A fellow ride on our local blog (Cresdawg) linked up some great articles on the roots of mountain biking, so I thought I’d share them with you guys. They really are great reads, and it is always fun to look back on how it used to be. Most of these pictures are before my time, so it makes it even more interesting in my opinion.
The EVO Link is a one piece rocker link that Trek claims is 35% stiffer and 15% lighter than the conventional bolt together linkages. They are also able to make it out of several different materials. I really like the idea of having a one piece rocker arm, but it will be interesting to see if the numbers they claim are accurate.
Well, I did today. I headed up to Rich Mountain (which is a killer of a ride anyway) with some friends today, and I just could not control my heart rate. It was peaking over and over again on stuff that should have been nothing! I had to cut the ride short and head back to the car which was a really long, steep climb and a long downhill away.
The Double Barrel was developed by Cane Creek in conjunction with Ohlins Racing. Their goal was to produce the best performing rear shock on the market for a mountain bike. Ohlins Racing’s United States branch office is located in Hendersonville, NC a stone’s throw away from Cane Creek’s headquarters. Ohins Racing is known for producing some of the best shock absorbers on the market and with more than 200 World Championship and other major titles, they have earned the right to claim that they are one of the best in the industry.
Over time, I have come across several blogs that I read on a regular basis. As I find more, I will add their links to the list on the left side of my blog.
We are entering a new area in mountain biking, and things are changing swiftly. The 5″ bike market is taking the industry by storm, and riders who thought they would never be on that much travel are now making the switch.
In case you missed it yesterday, one of the best publicly released April Fool’s jokes in the bike industry hit yesterday. Not seconds after Silicon Valley Business Journal released the fake article, bloggers and websites went crazy spreading the news. It was fun to watch. I guess sometimes people just can’t remember what day it is! Word on the street is that even Mark Sinyard got in on the hoax by assuring people that it was true, but when dealers started calling left and right worried about the news, he told them the truth.
In the world of ti frames, Kent Eriksen is a legend. After selling off the company he founded, Moots Cycles, Eriksen…
Do you remember the feeling you had when you rode your first “real” mountain bike? I remember it vividly. First, the bike was a Raleigh M80.
SRAM is planning something big for 2008. Word on the street is the front derailleur will be a part of the past.