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Should You Use Cold or Heat for Recovery?
With support from KT Tape, here’s how to use them to feel and perform better.
Outside Online
Apr 8, 2024
8 Thoughts on a Drama-Filled Paris–Roubaix
Hoody unpacks the triumphs, controversies, speed, and cruelty from the Hell of the North.
Outside Online
Apr 6, 2024
Tickets Now Available: Thundercat & Fleet Foxes Headline the Inaugural Outside Festival
Also featuring Lettuce, Andrew Bird, Say She She, and The Heavy Heavy, as well as speakers like Jeremy Jones, Shaun White, Malik Tha Martian, and others.
Outside Online
Apr 5, 2024
Nothing's For Free Available for Pre-Order on iTunes
The iconic history of freeride will be available to own from April 23rd.
Alvin Holbrook
Apr 5, 2024
Paris-Roubaix on Gravel Bikes? Factor Gravel Bikes to Be Raced This Weekend
Not so fast, however. The team is still using 32 mm wide tires rather than a gravel-specific option.
Outside Online
Apr 4, 2024
8 Bucket-List Multisport Adventure Races
With support from Toyota, test your skills (and limits) in some of America’s wildest adventure challenges.
Betsy Welch
Apr 2, 2024
The Ultimate Guide to the 2024 Gravel Racing Season
2024 promises to be an exciting year in gravel racing. Velo's 2024 guide covers the month-by-month line up of marquee gravel events.
Alvin Holbrook
Apr 2, 2024
Review: Specialized's New Search ‘All-Road’ Helmet & Recon 2.0 Shoes
The Recon 2.0 shoes add new features and a svelte look, while the new Specialized Search helmet ticks all the boxes.
Outside Online
Apr 1, 2024
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Ratio Technology Announces Oval Jockey Wheels [April Fool's]
They claim their oval jockey wheels refine drivetrain efficiency by reducing chain articulation angle through the derailleur cage versus their stock oversized jockey wheels.
Outside Online
Mar 29, 2024
How Many Carbs!? Inside the Monumental Menus That Fuel Cycling’s Cruelest Classics
Kilos of rice, dozens of gels, multiple recovery meals - how riders power the 6,000-calorie churn of the cobblestone classics.
Outside Online
Mar 27, 2024
Gravel Running Shoes? Vittoria Takes Its Gravel Tire Tech To a Bold New Category
The Craft Xplor, a collab between Vittoria and Craft Sportswear, marries tire tech and trail running performance.
Outside Online
Mar 21, 2024
10 Must See Road & Gravel Builds from the Philly Bike Expo
The Philly Bike Expo has surprises around every corner, with an abundance of small frame builders and brands showing off fully custom or limited-run frames.
Sarah Moore
Mar 21, 2024
Cyclist Fighting for His Life after Contracting Flesh-Eating Disease from Saddle Sore
The cyclist is making progress on his recovery but remains in the ICU.
Outside Online
Mar 18, 2024
The 5 Best Road Rides in the World
Bucket list rides every cyclist needs to check off.
Jessie-May Morgan
Mar 15, 2024
Next-Gen XPLR? Patents for 4-Piston Flat Mount Brake Caliper & Linkage Fork Intrigue
Is SRAM set to double down on its gravel offering with a more powerful 4-piston flat mount brake caliper and a linkage fork?
Outside Online
Mar 13, 2024
Trek Bicycle Plans to ‘Right Size’ with Cuts to Spending, Staff, & SKUs
The company will reduce SKUs by 40% according to internal document.
Alvin Holbrook
Mar 7, 2024
Vittoria Went High End With Their New Recycled Gravel Tires
Other tire brands have brought recycled materials into their products at the lower end of their lineups. Vittoria is starting from the top with their new Terreno Pro T60.
Outside Online
Mar 4, 2024
Visma-Lease a Bike Unleashes Insane New Time Trial Helmet from Giro
Rick Moranis would be proud.
Outside Online
Feb 29, 2024
Cannondale Recalling 'Dave' Bikes Because of Frame Failures
The recall affects model-year 2021 through 2023, with about 660 bikes sold in the U.S. and about 113 sold in Canada.
Outside Online
Feb 27, 2024
The Story of the Richmond Cycling Corps: A Public Housing Race Team
The team consists of sixth-to-twelfth-graders who attend a variety of schools, but all have lived in or near public housing in the same part of Richmond, Virginia.
Outside Online
Feb 23, 2024
Road & Gravel Bike Nerd Wanted - Velo is Hiring a Senior Technical Editor
Are you enamored with all things road and gravel related? Can you true a wheel with one hand while writing an in-depth bike review with the other? Are you an experienced editor who's also comfortable with a camera? If so, apply now to join the Velo cycling gear team.
