After riding an Intense Slope-style for a couple of years, on 4/5 hour trail rides, the Trek Remedy feels like a cross country hard-tail on the climbs, it currently weighs in at 28lbs, which is a good 7lbs lighter than the Slope-style (although that was a burly build). 28lbs is super-light for a 6″ travel [...]
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 [...]
Skins as we all know are taking this compression thing very seriously with a range that’s expanding in size quicker than my middle age body. We were lucky enough to get to sample some of their latest wares…here’s the round up of our time with the following items of Skins…all 4 of them. Cycle Pro [...]
Is there a better place to unveil your new product line than at the mecca of mountain biking, Whistler Canada? Is there a better time to do it than during Crankworx, probably the biggest mountain bike festival in the world? The answer to both these questions is undoubtedly “No” and I was lucky enough to [...]
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 [...]
Mid ‘first’ week of the 2010 Tour de France and it’s been a feast of ripped Lycra as the top roadies in the world, slide backwards into the hedge, topped with road rash a plenty. That’s one of the reasons that Lycra was a complete “Marmite” thing with downhiller’s. We simply didn’t trust it to [...]
