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Recycling carbon parts.

There's no question that carbon fiber makes the fastest, lightest bicycle frames. But what happens to a prototype carbon product that never makes it to your local shop or a frame that was crashed in the Tour de France?

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Apr 22, 2016



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May 20th. We will call that day 1.

Sleep now because on May 20 the Whistler Mountain Bike Park will open to riders for the 2016 season. Early Bird pricing is available now until June 10 on Unlimited, Ten Day, Five Day, Twilight and...

Chris Armstrong

Apr 17, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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Registration opens for the 2nd or 3rd best Crankworx.

Crankworx will open registration for its Crankworx Les Gets Downhill presented by iXS today in the town where Fabien Barel created history.

Chris Armstrong

Apr 15, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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Bontrager unveils new American made carbon wheels.

Bontrager has unveiled all-new Line XXX MTB wheels in addition to the new Drop Line dropper post, 35mm Line Pro bars and stems, Line Pro flat pedals, and updated tread patterns and sizes for the...

Chris Armstrong

Apr 15, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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BC Bike Race cracks double digits. Still awesome.

A decade has gone by since the BC Bike Race began and with it dozens of communities, hundreds of trails, and thousands of kilometers of hand-built singletrack. But most importantly countless smiles,...

Chris Armstrong

Apr 13, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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Whistler Blackcomb Releases their vision of the Blackcomb base(s)

Late yesterday Whistler Blackcomb released some information about what they envision the next step in development on Blackcomb mountain would be.  And boy is it a dozey.  $345 million...

Chris Armstrong

Apr 6, 2016 · 6 min read

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Kintner still the women to beat in pumptrackin'.

After many near wins, Tomas LEMOINE (FRA) finally has his first Crankworx gold medal, and five-time pump track queen Jill KINTNER (USA) her redemption, after an epic Rotorua Pump Track Challenge...

Chris Armstrong

Mar 11, 2016 · 3 min read

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ABSA Cape Epic offered in Hifi this year, I mean 360 immersive video.

In a world first for sporting events, the Absa Cape Epic will include a mountain biker riding with the pro peloton who will deliver 360-degree immersive video during the 8-day stage race when it...

Chris Armstrong

Feb 24, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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ABSA Cape Epic, not just for the whippersnappers.

In a different category... There are many races within the bigger Absa Cape Epic race. Most obvious are those for the yellow zebra-striped Men's category jersey and the orange version for...

Chris Armstrong

Feb 19, 2016 · 3 min read

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Watch out another Swedish guy is loose on the FMB Tour.

Swedish slopestyle athlete Max Fredriksson begins his 2016 season with new partners and a good result from the first FMB World Tour event of the year. For the foreseeable future, the young...

Chris Armstrong

Feb 16, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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Intense Cycles announces 2016 team, still not as fast as Kovarik.

Intense Cycles announced its 2016 Factory Race Team last night at an exclusive event they hosted for select members of the media, industry, friends and family at the Hotel Laguna in Laguna Beach,...

Chris Armstrong

Feb 9, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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¡Muy bien Bontrager!

Bontrager will be the official tire supplier of the Andes Pacifico Enduro Race taking place in Chile, February 9th through the 13th. All participants will receive one of Bontrager's durable Super...

Chris Armstrong

Feb 9, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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A team actually joining the World Cup Circuit.

"Having spent a good few days testing and having fun with Transition, it has been so refreshing to see how passionate and involved they are with our sport. I strongly believe that FMD and Transition...

Chris Armstrong

Jan 28, 2016 · 3 min read

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Nominate a community member for the 2016 BC Bike Race.

BC Bike Race the 'Ultimate Singletrack Experience' and Kazimirski Law Corporation are giving away one entry to the 2016 BC Bike Race, currently 'SOLD OUT'. The Kazlaw Community Foundation is...

Chris Armstrong

Jan 28, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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Snow Bike Festival was getting their Fat Bike on over the weekend.

A new event title, new destination, and new format: following the huge success of the Snow Epic 2015 in Engelberg (SUI), the innovative fatbike event is now be held at Gstaad (SUI) under the name of...

Chris Armstrong

Jan 25, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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Trek Factory Racing adds two fast ladies to their roster.

Trek Factory Racing is proud to announce the addition of two immense talents in the mountain bike world, Katy Winton and Casey Brown. Both will join the Enduro contingent of Trek Factory Racing,...

Chris Armstrong

Jan 18, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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Today's exchange rate: 1 Gwin is worth 1 Loic, 1 Loris & 1 Iles.

Yesterday the news came out that the Lappiere Gravity team will now be called the Specialized Gravity team.  While this is great new for everyone in it, as Specialized picked up a whole team to...

Chris Armstrong

Jan 7, 2016 · 3 min read

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Pavla Havlikova wins the EKZ Cross Tour challenge

Pavla Havlikova and Northwave opened the new year with a brilliant overall success, conquered at EKZ Cross Tour, a prestigious Swiss cyclocross challenge. Saturday January 2nd, in the last of fifth...

