2009 Bianchi Frames revealed

Bianchi has released their 2009 range photos, and we’ve sorted through them and will be posting the highlights for you.  This post is frames only,…

Foes Pneumatic Bike Shop Clamp

Foes has “brought the work station into the 21st century”.  Marketed mainly to bike shops, you can own one of these if you’ve got $995…

Red Bull Rampage Returns

After raising the bar for free-ride / downhill events from 2001 to 2004, the Red Bull Rampage took a hiatus as events like Crankworx filled…

Raleigh Reveals Pro 29er

Raleigh officially announced the release of their XXIX “Pro” model 29er mountain bike for 2009.  The bike frame is Reynolds 853 and will be spec’d…

Olympic Mountain Biking Tonight!

Women’s Olympic Mountain Biking will air tonight at 10pm EST, with Men’s airing at 3am EST. Watch as Julien Absalon defends his Gold in Athens against the…

26 West MTB Park Grand Opening

26 West Mountain Bike Park kicks it off (officially) with a Grand Opening this Saturday, August 23.  From their website: “The Southeast’s only lift-assisted Mountain Bike Park! Only…

Fool’s Gold 100 recap

The Fool’s Gold 100 (and 50) went off perfectly in Dahlonega, GA, this past weekend.  Shown above is the start of the 50 miler, which…

Pinhead Lockset Protects QR stuff

Now that you’re commuting to work like everyone else (yay!), you need to protect your quick release goodies from evil-doers. Pinhead Components has just the…

Geax 2009 Saguaro MTB Tire

Geax has released images of one of their new 2009 mountain bike tires…which looks strikingly similar to Bontrager tires of old (click picture to enlarge).…

2009 Mavic Spy Shots!!!!

Big News…we’re breaking some spy shots thanks to anonymous tipster of Mavic’s sweet 2009 Crossmax Wheelset and pedals.  Check out the sick machining all the…

2012 Olympic MTB Venue Announced

Hadleigh Farm, Essex, was confirmed as the venue for the Olympic games in London in 2012.  According to the organizers, “the route weaves through grassland,…

Hammerschmidt Revealed!

The big day is here! Out of the blue, we received an email announcing the big reveal! Quick, go to www.magicmechanics.com and get the scoop.…

SRAM Gets Capital, Gives Capital

SRAM has taken on a minority equity partner, Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking (LBMB), to finance further growth.  All current management is slated to stay in place,…

Hammerschmidt’s slow leak

Truvativ’s (SRAM) revolution in bicycle transmissions, named HammerSchmidt, has been getting some stellar reviews from the blind-folded, sworn-to-secrecy industry folk that have ridden it, but…

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