Mountain

The best freeride mountain bikers head to the Utah desert for Red Bull Rampage, the craziest bike competition in the world.

If you’re after a high-end, durable, walkable shoe that’s comfortable out of the box, the X-Project Pros tick all the boxes.

In 2015, Rebecca Rusch rode 1,200 miles along the Ho Chi Minh Trail to find where her father’s plane crashed during the Vietnam War.

Wicks still races dirt exclusively. His focus, however, has moved away from fast, multi-lap events to the latest crop of off-road races.

Todd Sadow's Epic Rides mountain bike race series is booming. That's a very good thing for the sport and for riders at all levels.

We interview Ned Overend and Tim Johnson to talk about all things dirt — mountain bike racing, gravel, and more.

Fun, inclusive high school mountain bike leagues are havens of competition that are changing the way kids—and adults—think about bikes.

Little Bellas turns young girls into cyclists with careful mentorship, lots of fun, and a bit of mountain biking.

Under-23 rider Kate Courtney emerges as a top mountain bike talent. Keegan Swenson comes on strong in Pro XCT just before nationals.

The third and final round of the Epic Rides mountain bike series takes on the trails of Carson City, Nevada.

The best mountain bikers in the U.S. take on the Whiskey Off-Road 50-miler. See photos from Courteney and Gaze's big wins in Arizona.

The ability to transform this bike into just about anything you want it to be is a boon for the go-anywhere types.

Austrian Markus Stöckl reached a speed of 167.6km (about 104mph) in the Chilean desert and beat the world record he previously set in 2011.

Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, Christian Vande Velde, and Dylan Casey — all former U.S. Postal riders — will race 24 Hours of Old Pueblo.

USA Cycling releases calendars for 2017 Pro GRT and Pro XCT mountain bike seasons.

Rebecca Rusch, one of mountain biking's top endurance racers, will ride the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos to raise awareness for land mine safety.

The Highline is the best Crankbrothers dropper post yet. It affords the most ergonomic lever we've tried, but it has limited size options.

Danny MacAskill, the mega-skilled MTB trials rider with seemingly limitless creativity, has released another video, "Wee Day Out."

We take a ride down Mammoth Mountain, from its barren, 11,000-foot peak, down the Kamikaze downhill, and all the way back to town.

Santa Cruz’s venerable Tallboy 29er blends the best of enduro and cross-country traits into a playful MTB ride.

Pivot's Mach 429 Trail comes close to matching the gravity gracefulness of an enduro bike with the stellar climbing of an XC race bike.

Peter Sagan electrifies the Rio Olympics mountain bike race. But untimely flat tires leave fans wondering whether he'd have nabbed a medal in the Games.

Todd Wells says more people ask him about his Leadville 100 victory than ever did about his Olympics berth.

Would we have such a dizzying array of mountain bike enduros, stage races, or 100-milers to choose from if it wasn’t for the 1996 Atlanta Games?

Nino Schurter has more than lived up to the hype, with four world championships and four World Cup titles. He heads to Rio seeking gold.

Peter Sagan says he doesn't regret skipping the Rio road race after seeing Greg Van Avermaet win. He's focused on delivering a result in the MTB race.

Scott reinvents its Spark mountain bike line-up with three different options for XC riders, racers, and trail shredders who want fat tires.

If you liked the Poc Trabec, you'll love the Tectal. If the Trabec wasn't your jam, don't expect the Tectal to cure what ails you.

Katerina Nash's 20-year Olympics run began with an unexpected start at the first MTB race of the Games in Atlanta.

Peter Sagan tests his mountain biking form ahead of the Olympics at a race in Pierre's Hole, Wyoming.

World champion Peter Sagan proud and honored to have a chance to race the mountain bike competition at Rio Olympics.

Jeff Archer, founder of the Museum of Mountain Bike Art & Technology was killed by a drunk driver Wednesday night in North Carolina.

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate could allow mountain bikers to ride on some of the 109 million acres of Federal Wilderness in the U.S.

