Afterbike is back! Last month, after taking a few years off, the 2021 Afterbike Southern Utah mountain bike gathering took place in Hurricane. Click the “Read More” button below for some Afterbike history and tons of photos.
We visit the new Esker Cycles headquarters, take a look at their latest mountain bikes and go for a ride with them on their backyard trails in Whitefish, Montana. Click the Read More button below to learn more about this upcoming small bike maker and to see tons of photos of their warehouse and local trails.
At the end of June we invited a large group of our friends to meet us for 3 days of bikes and other fun in Buena Vista, Colorado. Not everyone made it, but those who did enjoyed the amazing hospitality of our friends Simon Stewart and Joe Parkin and their great little cafe/restaurant Push & Pull in Buena Vista and also the BV Bike Co. Every day of the event began and ended there, with coffee and waffles in the AM and various culinary delights and drinks in the evenings. The weather either did or didn’t co-operate, it depends how you look at it. With a heat wave across a large part of the country the cooler temps and occasional rain shower were welcome, and made for hero dirt conditions. DAY ONE – Vitamin B Trail Push and Pull invaded by Stagette After the days ride we returned to Push […]
A photo recap from the 2021 Hurricane MTB Festival. See all kinds of photos from the 10th Annual Hurricane MTB Festival, including mountain bike rides, food, mountain bike vendors, games and more.
Rocky Mountain was kind enough to send us the new 2021 Instinct all-mountain trail bike a few weeks before the official announcement. We took advantage of this opportunity to get familiar with the bike on a variety of local rides. We also took it out to the Guacamole trails with our friend A.J. for an action/glamor photo shoot. Read on for our 2021 Rocky Mountain Instinct first impressions review.
Join us for an Ibis Ripley AF Southern Utah ride report! In 2019, Ibis surprised mountain bikers with an aluminum version of their super popular Ripmo 29er enduro bike. Offering comparable performance at a much lower price, the aluminum Ripmo AF was a huge success. Now, Ibis has done the same thing with their Ripley 29er XC trail bike. Introducing the new Ibis Ripley AF: a more affordable Ripley with an aluminum frame. The Ripley AF has 29-inch wheels, 120mm of travel in the back, a 130mm fork and the geometry has been stretched and slackened to make it happier on the descents. Best of all – you can buy a complete Ripley AF for as little as $2999. Ibis visited Hurricane in November and brought us a pre-production Ripley AF 29er to check out. Photo-John and Quentin took it out to JEM to get some action photos and to […]
The Ibis Mojo mountain bike is a classic. It’s arguably the original full-suspension carbon trail bike. The latest version, the Ibis Mojo 4, was launched recently and arrived at the shop a few weeks ago for our mountain bike rental fleet. As soon as we got our hands on the new Mojo we took it out to Gooseberry Mesa for an Ibis Mojo 4 first impressions ride: a classic ride for a classic bike, if you will. The modern trail bike was born in 2005 when the original Ibis Mojo mountain bike was introduced. At the time you pretty much had two choices for full-suspension mountain bikes – XC or downhill/freeride – steep angles with short travel or slack and squishy. The Ibis Mojo changed that with 140mm of travel, a sleek carbon frame and slacker, more aggressive geometry than most early to mid-2000s mountain bikes. Fifteen years later (has […]
Ibis recently announced a new Ripmo 29er with updated geometry and a retuned DW Link suspension system. The new Ibis Ripmo V2 takes the original Ripmo platform, stretches it out, improves the suspension and turns it into a legit enduro rig, ready to take on Enduro World Series race courses, bike parks and big mountain terrain. We got the new Ripmo V2 within a few days of the announcement and sent shop wrench Jordan Rarick out to Church Rocks to get a feel for how it compares to the original Ripmo. Keep reading for our Ibis Ripmo V2 ride report. The original Ibis Ripmo has been one of our most popular mountain bikes. The combination of 29er rollover, new-school geometry and DW Link suspension made it a fantastically versatile and capable bike – especially for mountain bikers who don’t mind pedaling to get to the good stuff. That made the […]
2020 Pivot Switchblade First Ride: the new 2020 Pivot Switchblade 29er is here! Looking back over the past five years, it’s hard to think of another mountain bike that stirred things up quite as much as the original Pivot Switchblade. Our first shipment of 2020 Switchblade 29ers arrived about a week ago and we invited Chris Castle, owner of Advenduro Tours , a local mountain bike tour business, to break it in and give us his first impressions. For more information including complete specs, geometry and pricing, visit our 2020 Pivot Switchblade bike page. The first thing you notice about the new Switchblade is the classic design of the carbon frame. Chris said, “Out of the box, the new Switchblade takes me back to a time of clean straight lines. It’s very reminiscent of the bikes I longed for many years ago. But the Pivot Switchblade has incredibly smooth blends […]
Last year before the Sea Otter Classic we invited a bunch of our friends to a small get together at Solosjuntos, Mike Ferrentino’s ranch south of Monterey. This year we’re doing it again, but bigger and with a bunch of fun bicycle games thrown in. (Trivia: Solosjuntos is where Brandon Semenuk’s video “Parallel” was filmed.) The details are still being finalized, but so far it goes like this: Tuesday, April 14th Nothing really planned but feel free to show up in the evening and camp overnight. We’ll probably be BBQing or sitting around the fire or something similar. Wednesday, April 15th 9:00 AM til Fun and games begin and go til mid afternoon.5:00 PM VIP party (including dinner) until whenever… (You’re all VIP’s!) It’s a bit of a long winding road back to Monterey, please feel free to camp overnight if you’re planning on drinking, or bring a designated driver. […]
