The Streets Of London

Streets of London is the latest video from digdeep Icon and street trials sensation Danny MacAskill and is the first video he's made in the capital of England. The video features a number of incredible tricks from Danny's arsenal, shot at some of the world's most iconic locations such as Tate Britain, St Paul's, the South Bank and The Mall. Look out for more videos of Danny from digdeep, coming soon.
Danny MaCaskill In Streets Of London

The kiwi's

Every year in Europe there is a mass invasion of Kiwi downhillers trying to make their impression on the world cup scene. I spent a week with 3 of them who have already made their mark; Sam Blenkinsop, Wyn Masters and Brook Macdonald. Check out an average week in the life of a New Zealander abroad!
Kiwi's Video

Anne-Caroline Chausson Pinning It

A smooth ride in the Spanish Pyrenees with Anne-Caroline Chausson multiple world champion and Olympic champion in BMX.

AC 2011

2011 iXS Euro Champs Teaser

As has already been announced at the Eurobike tradeshow, iXS is going to organize the European championships in both downhill and 4cross for the next three years. The official title is going to be „iXS European Championships“. For the first year, Zermatt in Switzerland has been chosen as venue.

The extremely demanding downhill track at the slopes of the famous Matterhorn is going to be modified in order to move the finish area directly into the village. The 4cross track, on the other hand, is situated at the Sunnegga paradise, at 2250 metres above sea level. So the spectators can enjoy more than just top-level elite sports, they also get a unique panorama view with no less than 38 impressive peaks that rise to more than 4000 metres elevation.

As the venue enjoys worldwide publicity, this also helps the quest to bring the European championships back to where they belong, which is exactly what iXS is intending to do. After all these championships are supposed to be something special not only from the sports’ perspective, they have to be put into the focus of the public as well. In the past, this was a factor that got neglected repeatedly, a prominent reason for some of the major national federations not to send their athletes.

The experience gathered from hosting downhill and 4cross races for a couple of years is going to be helpful to lift both the level and the reputation of these continental championships. A first important goal was to find venues that are situated in central Europe, making them easy to reach for most national teams. Of course the fact that next year’s World championships will be held just one week later around the corner in Champéry is helpful as this lowers travel expenses.

Zermatt and iXS will do everything to turn the first iXS European Championships into both an unforgettable experience and one of next season’s highlights from an athletic point of view. So make sure to calendar the weekend of 27th/28th August 2011 in your agenda prominently…

Euro Champs

Global Racing Launches New Website

The newly formed Spanish company, Global Racing Imports, has launched its new online retail and dealer service website today in 3 languages, Spanish, Portuguese and English. The new company, founded by multiple World Cup winner and former World Champion Greg Minnaar (RSA) and his business partner Martin Whiteley (AUS), is based in Whiteley’s adopted hometown of Granada in southern Spain.
www.globalracingimports.com
Global Racing is the official distributor in Iberia (Spain, Portugal, Andorra) for the brands Kabuto, Deity and Sensus, and for SDG in Portugal. Furthermore, 2 new brands will be coming on line in January 2011. For Minnaar, this is a major step in his career, bringing products that he really believes in, to a part of Spain that has become a second home for him.
Global Racing

2011 Vienna Air King Announced

2011 Vienna Air King April 2-3
The Vienna Air King is an international dirt jump competition, which is held every April and functions as the annual bike season kick off event in Europe in conjunction with the ARGUS Bike Festival – Austria’s biggest bike event. For the 6th time in 2011, the competitors of the Vienna Air King have to show some hard rocking tricks and combinations on the course to secure some of the cash and goods prizes.


2011 Vienna Air King

Framed Andi Wittman Rider Promo

"FRAMED"
this is basically a pilot-project,something that andi wittmann thought about for a while,and then came over to ask me if im interested.
we`ve both been pretty busy over the summer,but we managed to squeeze in a few days,to see how this could turn out.
so we filmed a little riderprofile,showing andi doing what he feels like doing,and thats pretty much it.
i hope you like it the way we do,as this might be just the start of sth new in 2011,but...we´ll see.
for now...hello winter!
Framed

2011 Nukeproof Scalp

Taking its name from the legendary track at Moneyscalp Wood in Co Down, the Nukeproof Scalp is our eagerly-awaited DH race rig, offering 209mm of progressive rear travel via a pull-link driven single-pivot suspension system.

