2011 Irish NPS Round 1

Highlight reel of the the first round of the 2011 Irish National Points Series Downhill MTB Championship.

Sponsored by Relentless
Promoted by Chain Reaction Cycles
2011 NPS 1

Q & A About The Zerode G-1

A Q&A with Rob Metz & James Dodds, the Zerode boys.
Learn a bit more about production delays, what makes the bike so good, and their plans for world domination!

Zerode G1

CRC/Nukeprood Testing The Scalp In Spain

We’ve just received this super video edit of Team ChainReactionCycles/Nukeproof riders Matti Lehikoinen, Matt Simmonds and Joe Smith during pre-season training in Malaga, Spain.

It was a great opportunity for the riders to tweak and test their brand new race-issue Nukeproof Scalp bikes on the dry and dusty tracks in the region.

Watch the riding video now, courtesy of Salvador Moreno and Francisco Martinez Rivera, where the riders are flat out and pushing the bikes and themselves to the limit. We’ll have plenty more riding videos like this throughout the race season, so keep your eye on the site for updates.
Scalp Testing

DRD X-Fusion At Fontana

The ‘DRD X-Fusion Intense’ factory mountain bike team kicked off their season with tremendous success a little early this year at the 2011 Fontana City National! With plans of taking the season by storm in just a few short weeks at the Port Angeles Pro GRT, several of our team riders, Jason Memmelaar, Brad King & Austin Warren wanted to get a good race on their brand new Intense M9 factory bikes before the season starts!

DRD X-Fusion At Fontana

Custom Chrome Nukeproof Scalp

We’ve got very high hopes for our Nukeproof Scalp downhill bike in 2011. It’s already taken some of our sponsored riders to the podium, and we’re expecting more of the same from the ChainReactionCycles.com/Nukeproof downhill race team in this year’s World Cup and World Championship races.
Chrome Scalp

Tara Llanes Answers Questions With Giant

The 2011 Tara Llanes Classic returns to Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort on September 24th and 25th. What began as an impromptu fund raiser for Tara shortly after the Downhill champion was injured in September 2007 has grown to an annual race attracting hundreds of pro and amateur competitors. This will be the third year that the event has been held at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort, the world-class skiing and mountain bike racing venue near Truckee, CA. The Mega DH race has been the primary event of the Tara Llanes Classic; last year, World Cup DH pro Brian Lopes won the Pro Men’s race, and French World Cup DH pro Sabrina Jonnier claimed the Pro Women’s title. In 2011, the Tara Llanes Classic adds an XC race that is sure to attract even more competitors and fans to Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort.

Tara Answers Some Questions

Mondraker Factory team Signs With Renthal

Renthal are proud to announce their association with the Mondraker Factory Team.

Multiple World Champion Fabien Barel and team mates Damien Spagnolo, Aurélien Giordanengo and Patrick Thome will be competing across the globe using Renthal components throughout 2011 and beyond.

Fabien and his mechanic, Paul Walton are famous on the World Cup circuit for an innovative approach to increasing performance, often disregarding convention in the race against the clock.


Mondraker On Renthal

Zerode G-1 Available Now

The ZERODE G-1 has arrived. Gone are the days of semi-active suspension, derralieurs and chainguides. Welcome flawless gear shifting, high-pivot activated,100% active suspension, and superior handling, along with killer looks (because lets be honest, looks count!)

After 4 years of testing and prototyping, ZERODE Bikes (Rotorua, New Zealand) is proud to announce the official release of the 'G-1' frameset.

The design team of Rob Metz and James Dodds (aka Dodzy) have re-engineered the mountainbike from the ground up, taking ques from their own riding experiences (NZ championships, World Cup DH rounds, 1000's of downhill runs and years of riding home made high pivot gearbox bikes), rider feedback and motorcycle design theory.

Zerode G1

2011 Maxxis Cup Downhill International In Gouveia

Gouveia in Portugal is recognized by many as the unofficial season opener for international downhill racing, and Trek World Racing riders Tracy Moseley (GBR) and Neko Mulally (USA) decided to use the event as an important ramp up to the start of the World Cup season next month. Tracy took the win in the Women's category, proudly wearing the rainbow jersey of the reigning World Champ, and Neko won the Juniors and also took 2nd place overall in Scratch.
The track in Gouveia is notorious for the high speed rocky sections throughout, and during the week it claimed many riders, bikes and wheels. Tracy crashed in training yesterday when she had a front wheel wash out and she landed heavily on a large boulder, destroying her new custom painted helmet, but other than some soreness, was good to go for racing today. Neko survived a spectacular high speed crash on his final training run, after misjudging a landing slightly, and landed hard and fast onto a large pointed rock, destroying the rear wheel and sending him over the handlebars in a cloud of dust. He too destroyed a brand new custom helmet, but walked away from the crash with little more than bruising and scraping.

2011 Maxxis Cup International Round 1

2nd Annual SCMBF In Aptos California

Join us for an exciting two day event that includes professional and amateur jump competitions, short track races, bike skill clinics and shuttles with bike industry expo and demo area.
APTOS, CA – March 16, 2011 – Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBOSC) today announced the event schedule and sponsor list for the 2nd Annual Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival (SCMBF) at the Aptos Pump Track and Post Office Dirt Jump Park in Aptos Village, California on April 9th and 10th, 2011. The SCMBF is Santa Cruz County’s premier mountain biking event, bringing together a mix of competitive racing, fun rides, skills clinics and a deep list of industry manufacturers and retailers with booths and demo products. To benefit mountain biking in Santa Cruz, all proceeds from the 2011 event will be dedicated to a permanent bike park in Aptos.
For two jam-packed days, the SCMBF will be home to exciting events for riders at every level. Whether attendees want to participate, spectate, improve their skills or check out the latest gear, there’s something for everyone. For professional and amateur competitive mountain bikers there are jump contests and short track races, endurance XC rides, and Soquel Demo Forest shuttle rides. Beginners can hone their dirt skills with clinics focusing on bike handling and pump track skills. Over 36 industry vendors are on hand to share their latest innovations and equipment. The beer garden will pour tasty drafts from local beer makers including Santa Cruz Ale Works, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Seabright Brewery, Boulder Creek Brewery, Uncommon Brewers and Corralitos Brewing Co. For kids there will be handmade root beer on tap.

