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Archive for January, 2007

Allout Grease Premier

The third production from Theo Dillworth and All Out Productions promises to be the best greasy film created yet—based on this trailer anyhow. This is Nor-Cal riding at its finest bumping along to a smooth urban rhythm. Watch as Theo orchestrates the riders like puppets on a string to create another stunning piece of [...]

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Brodie Bikes Sponsorship

Brodie bicycles is accepting sponsorship requests for teams and clubs. We are looking for organized, well spoken ambassadors to represent Brodie at races, freeride competitions, jump jams and any other local, provincial or national events in their area. Wherever possible, the team or club will have some degree of affiliation with a local Brodie dealer. [...]

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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 click on Freeride Friday category to the right of this page you can see previous Freeride Friday videos.
If you have any suggestions, [...]

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JD Swanguen signs with Cove Bikes

Cove Bikes has added American weapon JD Swanguen to its growing list of superstars. JD will represent the Cove in all aspects gravity and freeride for the next 2 years.

“Cove Bikes is stoked to work with JD, he is an unbelievably talented rider from such an important market; he is going to be a huge [...]

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Nipple Holder

This is for all you wheel builder’s, or wheel builders in training. If you’ve ever lost a nipple inside a rim, you know the frustration. Dirt Rag posted up a tip of how to avoid that.

Its a pretty simple design, and works well but i’ve found that if you use an old [...]

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Ryder Kasprick Back with Iron Horse for 07

Islandia, New York (January 23, 2007) Iron Horse Bicycles and Monster Energy sign Ryder Kasprick for 2007.
Ryder will be pushing gravity’s limits onboard dw-link Iron Horse MkIII, 6POINT, and Sunday suspension frames and Chimpira and Sachem hardtails at slopestyles, dirt jump comps, and jams throughout North America and Europe. He will start the 2007 [...]

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Canfield Brothers Lucky

Here’s some new pictures and information on the new Canfield Brothers Lucky Frame.

Geometry
Adjustable Travel – 7.09” (180mm) to 8.15” (207mm)
Bottom Bracket Height – 14”
Chain Stay Length – 17.0”
Head Angle with a 570mm A to C Fork (8”) = 66 deg. (7”) = 67 deg.
Small:
Actual Seat tube – 15”
Effective Top tube – 22”
Medium:
Actual Seat tube – [...]

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Nicolas Vouilloz Returns to the WC Circuit in 2007

More confirmation that Nicolas Vouilloz, 10 time downhill world champion, is making his return to the World Cup Circuit!
“This year the rumours are coming true. We just received word in from trusted sources inside Nico’s pit that he will be making a return to the full world cup circuit in 2007. No more information is [...]

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Cove Shocker Review

Decentworld threw a leg over the Cove Shocker and put it through its paces. See what they had to say on it.
“The feel and ride, which I hope is sort of described above, is a little duller that say a single pivot bike, however it’s still evolving enough to give you some work to [...]

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Banshee Wildcard Geometry

Tentative Geometry for the Banshee Wildcard has been set. See below and comment on the banshee blog here if you’ve got suggestions to change it!
2008 Banshee Wildcard

Tire size
Rear Suspension
Fork Travel
Head Angle
Seat Angle
BB Height

26×2.5 F&R

6.5″ (165mm)

7″

67

73

14.5″

6″

68

74

14.1″

26×2.5 F&R

5″ (127mm)

6″

67

73

13.9″

5″

68

74

13.5″

Small

Medium

Large

Top Tube

21.9″ (556mm)

23.1″ (587mm)

24.3″(616mm)

Seat Tube

14.5″ (368mm)

15″ (381mm)

16″ (406mm)

Chain Stay Length

16.8″ (426mm)

Standover

27.5 - 27.8 (697-722mm

27.6-28.6″ (699-724mm)

27.8-28.8″ (700-726mm)

Wheelbase

43.5″ (1104mm)

44.7 (1135mm)

45.8 [...]

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Straitline Pedal Preview

Bikemag previewed some of the Straitline pedals and have their initial thoughts on these sweet pedals!
“Their pedals appear to be nicely manufactured with a high-quality anodized finish and laser etched logos. Chamfered and broken edges are found all around to illustrate Straitline’s attention to detail.”

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Previous Coverage

Review: Straitline Brake Lever
Straitline Stem Preview
Straitline Pedal Preview

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Industry Nine - On the test rig

We’ve got some the baddest wheels on the planet. Industry Nine’s. Gorgeous craftsmanship and some stellar attention to detail. Do they work just as well? Look for a detailed review in the future.

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Previous Coverage

Industry Nine Interbike 2006
Industry Nine: Reinventing the Wheel

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Avent Vandal Prototype Pics

Decline has some info on the prototype ride from Avent. The San Diego, CA based company has redesigned the swingarm on the Vandal and have incorporated a trick new hanger concept. The rider has the choice of running a hanger and standard derailleur or taking it off and mounting a Saint directly. Check the rest [...]

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Rip.tv Updated

Well, another 72 hours has passed and rip.tv has upated again! Watch the next episode of drop in and make sure to check out the latest Rip News which says that my boy Nicolas Vouilloz is back for 2007.
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Previous Coverage

Nicolas wins Mega Avalanche

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Weight Section Update

If 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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