Greg “H-Ball�? Herbold of SRAM took a few minutes of his precious time to share with us how Avid’s new brake, the Elixir, works. Moe videoing Elixir Elixir is sleeker than the Juicys A cutout of the Elixir to demonstrate the action inside the reservoir
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Our friends at Kona has a Photo Contest with prizes given to the 3rd, 2nd & 1st place winners. Here are the details: Take shots of your bike, your friends railing trail, hanging out at the coffee shop, as long as it captures an element of the riding lifestyle, we’ll take it. Send in your…
Mark Reynolds passed away while competing in the Downhill event at Sea Otter. Our great friends at Evomo have been organizing a Memorial fund raiser and many companies have stepped up to offer product donations for this event. Read more about it below: Los Angeles, CA — A fund raiser is being held in conjunction…
Tara Llanes a 14 year veteran of the professional mountain biking circuit, with 4 National Championships, was seriously injured while racing at the Jeep King of the Mountain Finals September 2007. She is currently paralyzed from the waist down and her medical costs have been growing. Because of this Go211.com has decided to host an…
Taking a quick break to scope out the smooth rock descent Khoa, Steve, Tim & I got out to El Moro near Newport Coast for a loop. The beauty of El Moro is that it is right next to the beach which makes El Moro a great place to ride when it is hot out.…
We hooked up with Dirty Dog MTB while out at Sea Otter 2008 again to check out some of the new stuff they had going on. If you don’t know, Dirty Dog makes some of the best looking rotors out there. Not only do they look killer they also perform as well as if not…
I got a chance to take the Pivot 429 out on a quick haul through the Sea Otter Demo XC demo course. I was out there for less than an hour so this is definitely not a full on review of the Pivot 429 but more of a couple of impressions I got from the…
Syncros makes beautiful stuff. On my mind in particular is what Marshall, the Brand Manager, pointed out to us: an AM wheelset strong enough for Free Riding. Marshall specifically mentioned that some players in the 29er market are picking up these wheels for longer travel design 29ers that they haven’t finished designing yet! 😉 Here…
More Sea Otter stuff: Our buddy Q from KHS showed us a little something new that is starting to make the rounds on the net. It’s the new Hayes Stroker Ace, a 4-pot version of the very nice Stroker brake. Incognito No markings… production model will have a star and “Stroker Ace” Some info: *…
We got the Ay Up lights MTB Kit to test this last week right before leaving for Sea Otter and I’m going out on my first night ride with them tonight. But before that, I though I’d post up a couple of pictures for you and discuss what we’ve got here. The Ay Up system…