Gorge Games 24 Hour Race Update
July 12, 2000
Stamstad didn't disappoint his contingent of fans as he rode once again to victory by lapping the entire field before taking the finish after over 24 hours of grueling competition...

NORBA Update — Fun Rides
July 11, 2000
It's Sunday, June 25, and 14-year-old Nate Rand from East Wallingford, VT, is on his mountain bike at Mount Snow — lined up near '96 Olympic gold medallist Paola Pezzo. Rand is one of 36 riders who signed up for the National Off-Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)Sunday Morning Fun Ride...

Olympic Mountain Bike Race Update
July 10, 2000
An official from Sydney's upcoming Olympic Games came to the World Cup race in Mont Sainte Anne last week, to update riders and team managers on logistics for the sport's two biggest races this fall. As the most complicated and difficult race of the past four years, the Olympic Cross-Country event has many people in the industry wondering, "Just how is this going to work?"


Cross-Country Eclipses Downhill in World Cup Series
June 19, 2000
As the Tissot-UCI Mountain Bike World Cup marked its halfway point with a spring break at last week's World Championships in Spain, an unlikely turn of events has the industry questioning, "Why is the cross-country series a hotter ticket than the downhill amongst spectators?"


Frischknecht is Official 1996 World Champion
June 9, 2000
Thomas Frischknecht on Wednesday was officially mamed the 1996 World Champion. In a memorable press conference last month, former Champion Jerome Chiotti presented Frischknecht with his rainbow jersey after admitting he used the performance-enhancing drug EPO.