Durango, CO, to Host 2030 Union Cycliste Internationale Mountain Bike World Championships The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that Durango, Colorado, will be the host city of the 2030 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. The event marks the 40-year anniversary from when the town of Durango and Purgatory Resort hosted the very first UCI mountain bike world championships races in 1990. The 2030 Worlds will take place from August 26 to September 1, 2030, featuring […] Industry News Press Release | September 29, 2025 0 Comments
20th Annual Tahoe Bike Month Kicks Off June 1 Lake Tahoe, Nev./Calif. – Tahoe Bike Month returns this June, marking the region’s 20th year of celebrating bike culture. A collaboration between the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), this month-long series of events and a friendly ride challenge encourages residents and visitors to embrace biking for both transportation and recreation—while helping protect the Lake […] Press Release | May 28, 2025 0 Comments
New Wasatch Gravity Mountain Bike Pass Offers Joint Summer Access to Deer Valley and Solitude, UT, Bike Parks Mountain bikers and summer trail enthusiasts have a new way to ride in Northern Utah this season: the Wasatch Gravity Pass, a joint offering from Deer Valley Resort and Solitude Mountain Resort. The new summer pass provides unlimited lift-served biking, hiking, and scenic chairlift rides at both resorts for $450, with sales opening on May 1. Related: 9 Best Ski […] Biking Martin Kuprianowicz | April 29, 2025 0 Comments
Big Bear Mountain Resort, CA, Makes History with Dual Skiing and Mountain Biking Closing Weekend For the first time in its history, Big Bear Mountain Resort gave guests the chance to ski and mountain bike on the same weekend—a rare and uniquely Southern California feat. As the snow continued to melt under warm spring sunshine, the resort kept its ski operations running at Bear Mountain while launching the mountain bike season early at Snow Valley […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | April 22, 2025 0 Comments
Deer Valley Bike Park, UT, Report: All-Time Conditions with Beautiful Fall Colors on Closing Weekend Report from Saturday and Sunday, September 21 & 22, 2024 What a wonderful summer it has been. But all things must come to an end. The weather aligned this past weekend in Northern Utah to make for some of the best mountain biking conditions you could ask for on Deer Valley’s closing weekend for its bike park. On Saturday, we […] Biking Martin Kuprianowicz | September 25, 2024 0 Comments
Mammoth Mountain, CA, Report: Ski Area Closes but Bike Park Opens Report from Friday, May 31, 2024 All aboard! The first thing I noticed about the shuttle bus when it pulled up was the bike rack attached to the back that could hold what appeared to be two dozen mountain bikes. It was Friday, the first week after Mammoth shut down its ski operations, and the bus was fairly empty, meaning […] Biking Martin Kuprianowicz | May 31, 2024 0 Comments
5 Cyclists Fight Off a Cougar With Their Bare Hands to Save a Friend Last month, on February 17, on the Tokul Creek Trail, just northeast of Fall City, Washington, a group of five women cyclists had to fight off a cougar for 45 minutes with nothing but rocks, sticks, and their bare hands. The cyclists, who were all in their 50s and 60s and part of the competitive Recycled Cycles Racing team, were […] Biking Brent Glogau | March 20, 2024 0 Comments
“Women Need to Be There.” Athletes Criticize Red Bull Rampage Riders for Being All-Male Again This Year Red Bull Rampage is one of the most thrilling and extreme downhill mountain biking events in the world. Held annually in the desert terrain of Southern Utah, the high-stakes competition challenges elite riders to conquer treacherous natural terrain, including massive cliffs, rocky drops, and steep chutes. The riders, handpicked for their exceptional skills and bravery, navigate gravity-defying descents, executing jaw-dropping […] Biking Martin Kuprianowicz | September 25, 2023 0 Comments
18th Annual Tahoe Bike Month Draws Record Participants Stateline, NV – With a record number of participants this year, the 18th annual Tahoe Bike Challenge got more people than ever out of their cars to help improve Lake Tahoe’s environment and communities, according to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition who again teamed up to organize the basin-wide celebration through the month of […] Biking CycleBrains | July 18, 2023 0 Comments
