Bike Pure Announces the Arrival Team Specialized racer
Bike Pure are pleased to announce the arrival of Team Specialized racer and 2 time World Champion Rebecca Rusch. Rebecca, who has been a professional for 10 years is one of the world’s finest endurance athletes. Her sporting CV is littered with exceptional results from World Championships, USA National Championships in two different sports - 24hr solo mountain biking and 24hr Orienteering to Adventure Racing World Championships.
The current 24hour Solo World Mountain Bike Champion, Rebecca is fully behind Bike Pure’s campaign and will wear the Bike Pure wristband and headset spacer for the forthcoming season to show that she is in full support of anti-doping.
If her results were not enough, she is also a part-time firefighter in Idaho and also coaches cross country skiing in her off-season.
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Mongoose Maxim 24-Inch, Mountain Bike Offers Optimum Maneuverability High-performance
Built for a fun, smooth ride on the trail, the Mongoose Maxim 24-Inch Dual Suspension Mountain Bike offers optimum maneuverability and shock absorption for high-performance riding. With a dual-suspension fork and frame combo, the Mongoose Maxim is designed to take punishing bumps for you so you can hit the terrain hard, jump obstacles, and enjoy rough trails. With a 21-speed SRAM grip shift and high-quality Shimano rear derailleur, the bike offers plenty of adjustability so you can take on any grade without undue straining and with great speed control. The stem linear pull brakes offer strong and responsive stopping power to keep the bike under control no matter where you are.
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Experience shows winds dirt bike around orange cones on training course
Border Patrol agent David Zahn’s experience shows as he winds his dirt bike around orange cones on a rocky training course. Two colleagues have a steeper learning curve, one of them stalling repeatedly and the other finding his groove after riding tentatively at first.
Zahn’s edge comes from experience; the Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent rides dirt bikes for fun. Yet he said he has a lot to learn to use the vehicle to do his job, which has him rescuing people in the rugged terrain along the Arizona-Mexico border near Yuma.
Those lessons include using hand signals to communicate with fellow riders and how to ride safely wearing the bulky backpack he carries as a member of BORSTAR, the Border Patrol’s search, trauma and rescue operation.
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Mountain bike crash victim named
Police have named the cyclist who died after crashing during a mountain bike event in Marlborough over the weekend as local man James Stuart Kennedy.
Mr Kennedy was found dead on Saturday down a 20 metre bank in the Kekerengu Valley between Blenheim and Kaikoura.
Police say he was riding in the annual Moa mountain bike race when he failed to take a slight right hand bend on a downward section and went over a bank. Read more
Japanese cyclists dominated in the 14th Asian mountain bike
Japanese cyclists dominated the 14th Asian mountain bike championships here on Sunday, sweeping the men’s and women’s titles.
Suemasa Mio and Iizuka Tomoko made a 1-2 Japanese finish in the downhill elite women group and Cheng Shih Hsuan of Chinese Taipei took the bronze medal.
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Nepal: 14th Asian Mountain Bike Championship
The Asian Mountain Bike Championship-2008 has begun in Kathmandu from Thursday amidst the official opening ceremony.
Representatives form the Union Cycling International, Asian Cycling Confederation have already arrived in Kathmandu, Gopal Sunder Lal Kakshapati, vice president of the Nepal Cycling Association (NCA) and the chief coordinator of this event told Xinhua.
“Competition will be held in Chobhar hill of Kathmandu,” said Kakshapati.
Talking to Xinhua, Kakshapati said, “After three years of efforts, we have got this honor to host the Mountain Bike Championship (MTB).” This event will promote sports tourism in the country and will allow Nepal to host more sports events in the future, he said.
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Puerto Princesa Mountain Bike XC Challenge to be held on January 2009
Palawan - With the increased interest by Asian bikers to participate in the upcoming 2009 Puerto Princesa Mountain Bike XC Challenge to be held on January 29-31, 2009 at the Magarwak Integrated Recreation & Nature Park of Puerto Princesa City, organizers are considering fielding “Expat” category, a new category in the race exclusively for foreign participants in the said competition.
Joey Mirasol, the event’s race director, explained that the competition was primarily conceived as a national individual competition, but would be open to any foreigner who may wish to join, considering that there are quite a few foreign permanent residents who have taken up the sport.
”Because word of the event reached bikers in Singapore, a bike-friendly city state holding regular mountain bike competitions at Kent Ridge, a public nature park with bike trails, their cycling association posted the 2009 Puerto Princesa Mountain Bike XC Challenge at their website”, he said.
