Archive for April, 2009


Merida Bikes MTB Marathon Series: Crickhowel

New destination for next MTB Marathon as it rolls out at the Glanusk Estate in Crickhowell

USA Cycling Pro GRT breaks ground at Fluidride

The nationandrsquo;s first professional gravity mountain bike series, the USA Cycling Pro Gravity Tour will kick-off on May 3 with the Fluidride Cup in Port Angeles, Wash. Fluidride is the first of five events making up the 2009 Pro GRT. The top national-level gravity mountain biking calendar in the country, the Pro GRT is designed to offer a regular, competitive platform to recognize the best gravity athletes on U.S. soil.

Shedfire’s Ragley Ti enters production

Photos of the first production Ragley Ti frame

40 High-End Bikes Stolen from Paligap.

Paligap has over 40 bikes stolen. Keep your eyes peeled for dodgy looking folk selling Kona, Merlin, Litespeed and Quintana Roo bikes and frames.

Benromach Three Tens Series

Just four weeks to go until 10 Under The Ben, and places are rapidly filling up

Goodwood Spring Challenge

Enter now for racing at Goodwood on 10 May

Previewed: The new Contour HD Helmet Camera

VholdR has upped the ante in the helmet camera wars with its new point-of-view camers, which features high-definition recording, a wide-angle lens and up to 16GB sotreage capacity that all fits in the palm of your hand.

Sea Otter Report 10: Santa Cruz, Commencal

A smattering of Californian newness, plus a couple of Andorran prototypes

European Mountain Bike Development Camp Series begins

The first of three USA Cycling European Mountain Bike Development Camps scheduled for this summer has now begun. Seven 17-18 year-old cross country racers will join three USA Cycling National Development Team riders in Kirchzaeten, Germany to contest five races from May 7-25

Photos: Sea Otter Classic 2009 Final Product Roundup

Someone forgot to tell the nearly 300 companies that showed up at the Sea Otter Classic that it’s still 2009, and Interbike isn’t until September, because it every booth was showing off some kind of 2010 product. Here’s a smattering of what we saw.