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More great races this weekend for the LUNA team! Alison Dunlap got her first big national win of the season and Katerina raced to a 5th place finish at the Nomay World Cup.
This fall has been slated to be a “full cylcocross season” for us Giant MTB Team XC racer types, but I’d be beside myself if we just flew around every weekend until December chasing UCI points.
FOX Racing Shox is currently accepting Mountain Bike racing sponsorship applications for the 2010 race season.
The owners of Trek World Racing, 23 Degrees Sports Management, have confirmed today that 2 Time Olympian and Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist Liam Killeen (GBR) has submitted his resignation from the team, effective December 31 this year.
The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) have recently signed a partnership agreement which states that IMBA and NICA will work together to cross-promote their efforts and engage the broad cycling community.
After months of talking, weeks of planning, days of prepping, and hours of digging it has come, and gone. The first 'Ham and Steeze Jump Jam' at the world famous Aptos Post Office Jumps was a total success. Over 30 riders attended the event, many spectators were out to enjoy the festivities, and Black Sabbath played all day. Oh, and of course tons of prizing and shwag was given out!
The draft Los Angeles City Bike Plan was recently released and mountain bicyclists should be concerned with the direction it has taken. We need comments not only from L.A.-based riders, but from anyone who has positive stories about relationships with equestrians and other trail users on California trails.
Taking place aboard the historic Queen Mary ocean liner, CycleFest 2009 promises to blow you away.
Shonny and Danelle go big in Hawaii with a 5th and 7th at the X-Terra World Championships in Maui. Check back soon to see how this grueling race unfolded, and find out how Shonny took 5th in the maxed out world-class field with a massive head cold.
With the addition of Fox’s new 831 DJ/4X/DS suspension fork, their mountain bike lineup is pretty much complete.
The Colorado High School Cycling League has announced its launch date as October 25th, which it will celebrate with a fundraising road ride led by former Mountain Biker Tom Danielson of the Garmin-Slipstream team. The ride departs at 9:00 AM from the Bácaro Venetian Tavern in Boulder, Colorado..
FOX Racing Shox is currently accepting Mountain Bike racing sponsorship applications for the 2010 race season
Oct 24 11am to Sundown in Aptos, California
Due to the logistics of travel, Georgia only had one bike for the mud fest at Granogue. That didn't slow her down as she decimated the women's field for her first UCI cross victory. Sunday's course was much drier, but the results were the same. Georgia won again by over a minute, racking up valuable UCI points that determine one's start position at the World Championships.
It’s nice to immediately bookend the Mountain Bike Season with something, well, else.
Find out what inspires her in Bike Magazine’s Raddest Women in Mountain Biking Roundup.
Last weekend I went down to Northstar at Tahoe with a couple friends to compete in the Race for Tara.
A big box from FOX HQ in California turned up at the Dirt office today. Among some other bits was a set of the new Fox 831 4x, dirt jump forks. I remember seeing Jared Graves and Dan Atherton with a pair of these bad boys at the World Champs in Canberra.
All proceeds benefit the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League
The 2009 Fluidride Cup is a 6 event gravity bike racing series starting in Port Angeles WA and ending at Mt Hood Ski Bowl in Government Camp, OR.
With stylish hats, T-shirts and jerseys, FOX Racing Shox has more apparel options than the NASCAR vendor at a Midwestern mall. The designs range from edgy to retro-licious, and the riding apparel is the real deal, as Sugoi makes most of it.
Hands on training for professional mechanics
Celebrated on the first Saturday of each October, the next edition of IMBA’s International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day is just days away.
Interbike 2009 with FOX's Nick Delauder
Kelli and Darren are back from InterBike and are looking forward to an exciting fall! Just because the rain is falling doesn't mean the riding season is over, check out below for some exciting things happening at EB in October
Great weekend for the LUNA Pro Team!
Tracy Moseley capped off Trek World Racing's debut season with an impressive victory on arguably the toughest downhill track in World Cup racing.
Another great race for the LUNA Pro Team and a good start to the cyclocross season!
The World Cup Finals were this past weekend in Schladming, Austria. Catharine Pendrel had a fantastic ride, finishing 3rd. She gained enough points to finish 3rd in the overall World Cup standings.
Check out my blog for the gory details.
Less than a week after finishing with his first ever World Cup elite podium at Champery, 20 year old Mathias Flueckiger showed what an incredible future star he is for the sport by taking 3rd place here at the final round of the World Cup in Schladming, Austria.
