Tag Archives: mtb

Mountain Bike Action: Droptimator Review

When the Droptimator launched at Sea Otter 2025, we knew we had to get people on the bike to experience what we were experiencing. Our first call went out to the fine folks at Mountain Bike Action as we knew they be quite interested in the bike and could give an unbiased opinion about it. […]

Bike Design 101: Designing a “Monster Gravel” Bike

In Part One of this Monster Gravel series, I showed you how we went from a simple gravel bike to having a version for everything from racing to exploring to bikepacking and more. And how all of that quickly led to this latest category, “Monster Gravel”. Drop Bar MTB vs Monster Gravel Below, you’ll see […]

The Review Did Not Lie

Print and online reviews serve a valuable purpose for both the manufacturers and the consumers. For the manufacturers, they allow us to share our products with a wider audience than would be possible if we did not engage with media outlets at all. For the consumers, it allows them to learn more about a product […]

MADE 2023 Show Recap

Is something still a blur if it happened in the past but you are still in the blur? Would you say, “MADE 2023 was a blur…” or would you say “MADE 2023 is still blurry because of….”? Either way, the MADE 2023 show was amazing and easily the best show of the year to attend. […]

Mountain Bike Action Review: 2023 Flow Motion

Back in 2019, Mountain Bike Action reviewed our first hardtail mountain bike- the Flow Motion. The conversation in the beginning was something along the lines of: “Hardtail? Yeah, we have some FS bikes we want to ride but we will give your bike a shot.” Not exactly confidence inspiring, but at least they were willing […]

Custom Build: Berm Peak Powerline

If you want to skip straight to the videos, scroll down to the bottom of the page The term “influencer” is defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as “one who exerts influence : a person who inspires or guides the actions of others” (“Influencer.” Merriam Webster Dictionary. December 29, 2022. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/influencer). By that definition, Seth Alvo would be considered an influencer. […]

VitalMTB: Flow Motion Review

VitalMTB is a very respected online publication specifically focused on mountain bikes. They live and breathe MTB’s all day every day. It would then be fair to say that they have a strong opinion of what works and what does not work in the current world of MTB’s. Knowing that they have knowledge base to […]