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Tuesday

Jul102012

2012 POC Eastern States Cup 6 On The Windham World Cup Course Race

The POC Eastern States Cup continues to deliver the best racing in the country on the best tracks anywhere. July 14-15, two weeks after Aaron Gwin won his fourth UCI World Cup of the season on the Windham Downhill Race Track, the POC ESC will hold the sixth race of the POC ESC season on the same great course. Racers will be contesting their own battles on the “big boy’s track”. The fast racers will be able to hit all the same features as the World Cup stars did, there will be a few go-arounds offered for those not ready for the big features.

The top chute drop, the road gap and Peaty’s Plunge will all be open to ride and race. The container drop will be reconfigured to a step down but the rest of the big jumps will be open for all classes. The Citizen’s course will also be open to have some fun chill runs on. You guys asked for this and the POC ESC delivered, now we need everyone to continue to show Windham the great support that was delivered at UCI World Cup.

Windham Mountain offers their Adventure Park for summer thrills. Race your friends down dual zip lines that are 40 ft above the ground.. New York's first Big Air Bag will keep everyone entertained while jumping down 30 feet. The Adventure Park is open Saturdays & Sundays 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. from June 23, 2012 thru October 8, 2012.

The POC Team Challenge is heating up with 14 teams battling it out for the $1000 cash purse. It’s not too late to form a POC ESC team and register one for the POC Team Challenge cash. The ESC pro racers are competing for a maximum $1600 cash purse at this and every race. The ESC continues it’s tradition of bringing the Northeast Downhill racers an affordable, competitive and fun events.

Twenty-three women racers are in the running for the Loeka Women’s Challenge. The top 4 women will split $1000 at the finals in October. There are still a lot of races left to score points. Please check out al the details and standings at www.easternstatescup.com.

Race Entry

Pro Men & Women $ 75.00

Categories 1,2 & 3 $ 65.00

Includes Lift Tickets for Both Saturday and Sunday.

Location: From Exit 21 on I-87/New York State Thruway is just 23 miles on a state highway Route23 making it easy to get to.

Schedule July 14 and 15

Registration: Saturday 8am-2pm and Sunday 8am-10am Practice Saturday: 9am-3pm open. 3pm-4pm Pro and Cat 1 Only Practice Sunday 9am-11pm open. 11am-12pm Pro and Cat 1 OnlyRace Sunday 12:30 pm

2012 EASTERN STATES CUP SCHEDULE May 20 Mountain Creek, NJ.

May 27 Plattekill, NY
June 3 Attitash, NH
June 10 Pat’s Peak, NH
June 24 Mount Snow, VT
July 15 Windham, NY
July 29, Killington, VT
August 5 Mount Snow, VT
August 12, Plattekill, NY
August 19 Killington, VT
Sept 2 Plattekill, NY
Sept 16 Attitash, NH
Sept 23 Jiminy Peak MA
Oct 7 Plattekill, NY

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Monday

Jul022012

2013 Transition Carbon Covert Announced

Transition Bikes unveils the new carbon Covert. See the bike in action as well as some of the new features and design inspiration that went into creating Transition Bikes first carbon bike.

The 2013 Carbon Covert is Transition Bike’s first carbon frame offering. The 160mm travel Covert was the perfect candidate to bring to carbon as it allowed the bike to shed weight, improve strength, add new features, and update the look at the same time.

“In my mind, this bike really represents the ultimate no holds barred quiver killer. It's really everything I would want in a single do-everything type of bike and we've tried pretty hard to ensure all the right features are there without including things that don't really matter. A big goal of ours with this project was to develop something with very unique lines that you don't often see in bicycle frame design...and we feel we've really accomplished that. This was a long development effort so we're pretty pumped to finally unveil our first carbon frame.” Says Kyle Young, Transition Bikes owner.

Transition Bikes took the essence of the previous Covert but started from the ground up to produce something all new and extremely exciting. For design inspiration they looked outside the bike world towards Italian super cars. The carbon material allowed a no compromise design approach that allowed them to achieve exactly what they envisioned; powerful lines and a unique bold look. The frame uses some exciting new materials and an evolved suspension platform for the best possible performance on the trail.

