Wednesday, May 28, 2008
THE OLYMPIC MTB COURSE - Laoshan
Mountain Bike Sports Coordinator Peter Van den Abeele, who was in Beijing with 4-Cross Designer Phil Saxena, said the new circuit would be more technical and physical than the circuit that riders encountered during the test event in September 2007 (mbaction)
See the complete pics and site graphic analysis here
Monday, May 26, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Poll results – WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR BIKE?
Our readers’ bike mostly black, red and blue (18 % each)
Followed by green bike (18%)
And white, yellow and other colour 9 % each
Thank you for participating, please vote to our next poll!!!
pic from morgancycle
Followed by green bike (18%)
And white, yellow and other colour 9 % each
Thank you for participating, please vote to our next poll!!!
pic from morgancycle
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Peat wins the Lisbon Downtown, again
From stevepeat.com
Steve Peat wins the 9th Annual Lisbon Downtown for 7th times (in a row).
FINAL RESULTS:
1: STEVE PEAT (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE) 1:40.43
2: GREG MINNAAR (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE) 1:40.89
3: Filip Polc 1:42.76
4: Sam Hill 1:43.38
5: Cedric Gracia 1:43.86
8: Nathan Rennie (Santa Cruz Syndicate) 1:45.05
Steve Peat wins the 9th Annual Lisbon Downtown for 7th times (in a row).
FINAL RESULTS:
1: STEVE PEAT (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE) 1:40.43
2: GREG MINNAAR (SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE) 1:40.89
3: Filip Polc 1:42.76
4: Sam Hill 1:43.38
5: Cedric Gracia 1:43.86
8: Nathan Rennie (Santa Cruz Syndicate) 1:45.05
Friday, May 16, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
IBIS TRANNY
What is tranny bike, anyway? or Ibis tranny, in this case?
according to Ibis or probike
It’s a carbon fiber hardtail.
It’s a geared bike.
It’s a single speed.
It’s a travel bike.
It’s all of the above.
It’s the Ibis Tranny.
Lopes' tranny
The The Ibis Tranny is a strong and lightweight monocoque carbon fiber hardtail. And a lightweight, laterally stiff, vertically compliant one at that. The Tranny goes far beyond being just a hardtail, resulting in some unique features. The features are a result of the removable, adjustable-length, chainstay. This means you can transform it from a single speed to a geared bike to a travel bike in a matter of minutes.
At the section behind the bottom bracket. There's some hidden equipment down there we call the "Slot Machine". It's not really a machine, but it does have a slot that makes it adjustable. That allows us to lengthen the chainstays, so we can make this thing into a bona fide single speed. It's lighter than an eccentric bottom bracket, and cleaner than a chain tensioner. Look at our little animation of the Slot Machine in action. One bolt cinches the whole thing up.
As an added bonus, that same box of magic along with the curious little bolt up along the wishbone allows you to take the whole rear end off of the bike. Two bolts and it's in two pieces. Why would you want to do that? Easier to travel with my friends, and also possible to fly with this thing in a travel case and not pay the exorbitant fees the airlines like to charge us to carry our bikes.
according to Ibis or probike
It’s a carbon fiber hardtail.
It’s a geared bike.
It’s a single speed.
It’s a travel bike.
It’s all of the above.
It’s the Ibis Tranny.
Lopes' tranny
The The Ibis Tranny is a strong and lightweight monocoque carbon fiber hardtail. And a lightweight, laterally stiff, vertically compliant one at that. The Tranny goes far beyond being just a hardtail, resulting in some unique features. The features are a result of the removable, adjustable-length, chainstay. This means you can transform it from a single speed to a geared bike to a travel bike in a matter of minutes.
At the section behind the bottom bracket. There's some hidden equipment down there we call the "Slot Machine". It's not really a machine, but it does have a slot that makes it adjustable. That allows us to lengthen the chainstays, so we can make this thing into a bona fide single speed. It's lighter than an eccentric bottom bracket, and cleaner than a chain tensioner. Look at our little animation of the Slot Machine in action. One bolt cinches the whole thing up.
