Downieville Classic

WTB Van Tour: Downieville Classic

Adventures in Stage Racing with Weir and Moeschler at Epic Cymru

Photo: Anthony Pease Stage racing is not without certain challenges to both the bike and body, the rental car, and especially the poor soul(s) supporting the racers. Each time Moeschler and Weir...

Jason Moeschler: 2015 All Mountain World Champion

The stars were definitely aligned for Jason Moeschler this weekend when the 35-year-old Team WTB/Cannondale rider reclaimed the All Mountain World Championship title from five-time winner Carl ...

Team WTB overtakes Downieville, the Last Real Race

  Team WTB/Cannondale Overmountain riders Jason Moeschler and Marco Osborne dominate the All Mountain podium at the 2014 Downieville Classic. Northern California didn't get any rain last winter...

The Tires Question

Downieville is almost here.  The Downieville Classic, one of the last real races.  People squirm in anguish just thinking of it.  They also call us.  Like, a lot. What tires should I run for Dow...

Throwback Thursdays: 2001 Downieville Classic Cruiser Cup

Once upon a time, somebody had a strange idea: Why not send cruisers, or clunkers, with nothing more than a kick back coaster brake down Downieville's 4500' harrowing downhill.  Who thought that u...

The Duality of Weir as Seen by Mountain Biking UK and Dan Milner

First off, this exceptional article, titled "The Shooting Gallery," written by Dan Milner, appears in Mountain Biking UK Issue 0295 and before I get ahead of myself, I would like to recommend going...

Jason Moeschler and Kenny Burt take 3rd and 4th at Downieville!

Downieville, CA, a mere stone’s throw from WTB’s Nevada City offices hosting OEM sales, product development, and design – the testing ground for many promising products submitted to the unapologet...

Re-Introducing the Moto Tire Line

We're bringing back a WTB favorite and for good reason.                       In 2009 WTB's Moto tire was shelved due to production complications at the factory. Not content to let it sit there co...

Come Hell or High Water (in this case snow) the 2011 Downieville Classic Prevails !

Like the famous saying in the movie The Field of Dreams, "if you build it they will come", the 2011 motto for the Downieville Classic was, "if we remove the snow they will come." That is exactly wh...

Moeschler and Lloyd Both 2nd in Downieville Classic

Jason Moeschler blasting down Third Divide Trail. Photo by Forrest Arakawa The Downieville Classic once again secured its prominence as the premier All Mountain race in America. Spectators were tr...

2008 Downieville Classic Race Report

This year’s Downieville Classic saw some big changes. The event became the inaugural All-Mountain World Championships, the XC course gained two more miles of ripping singletrack and, for the first...

The Way Bobby Sees It

Poison Oak Productions, the two-person crew that put out the film Singletrack Minds, is finishing up a powerful documentary about mountain bike racer Bobby McMullen. Jason Watkins and Wendy Todd o...

Race Team

It's been an incredibly successful year for WTB's racers. WTB-sponsored riders Sam Hill and Sabrina Jonnier (Team Monster-Iron Horse) have been absolutely killing it on the world cup DH circuit. Bo...