The Schladming Downhill track doesn't disappoint despite the hard rain and mud.
The latest video from Trek World Racing is now on line. Watch Lukas and Mathias Flueckiger as they not only score TWR's first double WC podium, but become the first brothers in history to stand on an elite World Cup podium together.
I've been pretty stoked on skiing this week. Maybe it's arriving in the little Swiss Alps village of Champerey and looking at avalanche barriers and classic lines on the Dents du Midi across the valley that reminded me of impending winter.
Check out the riders taking delivery of their new carbon aero goodies.
25 year old Lukas Flueckiger and his 20 year old brother Mathias once again made history for Trek World Racing by finishing 4th and 5th in Round 7 of the UCI World Cup, and in so doing, also set a new first by being the only brothers ever to be on a UCI World Cup podium together.
Catharine placed 10th, moving her into 3rd overall with one race to go.
Today was the day I have been anticipating for six months; my first cyclocross race since 2004. Ever since I decided to come back and race cross, I knew there was going to have to be a “first race”. Today was that day, and I survived!
It all started with a bronze medal after the relay race. Then Alexis Vuillermoz (Team Lapierre International XC) and Danny Hart (Team Lapierre powered by Saab Salomon) finished 2nd and 3rd of their respective races
Team Lapierre DH Powered by Saab Salomon
This was my last weekend to get in some good hard racing before the start of the cross season. The Colorado schedule finished up with a four day stage race in Steamboat Springs over Labor Day weekend.
Alison Dunlap: When America needed a win, she got it.
Wie schon berichtet, bringt Fox für 2010 eine spezielle Gabel für 4X und Dirt, die 831. Der Preis leitet sich interessanterweise vom Verkaufspreis auf dem amerikanischen Markt ab, welcher, Achtung, 831$ beträgt.
Catharine Pendrel started off the weekend with a fantastic ride in the Team Relay, helping Canada earn a silver medal.
The week of the World Championships can be a very tough week indeed on the best athletes in the world.
It was an up and down week for Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain at the 2009 World Mountain Bike Championships in Canberra, Australia.
Catharine "Kika" Pendrel kicked off the 2009 World Mountain Bike Championships with a silver medal as part of the Canadian Team relay squad. This is the best result ever for a member of the LUNA Pro Team in a UCI World Championship.
The Santa Barbara area has many chances to participate in a trails related event during the months of September and October
FOX Racing Shox's very own Scott Papola lands an article in Decline Magazine
Time to fire out another Kabush Report. Too much has happened since my last one, and I use up most of my creativity on Twitter. I figure I have a few things I should report on however.
Specialized team rider Trond Hansen from Norway won the first Saint Deep Summer Photo Challenge together with the “Team Scanada” around photographer Mattias Fredriksson. Their common award: 3.000 Canadian Dollars.
3 FOX RIDERS ON THE FINAL PODIUM
Sorry for the lack of communication the last couple weeks, I’ve been enjoying taking it easy mid-week at home in Maine and not having much in the way of innerweb access on the race weekends either.
After the two World Cup races in Quebec, and a visit to Trek's headquarters in Wisconsin by the XC and DH team riders, the two DH men headed to the MTB Mecca, Whistler Mountain, about 2 hours outside of Vancouver.
Kabush, Davison, and Cole Victorious
This is what it's all about. Mt St Anne, in preparation for world champs 2010 spruced up the outdoor moto hip section with a few much appreciated kickers. Early on day one practice Dan Atherton boosts for the cameras and overhead cheers from his peers passing above in the gondolas.
The cross country race was a tight battle between Willow Koerber (Gary Fisher/Subaru), Catharine Pendrel, Georgia Gould, Katerina Nash, and Lea Davison (Maxxis).
The Ridge Riders of the Black Hills Mountain Bike Club will again host the 9th Annual Dakota Five-0, Sunday September 6, 2009 in Spearfish, SD.
FOX Racing Shox is proud to announce the 831 Suspension Fork. Designed and engineered for the demanding disciplines of 4X, Dirt Jump, and Dual Slalom, the 831 uses the FOX 32 mm platform, FLOAT® Air Spring technology, and FIT™ RLC damper.
Animal Commencal team director Dan Brown has confirmed that Rachel Atherton will not race this year and will instead focus on being fully fit for the 2010 season.
Mt. Snow is one of the favorite stops on the Pro Tour because of its demanding courses, well organized races, and huge crowds that show up for three days of action packed racing.