Jessie-May Morgan
Feb 21, 2024
The Best New Road & Gravel Tech from Core Bike 2024
3D-printed saddles, aero and endurance road wheels, titanium gravel bikes, bikepacking kit & more.
Alvin Holbrook
Feb 20, 2024
Review: The Favero Assioma Pro MX-2 Power Meter Pedals Are About as Good as It Gets
Want to add power data to your mountain, road, or gravel bike? It's hard to do better than these new Assioma Pro MX pedals.
Outside Online
Feb 9, 2024
Tickets On Sale Now: The Outside Festival featuring Fleet Foxes, Thundercat, & More
The inaugural event features great bands, adventure films, an ideas summit, climbing competitions, and lots more June 1-2 in Denver.
Jessie-May Morgan
Feb 13, 2024
Cotic Announces UK-Made Escapade All-Road Bike
While many Cotic frames are made in Taiwan, they've just released a limited run of UK-made Escapade 853 gravel bikes.
Outside Online
Jan 25, 2024
Two Weeks in Austin: The Story of the Moriah Wilson Trial
Two weeks in Austin with Moriah Wilson's family.
Betsy Welch
Jan 20, 2024
Ride Streak: One Man’s Quest to Ride 10,000 Days in a Row
A 48-year-old father of two from Virginia is well on his way to over nine years of riding 30+ miles every day.
Outside Online
Jan 18, 2024
5 Gravel Bike Trends We Expect to See in 2024
Could your next gravel bike come with a gearbox rather than a derailleur?
Outside Online
Jan 16, 2024
Scotts Sports Owner Youngone Loans Company $176 Million
In a filing with South Korean financial regulators, Youngone said it made the investment in the form of a 4.6% loan at the end of 2023.
Outside Online
Jan 11, 2024
Eminent Cycles Auctions Remaining Inventory 3 Years After Chapter 11
Almost three years after the brand filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Eminent Cycles' remaining frames, bikes and parts are being auctioned this month.
Outside Online
Jan 5, 2024
Amer Sports Officially Files for US IPO
Amer Sports, parent company of ENVE Composites and other outdoor brands, officially announced the filing of a U.S. initial public offering.
Outside Online
Dec 19, 2023
Tom Pidcock Confirms ‘Full Focus’ on Tour De France GC in 2024
The Tour de France ends on July 21st and the Olympic mountain bike race takes place just one week later.
Outside Online
Dec 16, 2023
Staff Rides: Troy Templin's Full-Suspension Gravel Bike
"The Niner MCR 9 RDO is not your normal gravel bike and that is why I love it."
Pinkbike Staff
Dec 12, 2023
United Wheels Consolidates Niner Bikes in Ohio
United Wheels is moving its Niner Bikes business from Colorado to its company headquarters in Miamisburg, Ohio.
Outside Online
Dec 7, 2023
Shimano Investigating Report of 'Modern Slavery' With One of Its Malaysian Suppliers
Shimano responds to a report by The Telegraph regarding their supplier, Kwang Li Industry. Full story on Bicycle Retailer.
Pinkbike Staff
Dec 7, 2023
Thought Experiment: The World’s Most Comfortable, Vibration-Damped Gravel Bike
A gravel bike can't offer comfort even remotely close to that offered by a mountain bike. How outrageous of me to think otherwise, right? Wrong. Maybe.
Pinkbike Staff
Dec 6, 2023
Guerrilla Gravity's Parent Company Puts Carbon Manufacturing Equipment Up for Auction
Everything you need to get into the thermoplastic bike business.
Pinkbike Staff
Dec 4, 2023
The Niner MCR 9 RDO Full Suspension Gravel Bike Was Ahead of Its Time & Now It’s Going Away
The Niner Magic Carpet Ride is going to disappear soon.
Outside Online
Nov 6, 2023
Donate to Grow Cycling Foundation to Promote Education, Access, & Opportunities in Cycling
Our goal is to raise $1,500 for Grow to repair at least 50 bikes in its local community so kids can ride them instead of trashing them in landfills.
Outside Online
Nov 16, 2023
Kaitlin Armstrong Found Guilty of Murdering Moriah Wilson
The 35-year-old faces 99 years in prison for the murder of professional gravel rider Moriah Wilson.
Outside Online
Nov 15, 2023
Review: Commencal 365 Gravel Bike - No Carbon, No Problem
No surprise here, Commencal skipped carbon entirely for the frame and fork of their gravel bike.
Outside Online
Nov 8, 2023
Shimano Might Be Developing a Lighter, More Compact e-Bike System for Road & Gravel
A recent patent from Shimano reveals a new, lower profile e-bike motor system.
Outside Online
Nov 3, 2023
Oh Deer: Flying Deer Jumps Over Group Ride
A deer sent it over the Gran Fondo Hincapie in Greenville, South Carolina last week!