Lea Davison took the biggest result of her career with second at mountain bike worlds. Now she's ready to challenge for a medal in Rio.

A 38-year-old U.S. Forest Service employee is killed by a grizzly bear while mountain biking near Glacier National Park in Montana.

Dan Cavallari explains what trail bikes are and what type of riding they are ideally suited to tackle.

Watch live action from USA Cycling's mountain bike national championships. Full coverage of men's and women's short track races.

Martyn Ashton rides again — this time on Fort William's World Cup downhill track with a specially modified Canyon Sender e-bike.

Reigning world champ Peter Sagan to trade road for MTB in Rio.

A mountain biker in the Utah desert gets dangerously close to falling off a cliff, but is saved by his friend at the last minute.

The post works well despite one major shortfall, although a simple tweak could make this a real game-changer.

Former mountain bike downhill World Cup winner Steve Smith dies after suffering a brain injury from a motorcycle crash.

Mavic's stylish enduro helmet is light and comfortable enough for your trail/xc shreds, but burly enough for fast, gnarly descents.

The Whiskey Off-Road offered its traditional downtown Prescott crit to kick off a weekend of mountain bike racing.

The Whiskey Off-Road offers a tough 50-mile challenge to the country's best mountain bike pros and amateurs alike.

For all the tinkerers and micro-adjusters out there, Scott’s Contessa Genius 710 will keep you busy with myriad options for dialing in the ride.

Trek's carbon fiber Top Fuel ruled in mountain biking’s mid-naughties heyday, and now it’s back and better than ever.

The Genius Plus feels, well, plus-sized. This is terrific for bombing scree fields or shredding high-speed turns.

Anne-Caroline Chausson is on the mend after two cancer surgeries and one surgery for a collapsed lung at the end of 2015.

BH’s carbon-framed Lynx 4.8 blends aggressive geometry with a 120-millimeter-travel package.

The WFO-9 is Niner’s answer to big-hit, high-speed enduro riding and racing.

Good luck finding a bike that will cover more ground — on any surface — for your dollar than Ridley's X-Trail Alloy.

Transition's Scout is great for long days in a rough place like Fruita, Colorado or North Carolina's Pisgah, the Scout, and it's affordable.

What happens When you give a cross-country bike a dropper post and short stem? You get something like the Habit.

Pinarello’s rear suspension is the attention-grabber, but it’s not the entire plotline of the K8-S.

In today’s era of niche mountain bikes, the Furtado is a refreshing dose of versatility.

With a steep, 74-degree seat tube angle, the Habit has a more upright and forward riding position than what we’ve come to expect from trail bikes.

Santa Cruz's 5010 does almost everything right — Climbing, descending, chunder, buffed-out singletrack.

The SB4.5c comes closest to XC climbing combined with enduro descending than any trail bike we’ve tested in recent memory.

If uphill Strava KOMs are your thing, leave Kona's Process 134 at home. But if the downhills are your playground, hop on it.

Light and nimble, the Fate Carbon 29 is made for racing. Every piece of this hardtail was designed for efficiency and speed.

Shimano unveils a number of updates for its mountain bike parts — wider gear range options and a quick link to repair chains.

SRAM introduces an even less expensive 1x drivetrain option for mountain bikers, the NX group.

Much like baseball's "perfect game," 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo affords a similar challenge: riding 24 laps in merely 24 hours.

MTB star McGarry dies in New Zealand

Mountain biker Chris Akrigg proves that talent trumps technology, bad weather, and nearly any obstacle in this insane trials video.

It took Speedplay a painfully long time to launch its new mountain bike pedal, the Syzr. Now we'll see if it's worth the wait.

Nino Schurter and Jolanda Neff proved to be the most consistently dominant mountain bike racers of the 2016 season.

Fox suspension came out swinging with a line of new mountain bike forks with vastly improved damping.

Danny MacAskill heads to Gran Canaria for another video full of death-defying, breathtaking bike trials stunts on roofs and ledges.