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Cam Zink slays the Manizales Urban DH

February 21, 2013

Cam Zink helmet cam footage of his run at the Manizales, Columbia DH race. Pretty rad all around. Check out the dogs at 1:45 and the flip at the end of his run. Plus check out his signature Handlebar at http://www.deitycomponents.com/ We’ve got a full color run (Red sold the day they came in) at [...]

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And Semenuk goes really big!

October 15, 2012

I was kinda bummed that Semenuk crashed on both runs at the RedBull Rampage. He was super smooth up top and had a bunch of good tricks thrown in for good measure. To top it off, he and his buddies built this massive canyon gap. His line plus this feature should have been more than [...]

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Mountain Biking’s Grand Tour

June 2, 2012

One of the coolest parts of working in a bike shop is getting to bear witness to the constant evolution of bikes, riders, and riding styles. Amongst the myriad changes to take place over the last 5 or so years, the proliferation of the 29″ wheel has brought with it a resurgence in the popularity [...]

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You’re Doing it Wrong

April 15, 2012

From the aptly named ‘Eliminator’ race in Houffalize (a new UCI World Cup event), Marco Fontana catching all of the top-tube with all of his junk.  Yowza. Brian Lopes, at 40 years old, went on to destroy every heat and take the top podium spot on an Ibis Tranny.

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Annual Hair of the Dog Sale!

February 26, 2012

It’s that time of year again.  Time to head down to the Farm for our annual sale where you can find the best deals on the best mountain bikes and mountain bike products in the area.  We’ve got some amazing bargains this year, and each day this week, I’ll post one screaming deal to be [...]

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’92 DH World Cup in France

February 21, 2012

Some impressive riding considering the gear.  Check the guy trying to turn things into a triathlon at the 3 minute mark….

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Backyard Blam Presents: Cross Up at The Lumberyard

December 17, 2011

Backyard Blam Presents: CROSSUP at the Lumberyard from James Wilson on Vimeo. Hi, this is Amanda here and I throw bike events in my free time under the name Backyard Blam. This Feb. 4th we are teaming up with Portland’s 1st indoor MTB, The Lumberyard, to throw an indoor super cyclocross event. Just show up [...]

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Does a clyde sh*t in the woods?

November 15, 2011

Heavy-D shredding the course, then getting shredded by the briars at the PIR Cross Crusade on Sunday.  Photo courtesy of PDXCross.com.  Post title courtesy of said clyde.

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There are many ways to skin a cat…

November 13, 2011

     

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Money well spent….

November 6, 2011

Specialized sure is pleased to have Todd Wells on board their bikes.  Talk about versatile.  In the past year he’s won the Leadville Trail 100, Cyclocross National Championships, Short Track National Championships, Cross Country National Championships, and he just sealed up an overall victory at La Ruta de los Conquistadores.  He won La Ruta on [...]

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