THROWBACK THURSDAY: MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN REEBOK ELIMINATOR – VIDEO
Long before dropper posts and long travel suspension
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Long before dropper posts and long travel suspension
We considered all the UCI World Champions, all the World Cup champions, all the Red Bull Rampage winners and even consulted John Tomac
The UCI World Championships have, in effect, largely erased those other events from people’s minds and the record books of our sport.
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,…
Trying to stay fit as the whole world changes
Get faster in your 50’s
I think one of the reasons I have had longevity in bike racing is because I have embraced cross-training…
Aliens Have Landed!
5 Years Ago From Today
What other types of workouts should I do to help me achieve my goal of making this challenging climb?
In looking back at the bikes from those days, one thing that stands out now is that nearly all the bikes were completely rigid with no suspension,…
How much things have changed in the last 30 years
We’ve all been there
Listen to mountain biking’s legends recall iconic moments in the sport
The (real) King of Durango mountain biking
Riding advice from the top pros
Looking Back 20 Years
Tips from the people who do the hiring
The Trimble Carbon Cross was a stab at the future by designer Brett Trimble. The bike offered a molded, monocoque, carbon fiber frame that weighed only 4 pounds, the lightest frame we had tested up to that time, in 1988. The complete bike weighed 23 pounds. Expert rider Jimmy Donnell looked so much like John […]
What happened in 1998
Ned Overend posed with wife Pam and daughter Allison in 1988. Ned was the top mountain bike racer in the world in those days, and he’s still phenomenal today. He recently placed seventh racing in the pro class at the 2018 Crusher in the Tushar gravel race. Ned turns 63 later this summer. The Rocky […]
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