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5 Minute Break: Through Gracia’s Eyes – Season 1, Episode 1

Cédric Gracia is brash and a bit out there to say the least, but he is fast and exciting on a bike. This is what happens when he’s given a camera to shoot a POV perspective of his adventures.

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News of the Tweet: Crossover and Crossed Wires

02.13.2012 // 1 Comment

By Seb Kemp This week, there seems to have been some crossover happening between various sports’ top athletes and with mixed results. Danny Hart has been roaming around California signing posters, and baffling people with his gravel and guttural accent. Recently VitalMTB dragged Hart out to a sandpit with MX2 World Champion Ken Roczen for [...]

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Red Bull Launchpad

02.10.2012 // 0 Comments

The crew over at Red Bull is known for helping their riders do things bigger, bolder and better. Well, heads up: now they want to get you involved.

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5 Minute Break: Sam Reynolds and Yannick Granieri Go To Indonesia

02.10.2012 // 0 Comments

Even though right now winter has most of the globe in its freezing grip, the new Polygon athletes Sam Reynolds and Yannick Granieri have already started the freeride mountain bike season with a bang. Sam took home first place at the Monster Energy White Style in Leogang, Austria, in January and only one week later [...]

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Preview: Niner Flat Top RDO Handlebar

02.09.2012 // 1 Comment

Niner’s RDO Flat Top Carbon Bar is the latest addition to Niner’s RDO carbon component lineup. At 710-millimeters, the bar hits the scales at 156 grams—not too shabby—for a weight savings of 30 grams over the original carbon Flat Top. And, Niner actually promises that the claimed weight and actual weights are right on par [...]

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5 Minute Break: Bicycle Wheel Production Line

02.08.2012 // 2 Comments

Ever wonder where your wheels came from? This video is informative, fascinating and funny.

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Initial Thoughts: Cane Creek DBair

02.07.2012 // 3 Comments

Over the past few years, Cane Creek's Double Barrel rear shock has earned a cult-like following of tuner geeks who practically foam at the mouth while sputtering about Cane Creek's insanely adjustable coil-sprung shock.

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News of the Tweet: It is a Question of Questioning

02.06.2012 // 0 Comments

By Seb Kemp Twitter raises more questions than it answers. It opens us up to more tid-bits of information but nothing that really answers the questions it raises. This week’s #NOTT is all about asking the big questions. Like why do we have nails and not claws, do yoga pants have some sort of anti-gravity [...]

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5 Minute Break: Summer in Winter by Goldstein Productions

02.06.2012 // 0 Comments

A (very) short, but rad video to to help spring come a little sooner. Via Goldstein Productions: “February 4, 2011. 10 degrees [50 degrees Fahrenheit] and sunny. Perfect weather for cable cam testing. Went out with the Dunbar guys and got one long line dialled, then got a few other shots to at least cut [...]

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One Industries 15th Anniversary Celebration with the Athertons

02.06.2012 // 0 Comments

Want to meet the Athertons? If you do, and are in San Diego, California, on Friday February 10, 2012, you ought to check out the One Industries 15th Anniversary Celebration.

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Bike Test: 2011 Trek Top Fuel 9.8

02.02.2012 // 2 Comments

You’d be hard pressed to find a sub-par bicycle in the over-five-grand category. Heck, you’d be hard pressed to find a questionable bike in the three-grand category these days. Simply put, there are a lot of good bikes out there. Trek’s 2011 Top Fuel, however, is exceptional.

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