The WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series in Soldier Hollow, Midway, Utah, presented by SCOTT Sports delivered another unforgettable day of racing as Martina Berta (Origine Racing Division) completed a historic XCC-XCO double and Martín Vidaurre (Specialized Factory Racing) charged from 25th on the grid to victory in the Elite Men’s race. Valentina Corvi (Canyon XC Racing) continued her dominance in the U23 women’s category, Benjamin Krüger secured the U23 men’s round win, and Paul Schehl (Lexware Mountainbike Team) wrapped up the overall title. Specialized Factory Racing further strengthened its lead at the top of the Team Standings.

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What’s the best way to help your spouse or partner become a better mountain biker? Ask MBA explains why professional instruction, basic skills practice and patience can make a big difference.

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It has been reported that Scott's Filippo Columbo and Fabio Püntener will be racing new Scott Spark bikes with 32-inch wheels. Trek's Evie Richards is reportedly going to be racing the bigger wheel size too.

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We’re going back about 33 years with this photo. That’s Brian Scura with his dog, White Fang, on a mountain bike ride in Oregon, in 1993. White Fang used to love to go on rides with Brian, a fact that most dog-loving mountain bikers will understand easily. Brian was a famous freestyle rider and inventor. […]

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MAGURA introduces the RACE PRO, its most powerful mountain bike brake yet, with a forged and CNC-machined aluminum design, 310-gram claimed weight and applications ranging from XC to downhill and e-MTB.

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The statements in the post include one from trekbikes that says: "32" wheels have landed" and another statement that says "@trekfactoryracingxc will be racing our 32"prototype for the first time at this weekend's penultimate @uci_mtbworldseries round in Soldier Hollow, Utah."

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Photographer Jerry Walton captured Damien Comeau crashing at the Monster Energy Pro Downhill Series race in Solitude, Utah, on July 16th this summer. The second shot shows that Damien Comeau looks like he’s going to land mostly on the dirt, but it looks like his foot is still clipped into his pedal, so it could […]

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Jim Johnson dreamed of owning an Off-Road Toad after seeing one in Mountain Bike Action in 1989. Decades later, Chris Dekerf used the original plans to build him one final 30th-anniversary frame.

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Even though Aaron Gwin won the Fox US Open this past weekend, he actually moved down two spots to 60th place in the latest rankings. That would suggest to us that the Fox US Open wasn't a race that was registered with the UCI. We would guess that it costs more money to register a race with the UCI, so it might be a way for Fox to keep the entry fees lower to attract more riders.

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