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9L Atlas Rack Pack. Old Man Mountain has emerged as a leader in bikepacking rack systems and gear hauling solutions. In addition to their racks, they sell numerous bags to attach to those various racks, with new and improved products dropping frequently Over the course of three different bikepacking rides, I’ve tested Old Man Mountain’s…

Astronaut Doctor. Photo: Noah Buchanan While mega ski resorts like Whistler-Blackcomb and Killington boast the biggest and best downhill mountain bike parks, there’s been a recent surge across the country in small, hometown ski areas expanding their mountain biking infrastructure. One of those hometown ski areas has emerged as a benchmark for downhill riding in…

My main quest at Sea Otter was straightforward: Test ride a mountain bike with 32-inch wheels. In fact, I had been hoping to test a big-wheel bike for more than a decade after seeing a dusty Black Sheep 36er mountain bike at the Interbike Outdoor Demo in 2010. Sadly, I was told it wasn’t available…

Photos provided by Specialized. If you want to know where cross-country mountain bike designs are headed, just take a look at the new Specialized Epic 9, which launched today. The XC race bike, piloted by current XCC and XCO World Cup overall title holder Christopher Blevins, is lighter than ever before… but not as light…

Some trail systems name themselves. If the Three Blind Mice trail system, just outside the beachfront city of Penticton in the South Okanagan region of interior British Columbia, evokes imagery of aimless wandering, it’s in the trail network’s noodling DNA. “When mountain biking kicked off here in the early 90s, folks were just stringing together…

All prices and availability are subject to change. The new SRAM S-Series promises to simplify drivetrain choices, and the pricing looks to be competitive. The only downside is that some items — like the lightest mechanical derailleurs and Grip Shifters — may not be available in the future. Fortunately we found a few SRAM drivetrain…

While high-end bikes only continue to grow more expensive, we’re seeing substantial progress on making high-quality mountain bikes accessible to riders without a six-figure salary. The latest installment in the affordable trail bikes market is the $2,200 Giant Stance. The Stance has just been updated for US buyers after eight long years, and the current…

File photo: YT As you might’ve noticed, class 1 e-bike specs are on the rise. Though the Avinox M2S is just the latest motor to push the envelope, power and torque specs have been creeping up over the past several seasons. And though speeds are locked in at 20mph for class 1 eMTBs in the…

Photo: Daniel Palma. Walking around the Sea Otter Classic last week, you could be forgiven for thinking that independent bike brands have gone the way of the penny-farthing. Gazing into a veritable forest of teardrop flags at the expo, mega brands compete for visitors’ attention in hopes of luring them inside their booths for a…

“Car service intervals [are] getting longer […] whereas the bike industry hasn’t caught up with that,” said Ed Collins, Head of Sales and Marketing for Intradrive. “[The derailleur] is 100-year-old technology, and people have to keep it adjusted. You have to keep it updated, etc, etc.” To solve this problem, Scottish brand Intradrive has launched…