2013 Evolution Bike Park - Crested Butte

Evolution Bike Park has over 25 miles of downhill and cross country mountain bike trails, a skill zone, and numerous natural and man-made obstacles. Crested Butte is the past, present, and future of mountain biking.

2013 VP Enduro Teaser

Hi everyone, it is time to see our rad intro and course vids for the second stop of the California Enduro Series!

VP Components is happy to tease you with this hot video for the VP EnduroFest at the Dirt Club p/b Kali Protectives which will take place on April 27th in Los Olivos, CA.

GO TO: www.vp-usa.com/enduro for more info and course videos!

Here is the short story: we love riding bikes all day, we love racing, we love going fast on mountain bikes... so we made a race where you ride all day and go fast on your mountain bike! We started doing races last year and its been great to grow and learn how to make enduro a reality in our backyard and to be a part of creating a sustainable sport... special thanks to the sponsors who have been on board from day one through three events... KENDA, MRP, TRP Brakes, Cane Creek, SR Suntour, Decline, Vital MTB.. you guys are the best... and we also welcome all the new sponsors: DZR Shoes, KMC Chain, 100%, Loeka, Shredly, Hitcase, Ergon, Alex Rims... and yeah, thanks to past sponsors DirtRag, X Fusion, Body Armor, THE, Novatec, LightNMotion, WTB, Nema, Kore, Adidas, Time, Osprey, Gamut, KHS, Mountain Khakis, CleanBottle...

For the $45 entry fee, you get 8 timed stages and a big day on the bike. Afterwards, you get our world famous grilled tri-tip sammies with beans and beers- and if you are fast you get prizes. Prizes are: $1000 to top ten Pro Men, $1000 to top ten Pro Women and prizes to the top ten in each of the following categories: Expert Men, Expert Women, Sport Men, Sport Women, Sport Master 35+, Beginner Men, Beginner Women, Junior Men, Junior Women.

We will offer day-of registration, but be advised that all entries after April 20th will be charged a later reg fee... so reg early, or not... but come race so we can make enduro huge...

The racing will be fun and our sponsors treat you right- ask around... the racing is easy to get to- just 5 minutes off the US101 near Santa Barbara, CA. Riders in the LA and Central Coast areas can drive up in the AM and be home by bed time!... sweet... you can also camp at the race course Friday night to get some pre-rides in and register on-site to beat the rush on race-day registration.


The ENDURO FORMAT

The format will be the same as our last event since it was so well received. It is based on WRC Auto Rally and European MTB Enduros. Our event will feature predominantly downhill timed special stages linked together by non-timed liaison stages. Each rider will complete the courses on the same bike without shuttles or lifts, riding along through check-points to the start of each timed special stage.

Basic Procedure and Rules

· Each rider will be allowed only one bike for the entire race.
· The winner will be the rider with the lowest combined time in the timed Special Stages including penalties.
· Each rider will be required to carry a time card that the officials will use for scoring.
· Each rider will have as much time as they need to cover the liaison stages.
· Riders start in groups and set out on the course following the order of time checks. The rider’s time at each check will be noted on the time card as well as any penalty.
· When a rider reaches the start of a timed special stage he/she will be given a start time and will complete the course alone in the lowest possible time.
· We will score and award prizes for PRO MEN and PRO WOMEN, EXPERT MEN, EXPERT WOMEN, SPORT MEN, SPORT 35+, SPORT WOMEN, BEGINNER MEN, BEGINNER WOMEN, JUNIOR MEN, and JUNIOR WOMEN.

Santa Cruz Bronson

Two decades of evolution. Three minutes of video. Four of the World's Greatest riders.

BRONSON. An entirely new frame, new wheel size and new perspective on what a 6” travel, 27.5" wheel, bike can conquer.

Locked up for months of secret testing, Bronson breaks straight onto the scene as the Syndicate’s race bike for their Enduro World Series campaign.

From Tazmon to Bronson... Santa Cruz defines each new era. Welcome to our Group B. If you’re a spectator on track, please take a step back.

An Evil Uprising

On one unusually sunny and warm winter day in the Pacific Northwest, we set out with only the best of intentions to film a marketing video that would hopefully be used for the launch of our new 150mm carbon Uprising trail bike. You know the kind of video, scenic vistas, perfect weather and a bag of reasons why should buy this bike.

Well... like a hyperactive 13 yr old who missed a dose of ridilin, we too lost focus and completely failed in our mission. So what we are left with is an edit of us chasing around Evil Worldcup rider Luke Strobel and wasting our only sunny weekend of winter... hope it was worth it..

104 Bronson: Design, Engineering & Product Development

After 20 years, Santa Cruz Bicycles is moving from our birthplace in the old cannery, on 104 Bronson Street, to a new factory across town.

Why should you care? Well, maybe you shouldn't. But it's kind of a big deal to us. So we captured a series of weekly installments as a snapshot of where we are today.

Here, we introduce the Design, Engineering & Product Development team.

Some of them may already be familiar, thanks to the footfall of journalists we've had over the years. But for those who don't know us, this is the place to start.