WTB has updated its beloved Vigilante 2.5 and Verdict 2.5 treads while also expanding SG2 puncture protection to its entire line of mountain tires. Vigilante and Verdict are WTB’s most aggressive enduro tires designed to excel in loose conditions ranging from mid-summer dust to late-winter mud. Updated versions of both treads now feature improved knob shapes and updating siping to prevent knob flex and increase cornering support while also extending tread life. The tread profiles have also been updated to achieve a smoother transition from center to side knobs and improve predictability while cornering. The combined tread changes improve overall…
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Piotrek Krajewski has been slaying big jumps for over 15 years all around the world under Dartmoor Bikes banner. Yet, it took some time to have a bike, which pushed harder and felt just right to send it. Piotrek and his new teammate Antek Faszczewski know each other from digging and riding the dirt jump paradise of Bike Park Kazoora, Poland. Still, they went to test a big bike like Thunderbird FR for a trip to the French’s Bike Park Chatel. Chatel is a world-class place to hit freeride lines of Nico Vink creations and feel if the bikes are…
Emil Johansson won his first Slopestyle competition at Crankworx. Two years and four Slopestyle World Championship competitions later, he hasn’t stopped. His win today in the Title Slopestyle presented by CLIF at SilverStar Bike Park, the closing event of Crankworx B.C., marks his fifth win in a row at the highest level of Slopestyle mountain biking. “It felt amazing to pull that run off and to get some of the tricks in which I had never been able to do in a contest run before,” said the Swede, who pulled off three first-ever tricks in a comp: a switch truck…
Day Two of Crankworx B.C. racing at SilverStar Mountain Resort, with one competitor on a solid gold streak, and another earning his first Crankworx top of the box. Niels Bensink (NED) earns his first Crankworx gold with a near-flawless performance in finals to take the win in today’s RockShox Pump Track Challenge SilverStar, and Kialani Hines (USA) earns her second gold medal in two days after winning the Dual Slalom yesterday. It was great. I qualified first, so I just wanted to keep it going throughout the day. All the girls started to get faster, so it was definitely a…
In the first day of Crankworx B.C. competition at SilverStar Mountain Resort, Jackson Frew has earned his second Crankworx gold of the series, while Kialani Hines claims her first career Crankworx Dual Slalom win. The Specialized Dual Slalom SilverStar kicked off the action at the third stop of the series, on a track built by Bas van Steenbergen for Crankworx in 2020. We pulled up and the dirt was perfect. We had a bunch of rain overnight. I started gelling with the track really early and felt really good. I think I had an early practice run against Tomas [Slavik]…
Riders new to its hallowed ground, keen to test their mettle. Repeat racers, hungry for more. Redemption-seekers, looking to take back what Mt7 took from them. And local shredders, stoked to get amongst the action and share their epic backyard with the best in the world. This morning, they all stood shoulder-to-shoulder at the top of the Mt7 in Golden, B.C., peering down the steep chute that would be the beginning of their 1200 vertical meter, 7.3 kilometer, 11 and a half minute+ race run. And then one by one, they dropped in. The 12th running of Mt7 Psychosis saw a…
The flecks of hero dirt have settled and the third and final race at Sun Peaks has wrapped. As the travelling road show that is Crankworx B.C. prepares to hit the road, Vaea Verbeeck and Jackson Frew are celebrating the final wins of the week after three days of racing. For Verbeeck, it’s been a mega few days, with three gold medals in the past two days. That’s crazy. I don’t know, I didn’t come here expecting and thinking about all of this. But when I think of each event here, they’re just so wicked and so fun to send…
The new Dual Slalom track in Sun Peaks has now officially been christened. It’s first champs have been crowned and the first drops of champagne have graced its finish corral (kidding, instead of champagne it was Whistler Brewing Trailforks ale, and everyone opted to save it to enjoy later rather than waste it on their competitors… except for Danielle Beecroft (AUS) who casually sipped hers while cruising back down the hill). As the dust settled (kidding again, there was no dust, this is hero dirt) the story that emerged was one of long-awaited firsts, a special shared moment, classic Slalom…
The first part of the report from the visit to the Italian city of Livigno is behind us, so it’s finally time to introduce you another place in the region and finish the story with the second part. We had the pleasure to visit the local trails for the whole week and despite the rather unfavorable weather, we managed to ride almost all trails in the two most important mountainbike centers. In the second part, we introduce the resort located on the other side of the valley, which is Mottolino Fun Mountain. Area Livigno Livigno is a small town situated…
The Austrian Bike Park in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis is known mainly for the fact that it is built with the youngest users in mind. The local routes have repeatedly witnessed the unofficial Downhill Rookies World Championships, as well as the iXS Rookies DH Cup series. We first visited this place in 2018 & now we’re back! What has changed and is it worth coming there? Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis region Once you’ve entered the gates to the sun terrace of Tyrol, you’ll never want to turn back. With more than 2,000 hours of sunshine per year, a stunning mountain scenery and impressive summits, it’s easy…
Holiday trips usually involve a long journey, which means that you can visit places where you won’t get off on a quick biking weekend. One of such locations is the Italian Livigno, which is well known to Polish tourists for its winter attractions. But did you know that you can have fun there as well as in winter, by bike in summer? Therefore, we invite you to read our report from 43RIDE trip to Livigno, where we were shredding on local trails. In the first part, we focused on the centers on the western side of the valley – Carosello…
There are only a few weeks left until the best weekend of the year and there are some exciting new events on the schedule. From September 17-19, 2021, the Bikepark Winterberg will once again be the absolute Gravity Highlight. Whether amateur, professional or visitor, at the iXS Dirt Masters Festival really everyone gets their money’s worth! The best freeride mountain bikers in the world are on their way to Winterberg to meet in a month at Europe’s largest gravity festival! You’re up for altitude and distance? That’s exactly what you’ll get at the new and in-house Enduro Race! Enduro newbies…
WTB now offers complete carbon wheels that are available in two purpose-built gravel and mountain configurations. Fast and light CZR i23 gravel wheels are designed to minimize weight and maximize compliance on rough gravel roads, while CZR i30 are aggressive trail and enduro wheels built tough to endure whatever lies in their path. While the two wheels were individually designed for specific usages at different ends of the riding spectrum, the common goal behind both was creating high-performance carbon wheels that are equal parts lightweight and dependable. Gravel-eating CZR i23 wheels are designed to minimize weight while blending stiffness and…
Morgane Such is part of a new generation of mountain bikers: she is fast, she is young, she rides all kind of different bikes and she knows the social media game by heart. There is no better teacher for Claudio Caluori to learn just what it takes to put together the most likeable Instagram edit ever. For the 5th and final episode of “Take Claudio to the Limit” Morgane and Claudio visit Scuol in the Engadin Samnaun Val Müstair bike region with the mission to boost their social media game and showcase the area as well as themselves in the best possible…