Mountain

Durango Mountain Park is now officially Overend Mountain Park. MTB pioneer's roll in creating open space dates back to 1994.

An elite crop of European racers lined up Sunday at the second XC race in the XX Maremma Cup, where Marco Aurelio Fontana held off the Swiss duo of Nino Schurter and Florian Vogel.

Singletrack.com's Zach White says Giant's 5-inch trail machine is one of the most precise and solid-feeling mountain bike frames he has ridden — period.

The NorCal High School Mountain Bike Racing Series has more than 500 racers lining up for the 2010 season; Colorado league is next.

Fifty racers are taking on the Iditarod Trail Invitational, 28 of them are cyclists. The first- and second-place finishers were on Greg Matyas' Fatback snow bike.

Park, freeride and big-mountain: The Dorado Pro features 7050 aluminum legs and utilizes the same internals as the Dorado MRD carbon version.

CST tire company surprises non-profit youth-cycling program with $7,500 donation.

For the 2010 All-Mountain category, which sells out its 200 slots in a matter of minutes, event organizers are qualifying top finishers from the last year's races. New reg date is April 1 — no joke.

Master mechanic Lennard Zinn follows up on questions regarding hanging bike storage and what that means for hydraulic brakes.

The United States has the third highest number of UCI teams with 12, compared to the 14 Italian and 15 French squads.

With a fresh cadaver tendon, Rabobank-Giant team rider Adam Craig is rehabbing the knee he injured in a most mundane manner.

Sid Taberlay and Pua Sawicki repeated their 2009 wins at the Sage Brush Safari east of San Diego on Sunday.

USA Cycling effort aiming for gold in 2010 Olympics and will be headed by Sean Dwight.

Take a good look: February's reader-submitted singletrack scenes will be voted on this week.

SAGEBRUSH SAFARI ~ CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 2010 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE SERIES #1 / KENDA CUP QUALIFIER

German Manuel Fumic joins Juarez, Bishop and Paulissen on Cannondale Factory Racing team.

The Sage Brush Safari set for this weekend in SoCal is the first event under the US Cup/Kenda Cup banner for 2010.

Overall leaders of USA Cycling's ProGRT as of July 14, will also be an automatic selections to the United States World Championship team.

Rubber coated stainless steel straps on the one-size-fits-all fork mount TieRod bike rack will fit 100 percent of factory crossbars.

Lennard Zinn reports back from the 2010 Park Tool Tech Summit with tips for those about to wrench their rigs.

Shops to get Bicycle Technologies International catalog next week.

Registration for pro-am U.S. Open of Mountain Biking's gravity events at Diablo Freeride Park in New Jersey opens March 1.

Ever try to define the term "functional masterpiece?" Let this one-off belt-drive singlespeed titanium 29er from Black Sheep do the talking (while you drool).

Trek, with its headquarters in Waterloo, Wisconsin, will also be the presenting sponsor of the Subaru Cup Pro XCT race held June 26 and 27 in Mt. Morris, Wisconsin.

Registration error and then outpouring of negativity has race organizers rethinking approach to venerable California event.

Specialty plate that aims to raise funds for MTB trails in Idaho approved by lawmakers in that state's House; Senate vote is next.

Fox Racing Shox says distinctive gold-colored Kashima Coat maintains better lubrication for lower friction — plus it's tough.

Chris Carmichael has the belt buckle from Leadville. Now he's going for La Ruta, and bringing 10 Carmichael Training Systems customers with him in 2010.

Awesome Land: Women of Dirt is a new film from Bones Over Metal that highlights women shredding all forms of mountain biking.

Men's and women's singlespeed added to national championship classes

at Breckenridge. Riders wishing to compete for any of the Stars-and-Stripes jerseys will have a two-week exclusive online registration period. The field will be limited to 750.

Is there a right or wrong way to hang a full-suspension bike? Singletrack.com's resident wrench Lennard Zinn has the answer.

Red rock to slickrock: Mountain biking around Sedona is the best way to spend time in this desert destination.

The 2010 event outside Tucson, Arizona, marked the 11^th edition and was dedicated to Stan Koziatek of Stan's NoTubes.

The new bikes will use the Split Pivot, a concentric dropout pivot linkage suspension system designed by Weagle, the man behind the DW-Link.

On Friday lawmakers who sit on the Transportation Committee in Idaho's State House moved a bill to create a special "mountain biking" license plate. The effort would generate funds for trail building and maintenance.

New Rabobank-Giant Off-Road Team and expanded Giant Factory Off-Road Team will feature top cross-country and downhill athletes.

Jonathan Wayne is the man behind Dirt Republic. If his vision pans out, you and I will be wearing plastic when we ride. Not plastic body armor and helmets, but shirts made from recycled water bottles.

Out of the 525 readers who chose one of the five final Phat Phat-Tire Photos for January, "Endo," tallied 211 votes to win.

Granada's location near the vast expanse of Alpujarras region trails makes it "Europe's Vancouver"

Not long after posting a Singletrack.com story about Dirt Republic, a grassroots company launching a line of mountain bike shirts made from recycled plastic, it was pointed out that plastics were already in Cannondale's future.

