Allen @ dropnzone sent over this picture and some details on the new 2007 Transition Preston that you all might find interesting…
” The 2007 Preston has a 2.5:1 leverage ratio now. It feels like a 6 plus inch bike… and it has almost the same geometry as the BottleRocket, but in a more pedal [...]
Dobermann had a booth at Ray’s 3Ride and had a set of demo bikes to test out as well as a welding booth setup. We got a chance to check out some of their fine frames and thought we’d share some of their bikes with you.
“Just like our frames, the Dobermann dog is the [...]
DirtMag posted up that Cedric “The Entertainer” Gracia pulled off a win at the Brazil Urbano Santos race. Notice his newly painted bike!
Check out the video link and results inside.
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, [...]
The February How-To contest is in full swing. We hadn’t mentioned the prizes before because we wanted to make sure everything was ironed out and tease everyone a little bit. Now that everything is settled we can let everyone know what is up for grabs.
The chosen winners will have the chance to pick from prizes [...]
So finally here’s the new Straitline 31.8 Wedge clamp stem. Its a pretty innovative clamping design and definitely makes for a smooth look. Read more about it below.
Accepts 31.8 bar size, 50mm length(shown), or 60mm length, 10degree rise
Dirt Rag put up a little Microbyte article on disc alignment and the tools that can be used to fix problems. Those of us that have ever took a good spill or got a little squirrelly in a rock garden know that rotors can get easily damaged causing poor brake performance. The author, Brad Quartuccio, [...]
Avid Codes have just came out and they’re amazing brakes. Trying to taylor them to a more downhill-race environment, I’ve mated Avid Ultimate levers with the Avid Code caliper and Straitline brake levers instead of the carbon fiber levers that come with the Ultimates.
It has yielded a very nice final product that is as [...]
If you’ve ever felt the splendor that is putting on a DH tire onto a rim, you know where this is going. There’s a few methods to get the stiff beaded tires onto rims, and some are easier than others. For the ones that are hard to put on, there’s an alternative [...]
Caught this on velonews, the reason why Angelfire won’t be hosting a UCI world cup race in an interview with Dave Dekema. It basically came down to a lack of communication and not enough lead time to organize an event effectively in Angelfire’s eyes.
Time will tell what will happen come: UCI World Cup XCO [...]
Decline posted up this information of an upcoming race that should draw up a huge crowd of people again this year! This weekend, anybody who’s anybody will be out at Brent Thomson’s mountain outside Vegas and you should be, too… Check out the video link posted below to see what bootleg has to [...]
The gallery is updated with all the pictures we took at the comp. Pics from all of the action filled events can be seen as well as some casual shots of everyone hanging out.
The field was stacked for the 3Ride event - (left to right) Jeff Lenosky, Kyle Strait, Kirt Vories, Cam Zink, Geoff Gulevich
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Ray’s 3Ride Wrap
SRAM Athletes Rule Ray’s Mountain Bike Park
Chicago, IL - February 12, 2007
This past weekend was the second annual, Ray’s 3Ride event in Cleveland, Ohio. SRAM athletes from the U.S. and Canada descended on the indoor mountain bike park for the two-day competition.
Results: 1st - JD Swanguen, 2nd - Greg Watts, 3rd - [...]
Greg Minaar competed in the last Mega Avalanche race and here’s a few pictures of his bike.
1.5″ headtube with internal options for 1 1/8″ or 1.5″ zero stack
Here’s a little sampler of JD Swanguen turning off the lights at Ray’s during one of his runs with his back tire…
Click the picture to see the video (Click the link below if it doesn’t play)
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