I consider myself a bit of a bicycle fanatic. I've ridden tens of thousands of miles, stripped bikes down to their frames and rebuilt them, and completed a 130-mile ride from New York City to the tip ...

With GENIE suspension, adjustable geometry, and a wireless XTR build, Specialized’s latest Stumpjumper punches far above its ...

California-based Specialized Bikes is angling to reimagine the sport of cross-country cycling with efficient, extremely lightweight bikes designed to handle a wide spectrum of terrain. When climbing a ...

When Specialized introduced the Stumpjumper mountain bike in 1981 the advertisement said it wasn’t just the dawning of a new bike, but the birth of a new sport. The sport, and the bike that helped ...

Last summer, I wrote a piece that asked, “Are Cross-Country Mountain Bikes Dead?” After testing a trio of XC bikes, with the slackest, most capable winning me over, I concluded, “There will always be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and sneaker tech. Mountain biking is exploding. Trail usage is surging, and ...