NorCal skate (and fixie) legend John Cardiel decided he’d ride from his home in SacTown, California and bring along the Official crew for the ride. Watching those beer’d up smokers hit the Old Priest Grade climb on touring bikes had us chuckling for minutes. For more on Cardiel’s Park Rager (which is currently sold out) click the link.
[Link: Official]
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Sometimes, the solution is more complex than the problem. While having a bike pump inside your seatpost is an interesting option if your main intention is riding around and pumping up other people flats, we’re wondering if the engineer behind Airsupply by remobic has ever seen how compact, affordable, and efficient a CO2 cartridge is?
He knows Michael Lang, the founder of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, so he’s got that going for him. If you’d like to help, please click the link.
[Link: Kickstarter]
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Just when you thought the suffering might ebb, the minds behind The Sufferfest training videos have added two more edits their collection of over 20 different flavors of pain. The new videos are Power Station and The Way Out.
The Sufferfest’s newest workouts feature officially licensed footage from the Milan-San Remo, Tirenno-Adriatico, on-bike camera footage from the Giro d’Italia, and scenic routes from The Col Collective across the French and Italian Alps. . . .The workouts were designed by elite Coach Neal Henderson of Apex Coaching and BMC racing, and are available via download from TheSufferfest.com or streaming app. Both videos are currently showing at more than 90 officially licensed Sufferlandrian Embassies around the world. The 50-minute Power Station video is focused on developing muscular endurance through a series of low-cadence, high-intensity intervals, and is also included in this year’s Tour of Sufferlandria.
For the official word from Sufferfest, please follow the jump.
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We don’t speak a word of Dutch, but let us translate for Famke anyway: “I have no idea how that bike got in with my race bikes. It is not my bike, I had no idea it was there and I have never ridden a bike like that in a race nor would I ever. Someone must have set me up. Everyone knows I would never do something like put a motor in my bike just to win a silly little race like the world championships.”
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Danny MacAskill jumps through people’s yards, rides on their roofs, head dips through their laundry, and generally treats this picturesque city as his own private bike park. Sure, it’s insanely brain-scrambling footage for GoPro and the colored cow, and he is a wizard on wheels, but it also seems like it could be a bit annoying for the people who actually live in Grand Canaria. Then again, from the looks of the video nobody was home anyway.
[Link via VeloNews]
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Here’s a little flash back with The Pros’ Closet to XC legend Ned Overend. Back in the 80s, we once wrote a bio of Ned that included the factoid that his nickname was Ned “Overend, over end, over end.” He was not happy with us.
At the time we didn’t know that it was simply a joke passed on to us by John Tomac. With his BMX background Tomac was making fun of Overhead’s road racing style of riding, and taking a shot at him when he had the chance. Seems Overnend had the last laugh that time as he beat Johnny T in the race. If you look closely you’ll see footage from that very race in this video. Enjoy.
[Link via Bike Magazine]
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The idea behind Lumenus LED illuminated smart clothing is to light you up when you’re on the road. But it also features a smartphone app that allow cyclist to customize the lighting and let the lights know exactly where you’re going (using some of the lights for automatic turn signals).
“As a commuter cyclist I have felt unsafe for years on the roads, especially during the early morning hours or after sunset. When the sun goes down, my guard has to come up,” said founder Jeremy Wall. “While reflective elements are essential, they require direct light to illuminate them which is often too late. Lumenus blends smart active lighting and 3M™ Scotchlite™ reflective, creating maximum visibility in all conditions. Existing safety gear just isn’t cool, so creating pieces that fit your lifestyle off the road, while saving your life on it, is at the heart of Lumenus.”
Wonder if they can add a blinding white flash for cars that get too close. That would be a quality feature. Lumenus is live on Kickstarter. Follow the jump for all the details.
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Smith riders Rosara Joseph, Sarah Rawley, and Liz Cunningham head out for a misty mountain hop near Oakridge, Oregon and get a little taste of four days of timed downhills in the Trans-Cascadia Enduro. Looks like four days of amazing, no?
[Link: Smith]
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Who says you need a full squish to enjoy the ride? No one. That’s why this new carbon hardtail 29er from Canfield Brothers looks so nice.
“As a high-end brand focused on technology and performance, carbon fiber is a natural evolution for our product line. But with our background in downhill and freeride, strength and durability will always come out ahead of weight savings for us,” said Lance Canfield, co-owner and designer. “That said, you’ll find this bike climbs surprisingly well, but we don’t believe that just because you’ve got miles to burn, you should feel like you’re on a road bike. The geometry was designed to be fun and playful—especially when pointed down—just like all of our bikes. The EPO is all about ‘injecting’ carbon hardtails with some fun.”
For the official word from Canfield Bros, please follow the jump.
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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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