The roaring cheer of crowds returned to the Austrian Alps today. The Official European Whip-Off Championships presented by POC not only marked the first day of competition for the 2022 Crankworx World Tour, but the first full Crankworx event with spectators since March 2020. Jackson Goldstone and Robin Goomes go home champions, a second time for both, with Jackson winning at Crankworx Rotorua in 2020 and Robin winning at last year in Innsbruck. The vibes were high with the crowd stoked to be back at what is undeniably one of the most scenic backdrops of a Crankworx event. Picture the…
Author: Tomas
Mountain biking, live concerts, racing action, spectacular Big Air shows, meet & greets, group rides and workshops with some of the scene’s biggest stars as well as a huge Expo Area and countless parties – the legendary GlemmRide Bike Festival is well and truly back. From July 7-10, 2022, the idyllic Austrian Glemmtal valley with its vast network of trails is set to once again become the epicenter of the mountain bike scene and all those who can never ride and enjoy themselves enough. It all starts with several warmup parties on Wednesday, July 6, before the huge GlemmRide Bike…
Mountain bike enthusiasts return to gather on the trails of Carosello 3000 for a new edition of the Great Days scheduled from 29th to 31st July 2022. The program edition includes lots of riding, great opportunities for socializing, parties with live music, and the famous bike-game Tutti Frutti Challenge. Also, the news of 2022: the adrenaline-filled top-to-bottom Tk Avalanche. The event, now in its fourth edition, is based on a well-tested format. It starts in the late afternoon of Friday 29th of July with the Sunset Ride with Hans Rey, a group riding with the last light of the day…
I have literally sneaked my bike into the Shimano Iberia facilities to show you what a day is like inside the offices of the Japanese firm. Its headquarters are located in Alcobendas, Madrid, and everything in its new building is designed so that the cycling sector in our country can interact, contribute, learn or show any idea or product from within. Much more than a headquarters A modern and avant-garde interior houses the Shimano cycling and fishing departments, with all that this entails: meeting rooms, presentation room, sales service, after-sales service, technical service, bikefitting, warehouse and of course the training…
Spring weather and rising temperatures in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis can mean only one thing – following a successful winter season, it’s time to trade in steel edges for knobby tires. The trail crew of what is probably the most family-friendly holiday destination in Austria has been hard at work in order to make sure the bike park and the single trails are good to go for the start of the season, on 11 June. Owing to the work and investments put in over the last few years, Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis offers visitors a wide selection of lines and between the eight Alpine single trails and nine…
We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: 2022 is no joke. From Crankworx Innsbruck in just over a month to Crankworx Summer Series Canada taking us to some epic riding destinations to the return of Crankworx Whistler after a two-year hiatus… Wait, pause. Crankworx Summer Series Canada? That’s right, riders, Crankworx is bringing a multi-stop race series to Canada this summer with events at SilverStar Bike Park and throughout Quebec city! Whether you want details on Summer Series Canada (obviously!), how Georgia Astle stays safe as she pushes for progression, or what’s been going on across the industry……
An almost secret place, hidden in the heart of the Alps, Bikepark Lienz will kick off its season on May 20th. One of the youngest bike parks in Europe provides an incredible view of the Alps and mountain bikers of all levels with a place to practice their skills. In 2021, its Peter Sagan trail, named after the famous Slovak road cyclist, won an award for being the best Freeride trail in the Tyrolean region. In addition to the spectacular views of the Alps, the familial atmosphere and the selection of trails, the bike park is also a member of…
Great atmosphere expected at the Eurobike Festival Days with FMB (Freeride Mountain Bike) Slopestyle Gold Event – the winner gets a wildcard for the Red Bull District Ride Frankfurt – Eurobike will open its doors for the first time on the Frankfurt trade fair grounds from 13-17 July this year. The program includes exciting innovations from the biking world and business talk, and it will involve a lot of action again. Alongside Danny MacAskill and the legendary Drop and Roll crew, Eurobike 2022 will host an FMB Gold Event for the first time and welcome the slopestyle world elite to…
It’s been five years since Crankworx added a new stop to its World Tour (Innsbruck joined the party in 2017). Today, a new fourth stop will be unveiled. Starting in 2022, the ultimate experience in mountain biking will have a new home in Cairns, Australia. We have been working with the team in Cairns since 2018 to make this happen. To see all the pieces of the puzzle come together, and to start working with the team on the ground to plan a new World Tour festival, is such a dream. Cairns is one-of-a-kind, with the Wet Tropics Rainforest and…
We at WTB are constantly working towards reducing the enviromental impact of how our products are manufactured, packaged, shipped and recycled. While these are crucial steps towards reducing the overall carbon footprint of our products, they alone do not provide the key to climate stability. Offseting carbon – one click at a time By partnering with Neutrl, we now provide our customers an option to offset the carbon footprint of webstore purchases by directly and proportionally supporting projects dedicated to carbon capture technology. Help end the climate crisis Every year, the world adds 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases to…
Bob Marley once sang, “The sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah.” Indeed: The days are getting longer, the temperatures are rising and the birds are chirping louder. Which means one thing: spring is here! This news will make trail shredders and downhill riders feel a tingling under the skin because the beginning of spring also means that the bike park season is here. Good news for mountain biker riders who want to pursue their favorite hobby without restrains or borders: Europe’s largest bike park flat rate, the Gravity Card, has added two new bike parks to their network; Lienz and…
Ever since enduro bikes emerged on the mountain biking horizon, the hunt for a compromise between downhill capability and uphill efficiency has been on. The geometry, suspension layouts, lockout shocks, remotes… Also the incredible growth of racing, with its bespoke requirements laid before the engineers, trying to come up with the latest and greatest of this new all-in-one discipline, new niches to fill, just like in the golden age of downhill racing domination. The answer to whether mountain bikes have matured into their ultimate form has been unclear so far. Woodsprite is the antidote to the chaos happening in the…
Galfer Bike launches its innovative fixed version of the Disc Shark®, the most complete MTB brake disc available today. Its innovative manufacturing process uses laser cutting to create the optimal design geometry and achieve the best possible performance. In 2021 Galfer Bike started to develop the prototype of its new brake disc for “gravity” disciplines (DH/Enduro), which was used by the riders of the UCI DH Commencal Muc-Off team last season. This disc, together with Galfer Pro brake pads, helped Myriam Nicole win the World Championship, and brought several World Cup victories and podiums for Amaury Pierron and Thibaut Dapréla.…
Mountain bikers of all levels will be able to push their performance to new limits from today, as Continental announces its all-new Gravity Range of MTB tires. With a wide-ranging portfolio engineered from the ground up to meet the demands of every rider, the range is designed to instil maximum confidence on every type of trail. Three years of development by Continental’s category-leading R&D team has led to the creation of five unique tread patterns designed to suit dry hardpack, loose terrain, mud, and everything in between. To complement these five new tread patterns, Continental has developed three casing and…