Project: Banshee Legend MK1 Update
We’ve had a lot of riding time on Banshee’s Legend MK1 recently and we thought it was time for a project update. Check inside to find out more.
[Project: Banshee Legend MK1]
Archive for the ‘Bike Setup’ Category
Build: Santa Cruz V10
We’ve built up a perennial downhill favorite, the Santa Cruz V10. The V10 has been revised over the years and continues to be a solid performing bike winning races all over the world. Check out our build inside and look for a review later this month.
[Build: Santa Cruz V10]
Project: Iron Horse SSO Red Build
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.
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What the Pros Ride: Steve Smith Evil Revolt
For 2009 Steve Smith has joined the Evil MS Racing team with fellow teamates Filip Polc and Matti Lehikoinen. There hasn’t been a ton of info put out on the Evil Revolt but we got to take an up close look at Steve’s Evil Revolt at the U.S. Open. Check inside for more details.
Park Bike Comparison: Corsair König
Short travel full suspension bikes are quite popular amongst park / lift assisted riders for a wide variety of reasons. We’ve decided to build a few up with a static build kit to see how a select group of frames stack up and compare against each other.
The first bike we’ve selected is the Corsair König [...]
2009 Sea Otter Classic: What the Pros Ride
During the Sea Otter Classic we spotted quite a few Pros’ bikes. Check inside to see what riders like Greg Minnaar, Steve Smith, Jared Rando, Andrew Neethling, and many more were riding at the event.
Gee Atherton’s Commencal Supreme DH Comparison
Gee’s Commencal Supreme DH
Dirt has a nice article they posted up written by Steve Jones about the comparison of Gee Atherton’s race bike to the production consumer version. It has some insightful information about the changes to geometry and other detailed aspects of the bike. They’ve included a good amount of photos taken by Victor [...]
Reach and Stack : A Good Idea
There are a few guys already doing this… but many more should be. Introducing reach and stack based sizing for mountain bikes (especially gravity ones). Expect to see many more companies on board, you should too if you’re a bike manufacturer. Details inside.
Review: 2008 Morewood Izimu
2008 Morewood Izimu
As we found out in our poll a while back, many riders are predominantly looking for a bike that will be reliable and durable. An often found characteristic of reliable and durable products is the fact they are often simple and use few moving parts. This typically allows for fewer mechanic complications.
For those interested [...]
Bike Build: 2008 Intense M6 FRO
2008 Intense M6 FRO
Intense is long known for creating high performance downhill bikes. This year they introduced the M6 to replace the M3 as their flagship downhill machine. We built up one to test for ourselves and see how it performs. Inside you’ll find our bike build and later down the road we’ll have a [...]
Review: Canfield Brothers One
Canfield Brothers have got a lot of new bikes this year and we’ve had some time on their prototype bike called the One. Inside you’ll find our review of it and a small bike build segment showcasing some of the parts we equipped it with. It’s a short link 4-Bar (VPP) bike that [...]
What the Pro’s Ride: Drew Mitchell
Check out the little video inside of Drew Mitchell’s 08 Team Cove Shocker he’ll be running this year.
Bike Build: Intense Socom FRO (part 2)
Bike Build: 2008 Intense Socom
The last 4 pages of the build article are published now. We hope you enjoy the article and hopefully was worth the wait. Let us know what you think. The full Socom review will be published later on in the season. Check it out.
Bike Build: 2008 Intense Socom
Bike Build: 2008 Intense Socom
In 2007 Intense shook the downhill industry up a bit with their Socom. The Socom was the love child of a 6.6 and the Uzzi. A lightweight downhill frame by a manufacturer known for creating winning downhill bikes built in house out of Temecula, CA. Inside is [...]
Chris Kovarik’s BlkMrkt Mob 4X Spotted at Fontana
Carter Holland caught up with Chris Kovarik at Fontana and had his new 4Cross machine all built up… minus an e13 chain guide for now. Here’s a sneak peak at Chris’ new 22.25″ Mob4X with race inspired geometry, 83mm bb and super wide chain stays for tire and mud clearance. More inside.
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