Outside Online
Oct 26, 2023
Dangerholm’s Super Gravel Concept: A Scott Scale Hardtail Made for Gravel
Modern gravel bikes are becoming so capable that they’re starting to resemble 90’s mountain bikes. But would it really be such a bad thing?
Outside Online
Oct 14, 2023
Zwift Hub One Review: A Simplified Smart Trainer
The indoor training company’s latest smart trainer promises easier indoor training and new virtual shifting for all.
Outside Online
Sep 27, 2023
North Lake Tahoe Is a Cycling Paradise
From cruising through town to shredding in the mountains. Presented by North Lake Tahoe.
Outside Online
Jul 31, 2023
'Nothing's For Free' Now Available on Outside Watch
Get 60% off Outside+ and enjoy on-demand access to Nothing’s For Free, Trailforks Pro, and more.
Outside Online
Sep 12, 2023
Lachlan Morton Completes Tour Divide 12 days, 12 hours, & 21 minutes
We knew it would be fast, we just didn’t know it would be this fast.
Outside Online
Sep 5, 2023
To Air Is Human: Can a 55-Year-Old Roadie Learn How to Jump?
Despite watching a lot of Friday Fails, writer and longtime road cyclist Tom Vanderbilt wanted to take to the air.
Outside Online
Aug 23, 2023
Santa Cruz Launches Skitch e-Commuter Bike
They've got flat bar and drop bar versions based on their new Stigmata gravel bike.
Win the Trip of a Lifetime from Outside x Cutty Sark
Your chance to win $10,000 for the trip of a lifetime.
Outside Online
Jul 13, 2023
9 Weird & Wonderful Cargo Bikes from Eurobike 2023
Lots of fun cargo and mobility bikes were on display at Eurobike this year. More shockingly, some of them are pretty functional!
Outside Online
Jun 24, 2023
Velo's Road & Gravel Coverage of Eurobike 2023
Weird and wonderful drop bar stuff from Frankfurt.
Outside Online
Jun 16, 2023
Pro Road Cyclist Gino Mäder Dies after Tour de Suisse Crash
Stage 6 has been cancelled and the peloton rode a 20km procession in honor of Mäder. Our deepest condolences to Gino's family and friends.
Outside Online
Jun 9, 2023
5 Key Moments from the Netflix Tour de France Unchained Series
Drop bar drama.
Outside Online
Jun 5, 2023
Outside Launches New Road & Gravel Publication VELO
The team has been working hard to build a singular publication under the leadership of Peloton Magazine founder Brad Roe.
Outside Online
May 31, 2023
The Dawning of Utah's Aquarius Bikepacking Trail
Stephanie Pearson saddles up to bikepack the incredible 190-mile hut system sandwiched between Bryce and Zion national parks.
Outside Online
May 24, 2023
Outside's 2023 Summer Gear Guide
Outside’s comprehensive Summer Gear Guide covers everything from trail bikes to ultralight tents, multitools, climbing harnesses, running shoes, and more.
Outside Online
Apr 21, 2023
Outside's Podcast Listener Survey
Please tell our bosses how great the Pinkbike Podcast is. (No but seriously, we'd love some feedback!)
Outside Online
May 6, 2023
Video: Blake Hansen's First Trip to Crankworx - Outside Watch
Episode three of Outside Line takes Blake to Canada for the first time to race dual slalom.
Outside Online
May 6, 2023
Now Finished: Ironman 70.3 North American Championship in St. George, Utah
The Intermountain Health IRONMAN 70.3 North American Championship in St. George Utah is currently streaming FREE on Outside Watch. The iconic race sees athletes from all over the world come to prove themselves against this legendary course.
Outside Online
Apr 28, 2023
Video: Behind the Scenes with Blake Hansen at Formation - Outside Watch
Blake opens up about how the first women's freeride event brought her a new freedom to share her own story.
Outside Online
Apr 26, 2023
Video: Inside the Trans Mountain Biking Experience with Blake Hansen - Outside Watch
Blake takes us on her yearlong MTB tour, starting at home building her bike for the year with her friend Garrin.
Outside Online
Apr 20, 2023
The Outside Podcast: The Best Worst Accidents
Brian Park and others share stories of their worst outdoor accidents, and the surprising positives that came out of them.
Outside Online
Apr 13, 2023
Spot's New Gravel Bike is Ready to Rallye
The Rallye isn't quite a mountain bike with drop bars, but it's got clearance for big tires and good geo.
Outside Online
Apr 7, 2023
The 2023 Cape Epic Highlights Now Available on Outside Watch
Relive one of mountain biking's most gruelling, epic races.
Outside Online
Apr 6, 2023
The Official 2023 Sea Otter Guide Now Available
Bicycle Retailer's 48-page festival guide includes events, exhibitors, maps, previews, and suggestions for things to do with families at the April 20-23 event.
