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Tim Allen Represents USA and WTB at World Champs

Voodoo/WTB racer Tim Allen shares his experience of the U23 World Championships in Italy, where he was the top placing American. Tim was rocking WTB Raijin tires, a WTB Silverado saddle and WTB La...

Adam Craig’s World Championships Report

Adam Craig--America's great hope for a medal in the Olympic XC race--shares his experience at this year's world championships in Val di Sol, Italy. The WTB-sponsored rider had a lackluster result,...

Newspaper Writes Story About Weir

The Novato Advance newspaper recently wrote a three-part story about WTB employee and pro rider Mark Weir. His dedication and passion for cycling are making a real difference in the community of N...

NSMB.com Reviews LaserDisc Trail Wheelset

Stuart Kernaghan from NSMB.com tests a WTB LaserDisc Trail wheelset throughout the wilds of British Columbia. You can read his full, comprehensive product review here.

17 Reasons Why Bikes Rule

We just found an excellent article about cycling on ecoworldly.com. If you are here on the WTB website, you probably already understand all the benefits of riding bikes. But this story offers a gr...

BikeSkills Video with Greg Minnaar

Greg Minnaar, WTB-sponsored rider and 2005 downhill world champion, shares his tips for downhill speed in this BikeSkills video. Minnaar, and his Santa Cruz Syndicate teammates, recently dominated...

Team Update

WTB team riders have been on a roll. Brad Benedict returned from his first European world cup at Maribor, Slovenia and, five days later, took the biggest victory of his career at the NMBS downhill...

Public Pumptrack One Step Closer

Caption: Local rippers sign the petition The city of Novato, California held its final meeting with the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department to discuss the possibility of a pu...

Ready for Maribor

We just received this photo from Claudio Caluori, manager of the Tomac Factory Team. The team is in Maribor, Slovenia for the first downhill world cup of the season. The Tomac team is one of many ...

NorCal. It’s where all the cool kids hang out.

Mark Weir and Matt Hunter overlooking Mt. Tamalpais and San Francisco It's been a busy couple of weeks around here. What with the Sea Otter Classic attracting bike racers and industry types from a...

Bikeskills at the Otter

The Bikeskills Ridezone is shaping up at Laguna Seca Raceway, just in time for the Sea Otter Classic. Last year, more than 2,400 children and adults enjoyed the Ridezone's pump tracks, jumps, and ...

WTB Riders on Top!

What do the top five gravity point leaders have in common? They all ride WTB Wheels, Saddles and Tires and are looking strong as the season has officially kicked off. Check out the excerpt from th...

NMBS #1, Fontana

WTB enjoyed a successful weekend in California's Inland Empire at the official NMBS season kickoff in sunny Fontana. Starting two weeks before the Sea Otter Classic, this early-season national cre...

Special Klunkerz Screening in Fairfax

Charlie Kelly shreds Repack. Photo: Wende Cragg KLUNKERZ, the critically acclaimed film that details mountain biking's origins, will be showing at the Fairfax Documentary Film Festival on Friday, ...

Pua Top 10 at World Cup Marathon

photos: Ron Sawicki WTB sponsored rider Monique “Pua” Sawicki just took 7th at the first World Cup Marathon of the season in Manavgat, Turkey. With a time of 3:45.37, she was just over 17 minutes...

Plaxton and Sneddon Visit WTB

WTB-sponsored riders Max Plaxton and Kris Sneddon dropped by the office yesterday. The two Canadian XC racers got a full tour of WTB headquarters as well as a history lesson of our sport's earlier...

WTB Sponsors Pinkbike.com/Devinci DH Team

WTB is proud to once again support Pinkbike.com's DH team. We expect the team to tear it up this season in Canada, the U.S. and abroad. Stay posted to Pinkbike.com and WTB.com for updates througho...

Silverado Reviewed on Missingsaddle.com

Skiles Keith of Missingsaddle.com gives us an in-depth review of WTB's Silverado saddle. About the sleek, cream/camo color, Skiles reports, "Urban camo is the new pink, so yeah, it's hip." Okay! T...

Prowler SS Featured in Mountain Bike Magazine

Check out the April 2008 issue of Mountain Bike Magazine. The issue's Eye Candy section features ten pages of incredible, close-up looks at bike parts, including WTB's new Prowler SS tire. Mountai...

A Day At The Compound

Turns out even with freezing temps and pounding rain, the compound is still bustling and productive. WTB riders Ryan Condrashoff, Brad Benedict and myself took the opportunity of a day off from ri...