What You Also Buy with a Handmade Bike

Photo Credit: Kris Henry / 44 Bikes It is really easy to get caught up in the calculated purchase of a carbon frame or bike.  Blah blah performance, blah blah price, blah blah stiffness, blah bla...

The Tires Question

Downieville is almost here.  The Downieville Classic, one of the last real races.  People squirm in anguish just thinking of it.  They also call us.  Like, a lot. What tires should I run for Downi...

Throwback Thursdays: Moab First Descents, Mountain Bike, and More TV

The Trail Boss himself, shredding previously unridden lines aboard his American Breezer possibly in 1988 during the Canyonlands Fat Tire Festival on Moab's Slickrock. WTB's extended family of earl...

Throwback Thursdays: Mountain Shredders Gone Road (not Rogue)

It's Tour de France time, people are excited, some even mountain bikers - focus is perhaps even shifting from the 2014 FIFA World Cup.  So what's up with our favorite leg shavers?  Where are they,...

Rain or Shine... Victory

In Durango, it was beautiful - too hot even at times and no rain atop the ever ominous and lightning-infested Kennebec Pass, pictured above, that racers, like Marco, shredded with no relent. Shred...

Pick an event... Any event...

There are now enough enduro races happening that in one weekend, WTB athletes can take top 10 spots at three major events simultaneously.  Atop, Team WTB's Marco Osborne stormed his way to fourth ...

No Stopping This Guy

Ahhhh yes, Trail Boss front tire, excellent choice. So, here's the e-mail all WTB staff received yesterday, pretty crazy: From: Jason Moeschler <jmoeschler@wtb.com>Date: Thursday, June 19,...

Throwback Thursdays: WTB Designed Specialized Rock Combo Tire

The WTB designed Specialized Rock Combo 26 x 1.95 tires were intended for use on and off road.  Sound familiar?  Correct, this idea and burgeoning category seems to be getting a lot of time in the...

Rad People Who Ride: Scott & Jannine of Fitzgerald's Bicycles, Victor, Idaho

Scott and Jannine next to Kraig Smith's clunker in WTB's showroom during their visit. Scott and Jannine get it.  With a deep belief in all things bike, all types of bikes, and bikes uniting health...

Throwback Thursdays: 1985 Punk Bike Enduro from Fat Tire Flyer

Yes, I am going to suggest you read quite a lot of text.  My apologies. However, it's worth it. Thinking about buying something enduro-specific these days? That hot, new, never before trend?  Not s...

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 ...

WTB UK Enduro Team Shreds EWS Scotland

Gary Forrest and Rob Williams, the dynamic duo comprising WTB's UK Enduro team, shredded stop #2 on the Enduro World Series tour this past weekend in Peebles, Scotland.  Gary and Rob ran Trail Bos...

Why Trans Iowa is Rad

Photo Credit: Guitar Ted Productions, TI v10 start line,  First off, it's free.  Yes, somehow that makes a huge difference.  You can cross states, spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars on foolis...

Trail Boss Tires In Stock

Yes, the very same tires that scorched the perfect Redwood earth in Mendocino are now readily available in 29" from your favorite local bike shop.  We've been shipping them, distributors have them...

Smart Dudes Speak the Truth

Two guys smart and savvy enough to have killed it in any industry or potentially lucrative venture chose bikes.  Why?  Because they get it.  This is what they love.  They could've made money, lots....

Throwback Thursdays: 1992 Interbike Trade Show

Interbike has been mayhem for ages.  It was a late night before departure but sure enough... READ MORE HERE

Throwback Thursdays: 1995 VelociRaptor Killer Traction Ad

Pop quiz, hot shot.  On the left hand side of this stellar ad, what is an SASE it's referring to?  I sure didn't know.  An SASE is a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope.  BLAOW!  1995.  Al Gore must h...

Marco Shreds TDS to Victory

It happened.  Yet again.  The Dirty Sanchez enduro graced (should I really say graced when referring to an event called The Dirty Sanchez?) the slopes of an undisclosed location in the rugged foo...

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...

Dear WTB: From, JayP

From: Jay Petervary <jaypetervary@gmail.com>Date: Sunday, April 20, 2014 at 2:48 PMSubject: AZT - Wolverine Yo,Quick note.Not a single flat on an amazingly rough, chunky, aggressive, cact...