As an added bonus, that same box of magic along with the curious little bolt up along the wishbone allows you to take the whole rear end off of the bike. Two bolts and it's in two pieces. Why would you want to do that? Easier to travel with my friends, and also possible to fly with this thing in a travel case and not pay the exorbitant fees the airlines like to charge us to carry our bikes.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Results of World Cup DH Maribor 2008
Results of World Cup DH Maribor, Slovenia, May 9-11, 2008
Elite Men
1 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 2.47.54
2 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 2.50.62
3 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 2.51.85
4 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 2.52.11
5 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 2.52.19
Elite Women
1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis 3.14.31
2 Rachel Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 3.14.49
3 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 3.21.80
4 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 3.23.61
5 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Playbiker - Iron Horse 3.23.95
from cyclingnews
Type rest of the post here
Elite Men
1 Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Iron Horse 2.47.54
2 Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense 2.50.62
3 Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate 2.51.85
4 Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team 2.52.11
5 Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate 2.52.19
Elite Women
1 Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) Team Maxxis 3.14.31
2 Rachel Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal 3.14.49
3 Emmeline Ragot (Fra) Suspension Center 3.21.80
4 Fionn Griffiths (GBr) Norco World Team 3.23.61
5 Floriane Pugin (Fra) Playbiker - Iron Horse 3.23.95
from cyclingnews
Type rest of the post here
Monday, May 12, 2008
Alvarez and Beerten win the 4 cross Maribor's World cup
Rafael Alvarez from Spain and Anneke Beerten from Netherland win the men's and women's four cross in the first round of the mountain bike world cup in Maribor, Slovenia. The dry and dusty Maribor track producing a very difficult surface to race on, according to bikeradar.
vid from annekebeerten
vid from annekebeerten
Friday, May 09, 2008
MEMAHAMI TERMINOLOGI BAN
dari mbaction
Dari kiri, searah jarum jam
ARAH ROTASI / ROTATION DIRECTION
Jika pola kembang ban atau kompun halus didisain untuk bekerja dengan arah tertentu, perusahaan akan mencap arah rotasi yang direkomendasikan. Ikuti petunjuk mereka atau rekan-rekan mu akan menertawakan jika mereka mengetahui kamu memakai ban dengan arah terbalik. Beberapa ban mempunyai pola dua arah sehingga kamu tidak perlu khawatir.
NEGARA ASAL / COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Pakai kaca pembesar. Biasanya tulisannya kecil.
TAMBALAN PANAS / HOT PATCH
Normalnya terdapat cetakan multi warna berbentuk kotak yang berisi keterangan model ban dan ukuran ban. Informasi lain bisa juga mengenai kompun, konstruksi casing dan jenis bead. Tambalan panas/hot patch berlokasi di sisi pengemudi nya roda (pada ban-ban dua arah, tambalan panas bisa saja terletak pada sisi non-pengemudi atau perusahaan ban akan menggunakan hot patch pada kedua sisi).
ANGKA CETAKAN / MOLD NUMBERS
Angka mold pabrik ban tidak ada gunanya bagi pemakai ban. Pekerja pabrik menggunakan nomor ini untuk menempatkan ban yang tepat pada cetakan yang tepat untuk membetulkannya.
KISARAN TEKANAN UDARA / AIR PRESSURE RANGE
Ini adalah tekanan udara minimum dan maksimum ban. Ban ini harus menggunakan setidaknya 30 psi dan tidak lebih dari 50 psi. Ada juga yang menggunakan satuan bar dan kpa.
UKURAN BAN / TIRE SIZE (milimeter)
Ada dua angka didalam kurung. Yang pertama adalah lebar target tapak dalam millimeter. Yang kedua adalah ukuran diameter metrik lingkaran (seluruh ban 26-inci akan dituliskan angka 559).
UKURAN BAN /TIRE SIZE (inci)
Angka pertama adalah diameter ban dan yang kedua adalah lebar ban. Dalam gambar diatas, ini adalah ban 26 inci dengan lebar 2.5 inci.