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sideshow Added a new Feature [DRAFT] Introducing the Updated 2019 RockShox Lyrik and Super Deluxe
1/4/2022 5:37pm
There are product launches, and then there are SRAM product launches. When the call came in with the opportunity to try out the new 2019 RockShox Lyrik and Super Deluxe while riding in a premier...
sideshow Added a new Feature New Zealand National Champs Crowned
1/4/2022 5:37pm
Dark skies and a fierce winds greeted racers of the 2018 New Zealand National Mountain Bike Championships on Sunday morning high in the Crown Range atop Cardrona, New Zealand. Looking west into...
sideshow Added a new Feature DO NOT PUBLISH - nz champs orig
1/4/2022 5:37pm
Dark skies and a strong wind greeted racers, media, and marshals alike on Sunday morning high in the Crown Range atop Cardrona. Looking into Queenstown in the West and Wanaka in the East didn't show...
sideshow Added a new Feature Hero Dirt, New Zealand National Champs
1/4/2022 5:37pm
On Thursday morning we all woke up to brilliant bluebird skies...and snow capped mountains. The ski fields had received enough snow for people to skin/splitboard up onto the hills and get some mid...
sideshow Added a new Feature Pro Bike Check: Bas van Steenbergen's Hyper
1/4/2022 5:37pm
It's not for sale just yet, but Bas van Steenbergen has been shredding his proto-production Hyper DH sled for the past couple of months, and he's down in Queenstown putting it through the wringer...
sideshow Added a new Feature Oceania DH Champs, Results, Race Action and Interviews
1/4/2022 5:37pm
The rain came to Dunedin, New Zealand, and turned the Signal Hill downhill track into an ice skating rink for race day at the 2018 Oceania DH Championships. Never before have I seen so many riders...
sideshow Added a new Feature Oceania DH Champs - Photos and Rider Interviews from Day 1
1/4/2022 5:37pm
Oceanias is the event which brings together mountain bike competitors from the South Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand, or more officially, "...a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia...
sideshow Added a new Feature Deep Shadows and Brown Pow
1/4/2022 5:37pm
It’s never too early for the race season to start, so this past weekend Vertigo Bikes kicked off its annual race series headed by co-owner Pang. The fresh-cut track courtesy of Jimi Ramsey, the...
sideshow Added a new Feature DELETING SOON - original DHSE schedule article - now in NEWS section
1/4/2022 5:37pm
Hot off the press, Neko Mulally just delivered Vital the Downhill South East Series schedule! If you can't want for the race season to start back up, well you're in luck, because it's right around the...
sideshow Added a new Feature New Zealand DH Action - DHSS Final Round at Cardrona
1/4/2022 5:37pm
The DH Southern Series (DHSS) in New Zealand is not your average race series. It’s put on by people who are passionate about providing well-run events and fostering a competitive and professional...
sideshow Added a new Feature 3 Killer Custom Giant DH Machines - Vertigo Bikes Glory
1/4/2022 5:37pm
Queenstown, New Zealand is a on everyone's radar once December rolls around. The Southern Hemisphere summer is in full swing as winter rolls over the North and the QT locals and seasonal nomads...
sideshow Added a new Feature New Zealand Summer is Here
1/4/2022 5:37pm
The Season of Shred party has become a staple event in Queenstown, NZ, at the start of each summer. The brain child of Amy Freedman-Davis, she wanted to create a cool way to kick off the riding season...
sideshow Added a new Feature 72 Hours of Kingdom Trails on Aaron Gwin's Tires and a DH-Worthy Enduro Wheelset
1/4/2022 5:37pm
Find East Burke, Vermont on a map… Found it? Great! You are now privy to one of the best places to ride a mountain bike in North America. This tiny Vermont town is home to The Kingdom Trails, a 120...
sideshow Added a new Feature Wagon Wheel Washout - Lourdes World Cup DH Analyzed
1/4/2022 5:18pm
Nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees, Lourdes, France, is a little market town with a remarkably unremarkable past. The community exchanged hands through various battles over the centuries, but...
sideshow Added a new Feature Lost Bikes Prototype LP29 DH Machine
1/4/2022 5:18pm
Lost Bikes is a home-grown brand out of Belllingham, Washington, creating specialty mountain bikes. Eric Evans, Brian Davison and Nick Ryser started building their own bikes five years ago and have...
sideshow Added a new Feature Pro GRT Windham Downhill Action & Interviews
1/4/2022 5:18pm
Windham Mountain is a legendary East Coast track. First raced here in 2008, its debut was met with resounding praise. It was steep, loose, fast, and gnarly and would become a paradigm shift for racing...
sideshow Added a new Feature East Coast Rocks and Ruts - U.S. Open DH Practice
1/4/2022 5:18pm
It was a slow start to DH practice at the 2017 U.S. Open of Mountain Biking. Riders were apprehensive about conditions after a night of rain, knowing that the fresh sections would likely be...
sideshow Added a new Feature A New Era of American DH Racing
1/4/2022 5:18pm
Neko Mulally won the U.S. Open in the Amateur classic in 2008, and now, nearly a decade later, has won the U.S. Open as a Pro. “I really wanted to win," he said. Mountain Creek is his home turf...
sideshow Added a new Feature Brass Tax: The Giant Factory Offload team talks tech and data.
1/4/2022 5:18pm
It’s not a reinvention of the wheel so to speak, but rather a reapplication of a long-standing technology. Telemetry and data acquisition have been a staple tech in motor sports for decades, and while...
sideshow Added a new Feature Seven Weeks of Insanity - 2017 World Cup Downhill Mid-Season Report
1/4/2022 5:18pm
As the sun blazes sun overhead in the Portes du Soleil, summer is in full swing and the halfway mark of the 2017 competitive mountain bike season has just slid by. The past weekends of intense racing...
