By most counts, Brandon Semenuk had the best run of the day at the 2015 Rampage event on Friday October 16, 2015, yet it was only enough to put him in fourth place overall. Oddly, the Colored Cow didn’t even post the broadcast version of winner Kurt Sorge’s run to their website or Youtube (they only posted his helmet cam view). Guess they didn’t want us to post the two side by side for comparison. Figures.
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Sock Guy is loading up on Halloween flavor with some “super spooky socks” that will “send chills up your spine.” As you might expect, these socks (Thriller, Jack-O, Batty, Zombie, and Candy Corn) are in limited supply. Click the link for more info.
[Link: Sock Guy]
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Yeah, this Josh “Ratboy” Bryceland edit kind of put us in the mood to bomb hills on a full squish. For some behind the scenes visual, follow the jump.
[Link: Santa Cruz Bicycles]
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The Quick n’ Dirty Filthy 50 will roll from the Bandy Canyon Rd in San Pasqual, California on October 31, 2015. This is an event you won’t want to miss. Seriously. For all the official details, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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Not content to let Apple run away with all the “rose gold” glory, cycling computer maker Gamin announced today (October 1, 2015) that they are adding two new color ways to their high-end Fenix 3 Sapphire watches.
. . . the Fenix 3 Sapphire multipart watches now include a silver version with a leather band and a white version with rose gold accents. Featuring the same multipart toolset as the original Fenix 3 Sapphire, these two versions put a fashionable twist on the rugged smartwatch for fitness training and outdoor navigation.
Nice to see our favorite watch (that literally does everything, yes, even ANT+ power) looking so handsome, dashing, and stylish. For the official Fenix 3 details, please follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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When we were kids we had a nerdy neighbor who was constantly in his parents’ garage mucking about with his old, steel, road bike (with fenders). He’d hand built a truing stand out of a pair of old Masi forks and it seemed he was always building new wheels, replacing spokes on old ones, or re-gluing sew ups.
One of the things that tripped us out most was when he would “wax” his chain. He’d use a small camp stove to heat up an old Folgers can filled with wax. We could smell it from across the street. Once the wax was totally liquid he’d lower his chain into it using a bent coat hanger. After removing the chain from its hot waxy bath he would hang it from the open garage door to dry. Being nosy neighbor kids we asked him, “Why do you put wax on your chain.”
He said paraffin was the best chain lube there was. We didn’t argue, however, we also never tried it.
The reason we mention this is that Wend Waxworks (part of the Wax Research family of companies that includes popular surf wax Sticky Bumps) has launched the first ever “rub-on” wax based chain lube.
That’s right. No camp stoves, no, bent hangers, and no old coffee cans, just a clean, twist up deodorant style applicator. Here’s what Wend is saying about it:
Wax‐On is quiet, quick, and clean. It is no secret that the most efficient chain lubrication method to date is immersing a chain into a vat of molten paraffin. However, this method is time consuming, temporary, and dangerous. WEND Waxworks set out to create a lube that would perform equal to or better than hot waxing and that would be easy to apply. After two years of development, the R&D at WEND has come up with Wax‐On. Wax‐On is a sophisticated paraffin based formula that includes proprietary friction reducers as well as proven lubricants such as Zinc and Teflon. The application is a cinch as the user simply rubs the wax onto the chains rollers, resulting in a race ready chain in seconds. Overall user satisfaction is high due to the ease of use, product cleanliness, and lubrication performance. We are confident once you make the change to WEND you will never look back.
We haven’t tried it yet, but the people we trust say it’s been working amazingly well. If you’d like to try some, click the link for more info. The Wend Chain Wax Kit retails for $30 and includes Wax-On, Wax-Off, and a micro fiber towel for making it all happen.
[Link: Wend Waxworks]
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The fifth running of the Belgian Waffle Ride will go down April 23-24, 2016 in San Marcos, California. Organizers say this will be the largest cycling extravaganza in Belgian Waffle Ride history, and participation numbers will be capped at 1,200 of the best from all over, including Olympians; World, National and State champions; professional and amateur cyclists; and surf, motocross and bike industry luminaries.
“The Belgian Waffle Ride presented by SPY was created as an homage to the storied history of bike racing in Belgium—a wonderful country considered to be the epicenter of the hardest one-day bike races in the world,” says Michael Marckx, CDO of Creative Disruption and creator of the event. “A tribute to the beautiful—and equally grueling—races staged in Belgium during the early spring, this year’s route will once again be different than all of the previous years with some new and sinuous gravel, dirt, and rocky sections, and more climbing than rural Belgium could offer, promising more fun, more pain and more opportunity for excuses than ever before. We hope to have at least 14 dirt sections, more than 11,000 feet of climbing and headwinds no matter which direction you ride.”
For a better look at the ride from the inside, check out this photo gallery. For the official word from Creative Disruption, please follow the jump [click to continue…]
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Is it an enduro for cross country racers or a cross country race for enduro riders? Guess we won’t know until the finish of the TransRockies Race Series’ Moab Rocks three-day stage race scheduled for October 10-12, 2015..
Moab Rocks takes some of the regions best classic and new routes including Klondike, Porcupine Rim and Mag 7 and combines them into a 3-day masterpiece of xc and timed descents in a fully supported format. All this wrapped up in a fun and friendly atmosphere, combining camaraderie and competition.
Sounds like this might be the perfect Moab MTB race. For all the official details, click the link.
[Link: TransRockies Race Series]
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WTB has given everyone another reason to chop a piece off the end of their bars — the new “no-slip” PadLoc grips.
By removing the rounded end of handlebars – really, is there a reason that bars have unyieldingly remained rounded – we’ve completely eliminated slippage. A 30 degree plane sloping the last inch toward the bar’s outermost edge ensures there’s no room for fore / aft movement. AND it makes PadLoc grips comfortable. Like foolishly easy on your palms, don’t tell your friends they’re so splendidly comfy.
We’re not sure we want to be so committed to a pair of grips that we permanently modify our bars. What if you get the angle wrong? What if you’re in the middle of no where and you need new grips? Then again, we haven’t ridden the PadLoc, so we don’t know.
[Link: WTB]
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GoPro has now pretty much fixed up all the things that bugged us about running a Hero with their new Hero4 Session. This thing is tiny, light, and does exactly what we all want a GoPro to do: bring back the action in living color and up close.
50% smaller and 40% lighter than GoPro’s best-selling HERO4 Black and Silver cameras, HERO4 Session packs GoPro’s Emmy® Award-winning image quality and performance into an exciting new low-profile form factor. HERO4 Session benefits from a durable waterproof design that eliminates the need for a separate housing and features simple one-button control to make capturing immersive photos and video quicker and more convenient than ever before.
The Hero4 Session works with all your GoPro mounts and captures GoPro-quality 1080p60, 720p100 and 1440p30. It will retail for $399.99 starting July 12, 2015. Our only question is, how long is that battery going to last? Anyone? For more info, click the link.
[Link: GoPro]
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