Cannondale is completely revamping their mountain bike lineup for 2011. This new lineup from Cannondale bikes is the first complete redesign since the Doral buyout, so all eyes are on …

The year of 10 speed mountain biking continues to move forward. With SRAM’s release of a completely revamped product line with X7, X9 and X0, Shimano is hot on their …

The online community here at Bike198 is a strong one. With 6 figure visits per month and increasing expansion into other aspects of cycling, we are poising ourselves for continued …

For sometime now, we have been waiting on a competitor for the Marzocchi 44 29er fork (review). The market was in need of another 140mm travel 29er suspension fork to …

Santa Cruz Bicycles finally came to the market with a 29er mountain bike. From the looks of the Tallboy, it appears that Santa Cruz didn’t want to jump into 29ers …

Last year, I headed up to Pisgah Forest, North Carolina for a 3 day weekend to get in some much needed, big mountain riding in. Like most vacation ride spots, …

We spend a lot of time talking about bikes, equipment and how it will allow us to experience a different kind of riding on new terrain. While there is a …

Yesterday, Trek Bikes made the announcement that they are going to cease production of the Gary Fisher bike lineup and roll those bikes underneath the Trek brand. Re-branded as a …

Yesterday, I jumped on a friend of mine’s mountain bike to take it out for some singletrack intake. He is going to be out of town for a couple of …