Monthly Archives: September 2009 - Page 5

Gear

Fly on the Wall: BIKE TEST

For a while it was the free thinkers who ruled. Niche brands roamed the blistered, wrinkled and ripped skin of the earth’s surface on brawny...

Fly on the Wall: BIKE TEST
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Superstar Superstrong 20mm HUB | Fresh Produce

Here’s another great value product from those ‘cut out the middleman’ guys at Superstar. The quality of finish is high and so is the construction...

Superstar Superstrong 20mm HUB | Fresh Produce
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Shimano SLX Chainset | Fresh Produce

We’ve said already that we think the new Shimano SLX is perhaps the best value groupset that you can buy at the moment, but this...

Shimano SLX Chainset | Fresh Produce
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Shimano Saint Rear Mech | Fresh Produce

Easily the biggest change in the new Shimano Saint groupset is the rear mech which now does away with that stupid system that hardly fitted...

Shimano Saint Rear Mech | Fresh Produce
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Shimano Saint Shifter | Fresh Produce

Like the rest of the Shimano Saint groupset the shifters have had a complete overhaul and have come out all the better for it...

Shimano Saint Shifter | Fresh Produce
Racing

Tracy Moseley storms to an amazing win in SChladming

Tracy Moseley has won the final World Cup round in Schladming with a 4:54.73 which she didn’t think would be fastest enough for the win....

Tracy Moseley storms to an amazing win in SChladming
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Element Fusion 1.5” Reducer Kit | Fresh Produce

For some unknown reason most 1.5” to 1 1/8” reducer headsets seem to cost a small fortune, but this new Element Fusion is far more...

Element Fusion 1.5” Reducer Kit | Fresh Produce
Trail and Enduro Bikes

Santa Cruz Blur 4X Frame | Hammered

Santa Cruz Blur 4x Frame You know there are certain ‘elements’ in our office that tell me ‘this isn’t the bike for you Mikey’, but over...

Santa Cruz Blur 4X Frame | Hammered
Racing

Schladming race day weather report and start lists

Whoa, check the weather report below, the forecasters are predicting thunder/lightning and rain for 3pm today. Josh Bryceland leads the top twenty out of he...

Schladming race day weather report and start lists
Racing

Victor's 4x finals 5-a-day

Four-cross, two-winners, five-a-day, it’s all in the numbers here at Schladming as Victor Lucas takes us through the Staurday finals. Crowds gather around the floodlit...

Victor's 4x finals 5-a-day
Racing

4x World Cup Overall results

Jared Graves and Anneke Beerten are your overall 2009 4x World Cup winners. While Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team take the team award. Jared Graves,...

4x World Cup Overall results
Racing

Schladming 4x final results

Beerten and Graves win in Schladming and take the overall World Cup series. Prokop was looking good but went down on the last bermed corner in...

Schladming 4x final results
Features

Mind Games,skill and ability. The Bet is in default !

Yep the bet for £75 went into Default at 10.30am today, Shane decided that breaking his legs/arms was on the cards so he called default The...

Mind Games,skill and ability. The Bet is in default !
Racing

Victor's Schladming 5-a-day-Friday

Victor Lucas stood firm on the 45 degree Schladming hill and fired off five beauties that summed up Fridays qualifying. Florian Pugin, you could say...

Victor's Schladming 5-a-day-Friday
Racing

Schladming 4x qualifying results

The massive 4x qualifying epic has just finished under the Schladming flood lights. 64 male riders and 16 women make the cut for Saturdays final.Michal...

Schladming 4x qualifying results
Racing

Full Schladming Qualifying results

Here is the complete qualifying results from today at Schladming. Big Mike has got his pen and pencil out and worked out the points permutations...

Full Schladming Qualifying results
Racing

Schladming WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION

The top twenty men have just come down the Schladming World Cup mountain and Sam Hill is currently in first place. If it stays like this...

Schladming WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION
Racing

Schladming Friday Qualifying weather report

Qualifying kicks off at 14.00pm this afternoon with Sabrina Jonnier leaving the start hut first. Sam Hill heads the mens qualis at 14.30pm, followed by...

Schladming Friday Qualifying weather report
Racing

Schladming Victor's 5-a-day Thursday

5 photos from the lens of Victor Lucas on the Schladming hill Its all about the Rainbow stripes for steve peat this week. First time for...

Schladming Victor's 5-a-day Thursday
Racing

Schladming Qualifying Start times

Qualifying for downhill and 4x takes place tomorrow in Schladming, full schedule is here. Warning, this is a huge list…there are thousands of riders entered. At the...

Schladming Qualifying Start times
News

Dirt 100 needs you

You know the Dirt 100? The one off magazine of 100 top mountainbike goodies that the lads at Dirt really like? Well Rowan Sorrell is...

Dirt 100 needs you
Features

Preparations

In preparation for next year’s downhill World Cup in Champery, I built a new trail from the tram down to the beginning of the race...

Preparations
Features

Project "Bender" the prelude (some kind of monster)

How the hell do i start this one off ? Ok project “bender” will make sense when you look closely at the photos, first thing Shane...

Project "Bender" the prelude (some kind of monster)
News

10 years ago today Palmer crashed out at the Worlds

The World Cup final round is on this week/weekend in Schladming, things have been pretty quiet here today so I thought I’d share this email...

10 years ago today Palmer crashed out at the Worlds
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