Archive for January, 2009

New feature: theHub

by Tanja on January 27, 2009 in News, recent with No comments

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I’ve added a new page to the Bikeblog: theHub. It’s a page with headlines from the best bike-related websites. Like Pinkbike, Dirt magazine, Sick Lines (and many more). Visit: www.bikeblog.nl/thehub

Dutch riders promoted to Kona Clump team

by Tanja on January 13, 2009 in general news, recent with 2 Comments
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Foto: Dennis Katinas; rider Roy Groenewegen

Two Dutch KONA dirt riders, Kevin Katinas and Roy Groenewegen have been promoted to the KONA European Clump team. Giving them the chance to prove themselves in International competitions and measuring themselves to the pro’s of the world. Congratulations to them; kick ass, show ‘em h*ll!

#4 Buy a new helmet

by Tanja on January 3, 2009 in Gear, recent with 1 Comment

Just the other day I posted 9 things to do in 2009, and I’ve already jumped on the bandwagon in order to get things crossed off my list. Good thing for me I have a birthday coming up; so I arranged #4 on my list to be a present!

Don’t you just hate…

… how helmets look cool on others and make you look even geekier than you already do. I’ve tried on Giro helmets and it’s ridiculous! I guess it’s safe and all, but the helmet is both high and wide and make my head shrink like a peanut. (eventhough thát’s slightly better than make you look fat…). So I banned Giro for the moment and got side-tracked by a nice CG-signature fullface helmet by Bell. Even Though I won’t buy it, because it lacks vents, I wanted to see if Bell had any cool helmets for my goal: xc-Allmountain-trails-freeride-enduro-downhill type of riding. They didn’t. Another brand popped in my head: Met. And as it turned out, they have really nice xc-Allmountain-trails-freeride-enduro-downhill type of helmets. The Met Kaos comes in two versions. The one that weights 250 gram (WTF?!) and the one that weights about 195 grams.

195 grams is a bit to skinny to my liking, but the Kaos does look pretty and I have had a Met helmet before. Oh and it has nice features, don’t you think:

  • New compact Integral double In-molding construction
  • 22 air vents
  • Rear vents
  • Safe-T X retention system
  • Washable and anti-allergic internal pads in Coolmax®
  • Lockable side strap divider
  • Removable & ventilated peak
  • Anti pinch buckle
  • 2 sizes: M 54-57/ L 58-61 cm
  • Weight: 250 g

I’m somewhat concerned about the big vent in front, what if I crash there? But on the other hand, let just not crash there ;-) Plus it got a good review on BikeRadar.com Okay, so my birthday present is in the mail, just a little preview for you:

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Met Kaos bought at Chain Reaction Cycles

So one thing crossed of my list! Erm… well… a half thing… still a new fullface helmet to go… *grin* got any pretty (well vented, light but not TLD-priced) suggestions for me?