VIDEO: Hucking a Train Gap on A Mountain Bike… skip to 1:30 for the train gap This is nutty… We don’t even like to think about what would happen if you came up short on this thing… “This video is about jumping the train gap by mountain bike which is located between Whistler and Pemberton. The rider is Yusuke Yamamoto from Burnaby, BC.” Cycle CycleBrains | August 16, 2016 0 Comments
Red Bull Announces Rider List For 2016 Rampage in Virgin, UT Red Bull has announced the rider list for this year’s Red Bull Rampage. We are stoked to see what the boys have in store this year. This will be the 11th time that the world’s best racers, freeriders, and slopestyle riders will meet in the desert of Virgin, Utah, to determine a champion. Each year the jumps at the […] Cycle Guest Author | August 4, 2016 0 Comments
Study: Electric Bikes Are Considered Motorized Vehicles A study released by IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association) at last year’s Interbike conference in Las Vegas concluded that electric pedal assist mountain bikes should be grouped in the same category as motorcycles or dirt bikes. This means that they should only be ridden on OHV trails, and should not be allowed on mountain bike trails. The study suggests that […] Cycle Guest Author | July 30, 2016 6 Comments
Whistler Bike Park Conditions Report: Summer is Here After a rainy June and July, Summer has arrived here in Whistler! It was like our own private mountain this weekend, as the Ironman Canada Triathlon caused many road closures on Sunday. The result was almost ZERO lift lines all weekend, even on the lower mountain! The trails are drying out, especially down low. Lower A-line (tech), Family Cross, Lower […] Cycle Guest Author | July 25, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Whistler’s Best Trails.. On A Road Bike! Credit- GoPro So you’re stoked that you just started clearing all the jumps on Whistler’s signature trail, A-Line? Sit back down and watch this video. Yoann Barelli rides it on his cross bike- with drop bars. A-Line is regarded by some riders as the best bike park trail in the world. It was built about 15 years ago and was […] Cycle Guest Author | July 22, 2016 3 Comments
Are You Enduro? The last 10 years in mountain biking have seen some pretty significant changes both in technology and riding style. The word enduro wasn’t ever used to describe mountain bikes, it was strictly a dirt bike thing. But it came from the same idea: a stage race. As bigger wheels become more popular (29″, 27.5) it is becoming easier and easier for […] Cycle Guest Author | July 20, 2016 0 Comments
Enduro World Series 2017 Announced Five years ago, race organizers around the planet got together and decided to start an international race series that took the best mountain bikers in the world and put them up against some of the most epic trails around. The EWS was born! These days, the Enduro World Series attracts not only the world’s fittest mountain bikers, but also some […] Cycle Guest Author | July 20, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Sending it with Style in British Columbia, Canada with the Coastal Crew Credit: Coastal Crew We love the Coastal Crew’s style. They just make eveything look so effortless. Though they aren’t throwing the biggest tricks in biking right now, their smooth riding speaks for itself, and they could arguably be the best trail builders in Canada. This video makes great use of a camera stabilizer called a Gimbal. It enables a ton of camera […] Cycle Guest Author | July 19, 2016 0 Comments
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