For nearly three decades, the Mountain Biking Hall of Fame resided in Crested Butte, Colorado. But June 6 marks a kind of homecoming for the sport, as the esteemed collection is now part of the brand-new Marin Museum of Bicycling in Fairfax, California, a town just north of the Golden Gate Bridge that’s recognized as the birthplace of mountain biking.
It’s hard to imagine a more fitting spot for the space, a 3,000-square-foot homage to cycling, located in a former grocery store in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais. In the early 1970s, a pioneering posse of daredevil riders bombed down the … More
With the first stop of the Crankworx World Tour suggesting France is poised to dominate gravity mountain biking, Crankworx Les 2 Alpes poses a question: Can France truly say it rules the cycling world?
Come Crankworx Les 2 Alpes, July 9-12, fans will be able to follow a fantasy-style competition, pitting a team of French athletes against a team of gravity mountain biking pros from all over the world, with an eye to flushing out whether the French are as big a … More
Tyler Fernengel – an up and coming BMX star – sessions the abandoned Silverdome in Pontiac, MI, making the desolate stadium his own playground. Fernengel, a native of Wyandotte, Michigan, just south of the Motor City, grew up going the best sports spectaculars at the stadium, and even raced Supercross there as a young boy. At 16, Fernengel turned pro after releasing several web edits detailing his remarkable skills as a street style BMX competitor.
Have you heard about World Naked Bike Ride Day? It’s just what it sounds like: a bunch of folks taking off some or all of their clothes and pedaling around because clothing-optional pedaling should be available to people who don’t go to Burning Man. There are rides in L.A. and Portland, Oregon, as well as a lot of other U.S. cities. Naked bike ride season begins very soon — June 13 for many parts of the world — and this worldwide phenomenon is in 20 countries and 70 cities.
Some folks ride in their original skinsuit … More