We are entering a new area in mountain biking, and things are changing swiftly. The 5″ bike market is taking the industry by storm, and riders who thought they would never be on that much travel are now making the switch.

In case you missed it yesterday, one of the best publicly released April Fool’s jokes in the bike industry hit yesterday. Not seconds after Silicon Valley Business Journal released the fake article, bloggers and websites went crazy spreading the news. It was fun to watch. I guess sometimes people just can’t remember what day it is! Word on the street is that even Mark Sinyard got in on the hoax by assuring people that it was true, but when dealers started calling left and right worried about the news, he told them the truth.

In the world of ti frames, Kent Eriksen is a legend. After selling off the company he founded, Moots Cycles, Eriksen…

Do you remember the feeling you had when you rode your first “real” mountain bike? I remember it vividly. First, the bike was a Raleigh M80.

SRAM is planning something big for 2008. Word on the street is the front derailleur will be a part of the past.

he shake-down ride actually ended up being a time trail at Big Creek’s Two Ways in a Day. Big Creek is a Atlanta local trail that provides great insight on how a bike will act in tight, twisty, quick up with quick down situations. As you can see by the elevation map, you really don’t get a break at this place when you are going for the lowest time. The trail still, even after all of the traffic it receives, has loose rocks and steep climbs.

The second annual Big Creek – Two Ways in a Day time trail was yesterday and they saw a great turn out. RAMBO, the Roswell Alpharetta Mountain Biking Organization (division of SORBA), puts on this event at the Big Creek mountain biking part in Roswell, GA.

can not wait for this one to come out. The Collective is releasing Seasons in April. This is from the same guys who brought you Roam which is one of the best mountain biking videos ever made.

With its new duo of long-travel bikes, Cannondale returns to the cross-country/trail bike battlefield dominated by the likes of Specialized, Marin and Giant.