Chris Armstrong

Jan 4, 2016 · Less than 2 min read

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No Gwinning for you on Specialized in 2016.

Aaron joined Specialized for the 2013 season, and although it was a rough year in terms of race results, in many ways it was still a near perfect match-up; Aaron, being multi-time USA DH National...

Chris Armstrong

Dec 29, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Italy has a town called Bormio, and people like to bike there.

Nadine Rieder is a new, dynamic testimonial for the Italian resort, which is renowned worldwide for its cycling opportunities. The 26-year-old woman's prime focus is mountain biking but she enjoys...

Chris Armstrong

Dec 18, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Sauser is going to show the ropes of ABSA Cape Epic to Madolo.

Absa Cape Epic legend Christoph Sauser will be riding with Stellenbosch's Sipho Madolo in the 2016 Absa Cape Epic. The five-time Absa Cape Epic winner, now retired from the professional ranks, has...

Chris Armstrong

Dec 2, 2015 · 4 min read

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Drop and Roll. Danny Style.

As the 2016 Drop and Roll Tour dates are being booked, Danny MacAskill and his Drop and Roll team have released what is by far the most ambitious Drop and Roll production to date. Conceptualized and...

Chris Armstrong

Nov 26, 2015 · 3 min read

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Trek C3 Project: FMB Factory Team Champions 2015

FMB Factory Team Rankings - how does it work? Factory teams must register a minimum of 2 athletes. Each athlete can contribute a maximum of 3 results and the final team score is the total of the...

Chris Armstrong

Nov 20, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Leogang wraps for the season.

Sick tricks and fast lines - the Bikepark Leogang and the Saalfelden Leogang region celebrate the end of an exciting 2015 season. Szymon Godziek opened the season with a flawless run at White Style...

Chris Armstrong

Nov 17, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Atherton's sign with Trek Factory Racing.

Trek and Trek Factory Racing announced today the creation of a marquee World Cup-level Downhill racing program for the 2016 season. The new team will take on the full UCI World Cup series as well as...

Chris Armstrong

Nov 11, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Horray, Superenduro è tornare a correre nel 2016!

After a one-year break, the series that is the national reference for enduro returns to the scene. Rumours within the industry got louder and louder during the last weeks and now they have been...

Chris Armstrong

Nov 10, 2015 · 4 min read

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Sauser might have retired, but coming back for another ABSA Cape Epic

On March 22 this year Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy punched the air as they crossed the Absa Cape Epic Grand Finale finish line at Meerendal to win the world's premier mountain bike stage...

Chris Armstrong

Nov 6, 2015 · 3 min read

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Berrecloth lands directly on a Canyon.

It's official. Darren Berrecloth, one of the seminal names in freeriding, now rides for Canyon. If there's anyone out there who needs no introduction, it's Darren. As part of the Canyon Factory...

Chris Armstrong

Oct 13, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Cedric Gracia brings his run bikes to America

Production Privee, the bicycle and component maker from Andorra, have announced today they will offer a limited number of their Mini CG Balance Bikes to US customers.The bikes will be offered...

Chris Armstrong

Oct 8, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Whyte Bikes coming stateside.

For the riders on the western side of the Atlantic you might not have heard of Whyte Bikes before, although the brand was started almost 15 years ago.  The name sake of the brand Jon Whyte,...

Chris Armstrong

Oct 6, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Interbike Day 2, photo gallery of eye candy and other bits.

Day two is a wrap here in Vegas and I though I would share some of the stuff that you see when cruising up and down the aisles.  

Chris Armstrong

Sep 17, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Interbike, inside, day 1.

If I had to sum up interbike day one, it would be the birth of the fat ride.  High volume tires have hit the mainstream and seem to be on offer from almost everyone.  From kids fat 20"...

Chris Armstrong

Sep 17, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Interbike warm up.

Interbike is underway.  If you aren't up to speed on what Interbike is, it is the North American tradeshow for all things bikes.  From Asian manufacturers, to European Chamois...

Chris Armstrong

Sep 15, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Continental releases enduro tire. In Whistler we call it a tire.

After two years of development, the time has come: Continental is presenting the final production model of the new enduro racing tire "Der Baron 2.4 Projekt" at Eurobike. They have been designed in...

Chris Armstrong

Sep 7, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Fabio Wibmer opens trials park in Austria.

Known for his street trials riding and recreationally competing in the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup – nineteen year old Fabio Wibmer has successfully finished a major project in his home...

Chris Armstrong

Sep 1, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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NZ bulldog MacDonald put in an unbelievable run in Val Di Sole.

In confirmation of the speed he's had all year, Brook MacDonald threw down a classic 'Bulldog' run on the steep and root strewn track in Italy at the final round of the 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World...

Trek World Racing

Aug 24, 2015 · Less than 2 min read

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Anneke Beerten is better than you.

Competition began on March 25, traveled to three continents, and required no small amount of dedication — and on Sunday, August 16, 2015, Anneke Beerten was crowned Queen of Crankworx. To win the...

SRAM

Aug 22, 2015 · Less than 2 min read
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