Vitus Bikes Introducing The Kid's Mythique 24" and 26" Options For Young Shredders Kids shred hard — sometimes, harder than their parents – so we set out to build a kids’ mountain bike that would meet their match. Introducing the all-new Kids’ Mythique, a full suspension mountain bike designed to [...]
FIRST RIDE REPORT SRAM EAGLE eMTB POWERTRAIN Words by Robert Johnston | Video by Max Rhulen On both sides of the Atlantic, Loam Wolf reviewers were invited to ride the highly anticipated SRAM Eagle Powertrain eMTB system. Our First Ride Review will cover media events from two of the four brands [...]
PROVING GROUNDS 2023 PACIFIC CITY, OREGON PRESENTED BY CAN-AM Recently some of the best freeride mountain bikers quietly gathered in a sleepy town on the Oregon coast. Pacific City has developed a legendary status for big mountain riders and those who search for these hidden trails much like The Goonies [...]
POC AXION RACE MIPS HELMET REVIEW Words by Robert Johnston | Photos by Finlay Anderson POC has been protecting riders' heads for many years at this point, always with a unique look and high focus on safety tech. The Axion Race Mips is the Mips-equipped version of the “budget” trail helmet in the POC [...]
FIRST RIDE REPORT SHREDLY'S NEW ALL TIME PANT Words by Emma Wooldridge | Photos by Cole Gregg While many of us are winding down our mountain biking season after an exhausting summer full of adventures on two wheels, SHREDLY is bursting at its beautifully crafted seams to announce the riding season ain’t over yet [...]
TIRE CASING TEST AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT Over the years, we’ve ridden - flatted - more tires than we can count. In those decades we’ve seen advancements from heavy duty tubes, Mr. Tuffy Liners to tubeless tires and now a wide variety of sidewall technologies designed to offer a prescribed ride [...]
ALCHEMY ARKTOS 140 REVIEW ONE FRAME TO RIDE THEM ALL? Words by Nic Hall | Photos by Max Rhulen Founded in 2008, Alchemy bikes builds road, gravel, and mountain bikes out of their Colorado direct-to-consumer shop. They are bending the traditional bike shop rules to deliver a boutique product [...]
GT BICYCLES 2023 B-RAGE SESH RECAP BRAGE VESTAVIK'S SIGNATURE FREERIDE TRAIL AT TRYSIL BIKE ARENA Video by Blur Media When Brage Vestavik first shared his vision for a freeride trail at Trysil Bike Arena, he was met with skepticism. Some thought it would be too intimidating, but as the saying [...]
GETTING TO KNOW... KURTIS DOWNS Presented by SR Suntour Photos by Hoshi Yoshida Age: 31 Hometown/Where You Live Now? Firth Idaho. Live in Las Vegas now Do you have a nickname? Kdog What were you known for in middle or high school? Riding dirtbikes Favorite Food? Mexican Food all the way [...]
2023 EBIKE LIGHT ROUNDUP TESTING THE BEST SL EMTBS Words by Drew Rohde | Photos by Dusten Ryen & Max Rhulen Video by Brian Niles / Treeline Cinematic Welcome to our first ever Lightweight, SL, eBike Light Group Review. Pardon the long title but we don’t exactly know if the mountain bike world [...]
