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Why are there so many MTB transfers right now? 

Bjorn Riley and Emilly Johnston with their new Scott Spark

Q&A: Rising XC talents Bjorn Riley and Emilly Johnston on joining Scott-SRAM for 2025 

Haley Batten raises a hand off the bars to celebrate her silver medal at the Paris Olympics.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge The resilient mind of Haley Batten

A rider descends a rugged singletrack at speed. He's leaning into the trail, which is studded with rocks and bathed in golden light. He has on long, mustard-yellow pants and an unzipped jacket flaps behind him, the antithesis of aero optimized conventional racing.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Old-school trail races are cool again

Flowing berms on a blue trail

Grading cross-country – how to define modern mountain biking trails

Tom Pidcock raises a hand to signal his victory in the men's XC at the 2023 Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup round. He's crossing the finish line transitioning from sunlight to shadow. Behind, afternoon light glows in the fall color and on the crowd of fans lining the finish with banners that read Quebec.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge ‘True mountain biking’ – What makes Mont-Sainte-Anne legendary 

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Gallery: Chasing rainbows at a dusty MTB Worlds in Andorra

Alan Hatherly rides a rocky, rooted, dusty descent at the World Mountain Bike Championships in Pal Arinsal, Andorra.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge MTB World Champs: Hatherly puts it all together

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge MTB World Champs: Puck Pieterse caps off superb summer with her first elite title

Evie Richards posts up exuberantly after outsprinting Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to win the women's XCC at the 2024 World Mountain Bike Championships. Richards has a huge grin, while Ferrand-Prévot slumps slightly over her bike behind.

Richards and Koretzky win XCC world titles 

Sofia Gómez Villafane races at the Leadville Trail 100, followed by a male rider.

Leadville women’s podium finishers renew call for no-draft rule

Russell Finsterwald descends a section of course at the Leadville Trail 100 on a full-suspension Trek mountain bike with drop bars.

EscapeCollective Paywall Badge Is the Leadville 100 MTB a gravel race now?