DEPARTMENTS

Editor’s Note

Letters

Rides
Meet the Trimble X-Frame, the first carbon mountain bike.

Between Two Turns
Lacy Kemp earns her berms.

Spolks
Susie Murphy on trail advocacy for the long haul.

Gallery

Maker: Prosise Metal Works
Prosise Metal Works creates personalized, high-quality bike parts.

Tailwind

CHAPTERS

Peace

Prouty On
Greta Close bikes for cancer.

The Architect
Martin Littlejohn built B.C.’s bike tourism industry.

In the Land of Vultures
In southern France, arid plateaus and deep river gorges are best explored when gravel riding meets packrafting.

The Art of Perseverance
Despite injuries, trauma and burnout, Brayden Barrett-Hay has carved out a career in slopestyle mountain biking.

Love

Stories on Wheels
Twenty-five klunkers later, Mike Horn reflects on the life cycle of analog versus electric bikes.

Faster Alone, Further Together
After decades of riding solo, Chris Burkard is finding his community on bikes.

Cornucopia
In the 50 years since Charlie Kelly organized the first downhill mountain bike race, his love for the sport has only grown.

Dirt

From the Ground Up
Can mountain biking lead to stronger democracies?

In the Abstract
Emily Tidwell experiments with light, color and emotion.

Riding with House Money
Seven friends roll the dice when they embark on a so-called freeride bikepacking expedition at the bottom of the world.

Bring a Ladder
In the Italian Dolomites, bikepacking meets via ferrata meets freeride.