Spoiler alert! The Turner Sultan 27.5+ was my favorite of the seven mountain bikes I tested at Outdoor Demo last week. Readers may be familiar with the Sultan as a 29er trail…
Most of the major mountain bike trends over the last four-plus years have involved an increase in tire widths. With 4-inch fat bikes giving way to 5-inch rigs, and 27.5-inch and 29-inch…
My mission at Interbike this year was to demo and photograph as many 27.5+ bikes as possible. It turned out that there were so many new plus-sized that I couldn't possibly ride…
Marin has been making bikes since the early days of our sport, but kind of lost their way in the earlier 2000s. Their bikes, were, uh, "unique looking," to put it mildly.…
Giant has always made some great riding bikes, but like a Toyota Camry, there was a certain "wow factor" that was missing. That all seems to have changed over the last few…
A test ride review of the 2016 Rocky Mountain Altitude enduro bike.
I spotted some very interesting products tucked away in the shady corner of Cannondale's booth at Outdoor Demo this year. Technically the info is already available on Cannondale's website, but these new…
Mark Wilson is an unassuming man. A proud father of three, he works with students across the globe on various projects and when he has time, he loves to ride his mountain…
In September 2013 Mark Wilson crashed on Porcupine Rim, taking a sharp rock a few inches below the rim of his helmet, sustaining a facial skull fracture, and developing a concussion that…
The Endura Singletrack mountain bike clothing collection features comfortable, performance-oriented clothing. As Endura says, it is "perfect for those who ride up, as well as down, all the trails they find." This…
Interbike wraps up today, and organizers just announced award winners in dozens of categories, including several mountain bike-specific categories. At least a couple of these products were part of the Singletracks Best…
photo: JBX This week Interbike announced a brand new east coast event called The Fall CycloFest set for October 20-23, 2016 at the US National Whitewater Center in…
When they told me the new all-women's mountain bike ride would be called "The Jane Fondo," I snorted a little bit of whatever I was drinking at the time. Would the famous…
The start of Movil Maze beckons the rider into its wonderful world of tight n' twisty With all the news of recent or pending losses of access to…
A subdued beauty The plan was to ride Specialized's highly-acclaimed Enduro 29er, a bike that changed many minds about what a 29er could do. Well, when we showed…
I'm just going to put on my robe and wizard hat right now, because this article is going to talk about a full suspension mountainous bicycling contraption, and as we all know,…
Last year Ritchey announced the Commando fat bike, and frames started shipping early this year (or late in the fat bike season, depending on how you look at it). Tom Ritchey is…
Just days before Andorra would host the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Cup, I took delivery of the 2016 Meta AM V4 from Commencal, a company that claims permanent residence in the…
You cannot put a price on safety, especially when it comes to protecting the ole brain box. But when you start considering the hundreds of dollars difference between two products meeting the same standard of…
If you follow World Cup Downhill racing or live in the Pacific Northwest, you are probably pretty familiar with Devinci's bikes. However, if you live just about anywhere else, they're likely a…
The Pivot Mach 4 might seem like it's solely a lean, mean, cross country machine. But I'm not lean, only mean some of the time, and I don't consider myself an MTB…
At Interbike I got the chance to demo the KHS SixFifty 7500 enduro bike on the trails at Bootleg Canyon, and I came away suitably impressed. I'm told the KHS mountain bike…
Crested Butte, Colorado. All I need to do is speak the name, and mental images of towering, jagged mountain peaks, flowing singletrack, colorful wildflowers, and whispering aspens fill my head. I may…
Over the course of the coming weeks you'll read numerous articles about the new 27.5+ products launching at Interbike 2015. By relating all of this content, we're not trying to convince you…
Singletracks is at Interbike and Outdoor Demo this week checking out the latest and greatest mountain bikes and MTB products on the market. One of the first that we spotted at Outdoor…
photo: mmbhof.org Back in July we wrote about nominations for the 2015 Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and today the newest inductees were announced. Read excerpts of each…
All photos: Yeti Today Yeti announced the SB5 Enduro, a less expensive carbon version of the SB5c. Yes, you read that right: The SB5 Enduro doesn't sub-in an…
So you did what I did. That or you just have a morbid fascination with broken body parts. Breaking a bone really sucks. It impacts a rider in so many ways. For…
Ahead of Interbike this year, Borealis has announced the release of two all-new models: the carbon Crestone and alloy Flume. The all-new Borealis Crestone Crestone The new Crestone…
Santa Cruz doesn't follow model years for their bikes. Instead, they only get updated when there are real improvements to be made. It's been two years since the Bronson and the 5010…
I consider myself a bit old school in my gear selection. However, as an engineer by day, I find that I am always looking to gather as much data and telemetry as…
Fuji just jumped back into the full suspension mountain bike market with two new bikes: the all-mountain 160mm Auric and a 120mm trail/XC bike called the Rakan. Both feature patented MLink suspension technology,…
photo: Purgatory Resort. This weekend Trails 2000, the US Forest Service, and Purgatory Resort will be celebrating the grand opening of a brand new flow trail called "Divinity…
Scotland covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain, and is the most mountainous kingdom in the United Kingdom. (Source 1, Source 2) The Scottish Highlands contain Scotland's tallest mountains (with…
Yeti has just announced a newly-redesigned SB6c frame, featuring a new carbon front triangle, Boost 148-compatible rear end, and internal cable routing. To showcase this redesign, Yeti is releasing a limited run…
A few members of the Singletracks Editorial Team recently got together in Salida for a long weekend of riding some of Colorado's best trails. Absolute Bikes in downtown Salida provided me with a…
Transrockies, known for hosting races for runners, roadies, and mountain bikers alike, is expanding to the iconic trails of Moab, Utah with the 3-day race Moab Rocks on October 10-12, 2015. Many have…
Watch out Sea Otter and Crankworx--the Outlier Offroad festival is working to create the largest mountain bike event in North America. This is the first year for the Outlier Offroad festival and…
Photo: Greg Heil Dear Mr. Online MTB Trail Reviewer, I am new to the area, and therefore might not be quite as familiar with local vernacular as some,…
About five years ago, before I started riding, mountain biking had never really crossed my mind. My husband and I participated in other extreme sports (whitewater kayaking, rock climbing, snowboarding, etc.) and…
And we're off! The Sustainable Trails Coalition has officially raised enough money to hire lobbyists and begin their work on Capitol Hill! The STC sent out an announcement to all monetary donors…
Graphic: Cannondale.com Cannondale announced yesterday they're recalling 23,000 mountain bikes due to an issue with the bikes' OPI stem and steering tube assemblies. Fortunately no injuries have been…
I recently spent a week exploring Oregon with my girlfriend. We drove all over the state with nothing more than our camping gear and some very loose plans. One of the places…
Spain is an incredibly mountainous country, with ranges such as the Pyrenees, the Cordillera Cantabrica, Sistema Iberico, Sistema Central, and others dominating the landscape. The highest point in mainland Spain--and also the…
The Syncline is Polygon's hardcore hardtail (HT) race machine announced earlier this year at Sea Otter. Using a light, stiff carbon frame, Polygon designed the this bike with race geometry, red carpet components,…
Yes, that's right, that Putin: Vladimir Putin, President of Russia. Whatever else you may think of him, we have him to thank for the modernization of the GLONASS satellite system, which, working…
Updated 9/2/2015: The wrong version of the Riot was referenced originally. This article has been updated to reflect the correct bike model and specs from the REI website. REI recently brought the…
See what I did there? Get a grip? Because this article is about grips. Don't roll your eyes like that. Bad puns are required by law in this bicycle journalism game. Ask…
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