Outside Online
Apr 5, 2023
Road Team Jumbo-Visma is Using an Adjustable Tire Pressure System
Could we see this Gravaa KAPS tech from the drop bar world in enduro racing one day?
Outside Online
Mar 31, 2023
4 Tech Trends from Cycling’s Most Influential Trade Show
We toured some of Taiwan’s best manufacturing facilities and met with some of the most influential people behind the scenes of the global bike industry.
Outside Online
Mar 30, 2023
Why Chihuahuas Are the Best Backpacking Trail Dogs
Backpacker's Adam Roy explains why his ultralight four-legged friend is the ideal companion.
Outside Online
Mar 6, 2023
The Daily Rally Podcast: Adaptive MTB Rider Annijke Wade Feels Confidence in Uncertainty
After a devastating accident, she realized that getting back on the trail meant accepting discomfort and unpredictability.
Outside Online
Jan 20, 2023
7 New Outdoors-Focused Vehicles Coming in 2023
And you thought new bikes were expensive these days...
Outside Online
Nov 30, 2022
Find Your Good: Donate to Grow Cycling Foundation
We're just $1,172 shy of reaching our goal—help us get there! This holiday season please consider supporting Grow Cycling Foundation's efforts to complete their Inglewood pumptrack, which will provide access to safe and healthy cycling activities for thousands of local residents.
Outside Online
Dec 7, 2022
Outside+ Members Now Get $400 OFF on Select Bikes at The Pro's Closet
The Pro's Closet has hundreds of high end Certified Pre-Owned mountain, road, and gravel bikes available now.
Outside Online
Dec 1, 2022
Find Your Good: Donate to Bahati Foundation
This holiday season consider donating to the Bahati Foundation to provide kids access to cycling and foster success on and off the bike. Every $40 donated puts a new helmet on a young rider’s head!
Enter the Winning Winter Sweepstakes for a Chance to Win the Ski Trip of a Lifetime
The grand prize includes an eight-day ski trip to South America, and there's a nice haul of gear up for grabs too.
Outside Online
Nov 4, 2022
Bicycle Retailer Launches Industry-Focused E-Bike Newsletter
The weekly newsletter includes industry news about technology, regulations, safety, market reports, legislation and other issues involving e-bikes and e-mobility.
Bosch Commits to eMTB Racing with CX Race Motor
Bosch's new Performance Line CX Race Limited Edition motor is designed to push the limits of eMTB racing.
Outside Online
Oct 29, 2022
VeloNews Tech Week: 4 New Gravel Bikes for Fall 2023
Didn't have "reverse Slingshot makes a comeback on gravel bikes" in our 2022 predictions.
Outside Online
Oct 25, 2022
The Road & Gravel Edition of Tech Week 2023 is on VeloNews
Our sister site VeloNews is getting in on Tech week too, so head over there for all the new curly-bar gear!
Outside Online
Oct 19, 2022
Cam Zink Launches Advanced Slopestyle Course on Outside Learn
Learn how to hit a step down, flip, superman seat grab, 360 off a drop, and more.
Outside Online
Oct 17, 2022
Kick Off Ski & Snowboard Season by Seeing Warren Miller's 'Daymaker' - Tickets on Sale Now
The 73rd annual Warren Miller film is coming to theaters in the Fall of 2022.
Moving Sale: Outside Shop is 50% Off
We're moving warehouses and blowing out gear—including Troy Lee Designs, Garmin, and more. Outside+ members get an additional 10% off.
Outside Online
Oct 13, 2022
Now Available: Biking for All - James Arnold x Outside
100% of the net proceeds from this collection goes to People for Bikes, which works to expand access to cycling in disadvantaged communities around the world.
Outside Online
Oct 7, 2022
Outside Launches 'Find Your Good' Fundraising Platform
Community support for Grow Cycling Foundation, Outdoorist Oath, Paradox Sports, and many other worthy causes.
Outside Online
Sep 1, 2022
Learn the Fundamentals of Mountain Biking with Joey Schusler
Racer, photographers, filmmaker and all around badass Joey Schusler covers gear, technique, approach, maintenance, handling, and more in a new course from Outside Learn.
Outside Online
Aug 24, 2022
Know a Nonprofit that Could Use $25K & a Land Rover Defender 130? Enter the Land Rover Defender Service Awards
Outside is sponsoring the Environmental and Conservation award, for which we’ll help choose the winner and donate the $25,000 prize.
Enter to Win a DECKED Out Adventure Truck Package (Deadline: June 30th)
A Decked drawer system, Toyo tires, Frontrunner roof top tent, and more is up for grabs to kit out your adventuremobile.
