Mountain

French multi-discipline star will leave Canyon-SRAM in 2021 as she focuses on ambitions at Olympic mountain bike race.

The U.K.-based squad also sees the road team move to Pro Continental.

Canyon stays busy in the off-season with updates to the Strive: new colors, new fork, and choice between Deore XT and SRAM Eagle.

The grand depart for the self-timed, self-supported, ultra-endurance bikepacking race is July 25, 2021 in Durango, Colorado.

The Canyon Stoic touts two alloy frames, two different wheel sizes, and a relatively modest price tag for those looking to enter trail riding.

The 21-year old Frenchwoman raced - and won - her first World Cup as an elite and then went on to claim world and European championship titles.

These cold-forged, machined alloy mountain stems pair with M-Series composite handlebars to reduce damage risk to carbon.

The Smith Forefront 2 is an excellent mountain bike helmet that I keep reaching for despite this one thing that really bugs me . . .

Teammates overtake the marks of Rebecca Rusch (2013) and Lachlan Morton (2020) on the climbing-intensive Utah trail.

One 100-mile mountain bike loop in the Utah desert. No support. Just a long individual time trial against the clock.

Trek’s long-travel Rail 9.9 soars up climbs and crushes descents, rolling on top-end suspension with electronic shifting and dropper.

An e-MTB with an 80-mile range that gives you twice your power — at nearly the same weight — as a traditional trail bike.

The Rail Hip Pack features a nifty hose-storage system and a two-layer hip strap design that keeps the bag firmly and comfortably planted.

Specialized completely overhauls one of the most venerable mountain bike models, with alloy or carbon models to flatten trails and singletrack.

Frenchwoman defends title in Leogang having also taken rainbow jersey in 2015.

Tom Pidcock outlasted American Christopher Blevins to win the Under-23 cross-country world title in Austria.

"Racing was very hard, tight, especially the short track race but that’s why we came to Nové Město."

The pro off-road racer was on her way from a world cup event to the site of the coming world championships, in Austria.

Mexican team AR Pro Cycling is trying to shepherd Mexican riders to the pro ranks. Gerardo Ulloa took a huge step toward that goal this week by winning the MTB World Cup in Nové Město.

The Ride Concept Vice mountain bike shoe’s sticky sole and pedal-connected feeling will help you progress and meet your goals.

The four-day Pikes Peak Apex MTB stage race commenced last week with a series of safety measures around COVID-19. We spoke to riders about the race and its health rules.

The UCI's decision to reopen rider rankings amid the COVID-19 pandemic has generated pushback from riders.

World cup winners and world champions in the men's and women's fields highlight strong representation from Team USA in the Austrian-hosted event.

Salsa All-mountain and trail mountain bikes spice things up.

UCI rolls out health protocol for restarted season, with team 'bubbles' a central concept

Scott-SRAM and Specialized Racing dominate the five-stage race in the first major event since the COVID stoppage.

The Transitions offer heaps of protection and are reinforced with D3O around your ankle. They're great trail shoes even though they're intended for enduro.

The carbon used in the Canyon Exceed creates an 835-gram frameset and is so rare, the company calls it ‘unicorn hair.’

With six weeks before the first UCI mountain bike World Cup, riders and teams have yet to receive detailed information about COVID-19 safety protocols from the sport's governing body.

The ME7 shoes have synthetic leather uppers, neoprene cuffs, a comfortable and effective retention system, and Michelin rubber soles.

With bold color schemes and component group updates, these Salsa fatbikes also each come with more accessory mounts than we could count.

The Terra Ergolace shoe is our pick for the best touring/light mountain bike shoes that are the closest thing to a sneaker for clipless riding.

The Specialized Recon 3.0 mountain bike shoes offer a sweet balance of stiffness and walkability that gave me control on all terrain.

The understated and classic Liv Shuttle Flat workhorse shoe got the job done.

The Intrigue 29 is Liv's first foray into trail bikes.

The Spot Rocker is a carbon frame singlespeed or fully-geared racer. You decide.

Get to know your MTB’s through-axles for easy removal, installation, and adjustment.

Epic Rides has canceled its final event of the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Esker's Elkat relies on Orion suspension to help create an active, stable, and fun bike uphill and a rowdy one downhill.

The XTC SLR's aluminum frame is Giant's lightest and is fabricated using a proprietary hydroforming process to create a race-worthy and affordable bike.

Organizers in Colorado believe they have a plan to safely hold a mountain-bike stage race in September amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Mayhem models from Spot Bikes offer all the tools you need to tackle any trail on any mountain.

Overhaul the air can every 40 hours of ride time to ensure it is cleaned, lubed, and properly sealed and inflated.

Registrants are eligible for a full refund, can roll their registration to 2021, or can donate their entry to the Siskiyou Outdoor Recreation Alliance.

The single-crown, 38mm chassis Zeb is optimized for 150mm - 190mm of travel on a variety of surfaces, and takes on the Fox 38 for enduro glory.

