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What Are Your Suggestions for New Long-Distance Bikepacking Trails?

4 days ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

The International Mountain Bicycling Association's is asking cyclists to submit their ideas for off-pavement long-distance bike routes throughout the nation. The Long Live Long Trails survey is open through August 1 and aims to collect ideas for potential off-road bike trails that are more than 80 miles long. Following the passage of the bipartisan BOLT Act last year, IMBA, Bikepacking Roots, and PeopleForBikes formed the BOLT Coalition to help develop these new routes.
Mountain of Hell Celebrates 25 Years of Icy Wipe Outs

5 days ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

The carnage that is France’s annual Mountain of Hell celebrated its 25th anniversary this weekend, and the video that’s been rolling in lives up to the (injury-free) smash-ups we’ve all come to love. Started in 1999 (and taking 2020 off for Covid), the Mountain of Hell is a downhill mountain bike race on the slopes of Les Deux Alpes ski resort and through 2 Alpes Bike Park. It starts at an elevation of 11,200 feet and plummets 8,200 vertical feet over 17 miles of ice, gravel, mud and singletrack.
Team Up With the Calirado Kid For a California Citizen Scientist Project

1 week ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

Love the outdoors? Love mountain biking? Love science? Conservation nonprofit Adventure Scientists has teamed up with the Calirado Kid (AKA Joe Foft) to enlist mountain bikers in California to collect soil and insect samples to better understand California’s biodiversity. The samples will be used as part of California’s 30X30 Strategy, in which the state hopes to conserve 30 percent of California lands and coastal waters by 2030.
LaHyla Bikes Drops First Two Rigs Specifically Designed for Young Shredders

1 week ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

Young shredders who want to take their riding to the next level have a new arsenal choice as Quebec’s LaHyla Bikes hits the market after three years of development. Since 2022, Canadian brand LaHyla Bikes has been working on designing a pro-level mountain bike for kids, engineered, sized and spec’d for smaller riders who want a reliable, quality bike they can send hard on as they develop their skills.
Keep Your Suspension Buttery With Joe's No Flats Suspension & Dropper Post Smoother

1 week ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

My friends can attest that I’m not always up on my bike maintenance, so I was pretty stoked when Joe’s No Flats popped up in my inbox letting me know about their Joe’s No Flats Suspension and Dropper Post Smoother. Joe’s argues that while most of us fawn over our drivetrains, we tend to neglect our suspension and dropper posts (guilty as charged). Considering that forks and posts can cost way more than drivetrains, it’s an excellent point.
Shimano Completes Wireless Lineup with New Deore and Deore XT Di2 Groupsets

1 week ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

In This ArticleAfter releasing its XTR M9200 Di2 wireless groupset earlier this month, Shimano announces the release of its Deore M6200 Di2 and Deore XT M8200 Di2 groupsets, completing the conversion of its triad of legendary drivetrains to the wireless arena for both mountain bikes and eMTBs.The Deore and Deore XT Di2 releases give SRAM’s excellent AXS wireless drivetrains and transmission some healthy competition.
RideWrap's New Protection Kits Show Cranks the Respect They Deserve

2 weeks ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

Did you have to lie to a loved one when you bought your bike? Does your bike factor into your retirement plan? Is your bike worth more than my car? (Probably). RideWrap creates self-healing protective film to cover almost every inch of your bike, and with the addition of its new crank protection kits, its Achilles heel is finally protected. “Cranks take the hits, absorb the heel rub, and battle through the muck—day in and day out. They work hard to push us forward every ride.
More Than 3 Million Acres of Public Land Could Be Sold Off Under New Bill Amendment

2 weeks ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has added pubic land sales back into President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the administration’s budget reconciliation bill that is before the Senate. The new provision would place 3 million acres of Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service Land on the market, with state and tribal entities having first right of refusal before being offered for sale to private entities.
Saris Updates Its Freedom 2 Rack, How Does It Stack Up?

2 weeks ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

In This ArticleImpressionsIn UseSummaryPros and ConsThe first iteration of the Freedom 2 came out in 2017 and has been a reliable, light-weight, two-bike rack that can be adapted to fit both a 1.25-inch or 2-inch receiver. Saris has updated the Freedom 2 for 2025 by replacing the center support column with lockable front wheel J-hook arms. This major change brings no-frame contact for securing your bikes quickly and easily.
Scotland's Borders Region Closer to Getting Mountain Biking Innovation Center

2 weeks ago | bikemag.com | Steve Larese

The South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) has announced plans for a Mountain Bike Innovation Center in Innerleithen that could create more than 400 jobs in the Borders region over the next decade. The multi-million pound center will require the razing of a textile mill building that dates 1788–one of Scotland’s oldest industrial buildings still standing. Newer buildings had been added to the site over the centuries, and it was last used in 2011 and has been vacant since.