Beta MTB
May 20, 2022
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[Not Paywalled] Andrew Neethling’s Pace Predictions Ahead of the Fort William DH World Cup
The Fort William course is looking as brutal as ever - Andrew Neethling gazes into his crystal ball to pick his favorites for the win.
Beta MTB
May 20, 2022
Yeti 160E Long-Term Review
Yeti's race-ready e-mtb is built to go the distance.
Beta MTB
May 18, 2022
Opinion: It's Time For Women to Have a Presence at Rampage
If Formation showed us anything last week, it’s that women are ready for Rampage-level competition.
Beta MTB
May 16, 2022
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[Not Paywalled] Photo Gallery: Formation Wraps in Powerful Showing of Women’s Freeride
The 12 athletes of Formation rode Rampage-level lines in the Utah desert.
Beta MTB
May 15, 2022
Blake Hansen: Formation Isn't A Competition, And It Shouldn't Be
Community over contest.
Beta MTB
May 15, 2022
Behind the Scenes of Creating ‘Of Ten Thousand’
Tory Powers gives the inside line on the magnificent cable cam choreography in Yeti's latest scroll-stopper.
Beta MTB
May 14, 2022
Formation 2022: Photo Gallery
Red Bull Formation is underway in Virgin, Utah, allowing 12 of the baddest female freeriders on the planet to dream up and create the lines of their lives.
Beta MTB
May 14, 2022
Formation First-Timer Louise Ferguson Charges Into Freeride
The Nukeproof team rider ticks off a major feature during her first trip to the desert.
Beta MTB
May 13, 2022
Beta Editors' Choice: SRAM GX AXS One Year Later
After shrugging off some serious abuse, wireless GX proves to be tougher than its mechanical cousin.
Ryan Palmer
May 12, 2022
Ryan Palmer Carries a Lot of Stuff
This is what happens when you take the 'be prepared' motto a little too far...
Beta MTB
May 11, 2022
“I Gambled Everything to Come Here” - Tracing Robin Goomes’ Incredible Career Trajectory
In just over a year, Kiwi Robin Goomes went from a full-time career in the Army to one of the top female freeriders in the world.
Beta MTB
May 10, 2022
Dream Builds: Evil Following - A Little Big Bike
A short-travel bike with a long-travel personality.
Beta MTB
May 7, 2022
Wildfires Don’t Have to be the Final Story of our Trails
As more forests sear every season, North American trailbuilders are learning how to make fires a beginning instead of an ending.
Beta MTB
May 6, 2022
Stumpjumper Evo Long Term Test - A Year With Specialized's Blingiest Bike
Does the 'perfect bike' actually exist?
Ryan Palmer
May 4, 2022
Living With the Kona Process 134 CR/DL for Two Years
Think full-suspension bikes require too much maintenance? This bike will prove you wrong.
Beta MTB
May 2, 2022
Editor’s Choice: Our Favorite Parts From The Value Bike Field Test
Ok, but what would we run on our OWN bikes? The Field Testers weigh in.
Beta MTB
Apr 30, 2022
Beta Editors' Choice: SRAM DUB Bottom Bracket
Stock bottom brackets sucked for a long time. This one doesn't.
Beta MTB
Apr 29, 2022
Rebecca Rusch: The Importance of Backcountry Self-Sufficiency
Concussed, alone and far from civilization, Rebecca Rusch kept her wits and self-rescued. Here's what to do if you find yourself in the same situation.
Beta MTB
Apr 27, 2022
Higher Education: How to Get Your Bike Ready for Riding Season
Everything you need to do to dive into spring, and a few things you don't really have to worry about.
Beta MTB
Apr 26, 2022
Five Value Full-Suspension Bikes Ridden & Rated - Field Test Roundtable
Our three testers rank the five full-suspension bikes in the line-up at the Field Test in Tucson, Arizona.
Beta MTB
Apr 25, 2022
The Story Behind ‘Usufruct’ - A Film About Bikes, Beetles, & Climate Change
Protect Our Winters is premiering the film today.
Beta MTB
Apr 22, 2022
Exclusive Photo Gallery: Iago Garay’s “Not Far From Home - Sintra, Portugal”
Photographer Kike Abelleira takes us behind the scenes of Episode 5 of "Not Far From Home."
Beta MTB
Apr 22, 2022
Four Value Hardtails Ridden & Rated - Field Test Roundtable
Get early access with a Beta membership to compare Sync'r vs. Timberjack vs. Team Marin vs. Meta HT AM.
Ryan Palmer
Apr 22, 2022
I Stitched a Gash in My Tire - Trailside Bike Repair
Who knew that something you learn in home economics class could get you out of a pinch on the trail?
Beta MTB
Apr 21, 2022
The Cheaper / The Better: Folding Hand Saws
Make do with a cheap folding saw from the local hardware store or pony up $20 more for Japanese craftsmanship? Travis Engel grapples.