The riders on the Kenda-Felt MTB team will have their choice of several different Felt models including the Nine Team, Felt's flagship carbon fiber 29-inch hardtail.

The notification date for Leadville Trail 100 applicants is slightly delayed, with hopefuls knowing if they are in the high-elevation race by Friday.

Biggest Ride contest offering a spring training trip to Southwest with Andreas Hestler.

Poll closed! But send in your shots for February.

2010 will see the epic event return to the Alberta Rockies as well as the addition of UCI sanctioning.

Team Yeti Beti will host the Beti Bike Bash on June 12. The event outside of Denver will offer women several races for all ages and abilities.

Components Manufacturer Plays Establishing Sponsor Role for National Organization

Organizers of the US Cup Triple Crown All Mountain Series say top-tier riders are committed to the first event in Southern California's Bonelli Park on March 13-14.

To raise money for waging a European World Cup campaign and hopeful Olympic berth, six-time national endurance mountain bike champ Pua Sawicki will raffle her Team Mata Carriage C-Force fifth-wheel toy hauler and Ford F-250.

On Feb. 21 Trips for Kids will host its 12th annual "Brews, Bikes and Bucks" raffle event in Marin County, California.

The Andorran-based Commencal is introducing its new PSR range of complete bikes into the U.S. featuring cross-country models with retail prices from $549 - $1195.

Award recognizes Boulder Junior Cycling Team for achieving national and international results, placing riders into National Team programs and landing riders onto world championship rosters.

After an impressive collection of results on 29-inch wheels in 2009, the Subaru-Gary Fisher mountain bike team will go "all 29, all the time" in 2010.

If approved, the new "mountain biking" Idaho license plate would create a revenue stream for the building, maintenance and expansion of trails.

A reader asks Singletrack.com's tech expert Lennard Zinn if there is a way to go from three to two chainrings simply and inexpensively.

From downhill and endurance to cross-country, 21 events will make up USA Cycling's Mountain Bike National Calendars.

To keep racers at the venerable Michigan event from riding above their abilities, and therefore clogging the course, changes to start categories are in store for 2010.

Trek Dirt Series looking to help riders, particularly women, refine their XC, DH and freeride chops at 16 clinics this spring and summer.

The two Trek heavyweights rode the Miles of DisComfort marathon MTB race in Texas on Saturday. Hmmm, wonder who won?

What do you have still sitting on your camera's memory from those past rides? Send them into the Phat Phat-Tire Photo Contest.

Racers go up and over the Patagonian Andes in every type of weather imaginable.

In four days of racing, Mary McConneloug and Michael Broderick have traded wins with Chilean riders Martín Flaño and Nicolás Prudencio.

What's the upcoming National Bike Summit in Washington, DC about? Check out the video here...

Dean Racing Development and Tomac Mountain Bikes are teaming up to create a gravity mountain bike race team for 2010.

Rebecca Rusch is all smiles going into Stage 3 of the Trans Andes while Mary McConneloug and Michael Broderick battle for first place.

More than 1,600 riders have signed up for the team, duo and solo categories for the event, which takes place north of Tuscon, Arizona on Feb. 13 and 14.

Would you ink your body for life? Get married in Titus jerseys? Change your name to Rockstar 29'er? Yes, yup and yep? Then read on…

Sidi shoes and a Look 556 carbon frame with SRAM Rival components are up for grabs in contest.

The Carmichael Training Systems International Classic mountain bike race set for July in Colorado Springs will include TT, XC and STXC.

Along with her U-23 national cross-country victory, Emily Batty won the elite Sea Otter Classic short-track and posted a top-ten at the Offenburg World Cup in 2009.

2010 American Mountain Bike Challenge announced. Series features 21 events in 16 states and serves as qualifying races for USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships in Granby, Colorado.

Don't have connections to get into Interbike? $150 bucks and time to get to Moab, Utah in September will get you all the 2011 hardware you can ride at new consumer event.

Rebecca Rusch and Jenny Smith are teaming up to take on the Trans Andes Challenge. But the early season race over the mountain range has the veteran racers tempering their expectations.

While the UCI blessed 29-inch wheels for mountain bike racing in 2004, the German Cycling Federation is only now allowing racers to choose between 26ers and 29ers.

To see Lance Armstrong registered for the 2010 Miles of DisComfort Mountain Bike Marathon in Comfort, Texas on Jan. 30 could mean a couple of things.

The Whole Athlete Junior Development Team out of California is grooming the future of MTB racing in North America.

Singletrack.com's resident wrench says tire sealants fall into two categories. Find out what might work best for you. Also, check out the video on how to install a tubeless system.

San Diego-based company's chief operating officer assumes broader role.

Citing costs and the loss of sponsorship, organizers of the Bump ‘N Grind in Birmingham, Alabama will drop out of USA Cycling's national Pro Cross-Country Tour.

So far people from 98 countries have applied for the LT100 lottery, which ends on Jan. 31. Guess who doesn't need to ask for an entry...