No matter which camp you call home, it’s hard to ignore the fact that SRAM has hit the market just right with the 2×10 revolution. The…
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I’m very blessed to live here in Utah. Not only do we have the Greatest Snow on Earth, but we also get the Outdoor Retailer show…
Aside from the bikes, I stopped in to chat with the crew at WTB. Lots of changes coming soon with entirely-new tread patterns, compounds and fundamental…
I just got the following product release from Relaj who is launching a new, ergonomic water bottle to enable safer hydration wile riding and keeping your…
The shoulder season is upon us and for me that means a resurgence of trail running. While I’ve had an opportunity to flog several pair of…
I’m lucky living in Utah. Not only do we have the Greatest Snow on Earth™ (yeah, trademarked), but this is also an awesome proving grounds for…
In my final installment from Outdoor Retailer, I’ve got a handful of great products that will be hitting retailers as early as this Fall. Highlighting this…
On March 26, 2009, ski legend Shane McConkey died in a ski BASE jumping accident in the Italian Dolomites. In countless ways, McConkey defined skiing as…
Part 3 of Outdoor Retailer followup features some great new products from Rab, Ryders Eyewear, Salomon, Keen and Merrell. With lots of product refinements coming, keep…
My search for the latest and greatest gear for Spring 2010 continued at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2009 in Salt Lake City. The tradeshow rolled on…
With Santa Cruz Bicycles recent love affair (rightly so) with carbon fiber frames comes their latest creation… The Santa Cruz Tallboy 29er. This new XC trailbike…
With a legendary rider like Brian Lopes onboard team Ibis, it was bound to happen… a longer-travel Mojo for longer-travel applications. While the “HD” isn’t going…
Lightweight on the calendar, but once onsite, those empty slots get filled pretty quickly as more goodies captured my attention. My appointments today took me to…
Niner fans have been waiting for this for a LONG time… the actual shipment of the much-ballyhooed Niner WFO 9 long-travel 29er trai/freeride bike. It’s the…
It has been built… my personal test sled for the season… an Ibis Mojo decked to the hilt with top-shelf parts just to show how absolutely…
It’s that time of year. We’re all reveling in the mid-season singletrack stoke with our shiny new 2009 mountain bikes underfoot when all of the sudden,…
Having just picked up a Rocky Mountain Hammer29 hardtail 29er for review, I’m really liking the simplicity offered by a hardtail mountain bike. However, I still…
After riding the previous-generation Transition Covert at Interbike a couple of years ago, I was stoked on its performance. The bike felt smooth right out of…
Truth be told, the first place for bike manufacturers to skimp is with the wheelsets. They’ll slap a Shimano XTR rear derailleur on a $2500 bike…
As a huge proponent of nuun, I’m stoked about the new flavor, banananuun. The funny thing is when I first tried it in January at Outdoor…