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What would you ride in an endurance mountain bike race? A two-time champ weighs in.
Bikepacking the Swiss Alps? A look at Nam’s Preparation
An Alpine Adventure: Bikepacking on gravel from Torino to Nice
Behind the Nine: Womble, Earth Roamers and Tire Geekery with Niner’s Brad Brown
End of the Line: Blackburn Ranger rides the Creeper, arrives at the Atlantic
Searching for Dirt Treasure in California: Nate Adams and Kirt Voreis Hit the Road
Ride. Together.
Riding alone serves its purpose. But riding together makes for more fun, shared memories and time to get away from it all, together. So grab a friend, a family member, a partner and go ride. High up in the mountains, down by the river, on your local trails. It doesn’t …
What others are saying: An independent review of the RLT 9 Steel
Clint Gibbs, an avid mountain bike rider and cyclocross racer, offers an in depth review of the RLT 9 Steel. You can find more videos about bikes from Clint on his YouTube channel. (Note: The RLT 9 Steel in steel, grey and orange, that Clint reviews in this video, is …
Want to know the difference between a gravel bike and a cyclocross bike?
Rebecca Rusch puts hours and hours on the bike each year, switching between mountain bikes and gravel bikes and even throwing in the occasional fat bike ride. Here she talks about the difference between a cyclocross bike and a gravel bike. .
Behind the 9: Spiderman, Mind Control and Pippi with Niner’s Kristin Taylor
Somebody has to pay the bills around Niner HQ and Kristin Taylor does that well. Having worked with Niner since December of 2016, she’s already made an impression. Diving into mountain biking and gravel biking head first and signing up for the Dirty Kanza this past year offer a little …
Letting go, Slowing down and Trusting others: Rebecca Rusch Reflects on the Making of Blood Road
When you spend your life as a professional athlete, you learn early on, that to be successful and actually make a living, you have to be prepared. You not only have to be prepared physically and mentally for competition, you have to be prepared to be dropped by a sponsor, …
What’s in a 2nd Place? A Rider Reflects After Racing WEMBO 2017
It’s taken me the last three weeks to fully comprehend the scale and difficulty of WEMBO 2017 in Finale Ligure. It is definitely the hardest race I have ever done and despite wanting desperately to defend my 2016 World Age Group Title, after 24 hours of heat, dust and rocks …
Grab an Axe: Dylan Johnson does some Lumberjackin’
The Lumberjack 100 has been a regular feature of the National Ultra Endurance (NUE) series for a while now but it is actually one of the few that I’d never done. The Northern Michigan race is almost all singletrack, which sets it apart from most 100s. With little elevation change and …
So You Want to Shoot Some Bike Video: Tips from Kirt Voreis
Kirt Voreis got his start as a pro cyclist by making a video of himself and sending it to Yeti. That was in the mid 90’s. Since then, he’s been a fixture, not only in the mountain biking and dirt jumping scene, but also in the world of action sports …
Behind the 9: Downhillin’ with Niner’s Nate Adams
When we’re talking Nate Adams, we’re talking about Niner’s Nate Adams, who most recently competed in the downhill race at Sea Otter. He started racing bikes when he was a wee lad and once upon a time, traveled to Europe to race in World Cups. He’s also our soft spoken, …