On Peaty’s site I just read a blog post about a mate of his that crashed and got injured badly. He and Nigel Page collected signed jersey’s from the MTB pro’s and they are auctioning them at Fort Bill to help Stephan pay for the monstrous medical bills.
This is your change to do good and get something cool for it in return too! So get your bids into Nige ASAP ………. nigel @ nigelpage.com
Bikeradar.com
Formula say the One and Mega brakes deliver about 20% more stopping power but in the same clean and refined manner of the Oros. With weight closely matching the Oro’s it’s clear that the new brakes will also find a place on everyday trail bikes as well as more specialist freeride and downhill rigs.
Formula One
It may look like a pimped up Oro but there’s a whole lot more to the new One. The master cylinder’s reservoir that also serves as an expansion bladder is still housed in the lever body to keep it protected but the similarity ends there. The most notable difference is the addition of a gold CNC machined lever reach dial. This does away with fiddly Allen key adjustment and makes on the move tweaks far easier, especially if you’re wearing thick gloves.
The lever clamp is offset to help improve mounting options and Formula has ditched the two part banjo attachment going into the master cylinder in favour of a simpler inline hose.
Built to take the knocks of freeriding and downhill the One’s lever features a machined sheer off point. This is designed to save the master cylinder body from damage in the event of a crash. The lever also runs on an oversized pivot for improved stiffness and strength.Formula Mega
The Mega carries same strength characteristics of the One but with fewer “fancy” parts. This means less machining with the reach dial replaced by an Allen key screw and there’s a two part calliper assembly instead of the single block of the One.
Having quoted the best parts of the post here, I’ll leave you with the one (pardon the pun) photo. For the rest of the post and more photo’s, you really should check out Bikeradar yourself. www.formula-brake.it hasn’t posted anything yet, 2008 products will be updates soon.
This weekend I did a last minute trip to the Passport du Soleil. A 90km downhill-tour in the French and Swiss Alpes. Visiting the best bikespots in the area with over 3000 bikes in one weekend.
We, well actually Ingmar did, drove up on saturday and all through Germany we had roadworks after roadworks, and it took us about 11 hours to get to Champéry (Switzerland). We grabbed something to eat and a drink in the bar. After that, it didn’t take long for us to get in bed for some deserved rest.
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You’ve been seeing them all over the internet, but just in case you’ve missed it… the full bike pics of the downhill prototype:
Scott Beaumont in Champery – spotted on southerndownhill.com
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A Marzocchi-equipped VPfree – one of Marcello’s rides in Cortina.
The 2008 Marzocchi Fourcross fork. 100mm and 1820 grams (4lbs) claimed weight.
The Marzocchi 55 ATA. Why is it called the 55? Because it has 6″ of travel of course
The Marzocchi 66 ATA in white. Why is it called the 66 you ask? Because it has 7″ (180mm) of travel of course.
“If I liked the fork, I was even more impressed by the air Roco. It feels like a coil shock. Honestly. I was trying my best to slam the bike as badly as I can (which comes as second nature to me) and the shock just felt bottomless and did not complain once. After some runs, I got fully accustomed to the coil/air combo and really enjoyed flying down Cortina’s trails, which were actually pretty cool. I am sure you will see more bike manufacturers spec’cing the Roco air.” (STOKED… I WANT ONE!)
» Read the full story on Nsmb.com
This you want to see, it’s shot on an inviting trail in Aachen, dutch rider TuupJ does his stuff. Maybe the most talented freerider in the country.
Bikybiky op mountainbike.nl heeft nu op nsmb.com nu ook foto’s van de complete fiets gevonden. Het blijft een prototype, dus het ziet er nog heel ruw uit…
Wade and his new 2008 ride (click to enlarge) more pictures in the gallery
Wade Simmons New 2008 Rocky Mountain (prototype going in production)
Bron: Sicklines.com
This article was just posted on Dirtmag.co.uk
Rocky Mountain Bikes has more history than Tony Robinson digs up on a Sunday evening. With manufacturing still taking place by hand in British Columbia, Canada, Rocky are known for their high end quality of ride and production levels. Rocky have been pushing the envelope in Freeride mountain biking for years with the original Fro Rider and living legend Wade Simmons, through to the new crop of innovative riders and young guns shooting it out in Freeride events all over the world. They have also lead from the front in XC and enduro event such as the Trans Rockies and have an Olympic Silver medal hanging in their trophy cabinet. This year Team Rocky Mountain-Haywood’s young riders Micayla Gatto and Alex Pro have been building some thunder on the DH scene. In the first round of the Canadian National Series in Bromont, Gatto tore the women’s field apart with a winning margin of 25 seconds over the next finisher.
To make sure that all the Rocky riders keep on the top step of the podium and not content with winning margins of 25seconds Rocky’s designers set to work on a new DH frame. The as yet un-named frame landed at Silverfish UK’s HQ last week and was shipped straight to Rocky Mountain UK rider Scott Beaumont for testing at the second World Cup in Champery, Switzerland. The following pictures were taken the second the frame landed and show some of the hand built detail which has gone into this proto-type frame.
Full pictures to follow later in the week…
Thanks for droppin' by, this is the personal weblog of Tanja de Bie. Dutch freerider and graphic designer. I've been riding Trek bikes for the past three years and have been smiling every day.
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