Red Bull Ride Jindabyne, Australia

It's a Red Bull Ride for 2002 in Jindabyne, Australia. 25 of the world's best riders will converge on the rocky terrain of Australia's infamous Snowy Mountains to compete on the toughest mountain bike course ever experienced. The 2002 Red Bull Ride kicks off on the 29th of January 2002 for a two day mountain biking spectacular which will see the world's most talented riders battle it out for a share of the $15,000 prize pool.

Andrew Mills - Austrailia	Nathan Rennie - Australia
Ben Cory - Australia	Rob Jarman - UK
Chris O'Driscoll - USA	Robbie Bourdon - Canada
Dan Critch - UK	Sean McCarroll - Australia
Dave Watson - Canada	Shane Wode - Australia
Jared Rando - Australia	Shinichiro Kano - Japan
Joe Schwartz - Canada	Stijn Deferm - Belgium
John Waddell - Australia	Tarek Rasouli - Germany
Lionel Sequera - France	Thierry Isnel - France
Mark Johnston - New Zealand	Thomas Vanderham - Canada
Luke Radnor - Australia	Wade Simmons - Canada
Rohan Mogridge - Australia	Dean Mogridge - Australia
Ryan Norton - Australia	Grant Allen - Australia

Alpha Project

Shawn Spomer at 164productions has been capturing video of all the big races and events throughout the Rocky Mountains for quite some time now. His site is updated regularly with clips and footage you won't see anywhere. Finally, he has put together what has the potential to be the best compilation of freeride and race video south of the Canadian border.

Abercrombie & Fitch Freeride Video

Phew! Now that A&F thinks it's cool to be a freerider, I can go out in public!

If it weren't for a great clip featuring Dangerous Dan doing some North Shore riding, I would NEVER link to their site. I just can't believe the amount of sheep that flock to pay 50 bucks for a t-shirt because it has their name on it. "Baaaaa . . . Baaaaaa!"

Santa Cruz V10 Video

Probably the best new suspension design to date. possibly10 inches of travel, 4 inches of negative travel, and NO pedal bob??

Santa Cruz did a good job explaining the technical side of the most coveted bike on my want list. Check out the specs and a great video with some riding footage. The V10 is not just a better bike, it's a better ride. Anyone want to buy my bullit?

Wade Simmons wins Red Bull Rampage

Simmons had his work cut out for him with the riders like Dave Watson, Robbie Bourdon and Myles Rockwell competing along side him. He managed to pull ahead in his final run and steal the $8,000 prize purse and the trip to Australia.

Josh Bender, a local and co-promoter for the event was quoted as saying, "This event gave the stagnating mountain bike community a swift kick that it desperately needed".

Interbike 2001

How'd you like to demo all the new bikes for 2002, party with the elite's in the biking industry while catching the premiers of two new biking videos before anyone else, and then spend three days catching a sneak peak of all the new bikes and bike products for the next year before anyone else?

Sorry, too late. You missed it. But WE didn't!! Here's a glimpse of what you missed.

Red Bull Rampage

Virgin, Utah - Global Event Management (GEM) has teamed up with Red Bull Energy Drink to stage the newest chapter in mountain bike competition, The Red Bull Rampage. This inaugural event is a first here in the US, and the format will be run similar to an extreme skiing contest, but on mountain bikes. This gravity powered contest will let competitors choose their own line and difficulty level within a designated corridor. It will be a judged event and athletes will be scored on the following criteria; difficulty of line, style, amplitude, fluidity, and overall impression. More To Come!

Interbike 2001

This is the 20th year of Interbike, the largest trade event for the bicycle industry. We'll be heading to Las Vegas one week from today to get you the inside scoop. Interbike 2001 starts on Saturday the 29th with an outdoor demo and ends 3 days later. And yes, we're bringing our bikes.

Kona 2002 bikes

Take a look at the 2002 Kona mountain bikes and tell us what you think. That downhill Stab Primo looks, . . . well . . ."Primo".

The Stinky Nine on the other hand has something wrong with it. Is it just me? Maybe it's just not photogenic. I'm sure it still rides nice.

Bob adds suspension!

The best bike trailer just got better. Add a coil over rear shock capable of supporting up to 70 pounds and more ground clearance and you have the ultimate companion for serious off-road riding. Makes me wanna make every ride a camping trip. Only problem is, the "Ibex" isn't scheduled out until next spring. Start saving now. Watch for updates at http://www.bobtrailers.com

What to carry in your Camelbak

First off, all of you that are saying to yourself, "I don't have a Camelbak", need to go get one or at least a decent equivalent. I'm not going to listen to the advocates of water bottles that pull lame complaints out of their butt like how Camelbak's make them top heavy or extra sweaty. These are the same individuals who also use up their buddies' patches, food and water that they couldn't carry for the ride.

Your Camelbak will give you two things that nothing else can . . .

Fixing Your Bike

With mountain bikes getting more and more technical these days it gets harder and harder to fix your bike on your own. The new interactive mountain bike repair CD-ROM from Break-It, Fix-It, Ride-It is out to put the "bike repair" books out of business by giving the best instruction yet on installing, repairing, maintaining, and upgrading mountain bike components.

I was surprised at both the detail and compexity of the . . .