This is a two-year old clip from Fatback, but it still gets to the point that with a properly packed snow surface many things are possible. Having bombed ski runs back in the day with varying success, we think fat tires may be the secret.
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Cycling lost another champion this weekend when former Spanish mountain biking champion Inaki Lejarreta was hit by a car while training on Sunday, December 16, 2012, according to a story in The Washington Post.
Lejarreta was Spain’s mountain bike champion in 2007. He competed in cross-country cycling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and professionally with the Orbea team. . . He was the nephew of cyclist Marino Lejarreta, who won the Spanish Vuelta in 1982.
Our thoughts are with Lejarreta’s family, friends, and the entire cycling community.
[Link: Washington Post Photo: Higai83]
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According to filmmaker Adam Nawrot’s Vimeo page, “Jason Fenton has been building and maintaining mountain bike trails in the heart of Central New Jersey since 2004. The Dirt Merchant takes a peek into what it means to be a mountain biker and cyclist in the middle of some of America’s densest suburban sprawl.”
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Like going downhill fast? This Santa Cruz V10 might be just the ride you’re looking for. It has a 6.97 pound all carbon frame with 8.5 to 10 inches of adjustable travel. Wow.
[Link: Santa Cruz]
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Our favorite full suspension XC bike, the Pivot Mach429 Carbon gets a run through by the crew at BikeRadar.com and it would appear they agree with us.
There’s no doubt that one word outweighed all others during our test time on the 429C. Whoever was riding it attached every possible superlative (and a fair amount of swearing) to the basic bottom line of ‘stiff’. Load the pedals into a corner, shove the inboard tip of the bar towards the trail, flare the back end broadside and slam land it sideways. Whatever we did with it, the frame didn’t flinch an inch. . . Add a low bottom bracket and super smooth Fox Kashima fork and shock action, and this translates into phenomenal cornering accuracy and tenacity on the trail. The Pivot consistently carved through corners with an aggression that stretched our trust in the tyres to the limit.
Sounds like heaven for those soft XC riders who need a softer tail. For the rest of the review, click the link.
[Link: BikeRadar]
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What kind of man would roll around Washington DC on his mountain bike and grab women’s asses? Well, according to a story in the Washington Post, it is allegedly 31-year-old St. Regis Hotel worker Oscar Mauricio Cornejo-Pena.
The case attracted attention after photographer Liz Gorman went public after she was groped, sparking a discussion about women who are grabbed, stared at and worse as they walk along public streets. . . Gorman said she didn’t see her attacker’s face, and her case was not included in the charges filed upon Cornejo-Pena’s arrest. But other women gave police detailed and matching descriptions, including the suspect’s gray baseball hat with an Under Armour logo, black bike and green backpack.
Cornejo-Pena, who is reportedly “good looking, charming” and well studied guy, has plead guilty to four counts of misdemeanor sexual abuse. So remember ladies, the next time you hang out the side window of a speeding car to slap the ass of a handsome cyclist, you too could be going to jail.
[Link: Washington Post]
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Who said cross country racers were soft? In this clip the spandex clad cyclists of this event handled their mid-race disagreements like real men. Well, at least the guy who threw the punch did. After that it appears everyone returned to racing.
[Link: VitalMTB]
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Hey look! More mountain biking from mountain bikers. This time is Steve Peat and Josh “Ratboy” Bryceland doing their thing on the 2013 Santa Cruz Chameleon. For the record, we don’t mind dirt jumping as long as there are no tail whips and/or flipping tricks (or TBCs). ‘Cause those just look dumb on mountain bikes.
[Link via VitalMTB]
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So nice to see people riding real mountain bikes on some real terrain, isn’t it? No 9 inches of travel front and rear, no freaky frankenbikes, just Jinya Nishiwaki and Cortland Thibodeau riding two wheels through some Whistler dirt and moss. This is mountain biking.
[Link: VitalMTB]
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