2011 SCMBF

TWR Welcomes Aaron Gwin

Trek World Racing welcomed rising DH star Aaron Gwin (USA) at the team’s training camp in Malaga, Spain, recently. The 2010 World Cup 4th place finisher joins a program that features defending World Downhill Champion Tracy Moseley (GRB), American podium threat Neko Mullaly (USA), and TWR veteran Justin Leov (NZL).
Resplendent in the team’s new camouflage livery, Gwin spent the week acclimating himself to his team-issued Session 88 and getting acquainted with his new teammates and team staff.

Trek World Racing Welcomes Gwin

Where's Kyle Contest

We are starting a new contest called Where's Kyle! Every monday morning at 10am we will insert a picture of Kyle in his Waldo outfit holding a prize somewhere on the Transition Bikes site. Don’t start looking until 10am (Pacific Standard Time). Every week will be a different prize. Your job is to search the site and when you find the page he is hiding on, here is what you do:

Where Is Kyle

X Gon Give It To Ya

This shredumentary follows a group of X-Fusion sponsored riders/employees as they pack up their gear and head south for a week of nonstop riding in Southern California. Their mission was to put the entire X-Fusion line to the test and have a damn good time doing it.

X GON GIVE IT TO YA BY ALLOUT PRODUCTIONS

Revolution Magazine Presents Underground 2

When the opening Australian DH national round was canceled at short notice, the crew at [R]evolution Magazine, Australia's premiere gravity/all mountain magazine, decided to step up to the plate, hosting their own race, exclusively for the pro riders complete with a massive cash and prize purse.

Underground 2

Sea Otter Partners Up With Truvativ To Rebuild Downhill Course

March 8, 2010 – (Monterey, CA) – Sea Otter Classic and Truvativ are pleased to announce a comprehensive makeover for Sea Otter's current downhill course. Bike park builders Momentum Trail Concepts will author and implement course renovations with the collaborative project slated for the spring of 2011.

Sea Otter serves as cycling's opening event each year, kicking off the riding season by offering racing in nearly every mountain bike discipline, the festival features downhill (DH) as one of its premier competitions, drawing competitors and journalists from around the world. Located on the Laguna Seca Recreational Area in the Monterey County Parks system, the existing course is exhibiting signs that it's been well loved with the resulting wear and tear causing impacts to the course's flow.

"Truvativ's parent company SRAM has never failed to creatively add to the event – for over a decade their partnership has made Sea Otter a better experience for attendees and competitors alike," offers Sea Otter president and CEO Frank Yohannan, "Their contribution on the downhill course project and the high bar they've established for what success looks like maintains that tradition. Their efforts will make the 2011 course better for athletes in all categories."
2011 Sea Otter DH Course Collaberation

Evan Turpen On Transition

Evan is one of the top American downhill racers and for 2011 he’s aiming to step things up big.

In 2010 he had some impressive results as a privateer finishing top-ten at the IXS Cup in Winterberg, Germany as well as two top-tens at Whistler’s Crankworx festival. For 2011 he will be contesting the entire U.S. Pro Gravity Tour, Sea Otter, U.S. Open, Crankworx, select World Cups, World Champs, and National Champs. This is what Evan had to say about the upcoming season.

“I am really excited to be racing on Transition Bikes this season! The TR450 begs me to push harder, jump farther, and has altogether raised my level of riding. The two best words to describe it: confidence inspiring!”

Evan Turpen On Transition Bikes

2012 Magura Brakes

MAGURA is starting 2012 with a totally new development in its brake models.
Complete makeover for brake lever
The newly developed Carboflow process delivers massive savings in lever weight by using short to medium length carbon fibres in a thermoplastic matrix. The new process has also resulted in a design profile that allows the reservoir to be integrated extremely unobtrusively. Also new is the option of fitting the same brake lever to the left or right on the handlebar. This is supported by the use of a divided handlebar clamp for ultra-fast fitting and removal. The trigger shifter or the new Magura remote lever is quick and easy to fit using the two optional “Shiftmix” and “Remotemix” clamps.
Filling the brakes is a clean procedure using a T25 EBT bolt. All the other bolts have likewise been standardised to T25 which in turn allows the brakes to be fully fitted and adjusted using just one tool.

2012 MT Brake By Magura

Jett Gear Sponsors Transition Racing

Transition Racing, entering it's second year of existence is poised to make a big splash in 2011. With it's proven roster of Bryn Atkinson, Jill Kintner, and Lars Sternberg, TR has solified itself in the gravity world even further through this new partnership. The TR factory squad will wear the full line of Jett riding gear in competitive events, and training, and Jetts multifunctional casual gear off the track.

Jett Gear And Transition Racing

GoPro Battery BacPac

The Battery BacPac works as both a charger for your spare HD HERO batteries and plugs into the back of the 1080p HD HERO camera to nearly double record times. Perfect for long duration time-lapse photo sessions, endurance motorsports racing or any application where you need up to 2X* the battery life.
GOPRO BATTERY BACPAC

Dirt TV Presents Finally 2 Part 6

Finally 2 Part 6