Hammerschmidt is the revolutionary new transmission technology from the clever chaps at SRAM, and I’m predicting it to be one of the biggest leap forwards in bike tech in the last 5 years! A hefty claim, yes, but this is one sweet piece of kit.
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Mountain biking has changed. Gone are the days of weight-weenie gram savers, purple anodised everything, criminally tight lycra and cow horn bar-ends! These days the average mid-level mountain bike is designed to tackle almost anything you throw at it with most possesing at least 4″ of front and rear suspension, disc brakes and 27 gears.
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Intense Cycles has just unveiled a new trail bike at the Sea Otter Classic in California, but it is yet to be named. Intense are asking for suggestions from Sea Otter spectators and soon through their website.
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Sombrio, the Vancouver based outerwear company, turns 10 this year. To celebrate they’ve really raised the bar to produce what I deem to be one of the best lines of bike wear available this year. Along with it they’ve designed a great new collection of websites which not only promote the products but allow you to buy online, watch videos, read team news…
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I’ve never really been a fan of Norco bikes. Hailing from the UK I hadnt really heard or seen much from them until I moved to Vancouver a few years ago, and what I had seen were some pretty ugly looking steeds! It’s beside the point that they apparantly were great to ride, they sucked big time in the looks department. So what happened last year when Norco revealed their 08 bikes? Suddenly they had some beauties on their hands.
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