Danny Hart still leader of the UCI World Cup in Junior
From Freestyler To Racer, Strait Upsets Lopes in Finals
Calgary’s Miranda Miller Wins Pro Women Category
It just keeps getting better and better for Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain’s Geoff Kabush.
As SF Dirtlabbers, it is up to us to support the advocacy side of things, to ensure we can develop a killer trail network and world class Bike Park in the City.
Lukas Flueckiger claims the first World Cup podium in XC for Trek World Racing, but it wasn't all smooth sailing. Check out why with the latest video from the team
The next edition of the Fabien Barel Invitational Urge is now announced since the 25 of July at the E-MTN in Vars ressort (Fce).
Trek World Racing's Andrew Neethling brings you in close to his factory Session 88 downhill bike with special insight from Fox Racing Shox, regarding their new stanchion finish, found only on World Cup factory bikes.
atharine Pendrel, enjoying the home field advantage, rode to another fantastic finish at the Bromont World Cup this past weekend.
Venue brings back memories of Mountain Biking's golden years
25 year old Lukas Flueckiger made history for Trek World Racing today by completing the set of World Cup podiums.
After finishing 11th at World Cup Round 2 in La Bresse (FRA), many thought the weather had worked in the favor of Californian wunderkid Kyle Strait.
The penultimate round of the Nissan UCI World Cup Series brought mixed fortunes for Team Animal Commencal.
While the West of Canada experienced record setting high temperatures, the province of Quebec had been hit by heavy thunderstorms for several weeks in a row, turning the Bromont dirt into thick mud.
After qualifying 1st yesterday in the Women's Downhill, Trek World Racing's Tracy Moseley confirmed, after her 3rd in Mont-Sainte-Anne last week, that she is back on form.
This has been our busiest season so far, and also our most fun.
t’s proper summer, or at least it should be by now… Usually racing on the Right Coast in July is confirmation of this, fitness is coming around, everything is green and warm, swimming holes are packed, etc.
In Vars, the survivors of the Team Tribe SG met last weekend to compete for the stage 3 of the Enduro Series (round 5 and 6) and the 2nd trophy of nations of the history.
To learn more, or submit your perfect world scenario, go to: www.foxinaperfectworld.com
The summer has been a full one with lots of travel for racing and even a fun side trip to Italy. It has also been my most winning season ever.
The Trails of our Lives continue...
FOX Riders Mark Weir and Jason Moeschler
After only his 2nd world cup of the season Fabien shows he is fast this year and a serious contender for the rest of the seasons races.
Dan and Gee on the podium in Mont Sainte Anne
Moseley Returns to Podium
The Trek World Racing XC riders returned to World Cup racing after several weeks of local racing, National Championships and the European Championships, with Lukas Flueckiger returning to the top 10 after a difficult start.
It's been a long 4 days here in Munich and life is good. I'm sippin on some bavarian beer enjoying the nice weather finally here in Munich.
Sabrina Jonnier Wins and Geoff Kabush Third at Mont St. Anne World Cup
Catharine Pendrel won, Katerina Nash was 3rd and Georgia Gould was 7th.
Coming into the 2009 edition of the TransAlp Challenge, nothing was certain for Rocky Mountain’s Alison Sydor and her partner Daniel Gathof.
Read more at www.bikecr.com
Check out the coursewalk on Freecaster.
Gritty performances in tough conditions defined a successful and historic first national championship campaign by the NorCal Travel Team
Team Yeti/FOX Athlete Aaron Gwinn wins US National Downhill title. FOX Athletes also finished 3rd, 4th, and 5th to dominate 4 of the 5 podium positions.
Well, it had to come to and end sometime. I'd had two years of a "my race to lose" situation with National Championships taking place in the homeland, that being Mount Snow, Vermont.
Mountain Of Hell: Doublé aux 2 Alpes pour Greg Doucende
Gee Atherton now UK and UCI World Champion Downhill mountain biker
Way to go Pappy!
I’ve always wanted to go to the Downieville Classic for a variety of reasons.
Catharine, fresh off a victory in the women's team competition at the BC Bike Race, had a spectacular day at the Canadian National Cross Country Championships.
Greg Doucende wins is round easily, and David Vazquez finish 2nd with Fabien Barel.
I just finished up a six day mountain bike stage race in Breckenridge, CO. First mountain bike race in 4yrs. Raced the coed team division with my husband. Quite the week! Here’s my first race report in years. Enjoy!
Find out which of the three is the favourite, catch up with them in Andorra and then follow them over the Atlantic to compete in the US Open.
June has been a good, and busy, racing month for our Squamish MMR athletes.
