If you’ve been living in a box over the past few years you most certainly will not have noticed the momentum that Continental’s rubber hoops have been having of late. It has to be said that when we think of downhill tryes, Continental didn’t up until recently figure, we’ve all been Maxxis’d and Michy’d out [...]
Giant secured a primo spot to show off their new bikes and it was impossible not to get sucked in and have a look at their 2011 DH0x models. There is no doubt that the bikes are good looking, the co-ordination of frame and components is extremely well thought out. Coordinating bash guards, hydraulic lines [...]
Darren should need no introduction but for anyone who does’t know he is a free-ride pioneer, bike handler extraordinaire and is one of the riders who made doing tricks on a mountain bike look better than good. DW: Darren, how is Crankworx going for you this year so far? DB: It?s been pretty good, the [...]
What a downhill final here in Val Di Sole today, hot weather and a surprise in the men’s final. The women kicked off the day with Emmeline Ragot taking the win, 2 weeks in a row. Marc Beaumont threw the cat amongst the pigeons and helped out Greg Minnaar who scored a second behind Marc. [...]
Episode 5 of The Atherton Project kicks off in Vernon, New Jersey for the US Open. It’s a constantly-changing, notoriously challenging track, and pushes the riders to their very limits. Off-track, Gee shares his slightly dubious American cable TV picks. Then it’s on to Fort William in Scotland for Round 3 of the UCI World [...]
Jacob Gibbins is our man in Austria this weekend, with the sole mission to keep us all enlightened with his wizardry behind the lens. Here’s his collection from Thursday at Leogang…a little 4X [practice and some nice views!
