“Eurobike is an international exhibition around the bicycle and is held annually since 1991 in the first week of September, on the grounds of Messe Friedrichshafen, one of the largest and most modern exhibition centers in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.” wikipedia.com Eurobike starts the exhibition season with the entire global bike industry gathered to show off next [...]
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Massanutten sees record numbers at GES#1
The perfect weather probably didn’t hurt, but Massanutten saw 263 entrants according to GES in this past weekend’s Gravity East opening race. Like years past in the GES, Massanutten is the opening round for the 8 round GES series that travels along the east coast from May to October. Details on the race inside.
What the Pros Ride: Fabien Cousinié Black Mountain Morewood United
We caught up with Fabien Cousinié at Sea Otter to check out his new Black Mountain Morewood United rides. Check inside for a video with Fabien and more photos.
2010 Sea Otter Classic
Ed. j.nixon 2010 Cove G Spot Cove had the elusive G Spot on display at Sea Otter. It’s billed as an all mountain and freeride bike that also works well for park and slopestyle riding. Check inside for full details. Read the rest of this entry » Sea Otter Roundup: Chromag, Point One Racing, Santa [...]
Issue #1
SickLines Special Edition Electronic Magazine Bandwith intensive, video infused, and lots of reviews on the latest gear from 2009 and 2010. Intense 951, Morewood Makulu, Manitou Dorado, Banshee Amp, new direct mount stems, insight from Jill Kintner & Martin Whiteley, MRP History, 2010 brakes, LG1+ & SRS+ reviews, and much much more. Full of electronic [...]
Special Edition – SickLines Electronic Magazine
SickLines Special Edition Electronic Magazine Bandwith intensive, video infused, and lots of reviews on the latest gear from 2009 and 2010. Intense 951, Morewood Makulu, Manitou Dorado, Banshee Amp, new direct mount stems, insight from Jill Kintner & Martin Whiteley, MRP History, 2010 brakes, LG1+ & SRS+ reviews, and much much more. This electronic edition [...]
Build: 2010 Morewood Makulu
Morewood made quite the splash when they showed off their latest downhill bike last year, the Makulu. Check out our Makulu build inside.
2009 Interbike Update #7
2009 Interbike Update #7 Check our main Interbike 2009 content page for links to more updates and videos. Pro’s Bikes Mitch Delfs World Championships Kenda Morewood Makulu Mitch’s world champs bike is mostly stock with a couple of changes. The headangle is tweaked slightly for more stability, the top tube was lengthened, and the chainstays [...]
BRIAN LOPES WINS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE AIR DH AT KOKANEE CRANKWORX 2009
Read the details inside on the 2009 Air DH race that took place at Crankworx today down the famous A-Line trail.
Bromont World Cup 2009
World cup downhill is coming to a climax as stop number seven of eight at Bromont, QC proved to be an exciting venue to say the least. We attended the race to experience and report on what happened. See inside for the goods.
KENDA MOREWOOD AT UCI MTB WORLD CUP # 5 IN MARIBOR, SLOVENIA
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 [...]
2009 Sea Otter Classic Racing
Video: Downhill and Dual Slalom Pro DH Finals The Pro finals were fast and furious with everyone gunning for the top spot. Below you’ll find some highlights. Check the gallery for many more pictures. Mick is back this year and looks to have gained some speed in his year off somehow. He placed 2nd in [...]
MRP G2 and Mini-G Chain Guide
written by: J.V. Nixon Introduction: The MRP G2 introduced in late 2007 features an integrated guard that ushered in a few new guides for MRP. The guide’s goals were to be super lightweight without sacrificing chain retention, rigidity, or protection of the chain and chain ring. The integrated guard helps to protect the chain and [...]
Start your own project!
For us to continue to develop content we often buy test/review products and sell them once we’re done with them. Looking to start a new project for yourself? We’ve got two frames inside available (large Morewood Izimu and a medium Iron Horse Sunday Factory) that might fit what you’re after for a good price and [...]
Bikers Bordello
Projects: It is fun to follow project builds and since we try do them all too often we thought we’d open up a new behind the scenes section dedicated to it. By doing this, we’re allowing you the reader a behind the scenes sort of look at how some of the parts end up on [...]
2008 Morewood Izimu
Setup Highlights: Stan’s NoTubes ZTR flow / Nukeproof Generator Hubs (click to enlarge) The wheelset is pretty new to this bike as we’ve been testing a few wheelsets on the Izimu. The Stan’s rims so far have held up well and have a very shallow rim depth to them. You can read more about them [...]
2008 Morewood Izimu
History: Started in 1998, Morewood sought to build bikes that would keep you riding day in and out without the constant maintenance and frailty of other bikes. Morewood Bikes started with one man, Patrick Morewood. Ignoring the many titles Morewood riders have achieved, Patrick himself is a three time South African DH National Champion. He [...]
Steve Peat 2nd Val Di Sole, Hill Wins
Sam Hill wins Test Event (more photos in the gallery) PEATY 2ND, HILL DOMINATES TEST EVENT : Kathy Sessler Val Di Sole, Italy May 4, 2008 The organizers did a brilliant job putting together this test event in the heart of the Val Di Sole region in Northern Italy, and the pleasant weather this weekend [...]
Morewood Makulu Proto DH Bike
So we sought out some more information from Morewood awhile back on their latest prototype. You’ve no doubt seen some shot in spy photo’s from various races around South Africa over the last twelve months (Yes, it has been out and about for that long more or less). This bike will be called the Makulu. [...]
Morewood
So we sought out some more information from Morewood awhile back on their latest prototype. You’ve no doubt seen some shot in spy photo’s from various races around South Africa over the last twelve months (Yes, it has been out and about for that long more or less). Details inside.
Minnaar Makes Triumphant Return
Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate), South Africa’s most successful mountain bike racer ever, made a triumphant return to competition at the weekend after a long injury layoff to capture the National Downhill Title at the 2008 Mazda MTN South African Mountain Bike Championships.
Morewood and BOS Engineering Partnership Yields a New Dawn
Fabien Pedemanaud It’s official. Morewood Engineering has confirmed their involvement with the French World Cup gravity team, Team Pyrenees Morewood: an all-French outfit with riders Fabien Pedemanaud and Devin Danh Pha at the helm. Of equal interest is the resultant partnership between Morewood and Bos Engineering, who will be working very closely together in supplying [...]
Newsletter – May/June 2008
Welcome to the Sick Lines newsletter for May and June. We’re glad to have everyone subscribed and hope you get some useful info from this newsletter. We’ve started to include a site based email just to make sure everyone views the newsletter easily and correctly. Top Content May: 1. Racing Events World Cup #1 – [...]
2008 Morewood Mbuzi
For 2008 Morewood has a new bike, the Mbuzi, a small (6.2″) travel aggressive full suspension bike. Check out the details inside to see the changes and stay tuned to see more details on their 08 Lineup.
2008 Morewood Izimu DH
For 2008 Morewood has tweaked the Izimu to be even more race worthy. Check out the details inside to see the changes and stay tuned to see more details on their 08 Lineup.
