Johnny Smoke and crew put together a big ol' day on the bikes and I missed the trip (ok maybe I wussed out), but here is a look at what mountain biking (er, I mean racing) is to a lot of us.

Jamie Goldman hails from Santa Cruz, California and now calls Bend, Oregon his home. He's here to talk to you about the importance of cross training as an athlete.

Do you load your bike onto your car whenever you want to go biking? What if you didn't have to use your car as much? Mitchell has some ideas to help make this happen.

Pinkbike spent three days riding three very different bikes, on three very different types of terrain to sample the latest components from SRAM, RockShox and Truvativ. Check out Adrian Marcoux's stunning photography inside to feel like you were there with us.