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Boss Blackmagic Mens Bike - 21 speed Dual suspension
RRP: £149.00
Price: £109.00
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Features:
* Hi tensile steel dual suspension frame
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Boss Blackmagic Ladies Bike - 21 speed Dual suspension
RRP: £149.00
Price: £109.00
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* Hi tensile steel dual suspension frame
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Kawasaki Mountain Bike Dual Suspension - KDX226FS a great bike
Price: $284.99
Sale: $260.09 (Oct, 2008) — Click here to buy
The Kawasaki KDX226FS 26-inch Dual Suspension Mountain Bike is a new member of the Kawasaki mountain bike line-up. This bike boasts an aluminum frame and front and rear suspension for a smooth, sturdy ride on and off-road. The Shimano TZ 21-speed drivetrain, front disc brake, alloy linear-pull brake in the rear, and aluminum wheels deliver added control and powerful braking. Plus, Kawasaki rounds out this bike with a handy kickstand and keen-looking graphics. Loaded with features for comfort, performance, and style, the KDX226FS is a great bike.
Specifications:
* Bike Type: Full suspension mountain bike
* Type of Shifter: Indexed twist-shift
* Brakes: Front disc brake, rear linear-pull brake
* Fork Type: Shock absorber
* Rims: Aluminum
Indoor Bicycle Trainer - the bell motivator mag indoor bicycle trainer
List Price: $99.99
Price: $79.99 (Oct, 2008) — Click here to buy
There are very few reviews for trainers which is why I chose to review this one. I took a chance and bought this one blind. I have no experience with other trainers but from what I can tell, they are all basically going to do the same function and this one does it job.
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Mountain Bike Stem - Ritchey WCS 4-Axis Carbon Road
Price: $141.93 - $159.99 (Oct, 2008) by Ritchey Click here to buy
The carbon road a 4-Axis technology combined with Matrix carbon.3D-Net forged 2014 alloy inner form combined with a carbon shell. 3 times the strength of pure alloy. Bias cut slot for carbon steerers 4-axis style clamp is carbon bar friendly. Titanium bolts. 40mm stack. 121g (110mm/31.8).
2008 Foxy’s Fall Century Bike Ride sponsored by the Davis Bike Club
Paraplegic Matt Strugar-Fritsch, 25 years old from Carmichael, California will ride his hand cycle 106 miles within 24 hours through beautiful Solano and Napa counties in Northern California. This will be Matt’s first time attempting to go such a long distance in a short amount of time on his hand cycle since being injured in 2003. A very difficult feat for anyone but even more so for a paraplegic. However, he will not be alone on his journey. Matt’s Mother, Father and Sister will join him in this adventure and will be riding their bikes the same distance. Matt feels “incredibly grateful to have their support especially since this is their first time doing an event like this”. They are all “eager to push themselves to their limit and then even further”.
Matt is participating in the 2008 Foxy’s Fall Century Bike Ride sponsored by the Davis Bike Club. The number of participants is capped at 1,200. Strugar-Fritsch, like many athletes, has set his sight on many goals. He wants to win a marathon, compete in as many bicycle races as he can, and get back to the mountain bike trails he used to spend his summer days navigating. Strugar-Fritsch was well on his way to reach these goals as an able-bodied athlete, and though he lost the use of his legs in a mountain bike accident, the drive and determination burn brighter as he faces new challenges every day. Read more
Thailand Bike Challenge - Cycling Event
Friday October 24th to Friday November 7th 2008
Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand and Hua Hin in the South are our locations for this three-centre event, taking in Bangkok from Friday 24th October to Friday November 7th, 2008. €300 will reserve your place, with an overall fundraising target of €4,450pp. Tandems fundraising target is €8,000. Single room supplement €500pp.
For mountain bike trips, email mountainbike@ncbi.ie or for cycling email cycles@ncbi.ie
Schwinn Ridge AL Men’s Mountain Bike - a quality sport
Looking for a solid mountain bike that won’t break the bank? Check out the Schwinn Ridge AL men’s model, which is equipped with a hand-built, trail-tuned aluminum frame that’s lightweight and strong and an RST Omni 191 CL suspension fork. The frame and fork are responsive enough to absorb shocks from tough terrain, but also excel on flat trails and streets. Other details include a Shimano 21-speed drive train with SRAM grip shifters, Shimano front and rear derailleurs, and a quality sport saddle that provides a comfortable ride.
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