The Canadian National Mountain Bike Championships always feature world class competitors, and this year saw a race to the wire in the men's field and a dominating performance in the women's.
The 2009 Cross Country and Downhill World Cup Circuit witnesses the launch of a new partnership between Trek World Racing and Lucozade Sport, the leaders in safe sports nutrition, offering a range of safe and effective sports nutrition products to athletes.
Another race down, another muddy mess! Thanks for enduring our ever changing Vermont weather. Hopefully one of these races we’ll get a dry course for you.
For sure weather condition of this Slovenian round will stay in riders mind: apocalyptic sun during the week, then enormous storm and lot of rain on Saturday, and then Sun.
SBTS is introducing a HUGE new feature to the Downieville Classic festival. On Wednesday and Thursday, July 8th & 9th, pro riders will be partnered with students (ages 12 to 21) in the On Mountain Pro/Youth Days.
Gee salvages 12th despite 2 crashes
Heading into the fifth round of the UCI Downhill World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia, Maxxis-Rocky Mountain’s Sabrina Jonnier had reason to be confident having won three of four World Cups so far in 2009.
LUNA Pros were busy last weekend, winning big in a variety of events across the country. On the multi-sport front Tyler Stewart captured her first-ever Ironman overall win as a pro, taking the honors at the annual Coeur d'Alene Ironman out yonder in Idaho.
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In a strong return to form all three Trek World Racing riders finished top 10 at Round 5 of the UCI Downhill World Cup, scoring enough points to make Trek World Racing the number 1 team for the weekend, and close the points gap on overall leaders Santa Cruz Syndicate.
The wildflowers are going off in Crested Butte, and that means it's time to race in the fourth stop on the MSC circuit - the 9th Annual Wildflower Rush
Pick up a copy and read about his trip to Peru.
SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch opened for the season on Friday, June 5 and saw record attendance over the first weekend of the summer, while providing riders with exceptional trail conditions.
Sometimes you've just gotta stick your neck out and MAKE things happen.
Melanie McQuaid stayed perfect in 2009 while Dan Hugo broke through at the XTERRA Northwest Cup at Farragut State Park just north of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.
Nick Beer is European Champion!
The Parkin Brothers have once again captured the atmosphere of a classic MTB race venue, this time it's Fort William. It was a tough weekend for the TWR ridres, but check out the amazing race footage captured here.
This year racing kicked off early, with Round 1 of the World Cup series in South Africa at the beginning of April.
World Cup Fort William: Danny Hart takes the win and Top20 overall!
Gee Atherton takes 4th and moves into 3rd place in the World Cup rankings.
The first stretch of World Cup racing mayhem is in the books
Despite excellent preparation for one of the toughest downhill courses on the World Cup circuit, Trek World Racing suffered an extraordinary run of bad luck which saw all three riders crash in yesterday's qualifying
The LUNA Team had an outstanding weekend at the Bump n Grind. Catharine Pendrel outsprinted Georgia Gould for the win, with Katerina Nash finding her form and finishing third.
The IXS European Cup in Verbier got Scott 11 hungry for revenge at next weeks World Cup in Fort William, Scotland.
July 25 and 26, Vars, France
I like going to new places. Filling in the gaps on the map so to speak. The Deep South has somehow survived to this date as one of those grey areas.
British downhiller Gee Atherton has just been crowned as the Mountain Biking UK dual slalom pro champion after a thrilling final run showdown with US 4X star Brian Lopes at BikeRadar Live.
Many individuals can claim to have influenced the course of mountain biking over the years...
Meet the British siblings who have taken over mountain biking
For those of you who haven't already seen it, episode one of the 'Atherton Project' is now airing on all good video platforms.
We are expecting a beautiful Enduro season with the 5th edition of the Enduro Series and the Second Edition of the Trophy of Nations.
Fox Racing Shox and the Athertons teamed up last season and made quite the impact with both Rach and Gee winning Worlds in 2008. For this year, they are continuing to work even closer together to refine the DHX RC4 rear shock and tune the forks to keep the Athertons on the podiums.
Catharine Pendrel finished in 5th and Georgia Gould fought back from a flat tire in the first lap to finish in 14th.
2009 NorCal High School Mountain Bike Racing Series State Championships
California State Parks has announced a proposal to open a singletrack trail for mountain biking in Marin County, on the shoulders of Mt. Tamalpais.
This weekend saw Trek World Racing competing in two top level events on the same weekend, in two different European capital cities.
