It’s hard to believe another Moab season is pretty much in the books, but maybe Ron Risman’s late night edit will help you make it through some cold winter nights. We know it’s gonna help us.
[Link: Boing Boing]
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The last time we tried to put a tubeless tire (Specialized Renegade) on our Santa Cruz Highball. It didn’t go so well. There are many reasons. The tire was old, worn, and not ready for primetime, but we did some one really dumb stuff as well. In the end, we burned through seven CO2 cartridges, were covered in Stan’s No-Tube juice, and thought we needed to buy an air compressor. It was not pretty.
Today, before putting new Maxxis Crossmarks on our rig we watched this little video from Art’s Cyclery and it shed needed light on the entire DIY process. Following these directions we got things right the first time.
Some of the things we learned: remove the valve core before pumping, pump like a fiend until right about 30 lbs (you’ll know things are going well when you hear the beads popping into place), and only release the pump and squirt in some Stan’s after the beads are set. This is likely common knowledge, but we just wish we’d have seen this video months ago. Enjoy.
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Finally, someone is putting the charismatic, talented, legendary Shaun Palmer back to work in the mountain bike business. Thanks to Intense Cycles, Palm Daddy will be back discovering, nurturing (yeah, right?), and coaching a whole new team of mountain bikers and we can’t wait to see where this takes Intense. Watch and learn. Or click here for an interview with Palm Daddy on the Dirt Magazine website.
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Industry Nine’s new PillarCarbon mountain bike wheels will feature rims manufactured by Reynolds Cycling.
“We evaluated everything we have learned about rim performance, made improvements wherever possible and then put the wheels to test in the Pisgah National Forest, the ultimate proving ground for mountain bike equipment,” said Jacob McGahey, Industry Nine director of operations. “And with over 25 years of composites experience, Reynolds possesses the resources, experience, technology and manufacturing ability to build rims that complement Industry Nine’s quality hubs and spokes.”
The PillarCarbon series features four new wheel models — “the Ultralite Carbon 24H 29, Trail Carbon 29, Trail Carbon 24H 27.5 and Enduro Carbon 27.5—for which Reynolds produced rims with hookless rim channel design, optimized inner rim widths and directional rim stiffness around Industry Nine Torch series hubs and spokes.”
For the official word from Reynolds, follow the jump. [click to continue…]
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We’re all kind of hoping the snow melts and the single track dries up a little so we can get out and hit all the high lines this time of year, but when the snow flies next fall, we might not be as bummed as usual thanks to Nism Snow Bikes. With the right set up you could keep riding all those trails all winter long. Want to help founder Royce McDaniel keep his ski bike dreams rolling click here for his Fundable project.
[Link: Nism]
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The Global Cycling Network has some insights into winning the Strava game. And yes, you should be ashamed of yourselves. . . all of you.
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Pacific Northwest mountain bike racers are getting ready for 24 Hours Round The Clock team race in the Spokane, Washington’s Riverside State Park on Memorial Day weekend, May 24 – 25, 2014.
Plan your Memorial Day weekend now and make the first 3-day weekend of the summer seriously memorable. We’ll give you a weekend of camping, mountain biking, laughing, food, camaraderie and fun that you’ll never forget. Go it alone or get a team together with your friends, their friends and anyone else who wants to have nothin’ but fun for 2 solid days. We’ll start you off at High Noon on Saturday and you’ll be doing laps on a 15 mile course for 24 hours, straight on through the wee hours of the night and back into daylight again on Sunday.
For more info click the link.
[Link: RoundAndRound]
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Interesting tweak on suspension from and Israeli wheelchair designer. It’s called SoftWheel and it puts the suspension between the rim and the hub. Not sure what keeps the front wheel from blasting up into the forks, but it seems like it could be a less bulky way to soften the ride without adding much weight.
[Link: Softwheel]
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After the race dust had settled, disco music was turned off, and their wounds started to heal, the Smith team took off south heading into the unknown hoping to discover more wild trails, breathtaking views and experience much more of the welcoming Chilean culture. To their surprise, they were welcomed by bamboo forests, volcanic rich soil, and some unbelievable trails in Chillan…
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When we watch the pros in downhill finals it’s easy to forget that it’s not the first time they’ve made a run down the course. Here are a few practice runs from Ty Bowmaker. Looks like of muddy, no?
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