DEPARTMENTS

Editor’s Note

Letters

Rides
Zapata Espinoza recalls the engineering marvel that was the Cannondale Fulcrum DH.

Of Bikes and Beers
Dan Loftus ponders politics, bike shops and beers.

Essay: Like a Kid
Korey Hopkins rediscovers joy in D.C.

Gallery

Maker: Push Industries
Darren Murphy’s Push Industries is an American made leader in shocks and forks.

Tailwind

CHAPTERS

Root

The Sturdy Effect
Washington’s Sturdy Dirty Enduro draws women of all ages and abilities to race mountain bikes year after year.

A Route Like No Other
Rasputitsa gravel race grew a community of off-road masochists and local volunteers. It’s impact lives on.

The Light Show
Photographer Graeme Murray gets creative with his camera on his home trails in Rotorua, New Zealand.

Rock

Universal Design
Paraplegic athletes Joe Stone and Quinn Brett are making more trails accessible to adaptive riders.

Transitions
For photographer and trail builder Steve Lloyd, putting your life back together is like shaping jumps in Draper, Utah.

Farm to Tabletop
Mountain bikers and farmers José “Cuervo” Jijón and Valentina Gangotena are harnessing the power of Ecuador’s rich dirt.

Roam

Bridge Over Troubled Ice
Margus Riga and company discover (mis)adventure and never-ridden couloirs on B.C.’s Lillooet Icecap.

Project R.E.T.I.S
Over 50 rides, Ben Haggar covered 348 trails all from his doorstep in Squamish, British Columbia.

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Front and back covers: Ford released the first Mustang in 1964. In the six decades since, the car has become an icon of American muscle. On first take, it’s not the car you picture heading off into the mountains with bikes on top. But that didn’t stop KC Deane and Darren Berrecloth from loading their rigs onto the roof of David Carey’s first-year model and speeding off, not into the sunset, but toward the trails at Idaho’s Jug Mountain Ranch. Grant Gunderson

Department contents: If you time your evening ride just right, while the spring wildflowers are still in bloom, and the dirt has yet to turn to dust, and golden hour is in full flare, it’s paradise. Leah Lind-White finds a slice in Marin County, California. Satchel Cronk