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Georgia Gould earned the silver medal in the official Olympic Mountain Bike Test Event on the new purpose-built Olympic course at Hadleigh Farms in the U.K. on Sunday. American compatriot Jeremiah Bishop just missed the podium against some of the worldandrsquo;s best on the menandrsquo;s side, finishing fourth. Original post by asmith@usacycling.org

I love having the opportunity to check out cool and exciting new MTB products, especially those from smaller niche manufacturers. Elka suspension opened its doors in Quebec, Canada back in 2000, starting out in the performance / racing ATV market. The company has now grown into a multi-discipline manufacturer but mountain bikers still get all [...]

If you have been cycling for a long time, you no doubt remember the beautifully sculpted Cinelli Laser from the 80s (or better yet, this version). Those bikes were, and still are, highly coveted (by me at least). There has been some talk about a limited edition reissue of the Laser for about a year [...]

Do you remember the first time you saw someone riding a singlespeed (SS) mountain bike?  I bet your first thought was “what do they think they’re doing out here without any gears?  Don’t they know they have to ride up hills?”  I also bet you were immensely confused when they rode away from you on [...]

We’re kicking off a new contest next week so start brushing up on your MTB trail photo knowledge! For those who missed the last name-that-trail contest, here’s how it works: each day we’ll present 3 mountain bike trail photos that are posted somewhere on singletracks and we’ll ask you to ID each trail. Correct responses [...]

For a mountain biker, building a strong, high performance core for the demands of riding for hours on grueling trails requires a smart, multi-pronged attack. You want a core that is able to connect the upper body and lower body, resist twisting and be able to coordinate with the hips for lateral movement around the cockpit. Here are [...]

Photo credit: BoulderTriathlon.com Admittedly, I don’t know much about the sport of triathlon, but I was very interested to see the bike setup of pro triathlete (and engineer) TJ Tollakson. A reader, Phil, sent me a link to a post about Tollakson’s recent win at Ironman Lake Placid using a 1996 Zipp beam frame bike [...]

International travel is a highly unique experience, and the act reveals much about ourselves and the things we carry. Those who travel far and often are a ritualistic and superstitious bunch (or maybe it’s just me). With so many variables that are completely out of your control such as weather, delays, malfunctions, language challenges and [...]

Registration for the 2011 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships is now open. This yearand#39;s event will take place in Beech Mountain, North Carolina, from September 23 through 25. Competition will include downhill and dual slalom racing.Original post by jhammond@usacycling.org

There have been some pretty great products coming out of Easton lately and after getting hands on with the Haven wheels (26 and 29er) we were interested to see how the other Haven components stack up. I got a chance to check out the Haven bars, stem, and seatpost recently and this is my review. [...]