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Archive for August, 2006

2007 Brodie

We got back from our trip to Wisconsin and were happy to see an email from Brodie Bicycles. They passed along some specs and a few pictures of thier new 2007 lineup. Looks like they have some sweet products coming out for next year. The shots here are a little small but if you head [...]

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Suntour V-Boxx

What does the future hold for upgraded bikes in downhilling? Internal Transmissions stand a strong chance of becoming very prevalent. There are a few companies that currently race/build internally geared bikes.
Honda’s RN01 is one of the most expensive downhill bikes to produce and they perform amazing well on the downhill circuits. [...]

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World Championships Rotura Update

The World Championships continue at Rotura. The 4x is now finished and the owinner’s are no stranger’s to first place. Check out the gallery’s below for more pictures. Transcend Magazine takes some gorgeous pictures. Make sure to check out the gallery links below.

DH seeding movie from Bike Daily.
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Freeride Friday

Every Friday we will post a few videos for you to look at that we’ve found on the Internet that are fun to watch (especially if you’re bored at work).
If you have any suggestions, or have a cool video to share feel free to drop us an email or sound off in the forums.
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Review: 2006 Marin Quake AL-7

Marin isn’t a very prevalent company in the DH and FR scene. Up to this point they haven’t offered a real long travel bike ready to handle the rough stuff. Bike Magic was relatively impressed with their latest offering, giving many accolades to the suspension and its pedaling ability. Marin outfits the Quake with a [...]

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Some 2007 Giant Spec’s

Giant Australia has some updated spec’s on some of their 2007 models.

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Downhill Speed Trailer

Just released yesterday. This is not your every day run of the mill mountain bike video. It’s a video that documents 3 professional downhill racers; Eric Carter, Orlando Martinez, and Johnny Waddell.
“Downhill Speed” reveals three professional downhill mountain bike racers at home, training and at play, while shadowing them through the ups and downs of [...]

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Review: 2006 Mongoose EC-D

Descent-World has review up on the 2006 Mongoose EC-D. Many of us have our reservations about Mongoose but this ride looks like it’s taking a lot of steps in the right direction and using proven parts. If you want to see what’s in store for 2007 check Mongoose’s site.
“So what’s all that mean to you? [...]

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2007 Rocky Mountain

Over at RM they’ve got some info on the 2007 Rocky Mountain Lineup specifications.

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To see more on the lineup follow the link below.
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Trek Session Integrated Floating Brake

Brake Therapy has been working with manufactures to integrate floating brakes for bikes out of the box. Brian posted this on a few forums about what they’re doing with the manufacturer. For those that don’t know what a floating brake does, it essentially allows for the braking forces to not interfere with the suspension. This [...]

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2007 Hope Moto FR Disc Brake

As Eurobike creeps up, more parts come out. The Hope Moto FR’s look to be very promising.
The Moto FR offers a 25% increase in power compared to the MonoM4 or Mono6 with the same disc diameter but remains progressive. The body of master cylinder is in the shape of a delta for increased rigidity. There [...]

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NSW State DH Championships

Farkin.net and NSMB have some very sweet videos of some primo racing in Australia during the NSW State Championships. Check out the two video’s below.
Video #1

Black Phoenix Films produced this video.
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(link to farkin snip)
Video #2

From Nsmb forums by Olly
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World Championships Update

Farkin.net has a nice gallery up of some shots of the DH practice so far. Apparently the track is pretty gnarly, a few riders 50/50′ing the jump near the top (that has water in the middle). So far there are no injuries to report so far other than a set of World Cup Boxxers [...]

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First Look: Turner Highline

Scott over at decline posted some pics of the new 8″ travel Turner Highline to their site. The bike looks really nice but details are sparse. They’ll have a full review in the future.

[more at decline magazine]

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More Giant 2007

Over at MBA they’ve got some new shots of the 2007 Giant Bikes. We’ve added them to the gallery here
“Giant axed its Faith downhill chassis for a new platform called “Glory.” The Glory dual-linkage rear end is powered by a Fox DHX damper. The 67-degree head angle is slack enough to go big, but [...]

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