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2009 Mavic Deemax Gets Overhauled
Monday, June 30th, 20082009 Mavic Deemax
Bikeradar has got some information up on an updated Deemax wheelset from Mavic. The updated wheelset features a new freehub, upgraded hubset, more engagement, lighter weight, better spoke retention, and much more.
“The weight comes off from nearly every component: the rims are treated to a new spined Inter Spoke Milling (ISM) treatment, [...]
Preview: 2009 Shimano Saint
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Digging the new Saint gruppo
Shimano invited us to check out their 2009 Saint gruppo in Whistler a few weeks ago. We got to check out what the new and hopefully improved gruppo had to offer. See what our thoughts were as well as more details inside on their newest Saint gruppo.
Gravity East Coast National Festival
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Plattekill Bike Park will feature full slate of events starting July 4th and continuing thru July 14th, 2008. Plattekill Bike Park will remain open Monday July 7th – July 14th for Freeriding, Camping, and Practicing DS and XC, with a special pricing of just $40 for 7 days of riding.
First up however is the 4th [...]
GT Fury 2009: DHi Replacement
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008For 2009 GT will replace the DHi shown above with a full carbon model
BikeMag has got the scoop on a new bike from GT called the Fury that features a full carbon fiber frame.
“The single biggest news from the GT Bicycles 2009 product release, currently underway in Livigno, Italy, is the new Fury downhill bike. [...]
Review: Yakima HoldUp Rack
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Yakima HoldUp
For 2008 Yakima redesigned a few of their racks. We got a chance to check our their new HoldUp rack which replaced last year’s HookUp. Since we’ve previously reviewed the HookUp we’ll be able to give you a good idea of the areas that Yakima has improved as well as areas that still need [...]
Bryceland Junior World Champion, Peaty Takes Silver
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Gee Atherton - 1st | Steve Peat - 2nd | Sam Hill - 3rd (gallery | credit: Kathy Sessler)
Kathy Sessler sent over her update from Val Di Sole on the Santa Cruz Syndicate team. The World Championships were action packed this year. Gee Atherton grabbed another win and Josh Bryceland took the Junior gold. For [...]
DH World Championships: Val Di Sole
Friday, June 20th, 2008We’ve put together a new event page to house all of the Val Di Sole information we get.
Check out the live feed, videos, results, and more. The page will be updated as we recieve information so stay tuned.
Let us know what you think about it as well!
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Sneak Peek: 2009 Commencal
Thursday, June 19th, 2008For 2009, Commencal has reworked a lot of their bikes. They sent over some information and we asked a few additional questions on the Supreme DH to give you guys a bit more information. Check it out inside.
Video: U.S. Open 2008
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
We attended the U.S. Open and here’s a little video to take a look at. Featuring lots of riders like Sam Hill, Steve Smith, Amiel Cavalier, and many more.
You can download the high-res version here.
Previous Coverage
2008 U.S. Open
2009 Specialized Enduro SX Spotted!
Monday, June 16th, 20082009 Specialized Enduro SX
This past weekend, we spotted Mr. Sloan riding what looks to be a new 2009 Specialized SX at Whistler in a nice bright orange color.
The one he was riding looks to have a 1.5″ lower cup and a 1 1/8″ upper cup as well as a few other curvy modifications. We’ll see [...]
Matti Lehikoinen Injury Update
Friday, June 13th, 2008Matti Lehikoinen
Matti crashed during practice at Ft. William last weekend. His injuries were bad enough to sideline him for the event as well as a few more coming up. Check inside for additional info on Matti’s injury as well as his fantastic helmet cam run down the course.
Freeride Friday - Fort William Recap
Friday, June 13th, 2008Inside you’ll find the race runs of the top 3 finishers in both Men and Women at the Fort William World Cup last weekend.
Republik MTB Apparel
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008A while back Matt Sweeney from Republik MTB out of Bend, Oregon contacted us about looking at their gear. Being the curious lot that we are we had Matt send us over some Republik gear for us to check out. With a progressive attitude and clean designs Republik is a MTB clothing company to look [...]
Syndicate Smackdown, Minnaar Wins It, Peat 3rd, Rennie 4th at Ft. William
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Greg Minnaar 1st | Gee Atherton 2nd | Steve Peat 3rd (gallery | credit: Kathy Sessler)
Kathy Sessler sent over her update from Ft. William on the Santa Cruz Syndicate team. The race was very eventful with lots of drama as riders got injured during the weekend and Josh Bryceland returned to ride the bone dry [...]
UCI DH Ft. William Minnaar Wins
Sunday, June 8th, 2008Pro Men
Greg Minnaar
Gee Atherton (+3.17)
Steve Peat
Nathan Rennie
Sam Hill
Pro women
Tracy Moseley
Sabrina Jonnier
Rachel Atherton
Full results links inside
