“Singletrack High” follows a diverse group of high school students through the 2012 mountain bike racing season in the NorCal High School Cycling League. Through their experiences, the 61-minute film explores the positive outcomes of keeping kids active on bikes at the age when many trade in two wheels for four. . . Singletrack High was produced by Pedal Born Pictures, with the generous support of Specialized Bicycle Components and the National Interscholastic Cycling Association. Additional production support was provided by GoPro and Sunnyvale VW.
Check it out if you get the chance, because mountain biking is so much better than football.
On April 7, 2013 the twisted cycling minds at Spy Optic are rolling out their “Hell Of The North County” Belgian Waffle Ride for the second year in a row. The 200k race features 10,000 vertical feet of knee blasting climbs, dirt roads, creek fordings, river crossings, bone jarring descents while winding its way through San Diego, California’s beautiful, yet perilous North County region.
Here’s how event founder and Spy President and CEO Michael Marckx describes it.
“Belgium has been for a century the epicenter of international professional cycling in the early spring race season, and the SPY Belgian Waffle Ride is an homage to the storied history and folklore of bike racing in that region, a tribute to the incredibly arduous competitions staged there, and a celebration of our cycling heritage as a brand,” Marckx says. “With some similar terrain to Belgium that North County offers, we’ve done our best to emulate the race experiences of rural Ghent, Wevelgem, Flanders, Liege and Bastogne, with wearisome rolling hills, steep climbs, gravel and dirt roads, water crossings and a distance that few racers will ever contend with in the United States. We’ve also baked-in a fun Belgian breakfast and dinner, a whole lot of twists in the way of awards, and there’s a great foundation (CAF) that we’re excited to support through donations this year.”
So at least there’s a good cause for all this pain. For the official word from Spy, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Once again, instinct and passion took over, and one frame at a time, one bike at a time, slowly at first and then very rapidly we started collecting a PK Ripper bike here, a Ciocc frame there, and finally some time later deciding that the cycling bug never really did leave us after all. And in this brave new world of Internet and treasure hunting and collecting, what better way to combine the two than to allow one to feed the passion of the other.
The bikes aren’t cheap. The Pista is currently listed at $5,750 and the Masi is $5,685, but they certainly are fun to look at.
Specialized is recalling the forks on their “2012 Tarmac SL4, 2013 Tarmac SL4, 2013 Crux and 2013 Secteur Discs” according to a story on Bike Radar.
All riders with one of these bicycles are asked to stop riding them immediately and bring them to a Specialized dealer, who will remove the fork and ship it to Specialized’s facility in Salt Lake City for inspection. Specialized spokesperson Sean Estes said most forks will not need to replaced, but some may have a 40g carbon sleeve installed inside the steerer tube.
Bike owners will get the fix if they need it and a $100 store credit for Specialized merchandise. Sounds like Specialized continues to do things right, except for the forks, that is.
We still think the Brits say “aluminum” the right way. But either way you say it, Santa Cruz’s new “more economical” Blur looks pretty good in the hands of Josh Bryceland.
Armstrong will address the alleged doping scandal, years of accusations of cheating and charges of lying about the use of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his storied cycling career. Winfrey speaks with Armstrong in the only interview since the seven-time Tour de France winner was stripped of his titles and dropped from millions of dollars in endorsement deals after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released an extensive report accusing the renowned cyclist of doping throughout his career. Armstrong was given a lifetime ban on competing professionally. Late last year, Armstrong resigned as chairman of the foundation he created, Livestrong, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in the fight against cancer.
Wonder if he will mention this new Live Juiced skateboard? The graphic, created by artist Ron Lemen,features what appears to be a man in cycling shoes, surrounded by bottles of urine, with a syringe in his mouth, tying himself off to shoot up with EPO, baby. Saying you don’t skateboard anymore? Well, just think of it as a great wall hanger.
For a closer look at the Juiced graphic, follow the jump. It’s good. [click to continue…]
Interbike, today announced the hiring of Sarah Timleck to the position of director of marketing for the bicycle industry tradeshow. Timleck replaces Elayna Caldwell recently took a brand management position at SRAM.
“Sarah should be a great addition to our team,” said Pat Hus, Interbike’s Managing Director. “She has proven herself as an innovative thinker in the motorcycle industry and she brings a tremendous track record of putting on world-class events. There are many similarities between the moto and bike industries, and I think she will bring a fresh new perspective and really add to the momentum we’ve started here at Interbike.”
