“I feel like I’m in the best shape of my life right now,” said Finn Iles after taking three of four stages in the Kicking Horse Enduro today, including the longest stage of the day that followed on the heels of a punishing climb. I went a little bit faster on the big, massive pedal because I thought that if I had more time at the top I’d be able to rest and just be ready for the stage… So I was up there and I felt really good. I dropped in, almost crashed within the first three corners because…
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As a contact point, it’s a small but crucial component for every rider and a big step for PEMBREE founder Phil Law. With the market launch of its first flat pedal, the British company is pursuing a modern corporate philosophy that should have long been standard in the bicycle industry: manufacturing excellence, product quality and strength coupled with environmental sustainability. With the launch of its first flat pedal targeted at e-MTB, freeride and enduro, the ‘R1V’, Phil is realizing his long-cherished desire to take on a pioneering role within the cycling industry with “innovative products and green solutions”. Establishing PEMBREE…
It was a big day for mountain bike fans around the world, with two Downhill races to follow along with, wrapping the action of Week 1 of the CLIF Crankworx Summer Series. First up, the Maxxis SilverStar DH saw the Summer Series’ mix of 25 downhillers, enduro riders, all-rounders, and even one of the world’s best slopestyle riders line up at the start gate. The race is the first Downhill race to hit the airwaves since Crankworx Rotorua in March. “In the morning I woke up and was like ‘Oh, it’s Downhill day, this is sort of your thing. Time…
For Vaea Verbeeck and Bas van Steenbergen of nearby Coldstream, B.C., it was a “dramatic, eventful day” (in the words of Verbeeck) of racing at Vernon’s SilverStar Resort. The two emerged victorious, the first shared podium for the couple, after a hot and rowdy day in the SilverStar Dual Slalom. The event was the second day of competition for the SilverStar stop of the three week long CLIF Crankworx Summer Series. The win marked the third career Crankworx Dual Slalom win for Verbeeck, and her second podium of the week. She placed second in the previous day’s SilverStar Enduro. Her…
Multi-condition Trail/Enduro shoes combine pedaling performance and off-the-bike grip. Whether you’re looking for a race shoe or an all-rounder, SHIMANO’s ME7 and ME5 have you covered. The ME7 is Shimano’s elite racing shoe so, as you can expect, it comes with a healthy dose of feedback and studies gathered from athletes in 2019’s Enduro World Series rounds. The ME5 translates that racing technology into a shoe that’s at home under the foot of competitive and demanding riders looking for a different mix of pedaling stiffness, grip and comfort. The ME7 features include: A NEW MICHELIN® high-performance, dual-density rubber outsole to…
Racing is officially back, and the first victors of the CLIF Crankworx Summer Series have been crowned. Under a punishing mid-summer sun that pushed temps into the mid-30s, 24 of the world’s best riders came together to see how they stacked up against their peers from across disciplines in the SilverStar Enduro. Coming out on top after four stages were Whistler’s Finn Iles and Vernon-local Casey Brown. So much drama. I got to the top and only had a few minutes before dropping in…the timing was tight. I forgot to take my shock out of lock mode, so I dropped in locked…
Girls and women often have a big respect for riding bike parks, single trails and its possible dangers. But if you end up too tense and stressed on your bike, you will not be able to enjoy the trails or the landscape to the fullest – not to mention the risks that arise exactly through such behavior. 35-year-old Austrian bike pro Angie Hohenwarter knows these problems all too well from the beginning of her career. Here is her 101 to improve your riding technique and optimize your mindset, while enjoying the trails of Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis. Austrian pro rider Angie Hohenwarter started…
Audi Nines MTB, the famed Freeride and Slopestyle Mountain Bike event presented by Falken in partnership with Bikepark Idarkopf, will return to the Ellweiler quarry in the bike region of Hunsrück-Nahe, Germany for more out-of-this-world MTB action. This year’s event will remain closed to the public, but rest assured: all of the week’s action will be available for online viewing like never before! The Audi Nines are excited to announce that the event’s 10th annual Mountain Bike edition will take place as planned later this fall. From the 7th till the 12th of September 2020, this exclusive event will sequester…
The Enduro World Series (EWS) today announces some important changes to its revised 2020 calendar to ensure fair competition for all in light of the current situation with Coronavirus. In the interests of fair sport, the Trophy of Nations race scheduled to take place in Finale on Sunday, September 27 will now go ahead as a standard individual start Enduro World Series race. With the possibility that not all countries will be able to travel to compete and no way to create a qualification process, the Nations race is on pause for 2020. However, that means some of the biggest…
Hopes, dreams and hard work somehow do not always pay off: Mountainbike Rider Magazine, Bikepark Winterberg and the crew of the iXS Dirt Masters are forced to cancel the festival for 2020. After the appearance of Covid-19 earlier this year the major event was postponed to September 18-20 in order to guarantee the safety of all spectators and riders. Furthermore a comprehensive hygiene concept was set up. With the focus on safety and the reduction of the risk of infection, the beloved festival was planned as usual, from A to Z. In addition to the careful planning, a software company…
Following a successful Red Bull Rookie of The Year (ROTY) in 2019, the finish of which saw French rider Timothé Bringer travel to Crankworx Rotorua with a Wildcard and achieve a Top 10 finish, the FMB World Tour was looking forward to expanding the ROTY Award in 2020, but things don’t always go as planned. 2020 wouldn’t be the same without crowning a new Rookie of the Year, so in order for this to happen, the FMB World Tour is bringing back the video contest from last year and raising the stakes. Red Bull Rookie of the Year 2020 The…
Join two World Champion mountain bikers in “Ride with the Swedes” as they travel the world, compete at the highest level and enjoy riding with friends. Martin Söderström and Emil Johannson are recognized as two of the best mountain bikers in the world and with this six-episode-series on Red Bull TV, you’ll have the chance to look into what it takes to ride and compete at the highest level. For a country with a population of just about 10 million, Sweden is producing a number of exceptional freeride mountain bikers. In order to better understand what is happening in this…
Niner Bikes is pleased to announce the all new e9 series of Bosch powered e-mountain bikes. The 150mm travel RIP e9 and the 180mm travel WFO e9 represent the first e-bikes in Niner’s history. From ‘day one’ in 2005, we started making 29ers because they genuinely improved our ride, allowing riders to pedal faster, smoother, farther, stronger, and feel more confident. Today in 2020, our mission hasn’t changed one bit. With the e9 MTB series, we’re upping the fun factor, offering new ways to Pedal, Damn It! and maintaining our signature ride quality and Niner style.- Chris Sugai, company founder The RIP e9…
The 2020 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Lenzerheide, which has already been postponed from August to September due to the COVID 19 pandemic, cannot take place despite the intensive efforts of the organizing committee. The reasons for this are on the one hand the lack of planning and implementation security for major events from September and on the other hand the currently given protective measures, which could not have been guaranteed at an event such as the 2020 Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. The canton of Grisons is unable to issue the permission required under the current regulations today,…