Archive for December, 2006
Oakley Goes Custom
Friday, December 29th, 2006If you hadn’t heard Oakley is now offering custom designed eyewear much like Nike and other clothing companies. They have a wide array of frame styles to choose from and offer a lot of different lens choices to boot. To add a super personal touch you can even get up to 15 characters etched on [...]
Review: MBUK Massive Light Review
Friday, December 29th, 2006A couple of weeks back MBUK did a decent light review. They took a look at 10 different lighting setup’s for the nocturnal rider. The intro has a decent bit of info on the buzz words and technology surrounding bike lighting. Each light was given a thorough once over including information on weight, price, technology, [...]
It’s Coming…
Friday, December 29th, 2006We’ve been ripping it up on the 2007 Brodie Dissident and we’ll be telling you what we think soon!
Brodie Dissident - Click to enlarge
Happy Holidays
Monday, December 25th, 2006Wishing everyone Happy Holidays!
Ride Hard!
Between the tape
Monday, December 25th, 2006Check it out, Between the tape is a film documenting the 2006 World Cup UCI Downhill series. Watch as the top downhill athletes race against the greatest of foes, the clock. This video is going to be sick…
2007 SPY Goggles
Sunday, December 24th, 2006Check out these 2007 SPY Magneto Goggles.
Black/Orange
Distortion
Ripper
Poka Dot
Fifty
Bradshaw Skull
Windam sig Tartan
Optical
Weight Section Update
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006If you haven’t checked it out, the weight gallery has been updated since its inception and more is coming soon! If you’ve got parts to add send an email
Thanks to those who have sent in stuff so far!
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Iron Horse 2007 Website
Friday, December 22nd, 2006Iron Horse has updated their webpage to reflect their 2007 lineup. Check it out. If you’re looking for more pictures of Iron Horse bikes, check out our interbike coverage here.
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Freeride Friday
Friday, December 22nd, 2006Every 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 click on Freeride Friday category to the right of this page you can see previous Freeride Friday videos.
If you have any suggestions, [...]
TEAM G-CROSS HONDA at every NPS in 2007
Thursday, December 21st, 2006SPS Events is very pleased to announce confirmation of Team G-Cross Honda at The Brand New National Points Series in 2007. Their planned schedule will give blanket coverage at the NPS with riders at each round. Headed up by the South African Greg Minaar, Finnish Matti Lehikoinen and a brand new young gun to the [...]
Review: Pryme Gear Cold Bones Gloves
Thursday, December 21st, 2006Tim Grahl over at Blue Collar MTB has posted his review of the Cold Bones gloves from Pryme. They are a cold weather specific glove designed to be used during these inclimate months. They feature a silicone printed Amara palm, Porelle waterproof liner, and small amount of insulation. To find out what Tim thought you [...]
Morningstar Tools: Tool Topper
Thursday, December 21st, 2006We’ve showed you a few of the handy tools that Morningstar makes earlier this week. We also wanted to pass along this innovative solution as well. The Tool Topper is 26″ wide, can hold about 15lbs of tools, and costs $48. By using the Tool Topper it puts all your tools within easy reach [...]
Axiom Dirtworker Bike wash
Thursday, December 21st, 2006As we come across more things that are great to bring along with you to races / rides, we’ll add them to the Tool Guides. The first addition is the Axiom Dirtworker Bikewash. It’s pretty self explanatory what it does (wash bikes / parts / yourself) but here are the details. We’ll be getting a [...]
Intense 6.6 Slopestyle Bike 2007
Thursday, December 21st, 2006Well, you were warned about more of these bikes coming out and here’s another sweet looking slopestyle bike. Coming out late spring 2007. It won’t replace the current 6.6 but will be another option.
Travel is 6.7 inches.
Head Angle is still being played with.
Slacker than a std. 6.6 for sure.
Brendan Fairclough joins Honda G-Cross
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006Honda G-Cross team gets a new recruit, Brendan Fairclough. If you’ve never seen a Honda G Cross bike (RN-01), see the picture below. Check out the more link for the rest of the press release.
Greg Minaar aboard the RN-01
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