Michael Golinski joins Dekerf as co-owner

 
If you ride a bike, and you don’t lust after owning a Dekerf, you should. Dekerf is one of the mainstays of the high-end, handbuilt corner of the mountain bike world, and Dekerf bikes shun the hype and glamour of mountain bike trendiness in favour of ultimate quality, polish, and simplicity. Riding a Dekerf is […]

Do the test: clever campaign trying to keep riders safer

 
Alright, so this isn’t strictly mountain bike news, but most of us ride our bikes on the road at least occasionally, and this new awareness campaign from Transport for London is too cool to ignore. It’s a clever test of your savvy, and focuses on ‘change blindness’, the tendency for our brains to filter out certain […]

RIP: Trek founder Richard Burke

The sad news in the bike community this week is that Richard Burke, founder of Trek Bikes, has passed away at the age of 73 due to complications arising from heart surgery. Burke was a father of five children, all of whom have worked for Trek at some point including son John, who has served […]

Washington, meet mountain biking. Mountain biking, meet Washington

 
The National Bike Summit was recently held in Washington, DC, and IMBA led a charge of over 500 riders making their voices heard. One of the key initiatives that mountain biking delegates supported is the Centennial Initiative, which proposes a funding increase of $100 million per year for ten years to be directed toward restoring […]

Commencal 2008 Canadian team announced

Commencal Canada has released the official roster for the 2008 season. The team covers elite and expert, and best of all, some junior expert riders. The riders that made the cut are:

Josh De Cloet (Elite DH)
Brian Serneels (Elite DH)
Tom Grzesik  (Senior Expert DH)
Peter Appleton (Veteran Expert DH/4X/XC/Road)
Paul Meiklejohn (Veteran Expert DH)
John Summach (Veteran Expert DH/4X)
Robert […]

Thin is in: the FlyPaper Pedals

At the outdoor demo at Interbike, a few people got up close and personal with these trick FlyPaper pedals, and the level of buzz building around these is amazing. The designer, posting by the tag of “Bike Doc” on the mtbr.com forums, has released some further details on the pedals, and it sounds like he’s on […]

Brian Lopes riding for Ibis in 2008!

One of the bigger pieces of off-season news has been the departure of Brian Lopes from his longtime sponsor GT. Ever since that announcement, the big question has been: where will Lopes go next? Well, all of you that have been losing sleep over this dilemma can finally relax. In a post on his blog, […]

Cannondale recalls 2008 Scalpels

Cannondale has issued a voluntary recall on the 2008 Scalpel frame, due to the chance that the chainstays may not be properly bonded. According to Cannondale, there is a risk that the chainstays could separate from the dropouts, and that’s probably the last thing you want to happen when bombing some singletrack.
The good news is […]

What’s in the cards for Cannondale?

 A few weeks ago, it was announced that Cannondale had been purchased by Montreal-based Dorel Industries. That would normally be newsworthy enough, but what makes the deal particularly interesting is the background of Dorel.
Before purchasing Cannondale, Dorel was better known as the owner of Pacific Cycle, under whose ownership brands like Schwinn and GT have […]

Two Six Nation goes live, oozes coolness

 
You read that right: it’s the announcement that will be shaking the dirt riding community for years to come. Mountain biking’s freshest blog is officially official.
Absurd exaggerations aside, here’s the deal: mountain biking - and the culture that goes along with it - is cool. The people, the trails, the gear, all cool. So this blog […]