Beta MTB
Apr 20, 2022
Video: Kenny Smith & Margus Riga Go Behind the Scenes of a Big Backcountry Adventure
Entertaining insight into high-consequence hoggin'.
Beta MTB
Apr 18, 2022
Get Early Access to All the Value Bike Field Test Videos on Beta
Don't want to wait for them to drop on Pinkbike? Beta MTB members get early access starting today.
Beta MTB
Apr 10, 2022
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Photo Gallery: Sea Otter Classic Dual Slalom [Free]
Last weekend's iconic event, seen through the lenses of Beta's Anthony Smith and Satchel Cronk. Now available free on Beta.
Beta MTB
Apr 15, 2022
Get BETA for $4 with Trailforks Pro
Trailforks Pro subscribers get a huge discount on BETA membership right now.
Beta MTB
Apr 15, 2022
Proven: 4 of the Best Cold & Wet Weather Mountain Bike Pants Tested
Four winter riding pants put to the test.
Beta MTB
Apr 14, 2022
The Lasting Allure of Radio Tower Rides
An enduring urge to climb to the highest tower has been a longest-lasting two-wheeled obsession.
Beta MTB
Apr 13, 2022
Crankbrothers Synthesis Enduro Alloy i9 Wheelset - Beta Editors’ Choice
Alloy wheels to write home about.
Beta MTB
Apr 12, 2022
Why It Might Be Time to Rewrite the IMBA Trail Courtesy Rules
If most hikers are already yielding to mountain bikers, should we flip the script?
Beta MTB
Apr 11, 2022
Cannondale's Panel on DEI: "Be Aware of the People You Aren't Seeing" - Sea Otter 2022
The group of Cannondale ambassadors from underrepresented communities spoke at the Sea Otter Classic.
Beta MTB
Apr 9, 2022
EXT is Poised to Disrupt the Mountain Bike Suspension Game with its Aria Air Shock - Sea Otter 2022
Coils are cool, but air still dominates the mountain bike suspension world.
Beta MTB
Apr 9, 2022
‘Sidetracked’ with Eliot Jackson – A Sea Otter Chat With Ben Cathro
A trackside chat with Ben Cathro about his first time at the Sea Otter Classic, how he successfully broadened his career beyond sponsored athlete, and how he feels about the current level of elite World Cup racing.
Beta MTB
Apr 8, 2022
Chroma Photo Gallery
The complete photo gallery from Beta Magazine's winter print issue.
Beta MTB
Apr 8, 2022
Interview: Keegan Swenson
After stepping away from the World Cup, the U.S. XC national champ is poised for domestic dominance.
Beta MTB
Apr 7, 2022
Why Roam Fest’s Brand of Inclusivity is Working
While the broader bike industry talks about how to better represent marginalized communities, Roam Fest is doing the work.
Beta MTB
Apr 6, 2022
Proven: Torture Testing the Best Mountain Bike Rain Shells
Beta's most destructive tester didn't just wear these shells, he basically lived in them for whole seasons of the wettest riding (and sometimes working) conditions around.
Beta MTB
Apr 4, 2022
Beatdown: Santa Cruz Megatower Dream Build
Beta's Satchel Cronk has spent two-and-a-half years charging on his dream Santa Cruz Megatower. This is everything he's changed, broken, serviced or left untouched in that time.
Beta MTB
Apr 3, 2022
When Your Backyard Trail Burns
Returning to a familiar trail after it's burned can be both a haunting and beautiful experience. Ryan Dionne explores the complex emotions tied to wildfire.
Beta MTB
Mar 31, 2022
Essay: Here Comes The Ride
When the wedding chapel is a lakeside beach and the route to get there requires a three-day bikepacking mission, you saddle up and ask questions later.
Beta MTB
Apr 1, 2022
Floor Pumps are Useless to Me Now - Beta Editors' Choice
Ryan Palmer finally discovers cordless inflators with the Makita DMP180.
Beta MTB
Mar 31, 2022
Opinion: It's Time to Recalibrate Our Ideas About Chainstay Length
As reaches have grown, what we think of as "short" and "long" chainstays needs to start shifting as well.
Beta MTB
Mar 30, 2022
Why Is It So Hard to Fix Popped-Out Saddle Rails?
Like building a ship in a bottle, but the factory does it in 0.4 seconds
Beta MTB
Mar 28, 2022
Testing Reserve’s 30|SL and 30|HD Wheels Head-to-Head
Ryan Palmer digs into the differences and similarities between Reserve's newest carbon wheels.
Beta MTB
Mar 25, 2022
Essay: Gravitational Push - Overcoming Loss Through a Grueling Solo Mission
Writer Matt Coté grapples with earth's most powerful force on British Columbia's Mount 7.
