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...

Jason Moeschler: 2015 All Mountain World Champion

The stars were definitely aligned for Jason Moeschler this weekend when the 35-year-old Team WTB/Cannondale rider reclaimed the All Mountain World Championship title from five-time winner Carl De...

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...

Jay P Closing in on Arizona Trail Race Home Stretch

WTB athlete Jay Petervary is currently hiking across the Grand Canyon, his bike disassembled and strapped to his back, on the home stretch of the 2015 Arizona Trail Race starting at the Arizona / ...

WTB Unveils Minus Sized Tires, Undersized Overdelivered Performance

Contact: Det. John Kimble FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GUADALAJARA, MEXICO – April 1, 2015 – WTB unveiled a comprehensive line of minus sized tires during day one of the month of April. Minus sized tires...

Throwback Thursdays: 96 Mountain Bike Germany New Paradigm Hubs Review

1996 in Germany must have been amazing, I find nothing but stoke gracing the covers of magazine clippings we have dating back to then.  Perhaps the long sleeve adorned rider was particularly enthu...

The Story of the Trailblazer

How it went from this: From: Mark Slate Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2013 12:36 PM To: Mark Slate Subject: B+ Hey, ...the idea that we could do things that have not been done before. Looking back ...

Throwback Thursdays: 1999 WTB Ti 29" Interbike Display Bike

Dave Locke's Wilderness Trail Bikes 1999 Ti 29" bike in the same configuration as it was when shown at Interbike in 1999 when WTB first showed the NanoRaptor 2.1 29" tire, the first ever 29" tire....

Throwback Thursdays: More 1985 NORBA Nats Santa Barbara

So much of WTB's history and product development is tied to racing.  You can see WTB riders in white jerseys with SunTour across the chest (and WTB atop) in the right corner of this photo and the ...

Rad People Who Ride: Ian Schmitt and Kona Bicycles

A stallion of a man.  Long flowing mane of sheer mulletude, the seasoned squint of hardened determination, coordination rippling from... WAIT. THIS is NOT Ian Schmitt. This is... well... This is t...

Rad People Who Ride: Chris Spilly

Duuuude, it booms, echoes, reverberates, emanates, and resounds from within Spilly.  Whether it's during a ride, recounting a ride, or on the way to a ride, you're going to hear it.  When I first ...

Throwback Thursdays: The Return of Drop Bars?

Todd DeAngelis leading Joey Peterson, roughly 1985. I recently went on a singletrack fest group ride and encountered a curious situation.  Strewn about were different people's takes on appropriate...

Flashback Fridays: Early 90s Dirt Touring & Bikepacking

It's no secret that people have been loading their bikes with overnight gear and heading into the wilderness for quite some time.  Just take a look at this Pearl Pass post here and you see that br...

Throwback Thursdays: '96 Mountain Bike Germany Pad Review

Elevated chainstays, a nice an taut elasticized cinch strap flowing in the breeze of what looks to be an epic skid... Vans sneakers - what's not to like?  In 1996, people were getting pitted, sooo...

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: 1979 Appetite Seminar

 1979 illustration by Pete Barrett, from Chalie Kelly's Hubsite, the BEST website you will ever find. This Thursday marks yet another Appetite Seminar as throngs of mountain bikers will congregate...

Throwback Thursdays: Wilderness... It's Our First Name After All...

Adventure isn't exactly something new to WTB.  Getting out, exploring, taking the path less traveled, finding your own way, thinking differently... that's what WTB is all about.  I found these pho...

Ooops, Brett Did it Again...

Brett Bellchambers taming Scotland, WEMBO 2014.  Beautiful Photo Credit: Anthony Pease.  Want more beauty? Peep his jaw-dropping gallery HERE, my favorite, Seascapes Another WEMBO (World Endurance...