Home / specialized / Page 3

specialized

Page 3 of 4

  • Fat-Bike-Photo-Essay-Gear-Patrol-Slide-5
    Archive

    The Best Fatbikes for Any Trail Condition

    The Global Fat Bike Summit reported that fat bike sales doubled from 2011 to 2012, then doubled again from 2012 to 2013. The category is growing, and the ease with which the oversized tires float over sand, snow and technical rock sections is to thank.

  • fat-bike-racing-gear-patrol-lead
    Outdoors

    Kit: Fat Bike Racing

    Fat bikes can effortlessly glide over snowy conditions like a set of snowshoes, and they’re cushy enough for riding in frigid temps without shattering your frozen tuchus. But the bike can only take you so far.

  • best-cyclocross-bikes-for-every-rider-gear-patrol-lead
    Outdoors

    The Best Cyclocross Bikes for Every Rider

    Cyclocross racing pits riders on bikes with drop bars and knobby tires against each other on multi-lap courses over a mix of grass, dirt, pavement, sand, mud and sections that force riders to carry their bikes over barriers and up stairs and hills. Racers attack from the line, and the intensity doesn’t diminish for the duration of the 30- to 60-minute events — it’s a redline-all-the-time, full-contact affair.

  • fools-gold-100-kit-gear-patrol-lead-full
    Outdoors

    Kit: Fool’s Gold 100

    Competing in endurance mountain bike racing requires a significant amount of time on the bike. There are days when you eat your breakfast and lunch on the go, get on your bike before the sun comes up and even get lost in the woods trying to find six hours worth of trails.