Archive for June, 2009
Shimano XTR hasn’t come in a short cage configuration for some time (M952 days). With the introduction of the Saint gruppo, Shimano most likely felt that the need for a short cage XTR derailleur was no longer necessary but we felt it was time for a little customized one SickLines style and brought it back. [...]
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Photos from Gravity East race #4 at Windham Mountain in Windham, NY are available. Photos from Saturday’s practice as well as Sunday’s downhill race final are in separate galleries. 300+ photos are available so there should be at least one shot of everyone at the event. Make sure you let your friends and family know [...]
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Anthill Films has just finished putting together the first rider profile for their upcoming film titled “FOLLOW ME”. The short video embeded above interviews Matt Hunter about riding bikes since birth and a teaser of his role in Anthill’s new movie. The profile was shot in Kamloops with Matt and Kurt Sorge during Anthill’s [...]
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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.
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Cane Creek 110 Headset
Headsets may not be the most exciting part of a bike build but it is important that they function correctly. We were after the best 1 1/8 headset for one of our recent builds and we picked the Cane Creek 110 headset for a variety of reasons. The 110 year warranty they [...]
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Team Kenda Morewood had a spectacular weekend as Mitch Delfs takes 9th place at the 5th World Cup round of the season, in Maribor, Slovenia.
Team mate Nathan Rennie was not present at Maribor as he is back in Australia in order to help heal up a few nagging injuries and train for the World Championships [...]
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The Santa Cruz Syndicate winning streak has came to an end. Fabien Barel took the win at Maribor. Check inside to read Kathy Sessler’s detailed account of the weekend.
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Our friend Andre owns rushsports.co.za and he is pretty good at finding little gems such as this one. He stumbled upon a patent FSA has applied for that looks quite tantalizing to say the least and Greg from Straitline beamed over this link to us. An 11 speed derailleur unlike any other so far. Will [...]
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Maribor UCI DH & 4x kicks off this weekend. The Santa Cruz Syndicate team is yet to lose in DH. Will they be able to keep up this trend? Tune in to watch the races live here (4x Saturday, DH Sunday).
[2009 UCI World Cup #5 Maribor, Slovenia]
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Theo put together another video of the X-Fusion/Intense journey from Ft. William and Willingen, Germany. Kieran gets some prime time as Ryan is currently injured.
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The East Coast is dense with prime riding locations. Nested away in the western Catskills of New York, lies home to Plattekill Mountain. Platekill has a remarkable history in downhill mountain biking that dates back over 14 seasons. Riders like Missy Giove, Myles Rockwell, and many other “old schoolers” have shared in the [...]
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Point One Racing Split Second 70 Stem
Point One Racing has used the knowledge they gained from creating their Split Second 50mm stem in order to create a new 70mm stem designed for All-Mountain riders. Check inside for more info.
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We’ve changed a few things on our Iron Horse SSO project. We’ve replaced some of the temporary components, a custom saddle, and included some thoughts on a few of our component choices. An interview with Dave Weagle about the SSO has also been added to the project page for more information on this enigmatic bike.
[Project: [...]
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Vholdr passed along some information regarding the recent availability of their new ContourHD helmet camera. Details inside.
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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.
Continue Reading...
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