Trail Tech

Cyclist riding the Canyon Neuron CF 9 SL full suspension mountain bike over rough terrain

10 tips to get your mountain bike ready for spring

Spring tune-up tips for mountain bikers

Be prepared to rise to the occasion and save your ride

Seven trailside repairs you need to know

Save your ride with these easy tricks

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This Bontrager Lithos did its job quite well

How to inspect and care for your helmet

Know the signs and when it's time for a new brain bucket

1x drivetrains are becoming increasingly popular and the norm for modern mountain bikes thanks to their low weight, reduced maintainence and lack of handlebar clutter

How to convert your bike to a 1x drivetrain

Cheap and effective solutions for DIY single-ring set-ups

Three 2mm allen bolts hold the cluch cover in place

How to adjust a Shimano Shadow Plus clutch rear derailleur

Keep your Shimano XTR, XT or SLX Shadow Plus rear derailleur performing at its best

ISCG-O5 tabs are one reason companies choose threaded over press-fit systems

The ‘new’ bottom bracket standard we can all get behind

Companies are pressing the case for a return to threaded bottom brackets

The companies pushing e-MTBs need to step up to educate retailers and riders as to where they are allowed and where they are banned — the future of trail access in the United States hangs in the balance

The real problem with electric mountain bikes

In the US, the cycling industry must figure out how to keep e-MTBs from ruining it for the rest of us

Add one more "plus-sized" option to the roster: 26+ is now a thing

How 26+ breathes new life into 'old' wheel standard

What benefits does the smallest plus-sized wheel offer?

Gravel grinders such as the Dirty Kanza 200 are attracting record numbers of participants

Defining the gravel race bike

Is this new discipline worthy of a new genre of bicycle?

Coil shocks are making a comeback thanks to enduro racing. Here Yeti racer Ritchie Rude storms the Whistler track to take the win aboard his Yeti SB6c equipped with a Fox DHX 2 coil shock

Shock talk – the coil-sprung comeback

Coils bounce back thanks to enduro racing

Both Shimano and Trek have patents on auto-dropping seatposts time will tell if they make it to production

Examining the next generation of dropper seatposts

Auto-dropping seatposts are on the horizon

When no logos or decals are needed

Trail Tech: When form meets function

As the Ibis Mojo 3 reminds us, looking good is half the battle

Evil's The Wreckoning is a shapely beast

Trail Tech: Could The Wreckoning re-write the long-travel 29er playbook?

Details on the new 29er from the master of Evil

Night riding makes old trails feel new and lengthens your riding season

Trail Tech: Into the night

Make the most of short days and long nights

Would you run a dropper seatpost on your cyclocross bike?

Trail Tech: Dropper seatposts for cyclocross

A competitive edge or superfluous technology?

WTB's PadLoc system may be the first significant innovation in mountain bike handlebar design in many years

Trail Tech: Ditch the slipping grips

WTB's new PadLoc concept designed to keep grips from rotating

The 27.5x3in WTB Trailblazer may be ushering in a new breed of mountain bike

Trail Tech: Exploring 27.5+ - video

The next big thing in mountain biking

Electronics, longer droppers and wider range drivetrains are on their way in 2016

Five mountain bike technologies that'll be huge in 2016

Electronics, longer droppers and wider-range drivetrains are on their way

New developments in suspension, wider axle standards and plus-sized treads are a few of the developments we predict will take center stage this year

Trail Tech: eye on innovations

Five new technologies that might make an appearance this year

Josh Patterson's Trail Tech series is all about off-road bike tech

Best of Trail Tech 2014

We highlight some of the most popular 2014 Trail Tech columns

The 27.5x3in WTB Trailblazer may be ushering in a new breed of mountain bike

Trail Tech: Exploring 27.5+ – video

The next big thing in mountain biking

The cycling industry is making significant advancements in the field of post-ride hydration technology

Trail Tech: Advancements in post-ride hydration technology

Better ways to hit the bottle

A 29er to 27.5in conversion is nothing but bad news, particularly when there are so many dialled 27.5in options available

Trail Tech: converting 29ers to 27.5 – just don’t do it

Leave well alone and try the real deal