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In our latest Make Your Own Bikepacking Gear (MYOBG) tutorial, Mireille Kidd shares a step-by-step guide to sewing a handy tool roll for organizing all your bits and bobs, complete with multiple pocke…
Starling Cycles in the UK is celebrating 10 years in business with a trip down memory lane, complete with a feature-length video and some of founder Joe McEwan's favorite photos. Watch it here...
The 2026 Arizona Trail Race begins tomorrow morning, with riders setting off on either a 300- or 800-mile route across the Grand Canyon State. Find a collection of bike and gear details for over half…
WTB’s new i28 gravel wheelset is designed to deliver speed, comfort, and durability in equal measure. Featuring deeper carbon rims with a generous internal width and WTB’s advanced Frequency 7X hubs,…
Lachlan Morton, Chris Burkard, Mateo Páez, Karter Machen, and Nate Sorenson experience the BDR together and recount the story from their own angle, from hard desert logistics to a first-time bikepacke…
After blowing through pairs of MTB flat shoes every six months, Sam Hodges decided to give the Ride Concepts Livewire a try. Do the Livewire shoes hold up to daily thrashing on Moab’s techie trails? R…
Can the UCI stave off revolution by accepting evolution?
At Europe's fast-growing cycling show, brands were talking about recovery, even if it hasn't been quite as fast as everyone hoped.
Oh to have a time machine, just to be able to watch the World Championship road race in real time again!
Making it for 10 years as a steel mountain bike company ain’t easy, especially when all the marketing in the bike industry is seemingly pushing you down. What the lads at Starling Cycles have created…
Kona / WTB rider Sophie Allen is hard to put in a box. She races, dirt jumps, explores, gets competitive, gets easily distracted by wildlife and generally seems pretty happy as long as she’s outside.…
Adrien Boichis has been a force to be reckoned with in 2026, having claimed one XCC World Cup win, three XCO victories and the XCC world title. Which is why the news of the Frenchman skipping the fina…
The Wolf Tooth family of pedals continues to expand. The Minnesota-based manufacturer’s new Taiwan-made ALT Performance XC Pedals are at a lower price point than its ALT US-made pedals… The ALT Perfor…
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney has officially signed for Lidl-Trek on a contract that runs through the 2028 season, her new team announced Tuesday. Niewiadoma-Phinney claimed overall victory at the Tour de…
Cinelli‘s Tutto Mini is the Italian brand’s mini velo and it just rolled out a Mike Giant collaboration edition (€3.500) that caught our eye with its MUSA parts build kit… Mike Giant and Cinelli’s col…
‘It’s going to be insane’, according to ten-time Indian national champion Naveen John, who unpacks the vision, context, and possible route of the Worlds in Pune
Today, Adidas unveils the next generation of its Freerider mountain bike shoes, featuring Pro Boa Flat and Pro Boa Clipless models. And with new stripes, the iconic brand is known for… The Freerider d…
Wolf Tooth's latest addition to its family of clipless pedals is the ALT Performance XC Pedal, offering many of the same features as the higher-tier options at a more affordable price. Find everything…
Last year, Wolf Tooth made a splash with its entry into the SPD pedal market. As Escape Collective covered in its review at the time, some of those pedals offered competitive weights, dimensions, and…
Adidas and Five Ten have released a new FREERIDER shoe made for all kinds of extreme terrain. Based on feedback from their BMX and downhill riders, this Stealth-rubber-soled shoe comes in both flat an…