After a second night of heavy rain on Madrid’s Casa de Camp race course, the decision was made to shorten the women's race from five laps to four.
The Lucas Oil AMA MX National Series got the twelve race championship underway at Glen Helen MX Park over the Memorial weekend.
Remember that time you took your girlfriend mountain biking and tried to teach her a bunch of stuff so that you could enjoy riding together more often?
Mount Mayon Volcano Adventure with Brian Lopes April 09
Next: Round 4 on June 7th, at Fort William, in UK.
Hot off her win the weekend before in La Bresse, France, Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain’s Sabrina Jonnier was looking to rack up another World Cup win on the treacherous Valnord, Andorra course and she didn’t disappoint.
24 year old Justin Leov scored a World Cup podium here today in Andorra, despite suffering from a miserable head cold.
The new movie by Clay Porter
The leading team will once again be aboard the Trek Session 88's going into round 3
After a four week break from after the season opener in South Africa, World Cup DH
The two days leading up to the finals of Round two of the Nissan World Mountain Bike series was as varied as it could possilbly be
Saturday, May 9, 2009
It's all been said about Houffalize, Belgium. Basically it's everything a Mountain Bike XC race should be.
With crowds to rival Fort William and a track that encouraged a bit of elbow action the racing was as good as it gets last weekend.
Gee Atherton has picked up his first 2009 win for team Animal Commencal in the opening round at the of the National Point Series in Ae Forest, Scotland.
Older brother Lukas scores 6th place here at World Cup Round 2, two spots better than round 1, and Mathias comes back from a difficult start to finish 21st (2nd in under 23 category).
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Race results
Race results
The debut season for Trek World Racing continues to bring quality results, this weekend at the Sea Otter Classic here in Monterey, California.
FOX's Elayna Caldwell shows off some of their other suspension goodies
Georgia Gould, Katerina Nash, Catharine Pendrel, Chloe Forsman, and Alison Dunlap spent the weekend with Bev Robinson.
Mad March Racing, kicks off their tenth season of mountain bike coaching with an exciting line-up of events
Britain's Tracy Moseley opened her World Cup campaign with a convincing win of more than 6 seconds to take a perfect score of 250 points and the leader's jersey into round 2.
Riding in conditions that couldn't be any different from home Gee Atherton of team Animal Commencal took home 5th spot at the opening round of the Nissan World Cup series.
The Maxxis-Rocky Mountain team made the 30 hour journey from North America to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa for the first round of the UCI World Cup.
This past weekend marked the racing debut of the all new Maxxis-Rocky Mountain UCI trade team.
First enduro race for the Team Lapierre Saab Salomon.
Danny Hart and david Vazquez train hard in New Zealand
This past weekend saw the running of the New Zealand National Downhill Championship
In just his first race as a Nema factory rider, Jared Graves captured the 2009 Australian National 4X title!
Current World Champion Rachel Atherton sustained a dislocated shoulder yesterda
Georgia Gould and Katerina Nash dominated the final weekend of racing in the US Grand Prix Cyclocross Series
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Shonny Vanlandingham Hosts 125 Women at Texas MTB Clinic
A celebration of the bicycle for all cyclists of all ages
Public Encouraged to Bid Online for Custom Hand-Built Bicycles
Aptos Post Office, 9am-4pm
Coming into Round 7 of the Nissan UCI World Cup Rachel Atherton was leading by 113 points
Marie-Helene Premont has ended her season by clinching the World Cup overall
Catharine Pendrel 2nd in Overall, Georgia Gould 5th, Katerina Nash 7th
We are currently accepting mountain bike racing sponsorship requests
FOX Racing Shox would like to congratulate their sponsored Athletes who will be racing in the Beijing Olympics Mountain Bike event August 22 and 23
Womenzworx Presented by Sombrio a Great Success with Prize Purse of $3,200
It was a solid weekend for the Factory Team at the Bromont World Cup
Catharine Pendrel Gives LUNA First Ever World Cup Victory, Katerina Nash Races to First World Cup Podium, Team Leading Overall Standings
The Olympics are coming fast and Fox Athletes are showing that they are ready to represent
Catharine Pendrel 2nd, Georgia Gould 4th, Katerina Nash 7th at Mont Sainte Anne World Cup
It was an outstanding weekend for the Factory Team at the Mont Saint Anne World Cup.
Despite a leg injury that threatened her actual participation in the 4th round of the Nissan World Cup Series, Rachel Atherton pulled everything out of the bag to take the win at the typically brutal stop of Mt St Anne
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