KONA

They’re beastly both in size and ability. And even though we pay them to race and ride the bejesus out of our XC mountain bikes, they still love them. US National XC Championships tell you that. In the first two installments of Kona’s new series of Pro Bike Talks, produced by Freeride Entertainment, we get Trebon and Wicks to articulate that love with brains rather than brawn. No, this is not paid for affection. Well, kind of. Rest assured, we didn’t tell them what to say, we merely asked them what they thought. We caught up with the Timbers last summer in the oddly familiar woods of Vancouver’s North Shore as the two prepared to beat down the field in the BC Bike Race. Got to www.konaworld.com to see Barry wax poetic on his Hei Hei 2-9 Deluxe and Ryan give up the goods on his 2-9 King Kahuna. Look for more Kona pro bike talks in December featuring Paul Basgoitia & Graham Aggasiz.

source: Kona Bike Company

Introduction:
The Formula Oro Puro redefined the disc brake category when it was introduced a couple years ago. Lightweight brakes have traditionally been less powerful and controllable. They required more setup and maintenance but that was the name of the game if you wanted to play with ultralight weight disc brakes or any other bike component.  The Formula Oro Puro changed all that by offering a lightweight brake that really worked. It was powerful and controllable and it was pretty too. Every rider I know who tried the Oro Puro quickly became a fan. It was a charmer of a brake that worked for a multitude of applications.
Enter the Formula R1. It was designed to unseat the Oro Puro as the best brake available. Read on and find out if it is up to the challenge.
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The OC Bicycle Swap Meet is happening again Saturday December 5, 2009 8am-Noon at Serfas headquarters in Rancho Santa Margarita. This is your chance to Buy, Sell, or Trade anything and everything about Bicycles. With savings of 30-80% off retail prices, you can’t afford to miss this event. Just in time to buy the perfect Christmas gift for the cyclist in your life. Open to the public, admission and parking are FREE.

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The 2009 Moab Ho-Down Mountain Bike Festival was once again a huge success and good fun had by all! The races were injury free, dirt jump jam saw a bigger turnout of riders with a 100 plus crowd to show off their bag of tricks to, the townie tour had over 80 people cruizin’ and the movie had a close to packed house. Oh yeah….and the party….350 people shakin’ their booties to DJ Slacker Zach’s tunes in some crazy costumes. If you missed it then start planning for next October ‘cuz we’re doin’ it again! Per the words of Nick Simcik (rider for Transition out of Boulder, CO and one of our dj contest riders and DH racers) said: ‘The weekend was all about fun and bikes. The usual stresses and attitude that generally revolves around a race were completely absent. The weekend was super fun.’ Check out Nick’s pics from the weekend at http://www.nicksimcik.com/_/About_Me/Entries/2009/11/5_Moab_Ho-Down.html.

But here are a few pics of our own from the weekend….enjoy! See you in 2010.

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source: Tracy Reed

KHS Factory Racing signs 2009 Pro GRT Tour winner, Chris Heath and 2009 Junior US Worlds rider, Blake Carney

KHS Headquarters – Rancho Dominguez, California

For Immediate Release:

KHS Factory Racing is proud to confirm the addition of the inaugural winner of  USA Cycling’s Pro GRT Tour – Chris Heath (Durango, CO) along with Junior 4x Specialist – Blake Carney (Camarillo, CA)

CHRIS HEATH

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Here at Mtbr HQ, the iPhone is king. Of all of us employees, the actually count is 5 iPhones vs. 2 others (the two others being a Blackberry and an Android G1). I love my all purpose iPhone and it’s even better when I can combine my inner tech geek with my mountain biking Passion! Here is a list compiled from our own opinions along with current forum discussions on just what the hottest iPhone apps for mountain bikers are.

#5.) “The Bike Computer” ( http://www.everytrail.com/iphone.php) FREE - Provides a large display of speed and distance based on your iPhone’s GPS. Also contains a bunch of other GPS based features, but the clean and simple bike computer is the best part.

Next #4 - iTunes>>

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Bike Art Spectacular Brings in over $14,000;

Art Spectacular Moves to Kimberlee’s Bikes for Kids eBay Store

San Diego, Calif. (November 10, 2009) Hundreds of underprivileged children will be pedaling brand new bicycles thanks to the generosity of art collectors who attended the 2009 Bike Art Spectacular reception on Saturday, November 7th. The Bike Art Spectacular, which has moved to Kimberlee’s Bikes for Kids eBay store (http://stores.ebay.com/Kimberlees-Bikes-for-Kids), raised over $14,000 during the event’s reception.

“It was a great evening,” says Dan Gindling, president of Kimberlee’s Bikes for Kids, and Kimberlee’s husband. “People came to celebrate bike art, to celebrate Kimberlee. We had great food, two barbershop quartets, a caricature artist, and of course the stars of the evening:  The bicycle art, which was all donated. I can’t thank the artists enough for their donations.”

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