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Jack of all trades: Avid’s new Elixir brakes

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 25, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Avid showed off their new Elixir brakes at Sea Otter. The Elixir boats more power and better modulation than the Juicy line, while managing to shed some weight at the same time.

Red Bull Rampage returning for 2008

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 22, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Red Bull Rampage will be resurrected from the freeriding history books this October. The idea of good old fashioned Utah hucking mixed with fresh riders and styles has us drooling in anticipation.

Trek’s new Session 88 unveiled at Sea Otter

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 20, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Trek has finally launched the Session 88 in two sweet variations: the freeride oriented Session 88 FR and the downhill race-ready Session 88 DH. Some clever suspension design should make this new long-travel rig a real contender.

Shimano refreshes Saint for 2009

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 19, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Shimano has got around to a full refresh of the Saint line for 2009. Weight is down, and both stiffness and strength are up. The badass new look doesn’t hurt matters either.

Free Delivery trickles out

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

You know it’s a good week when you start out with a glut of free bike porn videos. Sunday we showed you that New World Disorder 7 had found its way onto Google Video, and now for the rest of the week we have Free Delivery.
If you remember from a few weeks ago, we brought […]

Sunday afternoon movie: New World Disorder 7

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

For those of you not out for a ride today (for shame!), this ought to give you a nice distraction from whatever other drudgery you might be doing. It seems that some industrious soul has put the full length of New World Disorder 7: Flying High Again on Google Video. The video gives a nice […]

Gamut slims down the P30

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 12, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Gamut has released a new version of the P30 chainguide, and at a claimed weight of 222 grams, the P30 is pretty impressive right out of the gate. In order to achieve this welterweight status, Gamut trimmed a lot of material from the polycarbonate bash ring, and the result is a 25% lighter piece which Gamut […]

More Sea Otter buildup: Elka Suspension launching bike suspension

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Fresh off of yesterday’s news that Ellsworth will be unveiling a new Moment at this year’s Sea Otter, comes the announcement that Elka Suspension is jumping into the mountain bike suspension game. If you haven’t heard of Quebec-based Elka before, you’re probably not alone. Though they’ve been making suspension for motorcycles (both on and off […]

Ride the rockies: Rocky Mountain goes on tour

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Rocky Mountain is pretty proud of its bike line these days, and for good reason. The Slayer is one of the best built all-mountain bikes going, and the Flatline is positively badass. However, Rocky seems to feel that not enough people have actually thrown a leg over its bikes lately, and is launching the Rocky […]

Lucent unveils Free Delivery

By Mike Smith ⋅ April 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Here’s something that you don’t get every day: a full length, well done bike video for free. Well, today is a very good day then, because that is exactly what Lucent Productions has announced with Free Delivery. The film focuses on pro riders from the New England area, as well as a handful of North American […]

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