2016 MOUNTAIN BIKE HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame yearly inductions have been held in conjunction with the Interbike bicycle trade show in Las Vegas in recent years. That changed in 2016. The ceremony moved to the Marin…
Category: Mountain Biking
SEE ANYTHING WRONG?
At the risk of being labeled a troll (having an opposing viewpoint these days is to be chastised into the dreaded “troll” category), I still have to pass this along. After posting the reasoning for…
WHY I BURNED MY IMBA CARD
I feel the International Mountain Bicycling Association has recognized motorized mountain bikes as a category of mountain biking and I don’t want to fund that direction. Instead, I donated directly to a local trail organization…
SUMMER’S EARLY ARRIVAL
This freaked me out today. After a week riding the lush trails of the North Umpqua and McKenzie River in Oregon, I headed out for a ride in Wildwood Park. What happened here? In little…
IN LOVING MEMORY OF JEFF ARCHER
July 20, 2016 -It is with heavy heart that I say farewell to a friend who was an integral part of preserving mountain biking history. Jeff Archer was struck and killed while crossing a street…
PIVOT MACH 429 CARBON LONG-TERM MEDITATION
Back in my good old Mountain Bike Action days, three riders (and sometimes only two) tested over 50 bikes a year. As soon as I’d cozy up to a bike, it was time to…
WORLD CUPS DRAW THE CROWDS
Morning news of SCOTT-Odlo MTB Racing Team's Nino Schurter winning the World Cup round 2 in Albstadt, Germany wasn't much of a surprise. The 30-year-old shows no sign of slowing down and beat tough rival…