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Yes, 29ers can turn just fine. No, 26ers aren’t alive and well. Now would everyone please just pick your favorite bike, shut up, and ride?

Manufacturers are hard at work making your helmet safer and smarter. Here's what to expect from the next generation.

Dan Hughes, 44, four-time winner of Kansas’s Dirty Kanza 200, on cycling in the rough.

With the launch of Strava Metro, the Bay Area-based online fitness company hopes to become an advocate for its users.

Don’t call it the SL5. The company says its new top-end race bike is neither lighter nor stiffer than its predecessor—it’s just better.

The Tour of Italy starts Friday. Here’s who to watch—and why to tune in at all.

After an Ontario motorist struck and killed a teenage boy, the family sued her. But the driver sued right back, claiming her hardship was as bad as theirs. We’re left wondering: who's to blame?

The so-called father of the long-travel 29er is still quietly building one of the most capable five-inch trail bikes out there.

The new XTR 9000 mountain bike component set adds 1x11 functionality, but the real story is even more choice and versatility.

With the launch of the Salsa Bucksaw, the question shifts from whether fat bikes need full suspension to what’s a four-inch fattie capable of?

This isn’t just an excellent garage-organization tool. It’s the ultimate race bag.

A high-value—but heavy—trail-oriented 27.5er from Colorado’s Front Range

Who needs interchangeable lenses when one pair of glasses can do it all?

This new seat post provides the comfort of an endurance road bike without all the cost.

Chasing peak performance at the Arizona Trail 300

One of the most traditional and storied frame builders is helping to usher in disc brakes for the road.

A beautiful, fast, and ridiculously light fatbike.

There’s more than one way to lace a crossover mountain bike shoe

Aerodynamics and comfort don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

It makes you faster. It lessens the sting of road rash. It’s a rite of passage. Compelling reasons for cyclists to shave their legs abound. Here’s the best stuff to shine them up right.

This fattie brings new meaning to earning your turns.

This aluminum longer-travel 29er is just more proof that big-wheeled trail bikes are here to stay.

At last, a shoe that pedals like a cycling cleat but walks like a hiker

Peter Sagan will race this radical, genre-bending frame design in his 2014 Belgian classics campaign. And if it’s good enough for Sagan…

Cyclists took advantage of little snow, high pressure, and hardpack conditions to lay down what may stand for a long time as the fastest Iditarod Trail Invitational ever.

Ned Overend won the first Fat Bike National Championship over the weekend. But the very existence of the race is the biggest news of all.

This helmet not only protects you in a crash, it actually helps prevent an accident in the first place.

Full-suspension—and possibly 27.5 wheels—is the future of the cross-country race bike

While mountain bike racing continues to struggle for growth, the promoter behind 24 Hours In The Old Pueblo is revitalizing the sport.

Carbon fiber remains the bike industry's "it" material. But when properly utilized, titanium can yield a subtle and sublime ride.

SoCal startup IVI brings quality without sacrificing cool

The GTS delivers flair and functionality at a reasonable price.

Win the heart of your favorite cyclist with the new Calfee-Ellsworth Witness.

Underground, unsanctioned races are about as elusive as secret New York City parties. These simple steps you put you in the know.

The Propero II provides high-end features at an economical price

They're fast, easy to use, and environmentally friendly.

Unlike so many of the highly specialized bikes on the market right now, the excellent Fuel EX 29 is mountain bike for every occasion.

A cyclist’s run-in with motorists in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has us thinking that it’s time for cyclists to start fighting back on the streets.

This new short film captures the addictive nature and crushing difficulty of the Arrowhead 135.

Eddy Merckx designed it himself.

Before criticizing the gravel bike movement, throw a leg over Niner’s impressive new RLT 9

With it’s new 26+ semi-fat bike, Surly is carving out a whole new category of bikes

Just how important are road disc brakes?

The ���ϳԹ��� bike test begins today. More than 60 bikes, a week of riding, and 20 testers to help you find your perfect bike in 2014.

