News & Reviews
February 2012
Woven throughout the depths of the woods, and the heights of the mountain are a network of super fun, fast, flowing trails. 'Into the Trees' is a short film showing the Altura Trail in its best light.
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Early season testing started for the Santa Cruz Syndicate with mechanics, engineers and riders arriving in the town of Imperia, Italy, for three days of extensive testing aboard the latest Santa Cruz full carbon V-10's. The bikes were decked out with the Syndicate's newest sponsor products from Fox and Shimano. The Syndicate's choice to join forces with Shimano and Fox proved to be a great decision as the test session was incredibly successful.
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Episode 5 is the final instalment of Scottish Scene featuring the 5th round of the SDA series held at Innerleithen. The rain and sloppy mud resembles a round of the winter series rather than a race in September, but thats Scottish racing for you!
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Has it really been a year since last years Core Bike show? Well we headed up once again to check out some of the latest gear on show. Most of it was not much different from last year but here a few bits that caught our eyes.
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Out with Identiti Bikes rider Chris Smith for a night ride on his local Downhill trails, giving his Exposure lights a real work out...
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Starting out as a conversation in the Morewood Bikes factory some years ago, the United Ride team was created and has come a long way since then. A diverse race team with riders hailing from France, South Africa and now Australia.
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Team ChainReactionCycles.com/Nukeproof are excited to welcome Alex Bond to the downhill roster for 2012 alongside our strong line-up of Matti Lehikoinen, Matt Simmonds, Joe Smith and Lewis Buchanan.
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Bikers are being urged to gear up by the Forestry Commission and help improve Dalby Forest's already world class mountain biking network.
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In 2012, the seventh edition of the VIENNA AIR KING will again be the ARGUS BIKE FESTIVAL's absolute highlight as well as the kick-off event of the Freeride Mountain Bike World Tour.
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We filmed this cool edit while testing the 2012 mtb line in Squamish and the North Shore in B.C., Canada. It was fun to see Steve Smith rip it up with the McCaul brothers in B.C. Enjoy!
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The Santa Cruz Syndicate and SRAM/RockShox brands have been synonymous with one another for 8 years, from the inception of the Syndicate in 2004 through 2011. It is with sadness and great respect that we are parting ways in 2012.
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Iron Fist Clothing is proud to announce it has signed world champion downhill mountain biker Greg Minnaar to its Iron Fist Athletic team.
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The Monster Energy White Style presented by Kona has a new winner: British rider Sam Reynolds placed himself in the centre of the podium.
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With a huge range of high end helmets out there now from numerous brands, choosing a new one to replace my trusty ole 661 was going to be tough. But after picking the new Specialized Dissident, it has only been a few rides and I am more than sold.
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The Monster Energy White Style presented by Kona has a new winner: British rider Sam Reynolds placed himself in the centre of the podium.
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