A dropper post can dramatically upgrade your mountain biking experience. Here's what to look for when buying a dropper post.
In this episode we offer some ideas for getting your ride dialed after wintertime neglect, ready to roll for summer!
Now that I've had a few months to give the Niner JET 9 Carbon a proper flogging, it's time to come back to you and report on my experience. For those that…
I was offered to test the Primal Modenza Short pretty late in the mountain biking season in Colorado, but I jumped at the chance to try these out despite looming frigid weather, given…
Going over the route last year Last spring, we hosted a ride with our friends from Mulberry Gap in Ellijay, GA. That ride, dubbed the #BrutalLoop, covered 35 miles…
The area surrounding Raystown Lake in central Pennsylvania is special for many reasons, one of them being that it's home to the Allegrippis Trails, which Singletracks rates as the 15th best trail…
Arkansas is flush with excellent mountain bike trails, and is home to challenging topography thanks to not one, but two mountain ranges: the Ozarks and the Ouachitas.
I'm often skeptical, if not resistant, to radically-different technology. Oval chainrings seemed like a fringe product until I noticed more and more riders that I admire using them. So, when Absolute Black asked…
Leadville, Colorado is a small mountain town with the dubious honor of being the highest incorporated town in the United States--we're talking about elevation above sea level, here, although you can hit…
photo: Springwise.com. We've seen drones with GoPro cameras that can be programmed as "follow cam" flyers, and now this drone software from the University of Zurich can be used to…
Last year a woman in North Vancouver, BC was caught and eventually charged with intentionally sabotaging local mountain bike trails. Well, it seems someone is at it again in BC, this time…
We arrived at Grand Targhee Resort late Sunday afternoon, eager to check out the winter fat bike trails. Yes, I'm aware of the chorus, "Fat biking at a ski resort?! No way,…
The Teton Valley embraces cycling in any and all forms, so it's no surprise that fat bikes are everywhere. After riding the nordic trails and singletrack at Grand Targhee Resort the previous…
photo: Chris Leimberger If you're a regular Singletracks reader you've noticed that we updated our logo today. Changing a logo, especially for a brand with a long history like Singletracks, is always…
Have you ever noticed when you’ve looked at a map of the United States that every single state has a capital city… even the smallest and seemingly insignificant states? Maybe that seems obvious,…
We recently named Moab, UT as the mountain bike capital of the USA and today we talk about some of our favorite trails in the area plus share our tips for planning a trip to this must-ride destination.
A clever alternative to the compressor, Airshot’s rechargeable air canister works better than expected. As much as I enjoy the benefits of tubeless tires, I loath the process…
In a statement released yesterday, the San Diego Mountain Bike Association (SDMBA) publicly voiced their disapproval and opposition to IMBA's stance on not fighting for mountain bike access in Wilderness areas. Despite being…
The Torrent is more playful than I ever imagined a plus-size bike would be. The Torrent 7 is Norco's rookie card in the increasingly-popular plus size crop of mountain bikes,…
During a recent trip to visit my friends Gwyn and Kurt, the topic of where to ride quickly came up. The couple had just finished building a house in the mountains near Saluda,…
New South Wales (NSW) is home to the largest Australian city: Sydney. Add in the Great Dividing Range of mountains, which roughly parallels the coast running north/south through NSW, and it's only…
Advocate Cycles may be new to the fat bike party--and the party in general--as the company is only about a year old, but they've already made a solid impression. Not only does…
It all started because I was curious about fat bikes: I started talking to the local mountain bike aficionado about these fat-tired contraptions I’d been seeing on the interwebs lately. I was…
The Diamondback Catch 2 is a 27.5+ trail bike that I recently had a chance to ride in Santa Barbara, California. As my first experience riding a plus-sized bike, all the trite descriptions of plus-sized riding entered…
Mike Hopkins on the new Diamondback Release 3 with Level Link suspension photo: Diamondback Bicycles Today Diamondback Bicycles reveals two new trail bikes, the 27.5 Release and 27.5+ Catch, along…
The wind picks up, but the clouds aren’t moving. Looking at the sky, the light gray mass that stretches toward the horizon is more “cloud” than “clouds.” A few drops of rain hit…
It’s the first week of 2016, and early one morning I woke up in a gray, soggy Arizona desert. There was a lull in the rain, just after first light, and I…
Troy Lee Designs (TLD) released their spring full face mountain bike helmets and beyond the colors and graphics (which are super rad), there are some minor updates to the D3 full face…
Editor’s Note: Walter Rhein is a race organizer for the Gandy Dancer Trail Marathon and the Solstice Chase fat bike race. While Walter is a regular contributor to Singletracks.com, the opinions expressed in this…
photo: Chris Daniels An Urge mountain bike helmet is one of those products that, due to its unconventional design, provokes strong opinion by just looking at it. I…
In this episode we talk about why racing is important to the sport of mountain biking and explain some of the more popular MTB race formats.
Against my best judgement, I clicked "Confirm Order" on Chain Reaction Cycles' event page for the Frosty Bottom 50 fat bike race several months back. I didn't even own a bicycle with…
I'm not going to spend this introduction trying to convince you to love fat biking. Either you're a fat fan already, you're a fat hater, or you haven't been paying attention for…
MTBparks.com has launched its third-annual Best Bike Parks Survey. With this annual survey, they provide a readers' choice award ranking the top 5 best bike parks in eight regions across North America.…
Jeremiah Bishop leading Thomas Turner during the 2015 race; the two ran neck-to-neck all week with Turner eventually taking the win by less than 2 minutes While some…
“Pre-ride CazHopper tomorrow?” lit up my little screen while I was cozy and warm on the couch enjoying an adult beverage, a soaking rain, and a wind storm having just subsided. A…
Hot on the heels of the recent NX1 drivetrain announcement, SRAM is releasing a new brake called Level. It takes several design cues and technologies from their Guide line of brakes including pistons,…
"Ahhhh, the weekend approaches. Where shall I ride tomorrow?" For some people, this is not often a question of note as we have limited options next to the house, so we simply…
I may have been born in the frozen tundra of central Michigan, but after spending most of my adult life in the Southeast, I have developed a strong aversion to the cold.…
Ibis has just announced the release of their brand-new Mojo 3. The big news? The new Mojo 3 comes stock as a 27.5+ rig with 2.8"-wide tires. However, this plus-size setup uses Ibis's…
Great tips for what to do if you encounter a bear while mountain biking.
In this episode we discuss recent mountain bike industry news involving a number of brands, including Giant, Chain Reaction, SRAM, Shimano, Specialized, and Stan's.
IMBA has announced a new "assertive stance" to fight what they view as wrongful trail closures without due process in places where they have an active IMBA chapter, during their press conference Thursday.…
photo: Chris Daniels Some rides are long epics on less eventful terrain, some rides are fast and hard thrashes through the woods, and some rides you're really cruisin' for a bruisin'. Regardless of…
The Transition series is 7iDP's (Intelligent Design Protection) minimalistic, low-profile armor and includes the Transition Elbow, Knee, and short and long sleeve base suits. Both Transition Knee and Elbow use compression fit Spandex to stabilize pad…
H + I Adventures has released a video follow up to their feature-length article on Chile and Patagonia that we published here on Singletracks. Want to get a more visual look at…
With family obligations, finding deep backcountry fat bike opportunities are rare for a lot of us. One of my goals this season was to search out fat bike trails on the way…
We just wrapped up our biggest survey ever (by number of responses) on Singletracks.com. 4,334 mountain bikers chimed in to tell us about what bikes they own and ride, and we threw…
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