Interbike 2010

Interbike 2010 was a huge success! In addition to adding white powder coat to the lineup, we also introduced our new Split-Second 90, and Infinite DM. Stay tuned for more information and availability on all these new products.

Special thanks to: Mike and Sue Amaral, Intense Cycles, Santa Cruz Bicycles, Enve Composites, Sicklines, Quality Bicycle Products, VitalMTB, Team Geronimo, BikeRumor, Jordan Lopez, Evan Turpen, Mountain Bike Magazine, Pinkbike, Dirt, and all of the fresh new faces we got to meet.

Parkfield Classic

Hot and dry at this year's 21st annual Parkfield Classic! Check out photos and results below!

Allen Stoddard - 1:54.97


Jordan Lopez - 1:59.50


Alex Amaral - 1:54.75


Logan Kemp - 1:48.67


Results

Northstar - Boondocks 2010

Alex Amaral - 3:50.59


Mikey Sylvestri - 3:49.30


Ian Massey - 3:44.52


Jon Wilson - 3:41.42


Peter Lucas - 3:55.39


Photos by WM Smith

Full results

Mountain States Cup #8

The Buell brothers put up some impressive results last weekend at round 8 of the Mountain States Cup. The action took place at Winter Park and was the finals for both DH and gated racing.

Highlights include:

* Brian Buell's BIG win in the Pro DH, which earned him 3rd in the overall series

* Mike Buell's 4th place in both the Pro DH and DS, whose consistency put him in 5th overall

* Tyler Spence's 2nd place in Jr 12-14 DH, DS, and overall

* Alec Toney 2nd place in Jr X DH and overall

* Madison Bailey's 4th overall

* The Jr. Team earned a 3rd place overall team ranking, despite being one of the smallest junior teams on the circuit





Pro Men
Chris Boice, Yeti Cycles National Team
Shawn Neer, Orbit Racing
Jonathon Watt, Sram
Michael Buell, Team Geronimo/ Banshee Bikes / Point One Racing






Pro Men
Brian Buell, Team Geronimo/ Banshee Bikes /Point One Racing, 6:31.24
Shawn Neer, Obit Racing 6:41.89
Chris Boice, Yeti National Team, 6:42.75
Michael Buell, Team Geronimo/ Banshee Bikes /Point One Racing, 6:45.40
Andy Proctor, RPM/ Yeti, 6:50.14

Awesome job guys!

Emmeline Ragot interview

The Best is Yet to Come

Live Wire Classic

The 4th annual Live Wire classic took place up at Northstar this past week. Local boy Mikey Sylvestri took the win. However impressive finishes from Point One Racing's Jon Wilson in third place and Alex Amaral in 12th, only six seconds off the podium. Pretty good considering it is a long and pedally course.



Results

Oregon Super D - Sandy Ridge

Check out this race report from Jordan Lopez...

Good morning,
I just wanted to send you out a brief race recap of my race weekend up in beautiful Sandy (near Portland) Oregon for the 3rd round of the Oregon Super D Series. The race was held on the newly designed "Sandy Ridge Trail System" and this event is in competition for one of the best races of the year. The course was fast and flowly and encompassed every part of All-Mountain/Enduro Racing; rock gardens, drops, table-top jumps, dozens of berms, and miles of single-track. The course was 4.63 miles long and in my race run I finished in 22:58 at just over 12mph avg speed. With this time I finished in 8th of 15 racers and with the competition present I am very happy with this result.



After driving 10 hours and after the 35 min paved road climb I was able to get on the course on Friday afternoon and do one practice run down. The following day I climbed the hill two more times and I was able to work some lines with my teammate Lizzy English. On both of these days, the course was damp and really fast top to bottom. Then it happened, Saturday night and onto Sunday morning the rain started and the course became slick and and very sketchy in parts. Note: In packing for this race, I checked the weather and saw that there was no rain in the schedule, so I decided not to bring mud tires. In hindsight and knowing the Pacific Northwest this was a bad decision. I was stuck racing on dry tires and in my run down the hill I was in a slide or drift most of the way and I came to a complete stop and off the bike in +4 corners. I know that this poor decision in what tires to bring and this cost me at least a minute in my race run which would have put me into the top 5. But live and learn.



Overall I had a amazing weekend of racing and riding in Oregon with some of the best Enduro racers in the country. ORBA, the racing organization of Oregon showed once again that they have the process of MT Bike racing figured out and they ran a seamless race with no hiccups and to top it all off they gave each racer their race time as they crossed the finish line.

Photos by Matt Savage

World Championships

World Champs are done. Emmeline Ragot took the bronze medal, with the Tracy Moseley taking a long awaited win. Conditions went from tacky, to dry, to wet again, with times being all over the place. In the men's field, Sam Hill took an impressive win after coming off shoulder surgery. Local hero, Steve Smith took 2nd with Minnaar finishing third. Awesome job to all to make for an exciting season!

World Champs - mid week update

World Champs is this weekend in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, Canada. Will Emmeline Ragot successfully defend her title and carry the rainbows for another year? Third quickest in timed practice today. With some rain coming later in the week, she will pick up speed! Check out some footage and also keep your eye out for this custom Split-Second DM...