Mountain Flyer Magazine

We all come to mountain biking from different backgrounds. For some, it’s handed down—a parent’s passion igniting a love of trails on two wheels in the next generation. For others, it’s a happy accident. You date someone who introduces you to the sport, and next thing you know your mountain bike has outlived the relationship. Or, if you’re Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller, the base player from Rage Against the Machine invites you to join him and legendary surfer Laird Hamilton on a ride, as a way to welcome you to the Malibu community. Then, after you retire from the NBA, you start chasing XC and gravel podiums.

However you were introduced, Miller included, it’s likely the pandemic amplified your time on two wheels. And, while the pace of life has since picked back up, there’s no quieting the growing love of the sport. As we embrace winter, whether on skis, fat tires or sunny singletrack, we’ve put an issue together that speaks to the unexpected and exciting people and places who are all in on bikes.

We feature, of course, Miller, the NBA Hall of Famer who’s using his platform to grow and diversify the sport. Then there are the 130 acres in the heart of New York City that are home to Highbridge Bike Park; the Bay Area builder blending their love of bikes, metal and working with their hands to create authentic, purposeful frames; the partnership between two sister cities—one in Japan, the other in Switzerland—to develop Niseko’s first bike park; and the infamous Tour de France winner-turned-weed dispensary entrepreneur Floyd Landis, who has rediscovered his love of cycling through mountain biking. Plus, we dive into electronically controlled suspension and review the Kona Process 134 DL 29, Cannondale Habit Carbon 1 and Liv Intrigue LT Pro Advanced 0.

It's all in No. 79. Meet The Winter Issue.