Monthly Archives: September 2008 - Page 4

Racing

NPS round 5 venue change

STOP PRESS – Next weekend will see Round 5 of the Monster Energy and Hanford’s Bike Hut NPS Downhill change venue from Carlton Bank to Innerliethen...

NPS round 5 venue change
Racing

Schladming WC Tuesday

The track was marked out today and pretty much resembles these photos. The only difference is that they’ve added some fast grassy sections here and...

Schladming WC Tuesday
News

Nige Page Bike Theft

Thieves have stolen 4 bikes and a black VW Caddy van belonging to Nige Page. Below is a description of the four bikes plus pictures....

Nige Page Bike Theft
Racing

Schladming WC race news

Check out the past four years results. Hill has dominated by taking 4 from 5 wins with Atherton taking the win in 2004.Minnaar has been...

Schladming WC race news
Racing

Pokoj wins the Eurobike Dirt comp

One of the best bits about Eurobike for me was the outdoor courtyard…outdoors, fresh air and people actually riding bikes. Here’s the results of the...

Pokoj wins the Eurobike Dirt comp
Racing

No Fuss Endurance Downhill

The Fort William Endurance Downhill Race took place at the weekend and by all accounts seemed an awesome race. The basic premise was to complete...

No Fuss Endurance Downhill
News

Sam Hill words on Schladming

We’ve heard Minnaar’s perspective on the upcoming race at Schladming (read it here) now lets see what Sam Hill has to say: After a result in...

Sam Hill words on Schladming
News

Signs of the times

So I’m in Schladming with time to kill until the teams and riders turn up and the show gets going. I strolled around the streets...

Signs of the times
News

Schladming World Cup track spy shots

First off I’ll apologize to all those who thought they might be getting some more Eurobike pictures. Sorry. To tell you the truth the sheer...

Schladming World Cup track spy shots
Racing

Schladming 4x track

Well it’s raining in Schladming at the moment, the forecast looks good for the week with maybe a splash of rain on Saturday. That shouldn’t affect...

Schladming 4x track
News

Greg Minnaar news

We’ve been trying to work out the permutations and combinations of qualifying and race positions to see who might win the overall World Cup title...

Greg Minnaar news
News

Exclusive new 09 Boxxer pics

Just spotted these new Boxxer’s at Eurobike. All have 200mm travel. The World Cup weighs in at 2721g with the Team and Race at 2948g....

Exclusive new 09 Boxxer pics
News

howies tee of the week

Your chance to win this weeks super exclusive howies tee. Rather than sit there watching other people do stuff, maybe it’s time we switched the computer...

howies tee of the week
News

Eurobike Randoms 2008

I’m beginning to realise that Eurobike is a weird place. It’s a place of sensory overload, as if you’ve eaten a kilo of fizzy sweets...

Eurobike Randoms 2008
News

Eurobike news 2008

What is Eurobike you might ask?Well it’s a big international bicycle trade exhibition. And when I say big I’m mean huge. It’s got 85,000 square...

Eurobike news 2008
Features

Cliff Burton

I watched a documentary on Metallica the other day and it made me all misty eyed. Cliff Burton was one reason I started playing the bass...

Cliff Burton
Racing

Mass start downhill race: Slovenia

I love a good mass start downhill race and have been looking for alternatives to the Megavalanche.This one in Slovenia just plopped through my mail...

Mass start downhill race: Slovenia
News

Who is the young kid? Winner

We had loads of guess as to who this cheeky young scamp was. (Check here if you missed it) Some of the guesses we received included: Nathan...

Who is the young kid? Winner
Racing

Eurobike 2008

Eurobike kicks off in Friedrichshafen, Germany on Thursday the 4th September and Dirt will be driving out there for a snoop round.For those of you...

Eurobike 2008
News

Moroccan Adventure

I went to Morocco once with a mate when I was 17. We didn’t have our bikes with us and were hassled for 6 hours...

Moroccan Adventure
News

Shaun Palmer news

We were sat in the office the other day (well some of us were sat down, but I’ve turned my desk into a standy uppy...

Shaun Palmer news
Racing

World Cup Standings

Going into the final round at Schladming in two weeks the points are oh so close at the top. In the mens Minnaar is 116 clear...

World Cup Standings
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