Helping riders satisfy their hydration and nutrition needs
EPIC SERIES PRESS RELEASE
USWE Hydration Packs Partners with the Epic Series, across European and African mountain bike stage races, to provide riders with their technical know-how and industry-leading products. They will be the… Read More...
Plus 2024 Crankworx World Tour Dates and Locations
Representing the pinnacle of the Slopestyle discipline, the introduction of a women’s category to the SWC is indicative of the level to which the sport has been elevated through years of development. Read More...
Most mountain bikes had no suspension when this bike was displayed at the annual Long Beach bike show 35 years ago
The Kestrel Nitro was a full-suspension, carbon fiber bike that Kestrel debuted at the January 1988 Long Beach Bike Show. In those days, most mountain bikes had either steel or aluminum frames and no suspension. Now, 35 years later,… Read More...
Shootout: Wheel Wars—29 vs 27.5 vs 26
This story first appeared in our March 2012 issue, when only a few companies were offering bikes with 27.5-inch (650b) wheels. At that time, the dilemma for most riders was to choose between bikes with… Read More...
NOVEMBER 22, 2023 – With a combined 10 podium finishes across the 2023 FMB World Tour, Patricia Druwen (GER) and Jake Atkinson (GBR) have finished the season atop their respective Red Bull Rookie Standings, and each been awarded the title… Read More...
I have no trouble spending a ludicrous amount of money on bikes and related gear or finding new ways to rationalize my crazy spending habits. Read More...
This should be a good indicator of where and when the top gravity races in the U.S. will be next year
KHS press release
KHS team manager Logan Binggeli sent us his list of the KHS Team's race schedule for the coming year. As Logan says: "Stay updated with the U.S.A.’s #1 Mountain Bike Race Team and attend a race near you."
Here's the KHS… Read More...
Elite Men and Women racers chosen to compete in series’ third year
NEWS RELEASE FROM LIFE TIME
BOULDER, Colo., (Nov. 7, 2023) — Life Time (NYSE: LTH), today announced the 60 athletes who have been selected to compete in the 2024 Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda series. This year’s series will… Read More...
Read on to learn how you can get a free inner tube from Rich Bartlett's bike shop
In paging through an old issue of BMX PLUS!, we found this bike test with John Tomac and Rich Bartlett serving as test riders of the first Haro BMX race bike. Check out the black-and-white shots of Tomac on the first and third pages, and… Read More...
Deferral registration for all Leadville Race Series events opens today, Nov. 1, 2023 through Nov. 15, 2023.
Leadville Race Series qualifier registration will open on Jan. 9.
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Our 2023 reader survey showed us what bikes our readers are thinking about buying
It's been said that no matter how many mountain bikes a rider may own, they always want to buy one more.
The same is likely true for Mountain Bike Action readers. One of the main reasons our readers like to read Mountain Bike Action is… Read More...
This past weekend, Sapwi Bike Park in Thousand Oaks, California, held the Halloween Jump Jam on Saturday afternoon. MBA staffers JJ Squires and John Ker showed up to check it out. JJ rode and shot video footage, and JK shot a lot of… Read More...
Our annual survey shows the bikes our readers have now
Here are the results of our "2024 Reader Survey" where we asked our readers what bike brands they own.
You can also check to see how the survey results have changed every year for the last five years.
Since many of our readers own… Read More...
We have to give credit to people who have the creativity and mechanical skills to make their own bikes. This guy built this "longer, lower, slacker" bike for the Crested Butte Fat Tire Bike Festival in 2010, and it's still one of the… Read More...
John Tomac was riding for Mongoose when MBA shot this photo. We couldn't tell what year it was taken, so we sent it to Tomac and asked him. Tomac told us: "That's 1987 or 88. Leaning towards 87. I can't tell where it's at from the photo."… Read More...
UCI MTB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - XCO/XCC/XCR/E-MTB/DHI
Pal Arinsal, Andorra
28 Aug - 01 Sep 2024
Amaurry Pierron showed his skills in the Andorra World Cup race in 2022. The location will be the site of the 2024 UCI Mountain Bike… Read More...
Kassia Niewiadoma and Torbjorn Andre Røed win final race of the series
NEWS RELEASE FROM LIFE TIME GRAND PRIX:
Bentonville, Ark., (Saturday, October 21, 2023) –
Keegan Swenson, in the stars-and-stripes jersey, took the overall title and the $25,000 bonus for winning the series. (Photo: Life Time)… Read More...
Even Tom Pidcock couldn't beat the men's winner this time
The Life Time Grand Prix series had its next-to-last event last week. The race—the Life Time Little Sugar Classic, took place in Bentonville, Arkansas, on Sunday, October 15, but the competition was overshadowed by the media coverage of the… Read More...
Drawing the line between trail maintenance and sanitation
The changes that really make me see red are newly created bypasses that essentially create a new trail alongside the obstacle because they completely change the nature of the once-narrow piece of singletrack. Read More...
"Ride with the Legends" Saturday morning and attend the 2023 Induction in the evening
AN INVITATION FROM THE MARIN MUSEUM OF BICYCLING AND MOUNTAIN BIKE HALL OF FAME:
Here's the invitation:
Please join us as we induct the class of 2023 into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. This year's superstars are Shaun Palmer,… Read More...
(Photos by @logangallaghervisuals)
KHS team manager Logan Binggeli shared the news about the team's newest rider.
Bradon Sweeney is a 20-year-old freerider and racer from St. George, Utah. He lives less than an hour's drive from the… Read More...
Monster Energy’s Cam Zink Takes First Place, and Tom van Steenbergen Takes Second Place in the 2023 Red Bull Rampage Contest in Utah
Zink, 37-Year-Old from Reno, NV, Wins Freeride Mountain Bike Event on Natural Terrain for the Second Time;
27-Year-Old Tom van Steenbergen from Kelowna, Canada, Claims Second Place with Perfect Front Flip
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