rampage Pro Carbon (RPC) features Dual-density, in-mold varizorb EPS foam combined with a MIPS liner is designed to redirect rotational impact forces and […]
The Pro’s Closet has risen to become one of the top buyers and sellers of used bikes in America. We contacted them to see what tips they could share
‘The Knife Edge’ is not the glossy action sports edit that we’ve come to know of late. In fact, very little has been edited here, so while we get to enjoy the mind-blowing mountain-biking skills and the daring that we associate with Gee’s recent big mountain projects such as ‘The Ridgeline’ and ‘The Slateline’, he also talks of the fear he needs to overcome and shows the horrific crash that resulted in many broken bones, a punctured lung and a 2-week stay in the hospital.
Kailey Skelton and her KHS 650 mixed-wheel downhill bike
Snow Valley Bike Park Offers So Cal’s OnlyChairlift carrying Groups of 4 Bikers
(press release) Kyle and Rachel Strait took over the Summit Bike park this past weekend, making themselves (and rest of the SoCal MTB Community) feel right at home as Strait Acres moved from their own backyard to Big Bear, as part of the Gravity Festival at the Summit Bike Park. Strait Acres Dual Slalom Results […]
Part 2 of the Kamikaze episode has just been released. Check it out. It’s good! Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHtfc4Uxq1c&t=699s
One could even say that Norton is becoming one of the best downhill riders in the world, as he’s now made two World Cup podiums.
The rain kept coming and the elite men had to deal with a track that was unrelenting in its unpredictability.