Beta MTB
Mar 26, 2022
Clip Art: The Story of Shimano's SPD System
The venerable cleat design is so simple and boring. And that’s exactly what makes it so extraordinary.
Beta MTB
Mar 25, 2022
‘Sidetracked’ with Eliot Jackson - A Chat With World Cup Photo Team Mokka & Ivy
In the first episode of his new show 'Sidetracked,' Eliot Jackson sits down with Monica and Yvonne from the Mokka & Ivy creative collective, two of the only female shooters on the World Cup circuit.
Beta MTB
Mar 24, 2022
Garmin InReach Mini Satellite Communication Device – Beta Editors' Choice
Sending it before I send it.
Beta MTB
Mar 24, 2022
Martin Whiteley on the Complexities of Hosting World Cups & Why USA Rounds Are Scarce
The reasons behind Lourdes' return to the World Cup calendar after a five-year absence.
Beta MTB
Mar 23, 2022
One Year on the Specialized Turbo Levo Gen 3
It's been through the gauntlet and come out unscathed—mostly.
Beta MTB
Mar 23, 2022
Fantasy DH League: 4 Under-The-Radar Picks From a Fantasy Expert
Previous Fantasy League winner Amie Marsh wagers four racers on whom you should place your bets this season.
Beta MTB
Mar 22, 2022
Is Fox’s New Live Valve 1.5 System Ready for Prime Time?
Does the latest version of Fox's electronic suspension system live up to the hype?
Beta MTB
Mar 22, 2022
Opinion: The Hidden Difficulties of the World Cup Calendar for Privateers
Life as a privateer is challenging enough financially, and this year's race calendar makes it even harder
Beta MTB
Mar 21, 2022
The Strange Story of How the 31.8-Millimeter Handlebar Came To Be
Spoiler: It was a manufacturing flaw.
Beta MTB
Mar 20, 2022
Feature: Fight Or Flight
A tangle over heli-bike access in Revelstoke, B.C. raises questions about how we profit from public trails.
Beta MTB
Mar 19, 2022
How Trailbuilding is Playing a Part in Reconciliation for B.C.'s First Nations Communities
In First Nations communities across British Columbia, mountain bike clubs are learning that the future of trailbuilding begins with the past.
Beta MTB
Mar 18, 2022
Opinion: Judging Bikes by Their Geometry Charts Doesn’t Tell the Full Story
Travis Engel thinks information overload has people missing the point.
Beta MTB
Mar 17, 2022
Dream Build Breakdown: The Commencal Meta TR is a Nostalgic Throwback to all the Bikes I’ve Loved Before
Anthony Smith rolls the dice on a frame he's never ridden, and builds it into one of the most stunning all-metal dream builds we've ever seen.
Beta MTB
Mar 17, 2022
Video: 'So Far... We've Made it This Far'—A Hoggin’ Adventure Film with Kenny Smith & Friends
A one-of-a-kind trip with a crew like no other.
Beta MTB
Mar 16, 2022
Counterpoint: Fire-Road Climbing is Actually Pretty Great
Travis Engel fires back in support of fire-road climbing.
Beta MTB
Mar 15, 2022
High-Pivot: Fad or Rad? With Ryan Palmer & Travis Engel
Are idlers worth the extra noise, vibration, and maintenance they bring to the table? Travis Engel and Ryan Palmer discuss if modern high-pivots deserve a seat.
Beta MTB
Mar 14, 2022
The Lead-up to Lourdes: Andrew Neethling’s Pace Predictions Ahead of the World Cup Opener
The deck is stacked with wild cards on the precipice of the World Cup DH season opener next week in Lourdes—Neethling wagers where the chips might fall.
Beta MTB
Mar 13, 2022
How Political Waters Seed Trail Growth in Southern B.C.
The Columbia Basin Trust, born through compensation to communities displaced by dams in the 1950s and 1960s, is helping to create some of B.C.'s best trail networks.
Beta MTB
Mar 12, 2022
Lessons From a Power Meter Skeptic
Travis Engel makes a case for what everyday riders can learn by watching their watts.
Beta MTB
Mar 11, 2022
The Long Road Back From Injury
Blake Hansen parses the mental side of recovery in a post-surgery, pre-return-to-riding stream of consciousness
Beta MTB
Mar 11, 2022
How the Open-Source ISIS Drive Bottom Bracket Almost Changed the Industry
The unfortunately-named standard's design wasn't flawless, but the theory behind it was.
