Dig’n and Ride’n

We had a good time the other day in Aptos, fixing up and riding a couple spots and eating some banger sandwiches.  Justin Brantley was there and put this edit together, check it out!

 

-Fogel

Justin Wyper front flip stepdown/ Casey bike check

VOD on Pinkbike today is of Justin on his blackmarket killswitch filming out in Kamloops and Kelowna BC. If anyone reading this is ever coming to BC look at your airport on the map, most likely Vancouver international, and plan a road trip to the Okanogan. It’s not all about Whistler, the valley has 2 lift access hills Silverstar/Vernon and SunPeaks/Kamloops. This video shows only the Kamloops bike park on Rose hill but the terrain is diverse and fast, you’ll be in awe if you go and you can still squeeze in Whistler if you backtrack through Pemberton to Whistler on the back roads.

Casey Groves has discovered Pilsner in this video, by next year he will be either killing it on the bike or that guy hanging in the park with his shades on. Nah he’ll be killing it as usual.

 

 

Casey sent us his bike check, it’s pretty super!

Mike Montgomery at Woodwards

Wish I had a RV in black.

Road Trippin with Mike Montgomery from Alpinestars USA on Vimeo.

 

Mike road his Banshee AMP and our Pedals to a second place win at Krankworks along with Casey Groves taking a epic 3rd on his Transition, look below to see how dumb he is.

So to see him with his Banshee MK11 rig seems a bit out of place, almost over kill but this is the steed he built up for The RedBull Rampage last month.

I set him up with 2010 JlO pedals but was out of the signature 24 karat gold pins, more like I was in a rush. Mike was up at Camp of Champions compound in Whistler along with 4 other Straitline riders Jack Fogel, Ryan Berrecloth, Alan Hepburn and Casey Groves. As usual I was late for the ferry off the island and in a rush grabbed a handfull of parts to build the pedals and made Mike and Fogel realize how simple they are to build up. They got a classy grocery store bag full of parts and a chain guide in pieces to build up, I used my leg injury as an excuse, it still works, and avoided all the work.

Then Mike called up just as I was heading to Europe for a show and asked for a 50 mm boxxer for the Rampage, so we hooked him up and check this footage out of him flat spinning his dh bike.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=158320037520094 it’s on facebook only, sorry peeps.

 

Pretty sick color scheme, wish I had a Legend in black.

 

Mikes build goes as follows:

Medium Black Anodized Banshee Legend, Manitou Dorado with Custom Green decals, Cane Creek XXc II headset, Straitline Stem, ODI Handle Bars and Grips, Formula Brakes, XO Rear Shifter, Manitou Rear Shock, Race Face Atlas FR Cranks, Straitline Silent Guide ,Straitline Pedals, XO Rear Derailleur, Atom Lab rims on Industry Nine spokes and hubs with Geax Neuron Tires.

North Shore bikes - shore videos

 

“Jeremy Lemay of North Shore Bike Shop shreds some loam on his Banshee Spitfire . Filmed and Edited By: Adam Yunker (Spoked Media) -- For HD version go to: http://vimeo.com/16104545”

 

Lenosky at the Dolphins game!

 

Here are some photos from a demo I did at Sun Life Stadium in Miami

this past weekend pre game before the Dolphins vs. Steelers. The

shows were to help promote the first annual Dolphins Cycling Challenge which is a cancer awareness fundraiser and is supported by Giant Bicycles. I had an awesome time and was able to watch a great game from the club level seats courtesy of the Dolphins. Next week I'll be doing demos with Aaron Chase in New Jersey at the New Meadowlands Stadium for the Jets vs. Packers game. I'll be sending pics of that event soon.

Jeff

 

Jeff’s Custom pedal for 2010 with 24 karat gold plated pins for the inner Pimp in all of us.

 

 

Fogelsode S2 #3: Zip Lines and Dry Trails

I got the chance to go on a local zip line track through the redwoods a few weeks ago, and it ended up being crazy!  It was a really neat experience traveling through the forest with an entirely different aspect.  Iggy, Clay, Bryce, and I rode the local trails quite a bit that week, enjoying the dry conditions.  It’s been dry for so long that there’s a nice thin layer of silt over the hard-pack so you can get nasty with the drifts.  It can definitely get squirrely though, as we all had our close-calls.  We got to bust out the hardtails later for a fun little evening sesh at Mike’s house, which was a good time mixing it up.  Overall it was just another good week riding bikes with the crew!

Enjoy!

 

-Fogel

WTF on a bike- OMG!! FYI my BFF’s this is a must watch.

No words needed just check this guy out.

Tim Knoll BMX from tim knoll on Vimeo.

Riding on Minnesota’s North Shore…FTW?

Josh from QBP sent me his freeride update from Minnesota USA.  I flew to Bloomington MN for QBP’s show and assumed that the city would be ugly and industrialized, however when you get there it is beautiful and I arrived in February!  The buildings were all nice modern red brick style and everyone was oddly super friendly. Not so much mountainous but tons of hills to explore and that's what Josh has been doing.

QBP’s freeride blog:

http://freedirt.posterous.com/marquette-michigan-the-midwests-north-shore

Oh, and I do have a photo of Josh that is quite interesting from when we met up in Whistler. Not going to show it here and loose my leverage over the relationship but it can be boughten if anyone out there needs to blackmail Josh.

And check this out… Josh’s first time in Vegas, repping QBPwell in his gangster threads

 

 http://freedirt.posterous.com/interbike-back-in-vegas-for-2011