Rad People Who Ride: Bill & Sue Roussel of Ashland Mountain Adventures

It happens: that blissful epiphany following the mandatory journey to get there - bike on rack, rumble of van, banter of the bike-obsessed and gravity-enthused, sway of ascending turns with dude-n...

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: 2003 Interwolf 38/38

Many people clung to remaining InterWolfs with a sense of worth akin to cigarettes within prison - one's wealth could be measured in hoarded InterWolfs.  They were a tire before their time.  Fast r...

Schralping to a City Near You... The Commute Begins

Photo Credit: James Adamson, @_james_ adamson_, dropmedia.tv It has begun, the singletrack onslaught of good times, big miles, Big Gulps, possibly Big Bites (ok, I added that one, another 7-Eleve...

Throwback Thursdays: 2002 Gravel, errr... Monster Cross, ahhem... Mutano 44

Mutano Raptor 44/44 700c tires had the same beautiful wolf head logo stamping on their side knobs as their bigger casing, smaller diameter, 26" siblings. There are many things that WTB has created...

The Other Downieville

Photo Credit: @GusGibbs It's easy to get in somewhat of a perfect (figurative) rut in Downieville.  Camp or stay some place, wake up, un-stiffen oneself preferably through coffee, make it to the ...

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...

WTB UK Enduro Team Bosses Local Trails

WTB UK Enduro Team - The Trail Boss from HotlinesEurope on Vimeo. Happy Friday.  Our WTB UK Enduro Team has been killing it lately.  Gary Forrest and Rob Williams eat pieces of trail like you for ...

Throwback Thursdays: Driftin' in '93

This might as well be a how-to on old school drifting.  Step 1, put foot out.  Step 2, drift.  Step 3, regain composure.  If that's not savage enough for you, peep this line: Big cloud, real dude...

Ride WTB parts, Stellar Kona bikes, Schralparific Trails for... wait for it... FREE

Like George Washington, I sometimes cannot tell a lie.  Yes, you can freely rail singletrack to your heart's content and in the process, pun intended, ride some incredible WTB parts, free of charg...

Throwback Thursdays: 1997 New Tire Standard

Everybody is frumpy about tire standards these days.  Too many sizes, too many standards.  Guess what, that's happened before.  In 1997, WTB sought to revolutionize tire size standards with GMS, w...

Rad Bikes of Interbike

There were many rad bikes at Interbike.  Several of them were in our booth.  BLAO!  Shameless. Pretty sure I can back up that lofty claim though.  We used four bikes to create four stories, four c...

Throwback Thursdays: 1990 Black Specialized Hardpack 2.2 Tires

 The 1998 Specialized (Designed by WTB for Specialized) Hardpack 2.2 tires came with tan sidewalls.  It's it, that's that.  However, a small batch, 8 total, of black Specialized Hardpack 2.2 tires...

Throwback Thursdays: 1998 Comfort Zone Press Release

We still use the Comfort Zone today and it definitely still provides soft tissue relief.  That almost sounds as though it's a cure for excessive tissue or Kleenex usage, perhaps a lotioned Kleenex...

KONA R.I.D.E. 2015 was R.A.D.

Through a very fortunate twist of events, without even any noticeable wheedling on my part, I got to go to Kona's dealer-invite new bike launch.  Speaking of launch, I got lunch... and dinner, and...

Brett Bellchambers Keeps it Real in NSW

There is something different about riding, riders, and racers in Australia.  Compared to the US, it seems like there's a lot more humor and fun infused in events that are ridiculously draining and...

Throwback Thursdays: 1999 WTB MP250 Stealth Clipless Pedal "Project"

I once met a wise man who told me he worked for WTB on the MP250 Project.  Project.  Hmmmm.  That's certainly a curious word choice.  Why not say I worked on the MP250 pedals, or the Stealth pedal...

Team WTB overtakes Downieville, the Last Real Race

  Team WTB/Cannondale Overmountain riders Jason Moeschler and Marco Osborne dominate the All Mountain podium at the 2014 Downieville Classic. Northern California didn't get any rain last winter...

Throwback Thursdays: 1992 WTB Trailgrips

We now call them Original Trail Grips, a head nod to the history of the Trailgrip.  That also means we still sell 'em.  Yes we do.  These are my absolute favorite grips - there is something about ...