He was all by himself that day. Just the trail and the breeze and the bike. He kicked up the crank, pushed off and let go of everything. That was the moment Steve Blick found himself.

Only one person has won a “Triple Crown” of mountain biking. Verona, Italy’s Paola Pezzo won the World Championship in 1993 (Métabief, France) and in 1997 (Chateau d’Oex, Switzerland). In Atlanta in 1996, she won the Gold Medal at the ...

Dan Koeppel began his career in mountain bike journalism in 1988, writing a profile of Chris Chance that appeared in Mountain Bike Action. Since then, he has gone on to write for nearly every major cycling publication, including Bicycling, Bike, ...