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The sequel to Killing Time, Aaron Chases first DVD. Counterparts focuses on the new school of mountain biking. Check it out here.
Transition has finished production on the new 2011 Blindsides. The new Blindside is now lighter and has adjustable travel from 7.5" to 6.5" via a "flip chip". It also features a new tube set with internal gussets and shaped to mate perfectly to a tapered head tube. See all the info including...
Ryan checks out Santa Cruz's VP Free bike. It's big, it's VP, it would be nice if it were Free. Read on to check out what the fuss is about. Check it out here.
A name you may not have ever heard before, Elka Suspension have been involved in motorsports for decades. Based in Quebec, Canada, they have recently turned their attention to mountain bikes, leading to the release of their new downhill/freeride oriented shock, the Stage 5. Check it out here.
We had 1800km of travel planned involving a 1.8L Sedan, 2 DH bikes, 4 Adults and a bucket load of smelly helmets and body amour. Sure we could have attached a trailer for the weekend. Or even setup some roof racks, but with the price of fuel these days such options were going to hit the pocket hard...
Rod at Blue Mountain Bikes was kind enough to send us one of the new Po1nt (Point 1?) Split Second standard-mount (not direct-mount) stems to check out, and boy have these guys put some effort into this stem. Weighing in at a mere 138g with steel hardware, this could well be the lightest stem on...
Since Jon Weaving at GripSport is such a nice guy, he decided that hooking us up with some brakes to test wasn’t enough; he wanted us to play with his top-of-line Workshop/Race stand and optional Tool Tray and review it as well. Check it out here.
In 2008, Gee Atherton took out the senior men’s Downhill World Championships in Val di Sole – the first ever senior men’s DH world champs win on a fully Fox-equipped bike, only a few years after Fabien Barel snared the first ever world champs victory on a Fox rear shock. For 2009, 200 replicas of...
A name many of you will already be familiar with, Downhill Direct is an Aussie distributor specializing in solid quality equipment at a realistic price range. Bill is a Canberra local who rides, races and stands behind the products he sells. New from DH Direct's in-house brand BiLT is the...
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Check out the review here. The bonus footage of Sam Hill is also some of the best riding I have ever seen. How does hand, elbow, knee and foot all scraping the ground through the inside of a corner sound? And he rides out of it like it was nothing!
With the dust barely settled after the National Championships in Canberra, the fourth and final downhill round of the Australian National Mountain Bike Series descended upon the small town of Mt Beauty for a weekend of impressive and exciting racing. Check it out here.
Illicit Industries - Australian designed, Australian-made and with their sights firmly set on producing blinged-out components to rival any of the world's major manufacturers. We've got their 20mm Front Hub and brand new sealed 1-1/8" Headset for you to drool over.
TIA (This Is Australia) gives us a look at what some of our best riders have to offer, what they're up to and what they think of some of the other Australian riders. Featured riders include Nathan Rennie, Jared Graves, Chris Kovarik, Jared Rando, Amiel Cavalier, Ben Cory, Sam Hill, Mitch Delfs,...
http://www.launchhelmetcams.com/fully-integrated/pov1 Read all about it and watch the videos here. Edit: the videos may not work in Firefox or Safari, but should be ok in IE7. I'm working on getting them sorted out so they work properly whatever browser you use...
BOS Engineering shocks, with Olivier Bossard at the helm, have been on more senior men’s downhill World Championship-winning bikes than any other brand of suspension. Their custom dampers and forks, initially developed for 10 times world champion Nicolas Vouilloz, were not readily available to the...
Fox 36 Float Review Would a light weight, long travel single crown fork be suitable for your downhill bike? Scott checks out possibly the worlds lightest downhill fork to see if its all that we want it to be. Check it out here.
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Scott checks out a set of DH wheels from Industry Nine for 5 months to see if they are as good as they look. Check it out here.
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