Life Time has decided to outlaw drop-bar mountain bikes at both the Big Sugar and the Leadville Trail 100 MTB races for 2026, ...

Life Time’s decision undercuts their own success without actually addressing the most pressing safety issues ...

LEADVILLE – Matt Carpenter reinvented the record for the Leadville Trail 100 Saturday.Carpenter, from Manitou Springs, finished the race in 15 hours, 42 minutes and 59 seconds, significantly upstaging ...

Citing safety concerns, the organizers of the Life Time Grand Prix says it’s flat bars only for Leadville and Little Sugar.

Race organiser Life Time has banned drop handlebars from the Leadville Trail 100 and Little Sugar races as a ‘safety measure’ ...

Shock rule update citing 'safety and compatibility' marks end of an era of experimental front-ends at iconic race.

Keegan Swenson won the last two editions on drop-bar mountain bikes. In 2024, Swenson used a hardtail mountain bike with drop ...

On Saturday, August 9, the 31st edition of the Leadville Trail 100 will put riders to the test across—yes, you guessed it—100 miles of high-altitude Rocky Mountain terrain. Each summer, the humble ...

Sonoma resident Brad Day has pedaled his way to the top of one of the country’s most storied mountain bike races winning his age group at the grueling Leadville Trail 100 MTB in Colorado. “I managed ...

“If you've done something that you didn't think you could do, and then you do it well, everything else becomes easier. It doesn't become easy. It becomes easier.” Anyone participating in the Leadville ...

LEADVILLE — On Saturday, nearly 2,000 riders from all 50 states and 27 countries participated in the 23rd annual Leadville 100 mountain-bike race. In the iconic event, participants rode more than 100 ...

When Payson McElveen shows up to Leadville for the Life Time Leadville Stage Race, he wins. Sunday was no different. McElveen was victorious after three days and 100 miles of racing. The Durangoan and ...