The fact is, most gear these days is pretty darn good. But every year there are a handful of products that stand out because they transform a category or simply because they are better than anything else we’ve tried.

How good is the Trek Boone? On its first day in the pro ranks, this new bicycle racked up two World Cup wins.

Presenting the strangest piece of cycling apparel you’ll ever wear

The evolution of the big-travel 29er continues

With a sublime mix of comfort and speed, this bump-silencing road bike could very well be the model that makes endurance bikes cool and pervasive

Laugh all you want, but the Castelli Sanremo Thermosuit one-piece might be the warmest winter cycling outfit we’ve tried

When the world's third-largest bike company threatened to sue a small bike shop over a trademark, the cycling community went ballistic, calling Specialized "a bully" and "a bunch of idiots." Was the outrage justified?

And it’s the safer, easier way to improve your performance this winter

How do you make a fat bike better? Put it on a diet, naturally.

Ten—OK, make that 19—things every cyclist should do

Sure, bike gear is expensive. But there’s also plenty of stocking stuffer–priced goodies for that cyclist in your life.

With the first snow of the season on the ground, we’ve turned to our favorite cold-weather pieces to keep us in the saddle.

Proof that big wheels and big travel are not mutually exclusive

With the industry pushing 27.5-inch wheels for 2014, we reflect on a year’s worth of testing aboard the Scott Genius—in 26, 27.5, and 29

A little perspective on the Strava phenomenon

Is the new Dimond Bike just a buffed-up version of an old cult classic, a truly groundbreaking superbike, or both?

No matter how strange or far-off your destination, a bicycle can connect you in strange and inspiring ways

For travelers and adventurers, this cross between a road bike and an ATV might just be the perfect all-in-one solution.

How the Stanford physiologist is trying to change the hydration game

The former trainer's controversial study says he can

A new art piece in an English café lets patrons use recycled Tour de France memorabilia to sound off on America’s most infamous cyclist.

If you’re in the market for a do-it-all mountain bike, the hardtail Trek Stache is less expensive than a comparable full-suspension model and, for the most part, keeps up just fine.

At the annual ���ϳԹ��� Travel World Summit in Namibia, a bicycle proves the best way to experience your surroundings.

The 2013 cyclocross silver medalist was aboard the X-Night Ultegra, which was overhauled from last year.

Looking for a little inspiration for your next ride? Look no further than cyclist, triathlete, and double amputee Hector Picard.

Whether you think e-mountain bikes are a godsend or an abomination, as companies like Currie Tech prepare to roll out whole lines of electric-assist trail rides for 2014, it’s clear the debate is upon us.

After a friend's recent near-miss with disaster in the backcountry, our writer has been thinking about risk, personal responsibility, and what it means to be "ready" to go the wild.

It’s hard to go wrong with either the Bianchi Oltre XR or the Wilier Cento1 SR. Choosing between them, however, proved easier.

Now Shimano unveils the R785 levers, which are optimized to work with Ultegra Di2. Because they are electronic and not mechanical, the R785s are trimmer than their SRAM equivalents, with sleek ergonomics that closely match Dura Ace and Ultegra feel.

The Forefront is as lightweight and airy as many XC helmets, thanks to a highly breathable honeycomb-style polymer called Koroyd, yet it has the lower rear coverage and extra protection of an enduro-style lid.

This disc-exclusive aluminum frame takes tires up to 45mm, has internal cable routings to keep out the grit, a color-matched carbon fork to cut the rattle, and is built longer, lower, and slacker than your average road bike for fire roads, gravel grinding, and basically going wherever you please.

A late-summer weekend at Angel Fire bolsters our writer's belief in all the benefits of the bike park

We pitted the Spot Honey Badger against the Jackal K9 in search of the finest one-geared ride. So which one’s tougher, dog or badger?

After thousands of miles on the bike this summer, we’ve settled on our favorite new cycling apparel

These inexpensive basics might just save your ride

If you thought you knew Fuji, think again. This muscly all-arounder might just be one of the most underrated race bikes on the market.