Beta MTB
Mar 10, 2022
Hindsight is 20/15
The 20-millimeter axle should have stayed on top, and RockShox tried to warn us
Beta MTB
Mar 9, 2022
Feature: Come Hell or Hogwater with Kenny Smith & Friends
In constant search of the edge, a dynamic crew plots a risky route in a remote subrange of the Chilcotin
Ryan Palmer
Mar 8, 2022
Beta Editors' Choice—Abbey Decade Chain Tool
Any chain tool will do the trick, but Abbey makes the trickest one
Beta MTB
Mar 7, 2022
Back Within Reach - The Adaptive Bike Bringing Freedom Back to Paraplegic Riders
Christian Bagg's Bowhead Reach can go almost anywhere a mountain bike can, opening up a world of new trails to adaptive riders.
Beta MTB
Mar 2, 2022
‘I Wanted To Be Just Like Her’ - Kate Courtney Reflects on Lea Davison's Mentorship
Lea Davison’s joyful approach to racing made a broad impact as an athlete, mentor and friend.
Ryan Palmer
Mar 1, 2022
Axle Wars: Is There Really Room for Two Rear-Hub Standards?
Super Boost Plus hasn't been widely adopted yet. Will it be, or will Boost 148 continue its dominance?
Beta MTB
Feb 28, 2022
Lacy Kemp's Trail Dog Takes One More Old Man Lap
Turning 12 is hard. Especially when you're also turning 84.
Beta MTB
Feb 26, 2022
Industrial Re-revolution: How MTB Apparel Manufacturing is Transforming a Small Town in Southern Appalachia
In a forgotten corner of Southern Appalachia, MTB apparel is helping to usher in a new era of American manufacturing.
Ryan Palmer
Feb 25, 2022
Why I Love The Fox Enduro Pro Tight
It's knickers with kneepads. What a time to be alive.
Beta MTB
Feb 24, 2022
Mountain Bikes Don’t Need to Be Complicated—An Ode to Simplicity
Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.
Beta MTB
Feb 23, 2022
Opinion: Thank You Red Bull
Discovery may have won the World Cup broadcast rights, but let's not forget who got us here. Matt Wragg weighs in.
Beta MTB
Feb 20, 2022
Key to the Kingdom: How Unchecked Growth Complicated Access to Vermont’s Kingdom Trails
The trails were a blueprint for enriching a rural economy with recreation, but a reckoning seemed inevitable.
Beta MTB
Feb 19, 2022
Layers of Sound & Vision: Inside the Mind of Filmmaker Clay Porter
“What I learned about film school is that you don’t need film school.”
Ryan Palmer
Feb 18, 2022
Why Shimano’s Saint Brakes Haven’t Been Updated in Nearly a Decade
The staying power of one of the strongest brakes ever made.
Beta MTB
Feb 17, 2022
Evan Turpen Wants to Shake Things Up With His High-Pivot Enduro Bike
Contra Bikes' homebrewed machine is an eyecatcher.
Beta MTB
Feb 16, 2022
'His Goal Was To Get Kids On Bikes' - Inside Stevie Smith's Lasting Legacy
Nearly six years after his death, the Canadian DH legend is still paying it forward.
Beta MTB
Feb 15, 2022
Opinion: Complete Bikes Shouldn’t Come With Dropper Posts
Travis Engel's take on the dropper post dilemma is a controversial one, to say the least.
Beta MTB
Feb 15, 2022
Kristin Butcher Wonders If She's Old Enough To Know Better
With age comes wisdom—or the discovery of true middle-aged happiness at a weekly jorts-optional jump jam.
Beta MTB
Feb 12, 2022
Ghost Trail: Chasing Rewards in Chamonix’ Abandoned Past
Dan Milner joins Ludo May and Jez Wilson to explore the formidable mountain.
Beta MTB
Feb 11, 2022
Is E-bike Battery Standardization a Pipe Dream?
Of course it is—this is the bike industry we're talking about.
Beta MTB
Feb 10, 2022
Cascade Components & the Right to Modify Your Bike
Aftermarket linkage components can make your bike better. Our industry just doesn’t know if they should.
Beta MTB
Feb 9, 2022
When Did Mountain Bikers Start Preferring Roads?
And here we were, thinking roads were our common enemy.
Beta MTB
Feb 8, 2022
Andrew Neethling: World Cup Team Moves - Highs, Lows & Rider Predictions
Insight on the season ahead from the former World Cup racer.
Beta MTB
Feb 4, 2022
On Season: A Winter Weekend With The Shire Crew
Two days with one of the PNW's most prolific trail building crews.
Beta MTB
Feb 3, 2022
Still in Service: Twenty6 Prerunner Pedals
Travis Engel has been riding these pedals for 13 years.
Beta MTB
Feb 2, 2022
Martin Whiteley Analysis: 2022 World Cup Team Moves
Silly season is over. Who came out on top and which teams need time to rebuild?
Beta MTB
Feb 2, 2022
Photo Essay: Mattias Fredriksson & Ludo May in Verbier, Switzerland
No other mountain bike photographer brings the Alps to life in quite the same way as photographer Mattias Fredriksson.