The 2013 Carbon Covert is the first bike on the market to offer both C.O.C.K. and B.A.L.L.S. technology. The Completely Optimized Carbon Kinetics utilized in production of the carbon structure are an industry first; only available on Transition Bikes. The careful use of C.O.C.K. makes the Carbon Covert one of the strongest frames on the market today. The Basically Aligned Linear Leverage System suspension works with the shock making the suspension incredibly easy to tune; once again, only available on Transition Bikes. Our B.A.L.L.S. are only there to make sure you have fun on the trail. Unlike other suspension systems, our B.A.L.L.S. aren’t overly complicated, it’s just the right suspension technology to keep the ride smooth and predictable.

“When we first met in the lab to develop these new technologies, I didn’t realize just how big they would become. I am proud to see this bike released so everyone can experience the ultimate package.” Says Sam Burkhardt, Transition Bikes product manager.

Working in conjunction with the B.A.L.L.S. suspension system, the 2013 Carbon Covert features a longer 8.5” x 2.5” custom tuned Fox CTD Adjust rear shock. The longer shock helps contribute to improved suspension performance and easier shock setup for riders of any size. The rear travel has been increased from 150mm to 160mm further expanding the performance in gnarly terrain. For riders looking for ultimate downhill performance, an optional Fox RC4 coil shock is available as well. The B.A.L.L.S. suspension system uses a higher main pivot placement for improved pedaling performance with modern 2x10 and 1x10 drivetrain setups. An all new hardware system, with single allen key tightening, has been developed to keep the pivots tight. While the front triangle features full internal cable routing, including the Reverb Stealth routing for clean looks and integrated performance.

FEATURES

Carbon Front Triangle with Carbon Seatstay and Alloy Chainstay and Rocker
160mm Rear Travel
8.5” x 2.5” Fox CTD Adjust Custom Tuned Rear Shock
Optional Fox RC4 Coil Shock Available
All Front Triangle Cable Routing is Internal
Reverb Stealth Seat Post Routing
New Pivot Hardware System
12 x 142mm Dropouts (10 x 135mm Dropouts Sold Separately)
Press Fit 30 Bottom Bracket Shell
Frame Weight 6.75 lbs (Including Rear Shock and Rear Axle)
PRICE: To Be Announced
C.O.C.K & B.A.L.L.S Technology (Only Available From Transition Bikes)

GEOMETRY
Head Tube Angle: 66.5 Degree (Fox 36 160mm) / 67 Degree (Fox 34 160mm)
Chainstay Length: 430mm
Seatube Length: Sm 563, Md 593, Lg 623mm
Reach: Sm 378mm, Md 406mm, Lg 431mm
Wheelbase Length: Sm 1106mm, Md 1137mm, Lg 1169mm
Bottom Bracket Height: 349 mm

"This is definitely the most exciting bike we have ever done. It took much longer than we anticipated but when doing full suspension carbon you can't rush anything. Seeing carbon bikes being produced in person really makes you appreciate the massive amount of work that goes into each frame. I think there is a misconception that these bikes just pop out of molds and are good to go and that couldn't be further from the truth. Each frame is like a sculpted work of art.” Says Kevin Menard, owner of Transition Bikes.

The 2013 Carbon Covert will be available in three colors (Lemon Lime Metallic, Stealth Black & Matte White) with multiple build kit options to meet different rider preferences and price points.

TRANSITION BIKES
2641 Delta Ring Rd.
Ferndale, WA 98248 USA
(360) 366-4960

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Monday

Jun252012

2012 Ancient Peaks Race 1

2012 Ancient Peaks MTB Classic Images

The second ever race at the Ancient Peaks venue has come and gone. Riders last year had a hard time through the Rack garden that was built so they adjusted that some on the Pro and Expert line. The downhill course otherwise was pretty similiar. They also added a Dual Slalom course for this event and they had a number of entrants for it.

The downhill is loaded with a high-speed fireroad start that shoots riders left into the trees. Once into the trees riders hit berms and drops ranging from 3-4 feet. SOme of the corners are bermed while others are off camber. There was very little rain so the upper section was very loose and made it hard on some riders to carry speed through the off camber tunrs for sure.

Once you get through the turns you enter the high-speed berm section where riders can bury their suspension and be launched out towards the triple that gives riders the option of doubling if they cannot make the 35 or so foot leep.

After that riders are shot back into the woods and off a ladder drop and speed once again picks up with wide open corners then the tight s-turns come up to slow riders down. The trail gets progressivly steeper and has two sharp turns at two points here. Once through this you cross an open section and a wood bridge over a small stream.

