On Sunday, Fort William hosted yet another epic round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series downhill. Watch the head-to-head action in the Women’s field in the UCI's highlights below. As it turns out, it is Vali Höll’s world and we are just living in it. Vali, the defending overall champ, extended her domination into 2024 and beat Nina Hoffmann thanks to a blazing bottom section. Höll won at Fort William for the second straight year, having earned her rainbow stripes at World Championships there in 2023. Tahnée Seagrave rounded out the podium in third. See the full results below. Related: For ..read more

Over the weekend, downhill racing returned to Fort William, Scotland, and oh how we missed it. In case you missed the live broadcast and want to get caught up, the UCI released highlights of the race. Watch the men’s highlights below. As you can see, Loic Bruni got the monkey off his back and finally won at Fort William. His riding on the upper section of the course was enough to create an insurmountable gap for the other racers. The four-plus minute course full of jarring rocks is not an easy course to race. There is a lot of strategy required in how racers spend energy. Thanks to his effort ..read more

BIKE Magazine aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Forest Bathing, Tech, Excitement, Exercise, Socializing, & Performance Art Mountain biking satisfies so many needs. I love spending time in the forest, on two wheels or two feet. I’m a born tinkerer so having a family’s worth of rigs that always need a little tweak here or there keeps my hands occupied so my mind can wander. Riding gets my heart pumping on the way up (exercise) and my heart pumping on the way down (excitement). It’s where my circle of frie ..read more

This week, slopestyle rider Christian Arehart made the exciting announcement that he would be riding for Ninayard apparel. It did not take long for Arehard to release a crazy project. Watch Christian land the world’s first quad backflip on a mountain bike below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by NINEYARD™ (@nineyard_) Though quad backflips had been done on BMX bikes before, one had never been landed on a mountain bike. As you can see, Christian slammed quite a few times before landing the trick. Thankfully, Christian used an air-lander to lessen the impact of any falls learning ..read more

Jack Moir After tight head-to-head racing, the Fort William World Cup Downhill has wrapped up. See the results, along with in-depth split times, below. Elite Women Rank | Nr | Name | Team | Time 1. | 1| HÖLL Valentina | YT MOB | 4:41.424 2. | 2| HOFFMANN Nina | SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE | 4:41.985 3. | 6 | SEAGRAVE Tahnee | CANYON CLLCTV FMD | 4:43.255 4. | 5| BALANCHE Camille | DORVAL AM COMMENCAL | 4:45.381 5. | 14 | SCARSI Gloria | CANYON CLLCTV PIRELLI | 4:48.651 6. | 3| CABIROU Marine | SCOTT DOWNHILL FACTORY | 4:51.940 7. | 10 | GALE Phoebe  | CANYON CLLCTV FMD | 4:52.709 8. | 18 | NEWK ..read more

Ollie Lowthorpe is a Canadian rider best known for riding heinous lines with his signature rubber duck on his handlebars. In 2023, Lowthorpe announced that his sponsorship with Norco Lapsed. On May 3rd, 2024, Lowthorpe announced he found a new sponsor in Archibald Cycles. See his unveiling post below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ollie Lowthorpe (@ollielowthorpe) Lowthorpe's bike is looking dialed. He even transferred his rubber duck to his new handlebars. Ollie Lowthorpe is a rider deserving of a sponsorship. He is well known to many riders for his viral videos descending ..read more

After qualification in Fort William, Scotland, the elite racers raced in a relatively new format of racing: the semi-finals. 60 Men and 15 women (along with protected riders) qualified for the semi-finals.  From there, the top 30 men and wop 10 women will qualify for the big show. Read more about how the race format works in BIKE’s helpful guide. Elite Women Rank | Number | Name | Team | Time 1. | 1 | HÖLL Valentina | YT MOB | 4:45.370 | 2. | 6 | SEAGRAVE Tahnee | CANYON CLLCTV FMD | 4:47.725 (+2.355) 3. | 5 | BALANCHE Camille | DORVAL AM COMMENCAL | 4:48.610 (+3.240) 4. | 2 | HOFFMANN Ni ..read more

Results are in from qualifying at the World Cup Downhill. See the qualifying results below. Elite Women Rank | Nr | Name | Team | Time 1. | 6 | SEAGRAVE Tahnee| CANYON CLLCTV FMD | 4:48.043 2. | 2 | HOFFMANN Nina | SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE | 4:49.921 3. | 18 | NEWKIRK Anna | BEYOND RACING | 4:50.534 4. | 5 | BALANCHE Camille| DORVAL AM COMMENCAL | 4:51.409 5. | 1 | HÖLL Valentina | YT MOB | 4:51.739| 6. | 28 | PARTON Mikayla | BNC RACING | 4:53.179 7. | 8 | JOHNSET Mille | CANYON CLLCTV FACTORY | 4:54.179 8. | 11 | BAUMANN Lisa | COMMENCAL LES ORRES | 4:54.203 9. | 3 | CABIROU Marine | SCOTT DOWNH ..read more

BIKE Magazine aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Last week I was out in the woods, shooting photos for a review. My buddy Jack had his camera out, and we were doing the little song and dance routine: Look off into the woods vaguely so that we can grab a shot of how this kit fits. Turn toward the light. Slip your phone halfway out of your pocket so we can get an idea of how much capacity it has. Hitch the hem of the jersey up over the waistband without showing any pasty, hairy belly so that we take a photo of ..read more

We'll cut to the chase: Brage Vestavik just dropped a new video project, Sandscape Eternal. It's good. It's really good. It might just be the best eighteen minutes of riding we'll see all spring.  Sandscape Eternal chronicles Vestavik's trip to northern Chile last winter, and features riding from Vestavik, and perineal BIKE favorite Nico Vink. It's heavy on raw, exposed, big mountain riding, at Roca Park, and beyond. In Vestavik's words: "This was a trip of a lifetime with my crew at Blur Media. It felt like we took it back to the basics, just getting in the truck and driving into t ..read more