Do It All Bike Build Guide 2011

Looking to upgrade your bike for next year? Or building up a new one? Check out Sicklines "Do It All Bike Build Guide 2011."

For high end components make sure you pick our Podium Pedals and Split-Second line of stems. Here is what they had to say about our pedals...

"Point One’s Podium wins in our book for lightweight and thin, but it comes at a price."

Also are stems were ranked among the likes of Easton and Thomson, two manufacturers who have set the bar for high-end stems over the years.

2011 Race Stable and Winter Training - Max Houtzager

Christmas came early this year! New XC bike came, and the 2011 race stable is complete. A few more tweaks soon (mainly some nice white accents to the xc bike with a white carbon silverado, some esi grips, and bottle cage). Oh yeah, and it RIPS! SO much more stiff laterally. As soon as you hop on you can tell the difference from 2010, the bike wants to go no where but forward. On the trail it feels more solid all around. I'm not afraid to pump real hard and throw my rear end around the trail as hard as I want. Every time I get out of the saddle it feels stiffer. I think it will actually make a difference in efficiency over an entire race as well as when sprinting all out. Got some sweet new S Works shoes and helmet as well!

I’ve been training away and it’s been pretty nice, starting to feel real improvement. Some big cold gnarly rainy road rides but it’s all worth it and feels pretty good (epic tea/soup/baked goods afterwards always a plus). I’m also forced to shred different trails that drain more, so it’s been cool to mix it up as well. However, it’s a little annoying taking an extra 5 minutes to get ready to venture out into the cold in spandex (so many more layers/accessories).

In other news, I AM DONE WITH SENIOR YEAR SEMESTER UNO. Less classes next semester and grades don’t matter now!!! Way less stressful. It’s XMAS break and I get to snowboard, surf, and bake / cook plenty of yummies. Peppermint Bark, Persimmon Bread, No bake Bars as of recent, with potential pies, apple oat muffins, and marzipan to come.

CCCX Finals

CCCX Finals for the 2010 season are in the books! Great weather, great course and a great group of racers made the journey to see how they would end up. Jimmy Amaral and John Hauer were neck and neck in points leading up to the finals. Jimmy would have to win, with John taking 3rd in order for him to take the overall, not impossible. With favorite Ben Cruz out, it looked as though Jimmy could win on this fast and technical course. However in the end, it was Ian Massey who walked away with a first place finish, securing him third in the final standings. Jimmy received a third place, second overall. John had a few mistakes which gave him fourth, but still had enough points to win the overall.

Point One Racing took 5 out of 5 on the Pro Men's podium with Alex Amaral, Ben Vickery, Ian Massey, Jimmy Amaral and John Hauer. Along with a few other first place overalls for Mike Amaral (Expert 45-54) and Tim Lukko (Sport 19-34).

Special thanks to all our athletes who raced and supported us during this series and throughout the year. We look forward to seeing you all again in the Spring!









Results

King Of The Castle 2010

King Of The Castle is the most important urban downhill race of Italy. The location is the old town of Cagliari (Sardegna). Check out Emmeline Ragot and her 1st place finish!

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Shop Tour: Fanatik Bike CO

Check out a great shop tour of Fanatik Bike in Bellingham, WA. They are one of the best custom build shops anywhere!

See some of their latest creations using Point One Racing products!

Free Shipping?

Happy Holidays! Point One Racing is offering FREE worldwide shipping until January 1, 2011. Order now to take advantage of this deal!

CCCX Finals Preview

2010 CCCX DH Division Champions will be crowned this Sunday in Toro Park.

At press time, the course for the Series Final will be the extremely fast Hauer/Amaral trail. This race route opens with a bombing fire road roller coaster ride, with gravity heavy portions that streak the speeds upward of 40 miles per hour. The trail then dives into tree lined single track, with small jumps, berms, and off camber sections. More switchback trail send riders toward the lower portion of the route where there is some pedaling near the end. This course is one of the fastest and rolls down the most steep route of the series. Please remember that Toro Park features really good trail riding, so pedal hard, rip up the trails as fast as you can, and have fun doing it!

Overall points after 6 rounds

Santa Cruz with Josh Maurer

Check out a taste of Josh's Saturday Santa Cruz Ride:

CCCX DH #6

Clear skies brought out the crowd for the second to last CCCX DH race for Thanksgiving weekend 2010. Using almost a carbon copy course of the last race, only a couple turns were changed, adding roughly 12-15 seconds. Recent rains also softened up the dirt, making the traction some of the best we have seen all year.

Big congratulations to all our athletes, we had four on the podium! The overall scores will be mixed up a bit after this race, so stayed tuned for the finals on December 12th.

Scott Seery - 3:46.42 1st place Expert 55+


Alex Amaral - 3:26.90 8th place Pro


Jimmy Amaral - 3:24.64 5th place Pro


John Hauer - 3:20.66 4th place Pro


Ian Massey - 3:15.93 2nd place Pro


Tim Lukko - 4:03.95 7th place Sport 19-34


Mike Amaral - 4:03.55 4th place Expert 45-54


Josh Maurer - 3:45.70 14th place Pro


Ben Vickery - 3:30.23 10th place Pro

Rick Rasmussen photos

Hike Up


Off-camber turn


Flat out pedal to the finish

Quincey Sigona photos


Full results

Mt. Tam DH helmet cam

Check out this Mt. Tam DH helmet cam footage from Point One Racing athlete Max Houtzager.