August 16, 2015
Let’s face it, as much as we’d all like to spend every waking hour on our bikes, we all have to spend some time waiting in line, grabbing a bite or sitting on the crapper. Might as well turn that into productive time, right? Hence the beauty of Instagram, where you can feed your two-wheeled addiction by scrolling through some of the world’s top mountain biking images and creapily pear into the lives of the sport’s biggest athletes from the palm of your hand.
Without shamelessly plugging in our own account (OK, if you aren’t already, you should really be following @sacredrides), here are the top 15 accounts that get us inspired to ride our bikes and dreaming of our next adventure.
Photographers
PARIS GORE
Puts Ansel Adams to shame
Sven Martin
Killer shots from far-flung reaches
STERLING LORENCE
The godfather of mountain bike photography
Duncan Philpott
Pretty pictures of pretty bikes in pretty places
Scott Markewitz
Seriously, check out that #lightbro
Athletes
JOEY SCHUSLER
Yeti-sponsored rider and professional adventurer
Katie Holden
Pro downhiller, LIV/giant ambassador and epic picture-taker
Brett Tippie
Original Fro-Rider and mountain biking’s biggest, craziest personality
Hannah Barnes
Specialized-sponsored racer and badass biking chick
Mark Matthes
Adventure traveller, thrill seeker and all-round good dude.
Industry Folks
Bike Mag
The best mountain bike publication out there, delivering the goods since ’94.
Pink Bike
The premier place for mountain biking news, updates and absolute silliness
Singletracks
For people who drool when they see things like this
Vital MTB
For the serious mountain bike addict
Whistler Bike Park
The grandaddy of all mountain bike parks