Mountain

Mount Misery Road and a river crossing make the difference for Urs Huber

While it doesn't have the name recognition of Fruita or Moab, little Cortez, Colorado rocks.

Heather Irmiger wins first medal of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara.

Officials neutralize Crocodile Trophy's first stage; Bart Brentjens out of the race before it even starts

Urs Huber tries to make it three in a row.

" ... an excellent all-rounder that is nimble and climbs like a goat"

The Chicago Triathlon puts Ryan's fueling plan to the test

Only in Africa

A look at some new bikes from the proud Italian brands

This review is especially for the gravel grinders out there.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn works his magic and shows us how to overhaul a Shimano pedal.

There's an app for that: adjusting Fox suspension

Registration lagging with days to go

The look is a love-it or hate-it industrial style, obviously not for everyone. But we simply had to give one a try.

Colorado Springs would seem an ideal venue for the USA Cycling 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championships

USA Cycling's 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championship heads to Colorado Springs this weekend.

The latest smooth-riding Ti 29er from Steamboat Springs

The 2012 'Whiskey' will offer one of the largest single day cash purses in history.

Logan Binggeli (KHS Bicycles) took his first stars and stripes jersey by almost four seconds over Aaron Gwin (Trek World Racing).

Giant Bicycles' Kelli Emmett talks tire pressure at the 2011 Gunnison Growler.

Alpine Orthopedics' Brian Smith explains his tire pressure setup at the 2011 Gunnison Growler.

A trail bike that rides like it has three inches of travel sometimes, and five or six inches other times. A-OK in Caley's book.

USA Cycling announced Wednesday the 2012 edition of the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT)

Bend residents took stars and stripes jerseys in five categories at the 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships

Proto' shifters on Jaroslav Kulhavy's world championship-winning Epic

"It's a tool, not a trophy."

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn shows us how to clean the chain using the cyclone tool. This will come in handy anytime, especially on the muddy days.

With all the dirt and grime your chain receives from your fast and daring riding style, you must take care of and clean the chain regularly. Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn explains how to clean the chain to make it last as long as possible.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn demonstrates removing a chain with master link.

Check out Nick Legan's author page.

Todd Wells talks with Singletrack about his coming season

Rumors of Speedplay's new offroad pedal have circulated for months, if not for years. Full production is still a few months away and pricing has yet to be set, but the new pedal, called the Syzr (scissor), was finally ready for public view at Interbike.

A look at a multi-purpose XC machine from Felt

Lennard Zinn braves the heat at the Outdoor Demo outside Las Vegas to find hot new gear

Windham Mountain Resort, the host site of a UCI World Cup just weeks ago, is beginning recovery efforts after tropical storm Irene hit the area

Want to prevent flats? Well we can't guarantee that. However, Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn shows us how to install a rim-strip on a standard-tubeless wheel. We feel this should help.

• 1. Thomas Litscher, (SWITZERLAND), in 1:32:30
• 2. Marek Konwa, (POLAND), at 01:42
• 3. Jaap Moorlag Henk, (NETHERLANDS), at 02:13
• 4. Matthias Stirnemann, (SWITZERLAND), at 03:33
• 5. Reto Indergand, (SWITZERLAND), at 04:17

2011 UCI World Championships women's U23 cross-country photos by Frank Bodenmueller

2011 World championships junior men's race photos by Frank Bodenmueller

France dominated the second day of competition at the Mountain Bike World Championships, taking both world titles on offer

Competitors faced a grueling 22-mile course across a mountain, equipped with a solitary gear

FM Bike displayed a rigid 29er that weighed less than 15 pounds

Scrub Components offers pads for their specific metal composite rotors and replacement pads for most of the top brands with stainless rotors.

This past July, a record 228 racers came from 14 states and Canada to test their endurance at the fifth annual event.

The final event of the MTB World Cup racing season (#7 of the year) was last weekend in Val Di Sole, Italy. Gwin had already wrapped up the title, but still showed up to the event on said prototype bike and crushed it to win with a time of 3:10.35 …

NUE series leader and three-time defending champion, Jeff Schalk (Trek Mountain Co-Op) became the first in the Men's Open this year to win four races following his win at Pierre's Hole 100 in what has arguably been one of the most hotly contested seasons ever.

Check out the winning bikes of the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB

More photos from the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB race

Rebecca, Gretchen and Pua really burnt up the Leadville course with record breaking finish times.

More race action from the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB race

Lots of photos from 2011 Leadville MTB 100

The name of Schwalbe's Hans Dampf tire translates into English as "Jack of all trades." Yep.

This is the third year I have raced the Breck Epic stage race. The last two seasons I have really enjoyed racing here. By "really enjoyed racing here," I mean that I suffered like a beaten dog, and then about a week later when the pain had faded from my memory, I thought about all the pretty singletrack I rode, and decided I wanted to come back next year. It's funny how bike racers don't really remember pain.

Todd Wells Leadville bike setup

Mountain bike racing is traditionally a solo endeavor. But this year's Leadville 100 may buck that trend thanks to a quartet of Team Cannondale pros lining up at the start on August 13.

2011 LT 100 Mens finish and post race interviews. Finish live video and sound with Todd Wells and Albin Lakata M's 1st and 2nd.

2011 LT100 Womens finish and post race interviews. Finish line video and sound from Rusch, Reeves, W's 1st and 2nd.

2011 Leadville Trail 100 results, top 50 men and women

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Rebecca Rusch's nickname is the Queen of Pain, but perhaps the Diesel Diva would be more fitting.

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells is a different rider than he was last year. Eight pounds different to be precise. And that's not including a lighter bike.

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells and Rebecca Rusch (both on the Specialized team) won Saturday’s Leadville Trail 100. Rusch shattered the women's record she set last year, while Wells made up for a frustrating ride last year in which an early mechanical kept him out of the hunt for the top of the podium

LEADVILLE, Colo. (ST) — Todd Wells and Rebecca Rusch (both on the Specialized team) won Saturday's Leadville Trail 100 on a sparkling clear warm day in the Rockies.

Gallery of the 2011 Leadville 100 MTB Start

Video of Ken Chlouber talking with racers at the Leadville 100 pre race meeting.

Pre race interview with Pua Mata

Among a handful of fast women set to face-off with Rusch are top riders such as Jenny Smith, Kelli Emmett, Gretchen Reeves and Sari Anderson.

Pro rider Nate Whitman gives us the daily update on the Leadville Trail 100 from the Herbalife24 Basecamp. Hear the latest weather and trail conditions.

How many Olympic gold medalists are racing the 2011 Leadville 100 on Saturday? One for sure. That's Bart Brentjens, winner of the first ever Olympic cross country mountain bike race at Atlanta 1996. Bart-man also won bronze at Athens 2004, plus a ton of World Cup races during his long and prestigious pro career.

Go time is near. The start of the 2011 Leadville 100 is less than a day away. Soon you'll be on your bike, facing down a 100 miles (actually 103) of high-alpine mountain biking along with about 1,800 of your new best friends.