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By Zap What originally began as a Michael Beckwith Hiltner, in many later years to come became Victor Vincente of America . That was of course after “VVA” (formerly known as MBH) had made record efforts riding his road bike across America twice in 1974 (achieving the double-transcontinental record riding from Santa Monica, California, to Atlantic […]
More than a single jump, Cully put his heart into the sport
Silly words and gestures that only divide
By: Zap You can probably visualize the stark horror of enduring such an episode. Imagine (if you possibly can) driving up to the window at your local Starbucks, ordering an iced peach green-tea lemonade and being told that due to a shortage of peach juice you’ll instead have to settle for a drink infused with […]
The Durango local has made a career out of being fast, friendly and smart
Just how the world famous motorcycle man advanced suspension
Celebrating the life and times of an American champion
“Having ridden the bike just 15 feet, we felt there was something wrong with it.
Who did he make mad? Who made him mad? Who made a difference?
The big role that little wheels played in mountain biking
The “Queen of Pain” suffers so we can stay inspired
An unusal meet-up that brought two cultures together
Why it’s especially painful when we lose our heroes
By Zap Although the Jim Busby designed RTS-1 is widely considered the first full-suspension bike to come out of the GT Bicycle headquarters, that’s really only half-right. Recently, Gary Turner himself (as in the GT of GT Bikes) rediscovered an ancient BMX bike build that he created back in 1974. This original GT designed full-suspension […]
Lighter than before – just as fast?
The day modern technology trumped real talent
The “mountain bike millionaire” who made things happen
Tracing the history of the race winning RTS suspension
Our fat-tire heroine takes on a new challenge
Seven locations to demo your next bike
The iconic east coast mag shuts down after 30 years
Seven destinations across the country to choose from
The (real) King of Durango mountain biking
By Zap The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame celebrated its 31st annual induction ceremony with the induction of a four new members (L-R); framebuilder Tim Neenan, World DH Champ Myles Rockwell, multi-time National & World Champ (among so many other accolades) Rebecca Rusch, and OG freerider filmmaker Derek Westerlund. The star-studded affair took place at […]
Press Release Back in 2010, the industry trade show, Interbike still happened once a year down the road in Las Vegas. At that time, Interbike was bike industry only, and regular mountain bikers like us, were not invited. We decided we needed to bring all those brand new bikes to Moab, Utah for everyone to […]
When good friends and competitors make for a good photo