"We had just dropped Ned Overend and John Tomac, and keeping the hammer down, Don Myrah (plate 23) fell off soon after this photo was taken." Read More...
In the world of mountain biking, there are some riders who only want the newest thing, and then there are riders like Steve Ferguson who cherish the classic mountain bikes of the past. Read More...
In the first mile, two things became obvious: it was going to take a lot of velocity and a very big launch ramp to turn the Rupe-cycle into an airplane. Read More...
As a gravity-based representative for the product, I quickly discovered the second significant drawback to the design—a severe case of “stink bugging.” Read More...
Here's a shot from April 10, 2010, of Aaron Gwin racing against Australia's Mick Hannah in the event's world-class dual slalom competition . (Photo by John Ker/MBA) Read More...
Next thing I know, I am trying to beat Tomac, Cullinan and Lopes. I still had posters on my bedroom wall at my parents’ house of these legends, and now I’m doing everything I can to post times close to theirs at the NORBA Nationals. Read More...
Every couple of months there is a new bike that is the “most”—most expensive, most bizarre, most ballyhooed, most complex or, in the case of the Foes Fab, the bike with the most suspension travel. Read More...
Check out this video to see one of the greatest passes in mountain bike history. While racing four-cross in the Czech Republic, Michal Marosi crashes hard, gets back on his bike, powers hard to catch the leaders, then pulls off one of the… Read More...
More than 30 years after his best year of racing, John Tomac is still widely considered the greatest all-around mountain biker in history.
Tomac won the UCI XC World Championship and World Cup titles in 1991, plus the U.S. Downhill title… Read More...
Two months ago, Nino Schurter tied the World Cup race win record of Julien Absalon. Right now, they both have 33 World Cup wins in the Elite Men's XC ranks. Nino is hoping to break Julien's record now, but he still has to pull it off. He'll… Read More...
Taking a hardtail blast back to the past to remember the greats
Although there had already been a version of the mountain bike “World Championships” held in 1989 at Mammoth Mountain, it was of the unofficial variety and lacked true representation of the “world.” Read More...
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