Enduro mountain bike pro Cooper Ott of the Pivot Factory Racing Team just recently joined our crew of Stan’s sponsored athletes. The 27-year-old headed into 2019 as the defending Big Mountain Enduro (BME) series champion after winning in 2018 - her second time. Her first BME series title came in 2016 shortly after she made the switch from cross country...

The Red Bull Rampage is more than just the best riders creating amazing performances in the Utah desert every fall. It’s also an opportunity for riders’ sponsors to do something special to showcase the equipment being ridden. But getting those customized bikes, wheels and accessories ready for the big day isn’t easy. We chatted with Stan’s NoTubes Creative Director Chris...

Husband and wife duo, Chloe and Travis Woodruff, founded the Stan's-Pivot Pro Team in 2015 backed by Stan's NoTubes, a small company whose tubeless innovations fundamentally changed the sport of mountain biking. A partnership with Pivot began at the onset of 2016, and nothing felt more natural as both the Woodruffs and Pivot call the rugged terrain of Arizona home...

Hans Rey was born in Germany in 1966, this Swiss/American national now resides in Laguna Beach, California with his wife Carmen. Hans is a former Trials World Champion and inductee of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, he is widely considered to be a pioneer of both the Mountain Bike Freeride movement and the Trials riding scene. As a professional...

With a team page called Fun is Serious Business, the GT Factory Team is all about good times and fast runs. The squad is packed with some of the most talented Enduro and DH racers in the world, including Martin Maes, Noga Korem, Joey Foresta and Wyn Masters. Every bit as important: these are also some of the nicest people...

Cam Zink is one of those rare riders who goes big, and goes fast. Though an accomplished DH racer, Cam gravitated toward Slopestyle and major events like Crankworx and the Red Bull Rampage, where he took the overall win in 2010. Known for some of the most astounding tricks every performed on a bike, and the holder of more than...

Jill Kintner is one of the most accomplished female athletes on two wheels. Paired with her work ethic and creativity she has prevailed across several cycling disciplines including Downhill, Slalom, 4X, BMX, Pumptrack, and Enduro. Her career highlights include a BMX Bronze medal in the 2008 Olympic games, 3 consecutive UCI 4X World Titles, Downhill World Cup podiums, and an...

The Pivot/Maxxis team evolved from the 2017 Pivot/DNA CX team with Courtenay McFadden and Sofia Gomez-Villafane.  Courtenay, along with Jamey Driscoll, continued to grow the team, for the 2018/2019 Cyclocross season, adding Maxxis as a Co-Title sponsor with Pivot, and gaining Stans NoTubes  as a presenting sponsor along with DNA Cycling. The Pivot/Maxxis presented by Stans/DNA Cycling  team is eager...

The Team CLIF Bar MTB squad has a busy 2018 season planned, including sharing a few stories about the team’s mountain bike adventures (in partnership with Peloton magazine & Niner bikes).  The United States of Dirt project launched in 2017 and will continue with three new stories this season. In 2017, the project followed the team to: Whiskey Off-Road The...

Panaracer/Stan's NoTubes p/b Bicycle X-Change is a Midwest based Elite gravel cycling team contesting podiums in both men and women's fields at top events. Look for them at the front of most gravel races in the United States aboard our #avioncarbon or #valorcarbon wheelsets! Bob Cummings I got into cycling at a late age. I rode BMX and Motorcycles as...

With over 15 years of Elite competition experience and a trademark riding style, Bryn Atkinson is globally renowned as one of most exciting mounting bikers to watch. His highlights in the racing world include a long list of World Cup top ten downhill finishes, U.S. victories and Championships; most recently though with his shift from Racer to Media Athlete, Bryn...

A born and bred Canadian, Geoff Kabush is known for racing his bike fast and having a little fun. After playing every sport in high school, Geoff decided to take MTB racing seriously after attending his first MTB World Championship as a Junior in 1995. Attending the University of Victoria and studying Engineering, he slowly moved through the ranks until...

Kyle ‘Lyle,’ ‘Big Boy’ or the slightly more obscure ‘Beef Eater’ Strait has been a dominant force on the mountain bike scene since a young age. He started competing in mountain bike competitions in 1997, and stormed Crankworx Whistler in 2004 taking the third spot on the podium in slopestyle at just 17-years-old. He also competed in World Cup Downhill and won...

Todd Wells has been racing bikes professionally for over two decades. During that time he quit for a few years to finish school, worked for IBM where he decided racing was better than a cubicle job. He has represented the US at three Olympic Games, won a bunch of National Championships, Leaville, La Ruta, Breck Epic, etc…. If it’s a...

I’m 20 years old, coming from a bmx and motocross background growing up. In 2015, I moved to southern Utah from living in Cleveland, Ohio my whole life. I’ve grown to love all types of mountain biking since being out west. Freeriding in Virgin is the best type of riding! Follow Reed on social media here: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Justin Lindine entered his first mountain bike race when he was fifteen at Plattekill Mountain, not far from the farm he grew up on in Upstate NY, and has been hooked on tearing it up ever since. Even during a few years spent chasing the road racing dream, his heart has always been in the dirt and on knobby tires...

It’s perseverance and attitude that have propelled Sonya across the Sahara Desert, Himalayas, jungles of Sri Lanka, and rural mountains of Haiti.  She is a professional mountain biker, the 2015 World 24-hour Champion, and focuses on ultra-endurance and stage racing events around the world.  She has raced in over 20 countries and has more than 25 professional career wins. Sonya...

Matt Simmonds from the UK has been a downhill racer for the last fifteen years. In which time, he has won international races, been national champion, and has stood on the Elite world cup podium. This year, he turns his skills to the sport of enduro. Matt will be supported by the Cannondale Enduro Team, with an Enduro only deal...

The team is entering its seventh year. It is rider owned and operated by Femme First Racing, LLC, which is owned by rider/managers Smith and Kaufmann. The team's mission is to advance women's cycling while racing at the highest level. We are coaches, mothers, professionals, PhD's, students and racers. Roster: Alexis Skarda Nina Baum Jennifer Smith Vicki Barclay Sarah Kaufmann...

Team Merida has been created to resolve the lack of a high-level mountain bike structure in the south of Belgium. The country's ideal terrain has lead to the creation of a UCI Team whose first goal is the training of young talent from the junior category. After five years of existence, Team Merida Wallonie has climbed the rankings to become...