🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 A Connected Trail Network: What the Real Solution Looks Like — and What Baden-Württemberg Keeps Refusing to Build
If Baden-Württemberg were serious about mountain biking, the debate would not be “illegal or legal.”The debate would be: How do we build a system that actually works?Mountain BikesBecause that’s what’...
9 Mar 7min
🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 How Dangerous Are Bike Parks, Really?
New data shows: the risk is far lower than most people think.Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportBicycles & AccessoriesIf you ask someone who has never visited a bike park, the answer comes ...
2 Mar 3min
🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 MTB-Report — March 2026
Published by the Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportSome sentences land like a match in dry leaves. One of them appears in a press release from the Stuttgart district/regional branch of BUND dated Octob...
1 Mar 10min
🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 The Truth About Bike Insurance
What actually matters, what doesn’t, and the myths riders still believePublished by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportThe bike insurance market has grown as fast as the bikes themselves.With prices r...
25 Feb 3min
🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 Mountain Biking and Forest Conservation: Baden-Württemberg Finally Needs a System — Not Another Ban
What is the value of the position paper “Mountain Biking and Forest Conservation” published by BUND Baden-Württemberg?Published by the Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportIt’s rare that I read a position...
24 Feb 7min
🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 Schwalbe launches the Pressure Guide (Beta) — less guesswork, more grip
Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportSchwalbe has a new page live: the Schwalbe Pressure Guide. It’s intentionally labeled BETA Schwalbe is openly saying the tool is still evolving and they w...
23 Feb 3min
🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 Bans Create Shadow Use: Why Baden-Württemberg Is Building Its Own Trail Problem
Baden-Württemberg doesn’t have a mountain bike problem. It has a system failure — and it shows up in the forest as something policymakers rarely name out loud: shadow use.Published by the Radical Life...
19 Feb 6min
🇬🇧 / 🇺🇸 Why More Bike Brands Are Shrinking Their Lineups — and What It Really Means for Riders
Fewer models, clearer identities, and a long-overdue correction in the bike industry.Published by Radical Life Studios / MTB ReportFor years, bike manufacturers expanded endlessly. Every season broug...
18 Feb 3min
