Courtesy of USA Cycling May 16, 2011 The USA Cycling Pro Gravity Mountain Bike Tour (Pro GRT) resumed with the Highland Bike Park race in Northfield, N.H., on May 14-15. The men's race was dominated by Trek World Racing as Neko Mulally (Reading, Pa.), Aaron Gwin (Temecula, Calif.) and Justin Leov represented it in the first three positions. Curtis Keene (Fremont, Calif./Specialized-SRAM) ... more.

Question: What is Dual Slalom mountain bike racing? There are lots of different ways to race mountain bikes, Dual Slalom is just one of them. It's been around for a while, so it's proven itself as a good one. It's fun, relatively safe, and a great spectator event. Answer: Dual Slalom mountain bike racing is a great head to head competition down a man made course usually with gated turns (much ... more.

USA Cycling's Pro Mountain Bike Cross-country calendar (Pro XCT) resumed on Saturday, April 30, with Mellow Johnny's Classic at the Juan Pelota Ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas. Familiar names topped the men's leaderboard as Max Plaxton (Specialized Racing USA) won ahead of Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Racing) and Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Subaru-Trek). On a 90-degree day that ... more.

Sinz Elite is now offering two new external-bearing bottom brackets under the XXX brand name-the same name used for the hot, new, hollow-forged crankset. Both bottom brackets feature forged and CNC-machined external aluminum cups and are compatible with Sinz Elite XXX, Shimano and other 19-millimeter spindle cranksets and fit standard English thread (1.37" x 24T) 68- and 73-milimeter bott... more.

In the 2011 Sea Otter Classic cross-country race, Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Racing) won by 53 seconds ahead of Canadian Max Plaxton (Specialized Racing USA) on Saturday in Monterey, Calif. Jeremiah Bishop (Harrisonburg, Va./Cannondale Factory), Adam Craig (Bend, Ore./Rabobank-Giant Offroad) and Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mt./Subrau-Trek) rounded out the top five finishers. Kerry Werner (B... more.

Courtest of USA Cycling USA Cycling’s 2011 Professional Gravity Mountain Bike Tour (Pro GRT) starts this weekend with the NW Cup in Port Angeles, Wash., on April 9-10. The two-day event opens a five-event Pro GRT calendar culminating with the Wildflower Rush in Crested Butte, Colo., on June 25-26. Among the many riders expected to compete in this weekend's NW Cup are: Logan Binggeli, Jared... more.

Tyler McCaul walks you through the course of the kick-off event of the FMB World Tour. ... more.

Courtesy Of CONTOUR The hits just keep on coming! Last week we announced Connect View, which is a pretty big deal for us. So, in order to keep things exciting, we decided to announce our 2011 mountain bike team, which is absolutely as talented as it gets! We couldn't be happier to have the first family in mountain biking (The Athertons) along with the current Freeride Mountain Bike Association Wo... more.

The wait is over! On April 17th, the Telekom Playgrounds kicks off the new season and storms into its 5th year. Next to international contests in BMX Dirt Jump and Mountainbike Slopestyle, 3 Bands will make the walls sweat. Broilers, Danko Jones and Pennywise are safe bets for a lound and rocking night. The sports section expects 28 first-class riders from around the world. So, you can look forwar... more.

In 2010 the world's best freeride mountain bikers travelled the world always focused on one goal: becoming the first FMB World Champion in history. Over fifty riders took part in eighteen competitions around the globe, to fight for the fame and glory of the FMB World Tour title. In 2011 a new chapter in the battle for the FMB World Tour championships will begin and all over the world riders will ... more.