Articles

Crankworx Pumptrack Challenge doesn't disappoint.

The Crankworx Whistler Pump Track saw a serious battle Thursday evening with Adrien LORON (FRA) coming in, game face on, to carve out a name for himself as the first Pump Track Series winner. Loron and Joost WICHMAN (NED), the Pump Track Champion from Crankworx Rotorua, went head to head in the quarter finals, eliminating Wichman, one of the top three Pump Track competitors in the world, by mere millimetres well before the end of the night, and leaving Loron to face a Crankworx...

Aug 14, 2015

Videos

Trek World Racing Stories: 2.4 - Mt. St. Anne.

Today sees the release of the fourth episode for 2015 of Trek World Racing's Stories. Episode 2.4 covers the just completed North American leg of the UCI World Cup which saw some pretty amazing...

Trek World Racing

Aug 14, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Articles

Buchar & Gutierrez for the win in Crankworx Garbanzo DH.

Despite organizers' attempts to mix it up for the Garbanzo DH, fans of the iconic Crankworx race likely felt a little déjà vu Wednesday as Claire BUCHAR and Marcelo GUTIERREZ VILLEGAS stepped atop...

Crankworx

Aug 12, 2015 3 min read

Competitions

Rachel Atherton wraps the championship during timed practice at Windham.

The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup’s finals are still ahead of us, but there is already an overall winner: Rachel Atherton is this year’s downhill champion. The Briton was more than nine seconds ahead...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 11, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Moseley & Rude are your Crankworx Canadian Open Enduro champs.

Everyone knows that anything can happen at Crankworx - and the SRAM Canadian Open Enduro Presented by Specialized didn't disappoint. There was heartbreak and elation in equal measure at a dramatic...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 10, 2015 3 min read

Competitions

Crankworx Enduro map released. Ride on lads.

It was released a couple days ago, but here in it's PDF glory is the enduro course for today. Good luck to all the competitors, light sprinkles are going to make it much better. PDF...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 9, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Rain smain. Tyler McCaul takes the Crankworx speed & style win.

After years of battling for another Crankworx win, Tyler McCAUL walked away with a tidy first place finish in the CLIF Bar Dual Speed & Style over friend and rival Kyle Strait. While not enough...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 9, 2015 3 min read

Competitions

Crankworx kicks off with Fat Tire Crit.

Squamish rider Quinn Moberg and Fat Tire Crit super champ Jean Ann Berkenpas take wins July 7, 2015 Whistler, B.C. – A cross-country rider from Valemont, B.C. has proven hat-tricks will be the talk...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 8, 2015 3 min read

News

Rocky Mountain Bikes releases new DH bike. Frame costs 2x my first car.

After nearly four years of development, we're proud to launch the Maiden. With the freedom to design on an extended schedule, it represents the cutting edge of our technology. Its all-carbon frame...

Chris Armstrong

Aug 6, 2015 5 min read

News

Whistler Bike Park opens new lift. Riders rejoicing.

What is “History”? How far back do you have to go for something to be considered historic? How do you “Make History”? Have you ever looked back on a piece of Mountain Bike film from the early 1990’s...

Brian Finestone

Aug 4, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Videos

Mt. St. Anne World Cup: Santa Cruz Syndicate Race Report.

A healthy Rat is a fast Rat! After getting up close and personal with a tree in Ft. William, and dislocating his finger in Lenzerheide, Josh was on the hunt for his first World Cup win since...

Santa Cruz Bikes

Aug 3, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Videos

Mt. St. Anne downhill course preview with Claudio Caluori.

25 years of Mount St. Anne. It's the longest continual course on the calendar, and loved by almost everyone that races on it.

Red Bull

Jul 31, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

French Enduro Series: numéro quatre.

This 4th round could have been a corner stone in the 2016 Enduro French Cup rankings and it was indeed the case. On the 310 riders at the start gate, we noticed straight away that Loic Piazon and...

Chris Armstrong

Jul 29, 2015 Less than 2 min read

News

Crankworx world tour comes home. Don't count Semenuk out.

With the dust settling on the second stop of the Crankworx World Tour, Whistler is ready for the big show. Home at last and ready to break new ground in the sport, Crankworx Whistler will see the...

Crankworx

Jul 27, 2015 3 min read

Videos

On track with Curtis Keene: The Little Voice Inside

The Crankworx Rotorua race was uncharted territory for Curtis Keene and the Specialized team. Curtis' experience on this trip leaves him with physical and mental challenges to overcome if he is...

Red Bull

Jul 25, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Videos

Trek World Racing Stories: Lenzerheide

Episode 2.3 is set in the Swiss Alps, which offered up the new "classic" track at Lenzerheide, coupling steep technical and high speed, with dust and heat.

Trek World Racing

Jul 22, 2015 Less than 2 min read

News

So a German & a Scott went bike riding in Italy.

Livigno is expanding: as of last week the Italian bike resort has three new trails on its extensive bike map. On Thursday, a new route was opened in Val Minor, an important link between Livigno and...

Rasoulution

Jul 21, 2015 3 min read

Reviews

Reviewed: Bontrager Lithos Short & Rhythm Shirt

Frankly I hadn't come across Bontrager clothing before a couple months ago. I had no idea that they were producing anything other than bits for bikes and have been doing it for over five...

Chris Armstrong

Jul 17, 2015 3 min read

Videos

Whistler Bike Park. In The Zone

Going back to the roots (literally) of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park, technical riding is what started it all but some could say has been overshadowed recently by the significant development of...

Whistler Blackcomb

Jul 16, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

The French were fast in France on the weekend.

The Crankworx France vs. The World team captain and current leader in the Crankworx DH Championships, Loic Bruni, seized the win in the Les 2 Alpes downhill race with a commanding lead and a roar...

Crankworx

Jul 13, 2015 3 min read

Competitions

This Rheeder guy seems to be pretty good on bikes.

Brett Rheeder has won the 2nd round of the Triple Crown, the Crankworx Les 2 Alpes SlopestyleAfter thrilling the Kiwi fans by sharing his victory lap in the Crankworx Rotorua Slopestyle with friend...

Crankworx

Jul 11, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Trail Reports

David Cachon goes to Ibiza.

Techno, party & bikes It is not the first time I visit this island, the truth is that it is already the eighth time that I do. He had never worried me in tracing the origin of this movement....

David Cachon

Jul 10, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Videos

The French like to tease.

We bring you the second of four teasers from the COMMENCAL / VALLNORD Downhill Racing Team. Catching up on all the action from Fort William (Scotland), Leogang (Austria) and the most recent UCI...

Chris Armstrong

Jul 9, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Videos

Santa Cruz Syndicate race report from Lenzerheide World Cup.

The World Cup’s first trip to Lenzerheide, Switzerland was a smashing success. Making it look easy on the Steve Peat-designed track, Greg Minnaar stepped to the top of the box once again, taking his...

Santa Cruz Bikes

Jul 7, 2015 Less than 2 min read

Competitions

Les Deux Alpes goes all diamonds this weekend.

After starting the season in Rotorua, New Zealand and then round two in Munich, Germany – it's time to travel to France for the third stop: Crankworx Les 2 Alpes. With two events already on the...

Chris Armstrong

Jul 7, 2015 Less than 2 min read