Bike reviews have become ridiculously popular on this site… The bike reviews are now AS POPULAR as the training columns, educational...

Jeff was always one of those guys I looked up to growing up. He was in all the freeride videos with his sick trials skills, did demos and...

ALL ABOUT THAT BASE As the off-season approaches you’ll hear a lot of your friends talking about ‘Base Training’. As the winter gets...

Prescribing strength or flexibility work to mountain bikers is TOUGH. How do I do actually do it? What does this photo mean? Is it this...

223 rotors, 2 pot brakes and a brake power meter make for a seriously awesome combo! I’m not completely sold on 4 piston brakes but I can...

As a follow on to the two videos I posted on pacing on a descent, here is a splitscreen version. You’ll rememeber from these other...

From May to June this year, I took one of New Zealand’s top junior riders on a reconnaissance trip to eastern Canada/USA to escape...

I am often asked what the most important aspects of performance data are for MTB racing and training. My answer is always, “all of it.”...

UPDATE: THIS IS NOW 5 REASONS TO HAVE BIGGER ROTORS!! [VIDEO ADDED BELOW] BrakeAce.com Now that we have learned more about braking with...

I’ve been wanting to build this training plan for a LONG time. I work with athletes directly and do custom 12 week plans all the time,...

I’ve been on the new Giant Trance 29er for 9 months and it’s time for a review. The Trance 2019 29er 1 in all its glory This bike is...

I was super fortunate to be approached by the people behind Team ZWATT to demo their new power meter. They knew that I’d had my fair...

If you have a look through the blog posts on this site, I talk a lot about pacing on descents. This comes from both the research that...

I see it! MTB telemetry was once a hush hush throughout the pits. There were secret sensors scattered about, heaps of data, and not many...

Riding down hills is hard. Not only is mountain biking down hills really physical, but you need to brake at the right places, handle some...

The MTB world was recently rocked by the news that a few top riders have been caught using performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). A lot of...

When I was coming up through the ranks in cycling, I always made lots of excuses about why I didn’t have a coach. And looking back they...

I’ve been wanting to make a plan like this but just haven’t had the time! But it just had to be done. And now it’s done! It’s the...

I tried my very first singlespeed after my first year of riding. The bike I borrowed was a 26″ Santa Cruz Chameleon with a 32×16 gear,...