The next section has two route the Pro/Expert line is through the Rock garden while Beginner/Sport go around. After exiting the rocks you have a G-Out into and uphill that fades right amny riders had problems here. Afte this is speeds up winding riders through the trees and across the finishline.

Dual Slalom riders had a cours that was filled with deep berms and flowy jumps. Turnout was lower than expected for this and some people entered with downhill bikes just to ride it. They spent a number of months building it and hope to have better turnout next time around for the Dual race.

Overall the course was pretty smooth there were a few sections with a little chop in them. Some riders that had two bikes to choose from went for the ones with suspension over the hardtails. MikeyHaderer ended up beating out Kyle Hogan in the final for the Slalom race.

Due to a lack of rain the race scheduled for July has been push back until winter. At this point no definate date has been loacked down but we will post it as soon as we hear something! The riders that came out thanks for your support and we hope you had a good time riding the trails Nate and his crew have spent so many hours working on.

2012 Ancient Peaks Results

   Plc   Bib Athlete                Age   Time        Plc/Tot-----Division-------  
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     1    29 Kyle Hogar             27    0:02:34.56  1/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
     2   108 Mike English           28    0:02:41.10  1/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
     3   123 Jeff Kendall-Weed      27    0:02:47.90  2/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
     4    13 Kevin Pabinquit        27    0:02:48.39  3/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
     5   125 Jeff Bowers            27    0:02:49.21  2/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
     6   167 Dean Abrams            37    0:02:49.29  4/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
     7   151 Owen Raybould          24    0:02:50.09  3/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
     8   162 David Digeronimo       32    0:02:50.94  5/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
     9   157 Kyle Blew              23    0:02:51.32  4/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    10    76 Mikey Haderer          26    0:02:53.86  6/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    11   140 Daniel Brisbon         27    0:02:57.02  7/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    12     8 Vance Bennett          20    0:03:00.15  5/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    13   107 Chris Cowan            33    0:03:01.17  6/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    14   105 Nate Furbee            19    0:03:01.77  8/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    15   154 Preston Moore          25    0:03:02.84  9/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    16   146 Ryan Cerf              24    0:03:03.02  7/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    17    40 Tyler Matejcek         27    0:03:03.36  1/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    18   155 Ryan Quinn             21    0:03:03.83 10/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    19   150 Josef Duller           24    0:03:04.41  8/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    20    39 Andrew Soto            23    0:03:06.16  2/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    21   144 Dan Troyan             23    0:03:08.05  9/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    22    51 Will King              29    0:03:09.69 10/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    23   160 Tyler Kaplan           21    0:03:10.15 11/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    24    98 Nik Nestoroff           0    0:03:11.06                                     
    25    21 Thomas  Phelan         13    0:03:11.08  1/3  BEGINNER_MEN_JUNIOR 13-18     
    26    28 Vahe Aivazian          44    0:03:13.62  1/2  EXPERT_MEN_VETERAN 35-44      
    27    16 Michael Hoeke          27    0:03:14.78 12/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    28   166 Ryan Bush              24    0:03:15.35  3/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    29    20 Gus Phelan             17    0:03:16.29  2/3  BEGINNER_MEN_JUNIOR 13-18     
    30    59 Jacob Federspiel       27    0:03:16.94 13/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    31    55 Brandon Kowalski       27    0:03:17.52  4/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    32   159 Bryan Humberg          24    0:03:18.58 14/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    33   138 Braedon Freeland       28    0:03:20.96 11/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    34   137 Scott Snider           28    0:03:21.11  1/6  BEGINNER_MEN_SENIOR 19-34     
