Alpinestars today announced its latest short video, “Desert Blossoms,” a shoot filmed in the Utah desert with three new team athletes and a look at some of the latest mountain bike clothing, gear, and protection from the Spring 2022 line. The Team expands for 2022, introducing Freeride riders Ryan McNulty, brothers Aidan Howe and Asa Howe, and Dakoda Osusky. Inspired by the company’s namesake, the perennial Alpine star flower, “Desert Blossoms” celebrates the launch of the Spring 2022 Mountain Bike line and three of the four athletes. The video was shot in southern Utah, the home base for Ryan and Dakoda. Aidan…
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As the last of the snow melts, the Pinzgau bike paradise will soon be conquered again by mountain bike enthusiasts. On 7 May 2022, the Epic Bikepark Leogang will open its gates for the season, looking forward to a promising mountain bike-filled calendar with top-class events and specials. The Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup will once again be held as a double header promising another year of tight Downhill and Cross-Country racing, with the latter including both Short Track and Olympic distance. Later this year, the bike community will once again come together for the BIKE Festival in September,…
After two decades as one of the World’s best riders, 2022 marks the first year of Maja’s retirement from professional racing. “For me it’s actually the beginning. Now I can ride whenever I want, wherever I want, however I want on which bike I want”, she says. We are extremely proud to say that that bike is a NS. With two Olympic medals, World Championship titles, World Cup wins and more Polish National Championship titles than we have fingers for, Maja comes with an impressive collection of medals and an even greater bank of experience. Maja has been a leading…
The Kings and Queens of mountain bike. Slopestyle’s elite. Up-and-comers, amateurs, junior and teeny-tiny shredders. The media, industry, and top brands in the sport. 11 weeks from now, they’ll all be making tracks to the first Crankworx World Tour stop of the season in Innsbruck, Austria, June 15-19. One additional core group will be joining the crusade to Crankworx Innsbruck this year: the fans. For the first time in three years, Crankworx will be welcoming back fans in full capacity to get up close to all the action. Crowd has been misse. I hope they still remember how to go…
Spectators on-site as well as online who closely followed the first Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup in Lourdes a couple of days ago might have spotted a new brand on Greg Minnaar’s helmet. This season, the GOAT will be sporting a helmet designed in collaboration with Mous and Fox. Greg deliberately chose his new helmet branding partner because he really believes in the product and wanted to advocate for an exciting, innovative young brand. To celebrate the new partnership, the reigning World Champ took the new helmet out to Greg’s home turf South Africa. The resulting edit of Greg racing…
The expansive NS Bikes family tree was recently struck by lightning, and a new electrifiedmodel grew from that bolt of energy. We named it E-fine, following the grain of our Definemodels with their gravity geo that’s poised to party or race all day long. This full-powered branch didn’t sprout simply because every other bike company now has anelectric arm. Over the years we have tested a lot of ebikes without finding one that truly stoleour team’s heart. It took us a while to figure out what kind of ebike we wanted. We askourselves what truly makes an e-bike great? If…
ABUS is expanding its mountain bike helmet portfolio with a new all-round model, the MODROP, which impresses with high-quality features, protection and light weight. Designed to keep you safe and comfortable, whether family rides or cross-mountain adventures, the ABUS MODROP is the perfect choice for any adventure. ABUS offers the MODROP in eight design options, catering to a wide variety of tastes. The two-shell-in-mold construction makes the helmet robust and safe and thanks to the Zoom-Ace system, the sizing of the helmet is individually adjustable, ensuring a stable and locked-in fit. The Ponytail Outlet, a gap between the adjustment system and the lower edge of the helmet, means…
Pivot’s latest trailbike is designed from the ground up to deliver maximum confidence and fun per pedal stroke. Rolling a whole new look and name in the Pivot line, the Shadowcat carries forward the exceptional heritage of the Mach 5.5, with a completely new feather-weight chassis, combining progressive geometry and incredible suspension. The result is a bike that twists the fun dial all the way to the loudest setting and breaks it off. Our goal with the Shadowcat was to build the best bike for having fun. The combination of ultra-lightweight, suspension tuning and geometry results in a bike that…
We’ve all had those days. The clock ticks away with increasing volume, phones ring incessantly, and the hustle and bustle of the office slowly devours creativity. Sometimes you simply need to close your computer and reset. As an industrial designer at Evil Bikes, I’m part of a passionate team responsible for designing and shaping our bikes into what you see out on the trail. As you might expect, establishing and maintaining a steady flow of creativity is a must.
The wait is worth it! This definitely applies to Red Bull District Ride, which will, after a five-year break finally return to Nuremberg this summer. On the 2nd and 3rd of September the world’s best slopestyle and freeride mountain bike riders will meet in the Franconian city to battle it out and determine who will follow in the footsteps of Aaron Chase, Cam McCaul, Sam Pilgrim, Brandon Semenuk and Nicholi Rogatkin. Next to high-flyer Emil Johansson, German slopestyle ace Erik Fedko can also count himself among the favorites. Erik Fedko’s career kicked off with a wildcard for Red Bull District…
Leatt announces their partnership with the “coolest kids on the block”, the Pivot Factory Racing team for 2022 and beyond. The South African brand is kitting out the team with apparel, protection, and eyewear. Morgane Charre and Matt Walker will also be riding in the new 2023 Leatt footwear and testing the upcoming models! The Pivot Factory Racing team is managed by the YouTube star Bernard Kerr and he is beyond thrilled with the new partnership: I’ve worked with Leatt for many years in the past, riding their neck brace and when the opportunity came about to get fully on…
Keen eyes in Mexico will have realized that Erik Fedko is sending it on a new rig at Freeride Fiesta this week. YT Industries and Erik Fedko announced they will be teaming up in pursuit of Good Times. YT Industries kicks off the new year with some big news fresh from the press in Mexico. The gravity mountain bike brand welcomes Erik Fedko to the team. The best German slopestyle mountain biker and one of the best tricksters in the world will be riding Dirt Love, TUES, and Co for the years to come. Freeride Fiesta is the perfect kick-off…
DH races, being the mountain biking’s equivalent of Formula 1, always pose serious challenges both to the rider as well as the designer. Although it’s unclear whether course designs changed to accommodate 29”-wheeled bikes, or their relentlessly increasing difficulty naturally suits the larger wheels, one thing is for certain – the rider needs an entirely different steed to what was once enough. The new Darkmatter is built for winning. It’s long and the centre of gravity is low, which assures stability at speed, without sacrificing the responsiveness in the corners. A fully reworked Noster Kinetics suspension platform ensures maximum suspension…
We start the New Year with a bang and a dose of positive energy. Do you think that back pain is the end of the world? If yes, than we present to you Marek – a man for whom the lack of an arm and a leg is not a barrier to cycling. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Marek Turkiewicz, disabled mountainbiker from Poland. Justyna John, 43RIDE: Hello, we should start our interview with the question – how do you do it? Without your left arm and right leg you are able to ride a bike? Marek Turkiewicz: Hi! I must…