News from the world of mountain biking

Adolf Silva is paraplegic after his horror crash at the Red Bull Rampage 2025. In his latest vlog, he answers the questions posed to him by the community. Either he's incredibly mentally strong - or he's a very good actor.

Hollywood is experiencing a veritable power struggle: Paramount Skydance has submitted a hostile takeover bid of 108.4 billion dollars for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging the previously agreed deal with Netflix. While Netflix had offered a mixture of cash and its own shares, Paramount is relying on a pure cash payment of 30 dollars per share and is targeting shareholders. This leaves open who will be responsible for broadcasting the Mountain Bike World Cup in the future.

The ski season is in sight and many snow sports resorts have already opened for business. Ideally, mountain bikers who are switching to bikes for the next few months should also stay in hotels that have a heart for cyclists in winter. Ride shows which hotels are particularly worthwhile.

The Toyota subsidiary Daihatsu has presented a concept that will make minimalists' ears prick up. The Kayoibako-K is shorter than the modern Fiat Cinquecento and offers everything that solo campers or traveling couples need. It also rides autonomously and could thus become a driverless trail shuttle.

Many people know Nathalie Schneitter as a racing cyclist, others as co-organizer of Cycle Week and still others as an original bike ambassador. They all now have to get used to the fact that the woman from Solothurn is President and Managing Director of the Velosuisse industry association. In this interview, she explains why this position is the logical consequence of her previous cycling activities.

At a time when mountain bike equipment is becoming increasingly specialized, when almost every millimetre of suspension travel and every tire width is developed for a specific area of use, former world-class enduro riders Jérôme Clementz and Ludo May wanted to return to the roots of mountain biking, to freedom and discovery. Their goal was simple: in the "Cursed Begen" of Albania, Kosovo and Monténégro wild trails to travel, new horizons to explore, pristine valleys to traverse and remote mountain communities to get to know.

In September 2024, the Vorarlberg-based bicycle manufacturer Simplon filed for insolvency. In December, a new investor was presented and a new start at the Austrian site was announced. Now part of the production is moving to Romania and further redundancies are imminent.

The Bavarian company Syntace GmbH, which also owns the Liteville bicycle brand, has filed for insolvency. A further step in the process of cutting the cord from the Austrian Pierer Industrie AG, which had acquired a majority stake in 2022 but had itself run into serious turbulence.

The Woom success story is unique and impressive: within 10 years, Marcus Ihlenfeld and Christian Bezdeka have rolled the children's bike brand towards market leadership. But that is not the end of the story: In the next step, the two entrepreneurs are tackling a new sector - and once again, the focus is on kids.

If a biker falls, the landowner is liable, even if the trail is illegal. Pedestrians, on the other hand, enjoy no protection on downhill trails. Of course, none of this is true. There are myths and legal concepts surrounding liability that do not stand up to the law. Here is a clarification of the most important questions.

The sport of mountain biking is currently being shaken up. And not just the producers, who can't find their way out of the Covid party hangover. The sport is also in turmoil, as Maxi Dickerhoff analyzes in a readable and in-depth blog post.

Over 70 personalities from the bike industry, tourism and the media world came together at the Ride Partner Summit 2025 in Bern on September 18. The event at the "Turbo Lama" in Bern was all about networking and inspiration.

Schurter has achieved everything on the race track, he is the "Greatest of all Time" and it will be extremely difficult for future racers to even come close to matching this success. Schurter's current starting position is now exciting, as his last Elite World Cup race is coming up in Lenzerheide in September. What comes next for Schurter after racing?

The incident is said to have occurred during the 2023 World Cup weekend in Leogang and was reported last year by Spanish enduro rider Ares Masip Ibañez. The accused Edgar Carballo Gonzalez is suspended for one year following an internal UCI investigation. He denies the allegations and his team Mondraker immediately parted ways with him.

Syntace GmbH, to which the Liteville bicycle brand belongs, wants to leave the mother ship of Pierer Industrie AG, which has run into wild turbulence. The Austrian group only acquired a 70% majority stake in the Bavarian bicycle and component manufacturer in 2022.

Insolvencies are not only the order of the day in the bicycle industry, the motorcycle sector is also plagued by them. The motorcycle manufacturer KTM - not to be confused with the bicycle manufacturer KTM - has been particularly hard hit, having to file for insolvency and the situation in the company seems to be getting out of hand.

This was the Ride Partner Summit 2024: a great and uncomplicated event with inspiring short presentations is in the books and the event pictures are in the database. Here's a look back at the summit at the Road World Championships in Zurich.

Ride delivers the annual rendezvous of the ride cosmos with its Partner Summit. This year's networking event will take place on September 27 during the World Cycling Championships in Zurich. Information and registration form are now available.

The current insolvency rumble among online stores in the cycling world has its roots in Signa Sports United (SSU), into which the numerous stores are integrated. The man behind it is René Benko, an Austrian self-made billionaire.

Janez Grasic has flown away forever. He was one of the family, and one of the good ones. An obituary for someone who left his mark on the mountain bike world.