VelociRaptor

Throwback Thursdays: 5 Questions for a Beautiful Phoenix

Photo: Otis Smith Every once in a while, we're lucky enough to spy a Phoenix frame out in the wild, happily devouring the trails it was designed to inhale.  Sometimes, we're even lucky enough to...

Throwback Thursdays: 1995 VelociRaptor Killer Traction Ad

Pop quiz, hot shot.  On the left hand side of this stellar ad, what is an SASE it's referring to?  I sure didn't know.  An SASE is a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope.  BLAOW!  1995.  Al Gore must ...

Throwback Thursdays: 1997 Tahoe Fat Tire Festival

Once upon a time, downhill bikes didn't have disc brakes.  There wasn't tubeless.  Forks had pinner stanchions.  Chainrings were huge.  This was 1997. In 1997, WTB and Ventana Bikes sponsored a DH...

WTB Throwback Thursdays: 1989 Moab Trip with Snowbound Team Vehicle

Driving a muscle car in the snow can be, well, hairy.  While I immediately assumed that Mark Slate couldn't help himself while driving the 1969 Pontiac LeMans equipped with a bigger engine and fier...

Rad People Who Ride: Brett Bellchambers

These days, it sadly seems that it's pretty difficult to find a racer prolifically winning who is a nice person.  Someone whom, you know, you'd want to grab a beer with and it's not just absolutel...

WTB Throwback Thursdays: 1996 Raptors Ad

So, what's sweeter than Raptors and Lasers?  That's right, nothing.  Well, there may be something... or someone. Yep, that's Todd Franklin, one of WTB's original crew of employees, sweating up the...

Rad People Who Ride: Noah Bodman

Hailing from the Northeast, residing in the true West, and riding everywhere in between, Noah Bodman can't avoid mountain bikes.  He lives and breathes them despite "growing up," attending grad sc...

Throwback Thursdays: WTB Velociraptor Rear Tire at the 1994 Reebok Eliminator (Kamikaze) at Mammoth Mountain

The Velociraptor is a tire that has stood the test of time.  Paddle wheel belts of tread, hunks of incisor side knob rubber, and tall tread height make for a tire that lasts forever and loves to d...

Rad People Who Ride: Walter Hubbard and Fresh Air Bicycles

Fresh Air Bicycles in San Francisco is a shop that exudes cool.  There’s almost an air of the close-knit vibe that a true skate shop or surf shop somehow purports and embodies.  You can feel it up...

Rad People Who Ride: Lucy Macmillan

  Lucy Macmillan is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.  Her vivacious laugh is infectious before an early morning ride.  She is passionate about trail riding, never complains, rides an awes...