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There’s been a lot of hubub around the interwebs of late about the potential explosion of the 650b wheel size. Much of the commotion is around the very substantial rumor that Fox and Rock Shox are both developing 650b forks, leading many to believe that several major bike brands will be rolling out 650b-specific rigs. [...]

Imagine a mountain bike club funded by a billionaire with access to private trails in exotic locations all around the world. A club so exclusive the trails are guarded by stone and barbed wire fences while personal chefs prepare your meals for you at the end of a day of hard riding. It turns out [...]

At the Southeast Bike Expo this weekend I got a chance to demo the Niner W.F.O., a 5.5-inch all-mountain/trail bike that also happens to be a 29er. You can basically count the number of 5+ inch travel 29ers on the market with one hand and to be honest I went into my demo ride with [...]

The first annual South East Bike Expo was last weekend at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers, GA.  Dozens of companies where on hand with gear to demo on the trails there, and my first demo was a bike from the Shimano booth. The Bike I grabbed a Lynskey Pro29 VF outfitted with a full [...]

We know, you were hoping to sit on the couch and vicariously rip world class singletrack this Cinema Sunday but today we have something different. Call it “interactive” or “motivational” – either way, you’re gonna want to hit the gym after watching this video to get ready for spring riding! Related posts:Cinema Sunday: Exposure Cinema Sunday: [...]

Mountain bike bloggers: when you hit the publish button, do you ever feel like you’re just throwing your carefully-crafted articles out into the wilderness of the world wide web where no one will ever read them? Despite the fact that Singletracks.com is the #1 mountain bike blog on the internet, we know how you feel, [...]

I’ll be traveling in China the next couple of weeks, so new posts here at Bicycle Design will likely be infrequent. Before I leave though, I want to pass along a few links that I think are pretty interesting. Photo credit: Rob Jones, CanadianCyclist.com On the subject of globalization and Chinese manufacturing, INRNG recently posted [...]

The Louis Garneau Edge mountain bike helmet is a true XC-style brain bucket that is comfortable, functional, and stylish – well, at least as stylish as a vented helmet can be. Time to upgrade your lid? Read on to see if this is the helmet for you. Comfort Pretty much every mountain bike helmet I’ve [...]

I have mentioned quite a few different bamboo bikes on this blog, but until recently I had never really ridden one for longer than about fifteen minutes. A few weeks ago though, that changed when my friends at TTR Bikes loaned me an Alfine 11 equipped WebbWorks Hilltribe to try out for a while.  It [...]

We had a lot of fun with the mountain bike ownership analysis a couple weeks ago and now it’s time to delve into some trail stats. Ever wonder which US states have the most miles of mountain bike trails? Or which states have the lowest trail use densities? We did–and here are our findings. The [...]