Designed and built with the target of grabbing podium places on the World Cup circuit, the Scalp is nonetheless destined to appeal to weekend warriors everywhere as a top-quality but affordable speed machine.
Engineered from double-welded 6061 aluminium and tested by our team riders on courses in the UK and elsewhere, the Scalp is a slack and low-slung gravity sled built for the steepest, most technical and most challenging race runs the sport can throw up.

Nukeproof Scalp

Elka Stage 5 Review

Downhillnews is excited to get the chance to try out the new 2010 Elka Stage 5 rear shock. Ever since Elka announced they were jumping into the mountain bike suspension segment we were excited. The Elka will be mounted to the 2010 Santa Cruz V-10 we tested a little while back. The same test riders will give it a go and write down their thoughts after they are done. They will also fill out grade cards to help give a sense of how the Elka shock handled various situations.

The shock itself is a beautiful piece of work. Machining and billet aluminum makes up the Elka Stage 5. It has very finished look and feel to it. The knobs turn easily with nice clicks. Elka seems to have brought to market a very well built shock that will come custom tuned to the individuals particular bike.

Elka Stage 5 Test

2011 Mondraker Summum Pro Team

In its first year of life the Summum has already obtained various praises. The English magazine ¨Dirt Magazine¨ for instance, proclaimed the Summum to be the best DH bike of the year. This year’s Summum has gained geometric improvements and has spectacular specs, all of this to offer the lightest and most functional DH Bike as possible. An example is its front suspension Marzocchi 883 RC EVO Ti, used for the basic model of the Summum range

2011 Mondraker Pro Team

2011 Transition TR450

The TR450 is our dedicated downhill racing machine. Heavily researched and selected with direct input from the Transition Racing Team, this is an aggressive geo built for speed and stability. With a careful ratio between chainstay length and head angle, the frame has a neutral feel in corners with good rider weight balance between the front and rear wheels. The TR450 gets 8.25” of travel from a 9.5” x 3” shock placed low in the front triangle. The linkage was tuned to provide a gradual change from beginning to ending leverage rate. The suspension ramps up very evenly through the travel to give the bike a supple top stroke and good bottom out control without excessive sag or mid stroke wallow. This result is a consistent progressive suspension feel that is predictable and yields a high amount of tunability. We set out to make the cleanest looking DH bike on the market that could be ridden hard and put away wet while being a dependable top level race bike you can trust race after race.

2011 TR450

2011 Transition TR250

New from Transition for 2011 is the mini DH bike called the TR250. The TR250 borrows many great race proven characteristics from it's sibling the TR450 to create a tight and responsive short travel DH bike that absolutely rips. Making the TR250 versatile was the top priority with adjustable chainstay length, travel, BB height and head angle, there is nothing on this bike you can't tweak. The suspension features the same great progressive feel as the TR450 but offers adjustable travel settings for two distinct feels at 160 or 180mm of travel depending on your mood. The TR250 is meant to be ridden hard and put away wet since it is extremely easy to maintain. This bike is built for riders that love DH style bikes but are looking for something more playful that is incredibly easy to throw around that can still rail down gnarly downhill lines.

2011 TR250

2010 Red Bull Rampage Go Pro Edit

Shot 100% on the HD HERO® camera from GoPro®. Check out the GoPro footage from the 2010 Red Bull Rampage in Virgin Utah.

Red Bull Rampage GoPro Edit

Follow Me New Zealand Behind The Scenes

This is an edit that was created from part of the behind-the-scenes DVD extra in Follow Me. This will give you an idea of the struggles (and rewards) we had while shooting with Steve Smith and Gee Atherton in New Zealand. www.anthillfilms.com
Follow Me Video

2011 Morewood Makulu

It’s no easy task improving on the benchmark in downhill bikes. But we have. The 2011 Makulu, available in three sizes, features a more progressive
suspension curve for improved bottom-out resistance, and a more balanced chassis.