Cycling the West Coast: Climbing into the Redwoods! [Day 18 & 19] Day 18 I woke up around 3 am to a horrific, blood-curdling scream. The person was outside the church screaming in pain and yelling for the suffering to end. What I woke up to was someone overdosing, and paramedics quickly arrived on the scene to get him to help. Related: Cycling the West Coast: California! [Day 17] – SnowBrains I […] Biking Luke Guilford | May 24, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Skier Chases Mountain Biker Kilian Bron Down World’s Tallest Sand Dune View this post on Instagram A post shared by GoPro (@gopro) Humans are cool. Skier Victor Broquedis chased mountain biker Kilian Bron down Cerro Blanco, the world’s tallest sand dune which measures 3,860’ from base to peak. Incredible! The line looks just about as good as any mid-winter pow run, except that it’s in the scorching heat of the Atacama […] Biking CycleBrains | May 19, 2023 0 Comments
First-Ever Dedicated Lift-Accessed Mountain Bike Park in Western US to be Built in Colorado’s Front Range There are over 6,000 mountain bike trails in Colorado. Most of them are multi-use, meaning they must be shared with hikers, trail runners, and sometimes horses. None of the trails are served by a dedicated lift-accessed bike park. Two cyclists want to change that. Phil Bouchard and Jason Evans are the cofounders of Shadow Mountain Bike Park. They have been […] Industry News Brent Glogau | September 6, 2022 0 Comments
[POV] Amaury Pierron’s Winning Run from the Mountain Bike World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXAXIkaBqi4"] CycleBrains | July 26, 2022 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
Gear Review: The SCOTT Pro Shield Sunglasses—My Daily Driver for Mountain Biking Eyewear Winter has come and gone but bike season has happily arrived to save my sanity from boredom and help me get my daily mountain ‘fix’. I’ve never been much of a cyclist, but with Salt Lake City’s legendary Corner Canyon trail system a short 25-minute ride from my house, it’s a no-brainer that I get into the sport this summer. […] Gear Martin Kuprianowicz | July 14, 2022 0 Comments
Man Splits the Rear Wheel of his Bike in Half for a Head-Turning Result There are a lot of physics that go into riding a bike. There is the gyroscopic theory effect of the spinning wheels. Also, the external forces such as gravity, friction, and rolling resistance. But how about a simple math equation? Just normal bike math, like 0.5 x 2 = 1 wheel. That is what engineer Sergii Gordieiev made sound simple […] Biking Brent Glogau | June 29, 2022 0 Comments
Schweitzer, ID, Improves Guest Experience with 3 New Bike Trails and Work Towards New Base Area Brought to you by Ski Idaho and Visit Idaho Sandpoint, ID (Summer, 2022) – With increased interest in outdoor adventures, mountain resorts are enhancing their amenities and activities, providing year-round opportunities for their guests. Schweitzer is no stranger to these endeavors and is dedicated to growing summer season offerings while improving the overall resort experience for winter guests. Related: 11 Idaho Ski Areas […] Industry News CycleBrains | June 24, 2022 1 Comment
[VIDEO] Nino Schurter’s Home Trails – Trail Explorer Ep.2 in Switzerland [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMEGBrfGfow"] CycleBrains | April 27, 2022 Likes Tweets 3 Comments
5 New Bike Routes Adding Over 550 Miles of Bicycling are Coming to Utah Soon Utah is getting five new bicycle routes that will provide over 550 miles of biking—allowing bicyclists to travel from Arizona to Idaho without even having to get off the designated paths. KSL News reports that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation recently approved a measure to designate the five new routes in Utah through its United States Bicycle […] Biking CycleBrains | August 11, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Footage of Freeride Mountain Biker Kilian Bron’s Most Insane POV Lines [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6t5eDe5gUE"] CycleBrains | May 26, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Specialized Bicycles Execs Say Bikes Shortages Will Last Another Year COVID and an unexpected surge in demand have been major factors in causing the best of times and worst of times for bikes and component sales. Components are back-ordered, and there are massive lag times for most new bike deliveries. Some parts are more than a year away from being shipped to customers. Robert Margevicius, Executive VP at Specialized Bicycles, stated […] Biking Nick Retterer | April 1, 2021 0 Comments
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