For those of us in the United States, our favorite time of the year has finally hit…daylight savings time. That glorious time of year where we get that extra hour of daylight and emerge from the darkness of winter. Where riding into the night without the aid of lights is reality. It is time for weekly rides and after this killer of a winter, I don’t think I...

Dear Trail Head Bling Master, If you are reading this (and you are probably not because you are actually searching for that next top end part you are going to buy), I want to let you in on a little secret. We all know your routine. We have seen you come to the trail head with your bike that is color coordinated and blinged out with the latest and greatest the industry...

More information is getting out on the new mountain biking video from Anthill Films titled “Follow Me”. From the same crew that brought us Roam and Seasons, Follow Me is going to be another bit of video that is going to make us ride well above our ability thanks to the stoke of riders like Thomas Vanderham, Sam Hill and others. By the looks of this official...

Time to jump in and give you guys an update on where things are, where they are going and how it affects you. So here is some Bike198.com news to go with your morning coffee as we continue to unwrap this pedal propulsion obsession. Ever since the move last month to the Bike198.com domain, we have been hard at work behind the scenes to really ramp up our offerings on the...

Photography has always been a side hobby of mine and after extensive talks with Keith Pytlinski and other photographers that shoot cycling, I am really starting to ramp up my hardware to handle the needs of fast motion, under tree cover shooting (picked up a Nikon D300S to replace my D80 and a Sigma 10-20mm/F4 super wide lens). It got me to thinking. In our group of riders,...

Finally, after a long winter…we are getting in some time on the mountain bikes. This winter has been the worst in the southeast United States that I can remember in years. We went from having no rain at all to nothing but rain, snow and cold all winter long. As alluring as the trainer is (not really), a lot of us have just been bleeding to get in some time on the...

Single speeding is a completely different animal when it comes to mountain biking. The simplicity and riding style is unlike any other form of fat tire obsession. While many think they can just ‘not shift’ and get the same experience…they are wrong. The quiet tranquility and momentum keeping riding style of single speeding is unique to bikes with only...

Towards the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, we started to see the 29 inch wheel size for mountain bikes get some big rubber. There were other companies on the market that were providing large widths with high volume, but that normally came with a lower, faster rolling tread pattern to appeal to the lighter end of the 29er spectrum. With the introduction of more...