Cycle and Style

 Outerbike was an amazing 4-day bike-demo event in Moab, Utah that was held for the first time this year. It was in early October—soon after Interbike, which is a trade show primarily for the “insiders” in the bicycle retailing world. In contrast, “Outerbike” was held in a beautiful outdoor setting and meant for those outside [...]

I had a chance to interview  Rebecca Rusch  again after her second victory in the Leadville 100 Race. In last year’s Leadville 100  she won the women’s division and shared the podium with the men’s winner, Lance Armstrong (read more about the 2009 race) and it was dramatically documented in the film Race Across the Sky.  This year, although racers [...]

If you have the opportunity to see Ride The Divide, you really should! This documentary brings the experience of Tour Divide, the world’s most challenging mountain bike race, to the movie screen.  Yes, it’s really tough: it has racers navigating their way along a 2700 mile rugged course along the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. The film [...]

  “The secret to mountain biking is pretty simple. The slower you go the more likely it is you’ll crash.” (Julie Furtado, Olympian, Hall of Fame Mountain Bike Cyclist) Mountain biking is a sport that offers a sense of adventure the road can’t quite provide. Mountain biking offers many appeals:  for nature lovers, it is a chance to [...]

A few years ago, Kirstin Luff was enjoying a day of mountain biking with her friends, when quite suddenly her right side went numb and her speech became slurred. It was just a temporary condition that disappeared as quickly as it came on, but she went to a neurologist who was not able to diagnose [...]

“It’s so different from all the other sports I’ve tried. You can go longer and faster. I just love biking!” It was one of those serendipitous moments the day that Kathy and her 12-year old daughter Nicole spotted a postcard advertising a  women’s ride at their local bike shop. The ride was the Venus De [...]