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Is there anything more annoying than a creaky saddle? I suppose mountain biking with a crying baby on your back might be worse, but outside of that, a creaky saddle is like fingernails on a chalkboard. The Peaty’s Monarch mountain bike saddle aims to give riders a way to fight back, and this first saddle…

Radial mountain bike tire designs are relatively new, and early feedback is positive. For such a simple change with a lot of upside and few if any downsides, radial mountain bike tires almost seem too good to be true. Whether you’ve tried them or not, we want to know what you think. #wpforms-724885.wpforms-block-114db586-be9c-4230-9647-4c432c83befd { –wpforms-field-size-input-height:…

Photos: Cypress Mountain In April, Greg Heil wrote an article about the world’s toughest downhill race — Redbull Hardline — coming to North America. Along with stops in Tasmania and Wales, the DH race series that debuted in 2014 will see a new venue at Cypress Mountain on Vancouver, BC’s North Shore. While Cypress Mountain…

Photos: Travis Reill Lauf is a bike brand that bucks the system a bit. During the e-bike power race, they equip a bike with a modest 350W of power. They ditch “fancy” suspension platforms for a simplistic single-pivot. They build a short-travel e-bike with XC geometry up front, but enduro chainstays at the rear. All…

Earlier this month, Specialized announced their “very best offers” of the season, with markdowns on bikes, clothing, and accessories. Well, surprise! The offers got even better on some of the items we’ve been tracking. Shop all the current offers here. Specialized Ambush 2 This is the brand’s top-of-the-line mountain bike helmet, and while it’s technically…

Photos: Goldfin Photography Two popular points on Tahoe’s West Shore have been separated for decades — Meeks Bay and Lost Lake. The Tahoe Area Mountain Bike Association (TAMBA) will soon be changing that by completing roughly five miles of new singletrack. Not only will the section finally reconnect the classic Tahoe spots, but it will…

Belted. That’s the direct translation of “Cinturato” from Italian to English, and with this set of rubber, the belt is clearly visible. A smooth strip of slick black wraps the circumference, offering what is easily the fastest rolling 55mm-wide bike tire I have ever tasted. At only 710g each (RH Team Edition), some of that…

Photos by Alyssa Fortenberry, Kentucky NICA – National Interscholastic Cycling Association Elizabethtown, Kentucky, just south of Louisville, has the designation of being the state’s first “Urban Trail Town.” For over 50 years, a local non-profit, Greenspace, has preserved corridors and natural spaces for the community, linking some 40 miles of bike and walking paths throughout…

File photo: Jeff Barber A friend recently shared this video of the 1994 NORBA Championship Series men’s cross-country mountain bike race in Helen, Georgia, and I had two thoughts. One: Sports broadcasters made really questionable fashion and music choices back then. And two: This looks nothing like mountain bike racing today. From the bikes to…

Photos: @ventumracing Late yesterday Utah-based Ventum Bikes posted photos of a full-suspension mountain bike with 32-inch wheels, along with the caption, “We’ll see you in Leadville.” Known for road, triathlon, time trial, and gravel bikes, Ventum has not produced a mountain bike to date, making the announcement a surprise. The other mystery: who, if anyone,…