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North Wales to get new trail centre
22 February 2006
Canolfan Glyn Rhonwy in North Wales is set to get a new mountain bike trail centre which will be facilitated by a cableway built along the lines of the quarry
North Face Trail is now fully open!
21 February 2006
The North Face mountain bike trail which comprises of ten sections of singletrack totalling 16km in the popular Grizedale Forest is now officially open
Kona announce their 2006 Team
21 February 2006
After the most successful season in team history, the Kona Les Gets Factory Team is in preparation for another championship winning year in 2006.
Kona Les Gets is the home of Men's World Downhill Champion, European Downhill Champion and French Downhill Champion Fabien Barel, the UCI number one ranked Women's Downhill racer Tracy Moseley along with top XC racers Barry Wicks, Ryan Trebon, Kris Sneddon and Kamil Tatarkovic coving the 4X category, the Kona Les Gets squad is poised for another huge season.
Again in '06, the Kona Les Gets Factory Team will be winning aboard Kona's lightweight, durable and purpose built bikes, ranging from Barel and Moseley's World Championship winning Stab Supreme downhill bike, Tatarkovic on the new Howler 4X bike, to the King Supreme and Kula Supreme XC race rockets, for Trebon and Wicks.
Other generous sponsors for the Kona Les Gets Team include Marzocchi shocks, Maxxis, Hayes, Sun-Ringle, Shimano, Fox Racing Shox, Race Face, Verge, WTB, Paligap, Heinz, E13, Sombrio and not forgetting Dan & Jake!
The Kona Les Gets riders will be contending events around the globe with the main focus being on the UCI World Cup & Norba Series with other apperances at other major events around the world and withe season start at the Sea Otter Classic.
With a combination of top flight athletes and world class bikes, the Kona Les Gets Factory Team is ready for another year of dominating the field in 2006, and having fun doing it.
Keep upto date with the team through out 2006 here www.konalesgets.com
Merida Bicycles sponsor the first ever TransWales
20 February 2006
Merida Bicycles, the long time sponsor of the '100' series, has taken on an extra sponsorship for 2006 - the TransWales 7 mountain bike day stage challenge
Jeff Lenosky on board with SRAM for another two years
20 February 2006
SRAM is glad to continue the relationship with Jeff Lenosky. Jeff will continue to ride SRAM, RockShox, Avid and Truvativ product for the next two years.
Lenosky will focus on Freeride and SpeedTrials events. Jeff will also attend key events like the Teva games in Vail. Jeff also continues to hone his skills as an event organizer as he is the head honcho of the annual ‘Links Jump Jam’.
In addition to riding on SRAM, RockShox, Avid and Truvativ product, Jeff is supported by Toyota, Giant, Fox Riders Co., Kicker, Maxxis, and Bell helmets.
You can keep up with Jeff’s day to day antics by checking out www.jefflenosky.com.
SRAM Signs Zink!
13 February 2006
SRAM is excited to welcome one of the freshest riders on board, Cameron Zink.
Cameron is 19 years old and calls Reno, Nevada home. When he’s not throwing down at his local jumps, Zink enjoys competing in Slopestyle, Dirt Jump, and a little something he likes to call Freehuck. His other interests include snowboarding, swimming, and photography.
Zink has been competing since 1996 and turned pro in 2003. Some of his recent accomplishments were finishing 3rd at the Adidas Slopestyle, 3rd at the Crankworx Slopestyle, and 5th at the Monster Park Slopestyle.
In addition to riding on SRAM, RockShox, Avid and Truvativ product, Cameron’s other sponsors include Haro, Oakley, Deity, Maxxis, Sun Ringle, and Crank Brothers.
www.sram.com
www.camzink.com
Haldon Freeride Park
11 February 2006
With the help of the Forestry Commission local riders have been able to create a Freeride park as part of the Haldon Forest Park project. This is graded as ‘Double Black’
The Foresty Commission have designated a great big patch of land for local riders to build in, in return for their committed efforts and hard graft on the XC trails. Cheers FC! It’s a great plot of land with steep sides, a downhill slope from top to bottom, a stream gulley cutting through half way down and masses of scope for shore and dirt constructions.
There appears to be a lot of work to do in the Freeride area, but what they have built so far is big, fast, and scary and looks set to continue that way for a while. There’s alot planned for the area, including wall rides, berms, skinnies, step ups, platforms, rollers, drops, rock gardens blah blah. But for the time being we decided to build something challenging, something to push the envelope a little.
So there’s a couple of fairly big drops, a really fast berm leading into a large(20ft gap) or smaller(15ft gap) kicker. A rock garden with a few small drops just to knock you about a bit etc etc etc.
They are working on the Freeride area constantly, so be patient, there’s more on its way. Please DO NOT alter any structure and DO NOT build anything without permission. The Forestry Commission can and will take back their land and demolish the trails at any time should any such structures are found to have been built illegally. Sorry to bang on about it, but it’s a necessary evil.
They always interested to hear peoples views on the trails good or bad, this just helps us build better trails at the end of the day, so if you have any opinions or ideas for structures or just a gripe about a section of trail then get in touch.
www.haldonfreeride.org
Crankworx, Expands Dates in 2006
11 February 2006
The third annual Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival, one of the world's largest freeriding events, is set to go off July 22 - 30 in Whistler this summer.
unscene: Filmed in the UK, with UK riders and a UK soundtrack
11 February 2006
unscene is a new bike video featuring the UK's best up and coming riders filmed over the 2005 season. Like the riding, the music on unscene is fresh varied and homegrown.
unscene was made by Nick Hawker and Tom Hodder during the 2005 season. We'd both got pretty fed up over the winter watching Americans fall off cliffs in Arizona to a rap-metal soundtrack, and thought we'd rather be watching something that was slightly more relevant to the type of riding we do here in the UK. So the idea was born - make a UK video, filmed in the UK, with UK riders and a UK soundtrack. Easy!
You can get purchase the DVD online at www.unscenevideo.co.uk
Berrecloth Signs with SRAM!
10 February 2006
Canadian freeride hero joins SRAM for better product and service. Canadian freeride icon Darren ‘The Claw’ Berrecloth will continue his career with SRAM drivetrain.
The 24 year old athlete signed a contract for 2006 riding X.0 triggers and derailleur to future victories. Darren chose SRAM as a sponsor because of "constant drive to innovate and keep up with the demand of high end products."
SRAM’s excellent tech service and crew at the events strongly influenced his final decision. SRAM is proud to have Darren on the team to conquer the freeride world.
www.sram.com
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