The northwest Arkansas city has fast become a biking mecca.

The Stan's-Pivot rider is also launching the Prescott Circle Trail Challenge to help raise maintenance funds for her local singletrack.

Revel boasts the Ranger as a mountain bike that you can toe the line at a race, go solo mountaineering, or shred local trails after a day at work.

Five minutes spent in the garage could save you 30 on the trail or road. Check your bike before you ride, and take the right tools so you’re ready for anything.

Maintain and adjust the rear derailleur clutch so it can do its job in any terrain and trail condition.

The Mazza takes the grip and durability of Vittoria's Martello, and offers a new tread design to tackle a wider variety of terrain.

The Rough Country wheels offer up plenty of stiffness for phenomenal cornering, all at nearly half the price of competitors.

Updates and additions include the Hellbender 70 price-conscious option, and more sizes for the Hellbender Neo.

The dual-discipline marathon mountain biker and gravel racer will make an Everest attempt for Rebecca Rusch's Giddy Up for Good challenge.

The multi-day mountain bike stage race will return August 15-21, 2021.

With the cancellation of the Whiskey Off-Road, the Grand Junction Off-Road, and now Carson City Off-Road, only the OZ Trails Off-Road remains on the Epic Rides 2020 calendar.

Deore gets a slick new look across three varieties from which to choose, along with a bump to 12 speeds.

Instead of helping orchestrate racing, the national organization has accelerated virtual training for its massive network of volunteer coaches.

Uncertainty about coronavirus regulations going forward forces cancelation of Outerbike's season opener.

Giro's Manifest brings Giro's Spherical rotational force system to mountain bike helmets in this light, airy, and streamlined trail/enduro lid.

Wahoo has partnered with Zwift to give pro mountain bikers and aficionados a chance to shred together virtually.

After six weeks of imploring visitors to stay away, Moab is tentatively opening its doors to visitors.

Because of uncertainty, and competition for calendar space later in the year, it was decided that postponing the Grand Junction Off-Road was just not possible.

Four additional high school mountain biking programs will bring youth mountain bike racing to the Midwest, upping the nationwide total to 31.

“The ultimate goal with the Kraken was also to design a tire that would not be too exclusive — for cross-country and trail riders alike.”

The Whiskey Off-Road, which kicks off the Epic Rides Off-Road series, sold its 2,000 spots in under two months.

Pro mountain biker Ben Sonntag was reportedly struck and killed by the driver of a pickup truck while training outside Durango, Colorado.

A new material and manufacturing process offers a lighter mountain bike wheel, which can be repurposed into other parts at the end of its life.

In late 2019 America's top female MTB racers devised a plan to win the maximum three spots for the Tokyo Olympics. The plan meant Erin Huck, Lea Davison, Kate Courtney, and Chloe Woodruff would chase UCI points across the globe.

Arizona's 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo was held this past weekend outside of Tucson, and the event was once again a fun blend of bike race and party. Photographer Dave McElwaine was there to document the action.

Sunny skies, ideal temperatures, and lots of fat tire fun marked the 5th annual Borealis Fat Bike World Championship, which went down last weekend in Crested Butte, Colorado. This year’s trimmed-down event kicked off with an evening of—occasionally treacherous—fat bike polo, on a closed down block of the famed ski town’s main drag, Elk Avenue. The following morning, festivities headed to the edge of town for the main event, which consisted of a 3-lap fun race, and 5-lap, very much tongue-in-cheek World Championship affair. Both events were contested on a 5-mile, packed-snow circuit that traced a clockwise loop around the valley floor between town and Mount Crested Butte. Here’s a look at some of the highlights.

Swiss mountain biker Jolanda Neff suffered a ruptured spleen, collapsed lung, and broken ribs in a scary crash in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina.

Gary Vernon is the man tasked with transforming Northwestern Arkansas into a mountain biking destination under the vision of Tom and Steuart Walton, grandchildren of Walmart founder Sam Walton.

Betsy Welch soaked up the fun trails and friendly vibes in Bentonville, Arkansas during the Epic Rides's Oz Trails Off-Road.

Jolanda Neff won the race, which took place on the course to be used at the 2020 Olympics.

VeloNews recently attended a high school race to capture the sights and sounds of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA).

We caught up with Kate Courtney following her World Cup overall title to discuss the 2019 season.

On the heels of Kate Courtney's World Cup overall victory, we look back at the last time an American held the title.

Prior to this past weekend's World Cup finals in Snowshoe, West Virginia, the United States hadn't hosted a stop on off-road cycling's premier series since 2015. The sport's top riders descended on Snowshoe to contest the series finals, and they were greeted by a fast and technical course. American riders shone throughout the weekend, with Kate Courtney winning the elite women's overall. Photographer Don Karle was there to capture the action.

CT comprises 567 miles of trail between Durango and Denver with around 90,000 vertical feet of total climbing