mtbtrailreview

Have you ever wondered what a full whip on a mountain bike looks like in super slow motion? Well here is Ian Morrison at Whistler Mountain Bike Park doing a whip over a table at 1,000 frames per second. You can actually watch each spoke move as he maneuvers this table. It is mesmerizing to [...]

The Renovo Badash 29er wooden bike. Arguably the only wooden bike we have seen at Bike198 that actually looks like it can shred trail and Renovo sent one over for us to throw a leg over. These past few weeks…that is what I have done, so we need to take a look at how this [...]

A week ago yesterday, I headed out for our regular Tuesday night “Dirt and Taco’s” at our local mountain bike trail. As part of the evenings festivities, we typically head back to a small DH/FR area and session for most of the night. We get in some great climbing while getting the added benefit of [...]

Our friends over at Projekt Roam sent us over their latest edit from Silver Star Resort in British Columbia, Canada. Needless to say…this is just one of the amazing places to ride in the area. What we particularly like about this video is much different that most that are posted on the site. If you [...]

If you can’t already tell…trials bikes are on the brain of Bike198 right now. We are actually on the hunt to find the perfect trials bike for the site so we can start gearing more content in that area of riding. When a friend of ours posted up a link to this video on Facebook, [...]

Mike Steidley headed over to France and shot this trials mountain biking footage entirely with a GoPro Hero2. He really shows throughout the clip how crucial balance is to mountain bike control (even though he is on a purpose built trials bike). It really is amazing how much control he has over the bike, his [...]

Last night, I got the chance to take the Renovo Badash 29er wood bike out at our local trail and put some miles in. I hooked up the GoPro Hero HD on the frame and the new GoPro Hero2 HD with chest mount. Check out the Badash on our XC trails and getting some airtime [...]

The crew at Contour contacted Bike198 awhile back asking us to do a review on their Contour Ab belt. Yes…it is that thing you see on “as seen on TV” that promises rock hard abs without having to do sit ups. Admittedly…at first…I took in this product review as a joke. I – like you [...]

Yesterday we featured some XC riding…so we might as well hit up the opposite this morning. Darren Berrecloth did this short for Degree (so…yes…you will see a promo at the end and it does seem really scripted) on some insane terrain in Cameron, Arizona. I can’t even really fathom hitting up this area and riding [...]

The company Funkier first caught our eye when they claimed a 2011 Eurobike award for best baggies (2nd time winner). Up until then, there wasn’t much said about Funkier in the US as that particular short was not available here. The design of the short was interesting and with the award to bag them up…I [...]