Tapered 1 1/8" to 1 1/2" (120mm long) head tube
Custom drawn Al 6082 T6 tubeset
Hydroformed top tube
83mm ISCG 05 bottom bracket
30.9mm seatpost size
34.9mm seat clamp
203mm [8"] rear wheel travel
(2.3:1) linkage with Enduro Max bearings
266mm x 89mm [10.5" x 3.5"] rear shock length
shock options: BOS Stoy or FOX RC4
25.4mm x 8mm front shock-mount
25mm x 8mm rear shock-mount
CNC machined 6082 Ali 12 x 150mm bolt thru rear axle
CNC machined 6082 Ali replaceable derailleur hanger
Postmount direct 160mm rear brake tab
Small, medium and large frame sizes

Morewood Makulu

26 Pre Runner Pedal Test

Twenty6 is a small component manufacturing company based out of Belgrade Montana. Owner Tyler Jarosz has been involved with bikes almost his whole life. You can tell just by picking up a pair of their pedals. These are not cheap molded, plastic, or aluminum hunks with screws thrown into them. These pedals truly are a work of art. They are CNC'd from 6061-t6 aluminum into thin, concave shapes that look as if Boyd Coddington spent years shaping them and are big enough to land an F-14 onto. They have an offset parallelogram platform with replaceable traction pins. They have self-lubricating turcite bushings and come with either chromoly or titanium axles.

Twenty6 Pedals

Aaron Gwin Joins TWR For 2011

Addition of Aaron Gwin Highlights a Stacked Roster

23 Degrees Sports Management is thrilled to announce the addition of Aaron Gwin (USA) to the Trek World Racing 2011 downhill roster.

Currently the UCI World #3, Gwin will race a Team-issued Trek Session 88 throughout the 2011 World Cup calendar alongside his Trek World Racing teammates. A relative newcomer to the sport, Gwin has experienced a meteoric rise in his young career and is widely known as one of America's brightest downhill stars. "I'm really excited to be joining Trek World Racing. I've looked up to Trek bicycles since I was a kid watching Lance Armstrong win the Tours so to be a part of that same American brand and adding to that racing heritage is pretty cool. The support this team provides is second to none and I believe I'll have all the tools I'll need to achieve my goals." Aaron said.

Returning for 2011 will be World Champion Tracy Moseley (GBR), World Silver Medalist Neko Mulally (USA), and World Top 10 rider Justin Leov (NZL). All three riders have had their best career years while riding aboard Trek, and are looking forward to welcoming Aaron to the team. Tracy said, "It's great to be returning to Trek World Racing for a 3rd year and this time in the World Champion's jersey! I'm looking forward to an exciting year and hope to be able to help Trek World Racing become the number one team in 2011."

Gwin On New Team

Find Trailer

Find- The Mountain Bike Film.
We've shot in some amazing locations with some of the worlds best riders and most knowledgable guides. Our focus was to produce a film that not only inspires you to get the bike out on the trails, but a film that gives you a unique perspective from people who live and breath mountain biking
Find Trailer

2011 Nevada State Downhill Championships

The Whiteface Mountain Bike crew(Creators of the 5K DH) have been awarded by USAC the privilege to bring you the first Nevada State DH Championship since August of 2006. This year the location moves to the challenging trails of Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City,Nevada. Mark your calendars as this is also the 1st official USA Cycling race of the 2011 season. Get the season started early this year on Presidents Day weekend at the USA Cycling Nevada State Championship! (February 18th, 19th and 20th.)

There will be prizes for every amateur level of rider from event sponsors, and a $2,000 cash purse for pros.

Timing as well as on-site registration will be professionally handled by CJ Sports Timing for the accuracy a state championship requires.

Food and beverages will by provided by Events Unlimited for all three days of the
event.
2011 Race At Bootleg