Mountain Bike

Small Builder Focus – Winter Bicycles

Perusing the various Flickr pages covering the Oregon Manifest handmade bike show, I found a few brands I’d never heard of and thought I’d share…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 20, 2008

SoCal Interscholastic Cycling League Auction Saturday

Cycle Fest 2008 is a benefit dinner supporting the new SoCal Interscholastic Cycling League. Ã‚Â Developed as a southern branch of the Norcal organization, their mission…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 20, 2008

Pacenti 650b Blowout Sale – Ends Today

Sorry for the late notice, but if you’re itchin’ to build up a 650b bike, you can get some crazy deals on the parts at…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 20, 2008

Utah Gets Eagle Mountain MTB Park

Eagle Mountain, UT, is in the process of building a new mountain bike park that’ll have cross country trails, a downhill trail, dirt jump area…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 19, 2008

Southeast US Mountain Bike Stage Race?

Word on the street is Todd Branham, the promoter of the Off Road Assault on Mt. Mitchell and the Swank 65, is putting together plans…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 18, 2008

Bikerumor Interview – Iceman Winner Jeremiah Bishop

After capping off his stellar season by winning the infamous Iceman Cometh mountain bike race by a mere 7 seconds, we gave Jeremiah Bishop a…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 17, 2008

Bikerumor Review – 2009 Giant Mountain Bikes

About a week ago, Giant’s 2009 mountain bikes were all available at their NC demo day on some of the state’s best trails. Ã‚Â For three…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 17, 2008

Stan’s NoTubes – Patented Rim Gives You 1 MPH

First up, I had a nice long conversation Friday morning with Stan, the founder of NoTubes, with the intent of just seeing what was up…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 15, 2008

New SRAM XX Mountain Bike Component Group

SRAM is rumored to be working on an all-new “XX” cross-country mountain bike group for a global launch in summer 2009. Apparently, only OEM customers…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 13, 2008

Armstrong Wins Mountain Bike Race…on a Fisher

Lance put in a winning performance at this past weekend’s Rocky Hill Roundup, the Texas Cup Series Finals, in Smithville. Ã‚Â Word is, Armstrong, along with…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 11, 2008

2009 Brodie Bikes

Brodie has updated its extensive line of XC, DH/FR/AM, dirt jump, cyclocross, commuter, city and cruiser bikes for 2009, including the following changes: Ã‚Â Marathon…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 10, 2008

Wild Turkey Trail Bridge Complete

The last bit of unfinished business is now complete on Greensboro’s Wild Turkey Trail. Ã‚Â Shown above during construction, the bridge that crosses the last creek…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 10, 2008

Interbike 2008 – Kona Pics – Girl’s Bikes

The 2009 Kona Minxy is an all-mountain freeride bike for the ladies. Ã‚Â A lot of brands had women’s specific frames for road and cross-country, but…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 07, 2008

Interbike 2008 – Kona Pics – Part 2

Kona had a wide variety of bikes inside the show, from road to urban to commuter to full on nasty downhill bikes. Ã‚Â Shown above is…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 07, 2008

Interbike 2008 – Kona Bicycles – Pics Part 1

I checked out a couple of the Kona bikes at Dirt Demo…the CoilAir (above) and the One20 (after the break). Ã‚Â The CoilAir is their Enduro…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 07, 2008

Winter NC Short Track Series Starts Saturday

Looking for some winter training in the Charlotte, NC, area? Ã‚Â Here you go: The 3RD ANNUAL BANK OF NC SHORT TRACK SERIES starts Saturday, November…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 07, 2008

MTBO – Pro Rider Interview

So, it’s not everyday you have the chance to interview six of the top endurance mountain bikers at once…but thanks to Taylor from the MTB…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 05, 2008

IMBA Trail Care Crew Coming to Charlotte

IMBA is coming to Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday,Ã‚Â Nov. 8. Kelly and Collins Bishop of the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be inÃ‚Â Charlotte for a…

Written by Tyler Benedict November 03, 2008

Interbike 2008 – Kona Bicycles

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Written by Tyler Benedict October 30, 2008

2009 USAC Mountain Bike Race Schedule

USA Cycling has announced the 34 races comprising the 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Calendar. Each event will categorized by the number of overall…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 30, 2008

Interbike 2008 – Foes Racing 2009 Bikes

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Written by Tyler Benedict October 28, 2008

MTB Oktoberfest – The Pro’s Race Bikes

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Written by Tyler Benedict October 28, 2008

Interbike 2008 – Giant – Mountain Bikes

Giant’s mountain bikes had a number of upgrades from 2008, mainly longer travel and lower weights. Ã‚Â The Anthem X, above, went from 3.5″ to 4″…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 27, 2008

Interbike 2008 – Kenda Tires

Kenda had a few new tires, sizes and colors on display at Interbike, like the new all-black C2C “Tinker Juarez” signature edition road tire (center),…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 27, 2008

Interbike 2008 – Spinergy Wheels

Spinergy had a few new wheels on display for 2009, like this rear track wheel using a full carbon rim with PBO spokes to keep…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 24, 2008

Free Online Mountain Bike Video Game

If you need yet another way to kill time online, check out this free online video game. Ã‚Â Since the instructions only tell you how to…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 23, 2008

IMBA Requests Proposals to Host 2010 World Summit

Straight from the press release: Contact: Patti Bonnet, IMBA Events Coordinator patti@imba.com 303-545-9011 IMBA is currently requesting proposals for hosting the 2010 IMBA World Summit.Ã‚Â IMBA’s…

Written by Tyler Benedict October 23, 2008