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Swiss Army Says It May Scold Mountain Biker For "Mooning" Donald Trump On InstagramThe Swiss Army said it could reprimand world champion mountain biker Nino Schurter for posting a picture of his ass, along with the asses of three others, in front of the White House and tagging Donald Trump....

One Mountain Biker Dead, Another Injured After Scariest Possible Cougar AttackOn Saturday, two men were mountain biking about 30 miles east of Seattle in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains when they encountered a cougar. Authorities say Isaac Sederbaum and S.J. Brooks did everything right: they dismounted their bikes, stood their ground, and yelled at the animal. After it...

Out-Of-Control Garbage Fire Reportedly Sets Olympic Mountain Bike Course Ablaze<em></em>Mountain biking at the Rio Olympics doesn’t start until this Saturday, but the event is already running into problems. Specifically, the course is on fire....

Fan At Mountain Bike World Cup Gets On Course, Has Ugly Crash

This video is from Cairns, Australia, site of this year's Union Cycliste International Mountain Bike World Cup. In it, a spectator is seen riding a bike down the course and crashing violently, smacking his head several times on the ground before coming to a stop....

The GoPro bike helmet-cam footage from Kelly McGarry's canyon-skating run in the Red Bull Rampage will leave you agog and aghast. [YouTube]...

Unlucky Biker Gets Jacked Up By An Antelope

Evan van der Spuy was expecting a quiet little race through a South African game reserve over the weekend. He'd get some exercise, maybe win some prize money, maybe even see some animals!...

Apologies To Andrés Cantor, But Mountain Biking Announcers Are The Craziest

Young Briton Danny Hart obliterated the best downhill mountain bikers by nearly 12 seconds this weekend at the world championships in Champery, Switzerland. Normally, Hart's performance would soon retreat back into the shadow world that is downhill mountain biking. But no. Not this day. Not if com...

Watch A Single Hill Completely Wreck A Steady Stream Of Bikers

BUCS (the British Universities and Colleges Sport) held their championships last week, and our favorite sport was the cross country mountain biking. Someone was kind enough to put together a compilation of the best wipeouts on the same downhill section, and we can't top their word choice: carnage....