Bike magazine correspondent Seb Kemp has finished an assignment that is aptly titled "The Escape," as he rode 400 miles through bountiful British Columbia by circumnavigating the Georgia Strait and "stopping off in Squamish, Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Cumberland, Hornby Island, Parksville, Duncan, and Saturna Island," he wrote. <br /><br />The journey, which is documented in its entirety here, has provided ample opportunity for gorgeous, jealousy-inducing photos, and has produced many..

It's a crazy race this thing called the Valparaiso Cerro Abajo 2013 in Chile. Maybe you've heard of it. It's an urban downhill mountain bike race, so instead of trees and trails, riders navigate the streets, sidewalks, stairs, big jumps, little jumps, side walls, and alleyways of Valparaiso, all while avoiding the occasional stray dog and spectators who are sometimes only feet away. Sixty riders competed in the 11th running of the Red Bull-sponsored race Sunday. The winning rider, Marcelo..

Jeff Plassman was about 15 minutes into a 50-mile mountain bike race Sunday when out of nowhere came a swift-moving deer that, in Jeff's words, "decided to run at me full steam and jump off the front of my bike, sending me crashing to the ground," as the deer ambled off no worse for wear. Fortunately for us, Plassman caught the collision on his bike-mounted camera and posted the video on YouTube. We're not convinced the accompanying music is deer-crashed-into-me kind of music, but you can..

Photo courtesy Bike magazine; to get the full review, click here.<br /><br />Giant's versatile Trance X was bound to get a big-wheel makeover, and the company took pains to ensure it still competes in the trail category. To that end, there's clearance to spare around the voluminous Schwalbe tires, the chainstays remain a reasonable 17.8 inches, and the standover is even lower than on the 26er TranceX. Uninterrupted, internal cable housing is becoming de rigueur on all-condition bikes, but..

First, we'll admit, this "Kona House of the Big Wheel 3" video is a glorified commercial. But considering the impressive aerial shots taken from a helicopter, the beautiful scenery of the Selkirk Mountains above Revelstoke, British Columbia, and the singletrack cross-country riding during "the fading days of a long Indian summer," it's definitely worth a look. And anyway, the real commercial doesn't reveal itself until around the 2:00 mark, so there is plenty to enjoy:<br /><br />The..

Sinamatella Productions is a relatively new production company based out of South Africa that attempts to use vivid imagery to encourage people to get outside. As such, they've released their latest film project, "Kunye," which juxtaposes the 2012 Single Speed World Championships, which was held in Africa (South Africa) for the first time in history last year, with the story of South Africa itself. The film, which runs about six minutes, is inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem "Little..