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THE MOUNTAIN BIKE OF THE FUTURE, 1988

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,…
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KHS RACE TEAM SCHEDULE FOR 2024

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…
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THE TOP 45 MOUNTAIN BIKE BRANDS THAT MBA READERS ARE CONSIDERING

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…
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SAPWI HALLOWEEN JUMP JAM

Thousand Oaks, California

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…
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THE BIKE BRANDS THAT MBA READERS OWN

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…
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TOMAC TUESDAY

The legendary John Tomac, back in the 1980s

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."…
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LIFE TIME GRAND PRIX LITTLE SUGAR CLASSIC

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…
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OPINION: TRAIL SANITATION IRRITATION

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.
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YOUNG, UP-AND-COMING FREERIDER SIGNS WITH KHS

Bradon is a young freeerider on the way up

(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…
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MORE OF THE RED BULL RAMPAGE

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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