Mark Weir

Van Tour : Downieville 2019

Team Semper Fi Mountain Bike Camp at the Novato Ranch

TDS 2016: The Buddy Newman Invitational

Adventures in Stage Racing with Weir and Moeschler at Epic Cymru

Photo: Anthony Pease Stage racing is not without certain challenges to both the bike and body, the rental car, and especially the poor soul(s) supporting the racers. Each time Moeschler and Weir g...

Hoedown at WTB's Throwdown

WTB Employee Alex Hodson getting some at Weir's pump track. Photo: Abner Kingman I guess I could see it all evolving from almost a longing, selfish jealousy - Weir's got, like, all that cool stuff...

The Dirtiest Dirty Sanchez

Photo: Abner Kingman The Dirty Sanchez Enduro, probably one of the most polarizing names given to an event.  Many will not even make it to this second sentence due to outright offense at the namin...

The Story of the Riddler

Nathan Riddle and his son, Ripley Riddle during an interview in 2014  about the Riddler tire's development. Anybody who's been lucky enough to meet or hang out with Nathan Riddle will quickly agr...

Rad People Who Ride: Jon Pritchett (Dr. P)

  Mention Dr. P or Dr. Pritchett to anybody who shreds trail in the greater Nevada City area and you'll immediately elicit a smile, perhaps even a laugh.  Every associated story following then see...

Throwback Thursdays: 2001 Nano Raptor 1.85 (44/40)

Tempting as it may be to read the above as a 700 x 44 Nano of 2001, lovely as that sounds, it was a relatively narrow, speed demon of a 26" tread.  This doesn't mean that ideas of various sizes an...

No Rest for the Winning, A Tribute to Marco

Marco abs-o-lutely killed it this season.  It became shameless.  In August, he didn't stop winning.  He even won the Pro GRT in Mammoth in September during the Kamikaze Bike Games aboard his endur...

Throwback Thursdays: Weir Caught 'Crossin'

Bam, proof right here that Mr. Tough Guy, Mark Weir, often referred to as the Godfather of All Mountain riding in the US, has spent some time doing the unthinkable and racing a cross bike.  The je...

You've Lost & Found that Lovin' Feelin'

Maybe racers from this past weekend's inaugural SBTS (Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship) gravel ride/race didn't find that lovin' feel n'.  Yup, the Righteous Brothers were onto something.  It could ...

Growing the Sport and Industry of MTB, One Bike Racer at a Time

2014 Nevada Union High School Miners Mountain Bike Team. Focus, patience, determination, and a compelling drive to finish the task at hand come hell or high water–the monikers of a high school bik...

Another Weir Beer Gear Celebration of Merriment in the Books!

If you beer it, they will come... amazing how that never seems to fail. It's official, another Weir, Beer, and Gear is in the books.  This means group rides led by Team WTB members, pizza consumed...

Broken Hands, Anguish, this is Trans-Provence Baby!

The enduro of enduros concluded today.  Why do I say enduro of enduros?  Simple.  Most enduros are a two day event, perhaps a feisty one may spread the suffering out to three days.  Trans-Provence...

Throwback Thursdays: Time to Send It

Ahhh yes... back in the day.  A day many seem to have forgotten about, or at least maybe forced themselves to forget about.  Maybe 12 years ago, perhaps more, possibly fewer, there was the bicycle...

Jerome Wins Ischgl OverMountain Challenge, Weir Takes 4th

While forklifts were whizzing about, pallets being borrowed from behind Safeway, unprotected sandal-wearing toes being stubbed, people's feelings getting hurt, a lot of heavy lifting, harrumphing,...

The Return of Mammoth: Marco & Ben Shred their way to the Podium

  Marco Osborne taming the powdery pumice Mammoth's famous for.  Photo Credit: Ben Cruz Mammoth Mountain is appropriately named. It towers, stately, squarely, and in a wide, unapologetic stance 11...

Jason Moeschler and Kenny Burt take 3rd and 4th at Downieville!

Downieville, CA, a mere stone’s throw from WTB’s Nevada City offices hosting OEM sales, product development, and design – the testing ground for many promising products submitted to the unapologet...

Hood River Enduro... and Ben Cruz

Hot, damn hot, surprise downpour, cold, hot, dusty, little more rain, fog, dust, and moderate temps... Only "hot" was in the forecast. The rest must have followed us "WTB'ians" from the banks of th...