Felt teams up with Mafia Racing

Irvine, CA (June 5, 2008) – Felt Bicycles is pleased to announce that Mafia Racing, a new CO-based professional mountain bike team, will be racing Felt in 2008. Felt is providing Mafia with some of its finest frames, including models like the Virtue, which features Felt’s award-winning Equilink™ full-suspension technology.

After a strong start to the 2008 season, with top-10 results in several regional and National events including the Mountain States Cup Series and the Whiskey Off-Road, Mafia Racing is eager to take on some of the summer’s biggest events aboard a host of different Felt bicycles.

Unlike most professional/amateur mountain bike teams, Mafia Racing supports both endurance and gravity specialists, offering a unique opportunity for Felt to provide bikes for events ranging from short track cross-country to mountain-cross and Super-D. “We are stoked to be one of the first mountain bike teams to receive this level of support from Felt,” explains team President David Janowiec, “And we look forward to taking Mafia Racing to the next level this year. As one of the most progressive national level teams, Felt’s support will help us get exactly where we want to be.”

With Mafia Racing, Felt adds another chapter to its overall commitment to the sport. Felt’s US Marketing Director, Doug Martin says, “Mafia is an exciting new race program and between their roster, versatility and committed professionalism, we see them a perfect fit with the Felt family. We are proud to have them as new fat tire ambassadors.”

Mafia debuted on their new Felt’s last week in Angel Fire where they took 3rd and 1st in the Men’s and Women’s Super-D, respectively.

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About Felt Bicycles

Felt Bicycles is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of its own proprietary branded premium quality bicycles, framesets, components and accessories. The company US office is located in Irvine, CA and its European office is in Edewecht, Germany. Felt Bicycles is an internationally recognized brand whose bicycles and products are currently sold in over 30 countries, worldwide. Athletes on Felt products have won numerous National and International events including World Championships, Olympic Medals, ESPN X-Games and other major national and international competitions. For more information on Felt Bicycles call (949) 452-9050 in the US or (49) 4405-928015 in Europe, or visit Felt online at www.feltbicycles.com or www.feltbmx.com

About Mafia Racing, LLC

After only one year of racing, Mafia Racing is heading into its sophomore season. With a 16-person pro roster, including both men and women, Mafia Racing competes in major US events including the Mountain State Cup events in the Rocky Mountain region, select National Mountain Bike Series races, and the USGP National Cyclocross series. Other Mafia Racing sponsors include Pabst Blue Ribbon, Jett MTB, Illegal Petes, GoFast, GU, Crank Brothers, First Act Guitars, Rooly Optical, aka3d.net, Easton, Giro, Maxxis, Nuun, Silver Back Music, Mix 1, Best Energies and First Endurance. For more information on Mafia Racing log on to www.mafiaracing.com

source: Doug Martin

Edewecht, Germany (March 28, 2008)-Felt Bicycles is pleased to announce that mountain bike rider Darren Pokoj (AUS) is the newest member of the 2008 Felt Team. The 21-year-old Australian caught a lot of attention during various worldwide contests over the last two years.

A young pro, Darren displayed his enormous potential numerous times last season including a huge presence at the Nissan Qashqai Challenge in Madrid, Spain, while at the same time demonstrating his very personal style. Many say that nobody can do nosedive 360’s - aka: “down under threes” - like he can. Darren began in BMX 12 years ago and later he got into mountain bikes. He became a successful DH and 4X rider, winning various national and international 4X and DH competitions in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 he also focused on freeride and slopestyle competitions. Along the way he won the slopestyle at the Red Bull Trailfox, becoming the “Vienna Air King,” and later placed 5th at the Adidas Slopestyle and 6th at the Red Bull District Ride in Italy - even with a broken ankle!

Darren is not only talented but he has shown he is one of the most versatile riders. Whether he’s riding downhill, dirt, slopestyle, street, park or just freeriding, Darren has a flair and style few can match.

Felt produces a wide range of fat tire bikes for each of these different disciplines and given the company commitment to athletes and performance, it is a perfect fit for both Darren and Felt. Darren joining other new 2008 Felt mountain bike team members Joscha Forstreuter (GER) and Cam Zink (USA).
Right now, Darren is enjoying the down-under summer on the Gold Coast of Australia and beginning in April he will spend most of his time in Europe targeting all the major international contests.

For more information on Felt Bicycle log on to www.feltbicycles.com

source: Doug Martin