    35    66 Dan Miller             21    0:03:21.26  5/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    36    30 Jeff Nicol             20    0:03:23.01  6/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    37   888 Paul Wintermute        39    0:03:24.38  1/6  SPORT_MEN_VETERAN 35-44       
    38    52 Kyle Kinne             16    0:03:24.61  1/4  SQUIRTS 18/UNDER              
    39   153 Dan Haeger             26    0:03:25.14 12/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    40    42 David Miller           22    0:03:26.10 15/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    41   104 Cory Maxwell           27    0:03:26.65  7/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    42   165 Matthew Guise          25    0:03:27.01 16/16 EXPERT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34       
    43   114 Brian Nestoroff        45    0:03:28.72  1/1  EXPERT_MEN_MASTER 45+         
    44   134 Ryan Durazo            16    0:03:33.90  2/4  SQUIRTS 18/UNDER              
    45   133 Matt Gomez             16    0:03:37.50  3/4  SQUIRTS 18/UNDER              
    46   158 Aaron Murano           25    0:03:39.06  2/6  BEGINNER_MEN_SENIOR 19-34     
    47    62 Scott Burns            40    0:03:40.06  2/6  SPORT_MEN_VETERAN 35-44       
    48   148 Ryan Cleek             36    0:03:40.07  2/2  EXPERT_MEN_VETERAN 35-44      
    49   102 Lyle Bergerson         36    0:03:41.42  1/5  BEGINNER_MEN_VETERAN 35-44    
    50   142 Brad Cristea           44    0:03:41.79  3/6  SPORT_MEN_VETERAN 35-44       
    51    11 Jake Mallory           27    0:03:42.93  8/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    52   111 Eli Coplen             40    0:03:43.91  4/6  SPORT_MEN_VETERAN 35-44       
    53   152 Bryan Worth            24    0:03:44.33 13/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    54   132 Jeremy Donk            15    0:03:44.51  4/4  SQUIRTS 18/UNDER              
    55   110 Tony Elkin             50    0:03:48.64  1/3  SPORT_MEN_MASTER 45+          
    56     2 Kevin Kaizuka          45    0:03:50.91  2/3  SPORT_MEN_MASTER 45+          
    57     1 Josh Machado           40    0:03:54.02  2/5  BEGINNER_MEN_VETERAN 35-44    
    58   143 Heather McFadden       26    0:03:54.39 14/14 PRO_MEN 13+                   
    59   141 Spencer Kibbe          16    0:03:57.58  3/3  BEGINNER_MEN_JUNIOR 13-18     
    60   161 Jim Aaron              56    0:04:00.70  3/3  SPORT_MEN_MASTER 45+          
    61   126 Jeff Owen              32    0:04:07.17  3/6  BEGINNER_MEN_SENIOR 19-34     
    62   156 Connor O'Dowd          21    0:04:09.92  9/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    63     5 Brandon Kato           39    0:04:10.81  3/5  BEGINNER_MEN_VETERAN 35-44    
    64     4 David Hamilton         40    0:04:13.41  5/6  SPORT_MEN_VETERAN 35-44       
    65    54 Kimberly Engelhart     28F   0:04:20.23  1/3  SPORT_WOMEN_SENIOR 19-34      
    66   109 Stephen Greene         22    0:04:21.27 10/10 SPORT_MEN_SENIOR 19-34        
    67    23 Adam Coleman           27    0:04:21.86  4/6  BEGINNER_MEN_SENIOR 19-34     
    68   163 Matt Mahoney           23    0:04:33.56  5/6  BEGINNER_MEN_SENIOR 19-34     
    69   147 Erik MacPherson        38    0:04:43.52  6/6  SPORT_MEN_VETERAN 35-44       
    70    53 Jon Kinne              41    0:04:53.19  4/5  BEGINNER_MEN_VETERAN 35-44    
    71     6 Rachel Carscaden       30F   0:04:54.08  2/3  SPORT_WOMEN_SENIOR 19-34      
    72   116 Christina Lee          27F   0:05:43.12  3/3  SPORT_WOMEN_SENIOR 19-34      
    73    41 Aaron Aquino           40    0:06:06.33  5/5  BEGINNER_MEN_VETERAN 35-44    
    74    12 George Van Worth       27    0:09:50.83  6/6  BEGINNER_MEN_SENIOR 19-34     
    75   100 Participant Unkown     55   12:50:47.81  1/1  BEGINNER_MEN_MASTER 45+

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Friday

Jun222012

Magura MT8 Disc Brake Review

The Magura MT8 brakes are some of the lighest brakes on the market. They're claimed weight sounds right we had the 203mm rotors and the brakes were 348gms with rotor. They are very sleek looking and the Cabotecture as a material was designed to save weight while still being stiff. It was apparent when lifting the brakes they succeded in the weight department. They are supe light. The brakes mounted with ease and broke in very fast with 3-4 runs they were bedded in.

The brakes only off lever pull adjustment no engagement point which on a brake this expensive is a big negative. In fact it is really the only negative with the brakes. They modulate very well and had plenty of power. They feely a bit like Avid brakes somehwat spongy with increasing power as the lever is pulled into the bars.

Magura MT8 Brake Test

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