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Five Ten made a name for itself in the mountain bike world with the Freerider, which is still the brand’s top-selling mountain bike shoe. In second place? The Five Ten Sleuth. This year, an all-new version of the shoe, the Five Ten Sleuth DLX 2, was released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the…

File photos: Singletracks reader swerverider Multiple news outlets report that a 25-year-old California man has died after being bitten by a rattlesnake while on a mountain bike ride at the Quail Hill trailhead in Irvine Ranch Open Space in Orange County, CA. Julian Hernandez was mountain biking with his father “when he was bit by…

Baileys Trail System. Photo: Delia Palmisano Mountain biking is booming in states that many riders wouldn’t expect. One of the unsuspecting locales now leading the charge? Ohio. Trail building has exploded in Ohio in recent years, and the singletrack gold rush is only gaining steam. In the past 16 months or so, we’ve published five…

All photos courtesy Rotorua Trails Trust The Whakarewarewa Forest Loop (WFL) circles the renowned mountain bike trail system in Rotorua — one of the most famous MTB destinations in New Zealand, if not the world. Running for roughly 21 miles (35km), this loop provides an easy cross-country ride through the spectacular forest, passing stunning lakes,…

Last summer Shimano announced their most affordable wireless electronic mountain bike drivetrain yet, Deore Di2. Dropping at the same time as the mid-range workhorse XT group, Deore was overlooked by many riders, myself included. Since the beginning of the year, however, I’ve been testing Shimano Deore Di2 on my eight-year-old hardtail, and it’s proven to…

Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in the February 26, 2026, Singletracks email newsletter. It’s free to sign up, and you’ll receive links to the week’s top articles plus original content just like this in your inbox each week. I don’t mean to brag, but I can fix a flat mountain bike tire pretty dang fast. A friend…

Conceptual renderings courtesy of East Bay Park District “Is the East Bay the most anti-mountain bike place in America?” I asked in a 2012 article after spending a week attempting (and largely failing) to ride singletrack in the area. While a few trails have been built in the region in the intervening 14 years, whenever…

Do you get tired of the same old pre-packaged trail snacks for mountain biking? I sure do. So when I saw a friend pull out a Fillo’s Walking Tamale for a mid-ride snack recently, I knew I had to try one for myself. A savory source of energy Most prepackaged trail snacks are sweet, and…

Golden Fleece Trail, built by Steve Wentz using this technique. Photo: Hollow Photography, courtesy BLTS For decades, the bench cut singletrack trail was the gold standard of mountain bike trail building techniques. But in recent years, a variety of new, more advanced techniques have been on the rise that create a better-quality trail and require…

Photo: Vivika Stamolis. The singletrack mountain bike trails in Washington state have long been renowned as some of the highest quality and best-maintained in the country. This high regard is due in large part to the exhaustive work by the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition. Much of Evergreen’s maintenance work is…