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Mavic 2007 featured new wheels!
Friday, June 30th, 2006Mavic has some fresh wheels ready for 2007. They have added a rim (mavic 719 disc) which is slightly beefier than the 717 model at 460g.
The EX series stays the same for the most part but the XM 321 gets another name change to en321 (formerly f219->xm321->en321)
The Crossmax SL disc wheelset has dropped [...]
Basso and Ulrich out of the Tour de France
Friday, June 30th, 2006Dopers take away the integrity of the sport. Basso and Ulrich are on the sidelines as a result of investigations. So far all the American contenders have remained out of the investigations. The governing body (ASO) of the Tour has stated that those implicated will not be allowed to start. What kind [...]
VTT Free Raid Europe’s answer to Crankworx
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006The VTT Free Raid is Europe’s answer to Crankworx. Over at dropmachine they attended the event with the Commencal team. Check it out.
VTT Free Raid: It was started by VTT magazine in france (VTT means mountain bike in French essentially) and was meant to be a showcase of all the amazing bikes offered [...]
e.thirteen LG-1 review
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Looking for a new chainguide? How about one that weighs 195g? If so, one to check out would be the LG-1 by E.13. Tom over at SouthernDownhill.com got a hold of one and wrote a review about his experiences with it.
“I’d call it an essential for all you weight weenies, and even if you don’t [...]
Mavic 2007 Crossmax SLR
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Back in black for 2007 Mavic Crossmax SLR disc wheelset. Similar to the 2007 anniversary Ksyrium’s ES, these Crossmax SLR’s look to be promising… Rumors of kevlar, carbon fiber, lighter weight, and stiffer (um yea we’ll wait on the test on that one). Notice the similar red spoke for the ksyrium ES and [...]
2007 Marzocchi Update
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Well marzocchi finally caved in and now has a 1.5″ fork. In addition to that for 2007 they have a “world cup” fork. Read more at nsmb. Some key updates are 1.5″ 66 fork, most all of the marzocchi forks are now post mount, and new air sprung models. Also there [...]
Industry 9 : Reinventing the wheel
Monday, June 26th, 2006While the hub market has been pretty much silent, Industry 9 (I9) has crept up with some severe new updates to what a wheel is. Industry 9 has been behind the scenes testing out their wheels on a lot of race rig’s over the past year and set the tone this year at the US [...]
Magura 2007 Marta SL in assorted colors
Monday, June 26th, 2006For 2007, Magura is following suit with other maufactureres and having multi-colored parts. They now have available in the Marta SL, red or gold. While the Magura SL is only approx 10g lighter (due to the carbon levers) over the regular Marta’s perhaps now you can justify spending extra money on these SL’s [...]
SunRace JuJu Gold Cassette
Monday, June 26th, 2006Probably not for everyone, but this SunRace JuJu Gold cassette would really accent some people’s bikes quite well… (I9 gold , Raceface gold cranks, king gold, etc). Featuring a gold-colored Titanium Nitride coating it looks stunning. A bit pricey at $110 but worth keeping an eye out on some new competition in [...]
Mt. Ste. Anne World Cup
Saturday, June 24th, 2006Looking to catch the World Cup Results Live from Mt. Ste. Anne? Check it out [here]
Also check out Littermag’s coverage of it [here]. They also have some video footage off their main page [here].
Lastly you can see a blog of Jill Kintner’s coverage [here]
Go Minaar go!
2006 Adidas Slopestyle shots : wallpaper worthy
Friday, June 23rd, 20062006 Adidas Slopestyle went on without a hitch. Look no further than [here]. Tons of sweet drops and transition shots from the Adidas Slopestyle.
Sun Peaks grand opening this weekend
Friday, June 23rd, 2006If you’re up in B.C. , Sun Peaks grand opening is this weekend and is having a super cheap $2 lift pass on June 24th. If you want to read more , check out what nsmb has to say:
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Rock Shox Maxle Explained
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006Since its kind of a slow day for news i decided to post some technology that some people might not know about. Conventional 20mm require a lot of bolt tightening. With Rock Shox’s invention of the Tullio (20mm) , they have improved on it with the Maxle. Similar to the Tullio, it [...]
Fox / Oakley Goggles
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006Fox Goggles. You know you want them. A colaboration with Oakley, available in July.
Fox 2007 Shox
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Larry from mtnhighcyclery.com just got in a few 2007 Fox’s.
F-100RLC, 1664g w/ uncut steerer
Talas RC2 2438g uncut and axle included
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