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Brian Lopes Chooses WTB

We are proud to announce a new partnership with legendary mountain bike racer Brian Lopes. Lopes will be riding and racing exclusively on WTB’s high-end saddles. Each of Lopes’ team-issue Ibis rac...

Team Rider McMullen Front Page News

Team WTB rider Bobby McMullen was featured on the front page of the Marin Independent Journal today. Sports writer Christine Vardaros does a fantastic job documenting the daily struggles of a comp...

Compton Wins World Cup on Silverado Saddle

WTB-sponsored racer Katie Compton claimed victory at the fourth round of the Cyclocross World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium on November 29. Compton---voted by Velo News Magazine as the North American C...

Decline Fired Up on Prowler MX 2.3!

Decline Magazine states, "We rode the Prowler MX on everything from burly rock gardens to dry hardpack and sloppy singletrack with impressive results." The Prowler MX 2.3 will be available in two ...

Mountain Bike Action Impressed with Rocket V

MBA gives WTB's Rocket V saddle four stars out of five and states, "This is a saddle you will like more every time you ride it." Read the entire review by clicking here.

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Mark Weir to Join Top Riders in Kenya

Mark Weir, WTB’s PR manager and pro athlete, is joining a select group of the world’s best mountain bikers in a race down Mt. Kenya this February. The event, named Urge Kenya, is being organized b...

Runnin’ with the Devil

With the impending doom in our economy and summertime temps rapidly coming to a close, WTB reminds you to get out on your bike while you still can. A small crew of us here at WTB world headquarter...

Join WTB at Biketoberfest

WTB is proudly exhibiting at this Saturday's Biketoberfest Marin, a celebration of cycling that will donate all proceeds to bicycle advocacy in Marin. The event will include a free bike expo, a vi...

The Routine Commute

This is a photo gallery of my commute from Cole Valley (San Francisco) to WTB Global Headquarters in Mill Valley (Marin). Don’t get me wrong, I am a big fan of shredding sweet singletrack in Down...

2009 Product Preview

WTB's extensive new 2009 product line will be available in a matter of weeks. We're introducing three redesigned tread designs, two new saddle models, new grips, new hubs and a wide selection of U...

Benedict Wins NMBS Series on WTB

WTB-sponsored rider Brad Benedict claimed the title of NMBS downhill series champion at the series finals in Brian Head, Utah. Although 2008 marked his first real season of racing pro, Benedict ro...

A Pleasureable Kind of Hell

These are just a few images from the Santa Cruz Hellride---Where Team WTB-riders Mark Weir, Jason Moeschler and Rachel Lloyd led eight riders on an all day epic over rugged terrain. By the end of ...

WTB Riders Out for Blood at SSWC

Mark Weir, Rachel Lloyd, Jason Moeschler. These WTB-riders aren’t single speeders. They don’t even own single speeds. But when the Single Speed World Championships came to Napa, California—Team WT...

LaserDisc Lite 15mm Preview in Mountain Bike

It's true: WTB is introducing a new LaserDisc Lite hub with a 15 x 10-millimeter thru-axle to accompany the new crop of 15QR forks from Fox and Marzocchi. We're excited about this new system for t...

LaserDisc Trail Wheelset Reviewed by Decline

LaserDisc Lite Hubs Reviewed by Pinkbike

Pinkbike.com contributor Mike "kakah" Levy wrote a fantastic review of the WTB LaserDisc Lite hubset. Levy details the inner workings of the freehub--including the often misunderstood clutchplate-...

The SST Saddle is Back for 2009!

caption: Ex-WTB-sponsored racer, Cadel Evans, rocking the SST saddle in 1997. Evans is currently leading le Tour de France. WTB is proud to announce that the SST saddle--with its trademark drop-no...

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...

Pixie Cross World Championship

The second-annual WTB Pixie Cross World Championship is only a few days away, but there is still time to find a little girl's bike and compete!