Norco Shinobi 2011 Review

Norco Shinobi 2011 Review Review, photos and videos by Lee Lau

 

Overview and summary

Norco is digit of Canada’s super bicycling brands and, as such, has a super lineup of bikes. Till this season Norco lacked a full-suspension 29er. With the launching of the Shinobi, Norco addressed this fault and did so with style. The Shinobi’s design goes against some customary thinking. Namely geometry tweaks to “standard” 29er geometries, using a newborn accepted for rear ends and changes to the tried and genuine FSR suspension; every of which I module survey more in this review.

In producing the Shinobi, Norco has managed to combine continuance and action (uphill and downhill) still managed to characterize itself from the pack. Until recent times, 29ers were the domain of the flush less-technical dawdle fans. If you desired to essay a 29er that could appendage modify middling battleful technical terrain your choices were limited. The Shinobi is a brawny politician for some traveller who wants a full-suspension 29er which crapper climb decently well still crapper also appendage battleful lines.

 

Shinobi in the alpine (pictured with the pre-production 120mm face fork)

 

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Annika Langvad is Marathon Worlchampion

After showing a enthusiastic action in the preceding Worldcup races, the danish athlete from aggroup Easton rockets demonstrated that she’s in perfect appearance this season. 27 assemblage old Annika Langvad showed an staggeringly passionated vie and became Marathon Worldchampion in Montebelluna, Italy.

Annika was in a chasing group with Spitz, Elisabeth Brandau (Germany) and Süss. After they winking the gap to Luethi, she started an acceleration that the others could not match, and was healthy to stop on to a sizable advance over Spitz to acquire the rainbow jersey. After 4h 20min 30s she prefabricated the biggest travel in her occupation so far. river Spitz, Germany ended 1min 56s behindhand her and claimed 2nd place again after 2010. Esther Süss from Switzerland claimed 3rd place, 3min 23s behindhand Annika.

Langvad, who gained her prototypal women selected title: I managed to stay calm, and as the kilometres to go decreased, I became more motivated. Also river Spitz who was Marathon Worlchampion in 2009 was very happy with the termination and confirmed, that she´s in a enthusiastic appearance at the moment.

It is the prototypal Worlchampion title for SR SUNTOUR, likewise and we poverty to congratulate you again to this past effort and we are proud to hold you and your Team Easton Rockets. We wish you beatific phenomenon for your incoming steps and we are hunting forward to see you soon with your WERX AXON in Worldchampion design.

Mange Tak Annika!

For more impression, study the unification to her website: http://annikalangvad.dk/

Source: Tim Fischer, SR Suntour aggregation GmbH www.srsuntour-cycling.com

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Giro XAR Review

The smart All Mountain helmets are comfortable, with uncreased and rounded lines, has beatific news and run systems, and a gimmick and superior adjustable visor. The helmet incorporates some original country features, much as a threesome piece bomb and a improved sparkle liner, and has a well engineered word system, with 17 vents. In comes in fivesome colours and threesome sizes, to cover the gamut of styles and fitting.

The helmet uses the industry standard In-mold EPS fly with polycarbonate shell, for impact absorption, durability, word organisation and strength. For added safety, the fly uses their Roll Cage, which uses a improved scheme of DuPont Nylon molded exclusive the EPS foam, and the bomb uses threesome separate pieces for change of scratches and abrasions.

Giro XAR – Impressions The helmet has a evenhandedly ammo shape, with uncreased lines throughout, and exclusive the side has some characteristic angulation. The colours and graphics are subdued (except for the Matte Neon), and I rattling likeable the Black with Cyan/Lime lines of my effort helmet. It has beatific news for your head, and has a pleasant long side section for added protection.

The lineament band grouping is variety of interesting for a recent helmet, as both sides are molded directly into the liner, and are not bespoken in the usual manner to the side perimeter adjuster. The side run claps for the lineament band are cushy to open and near to attain the comely and even enmity around the ear, and they meet locked downbound without some slippage. Since the straps are attached, it did verify some extra little to intend everything ordered properly.

The helmet stabilization grouping for the XAR is titled the Roc Loc 5, and it uses a small wheel to change the perimeter strap, which reaches around 75% of the intrinsic helmet, and has a threesome position plumb setting. This gives plenty of adjustability for comely fit, though I do wish the wheel was a bit larger, since it can be difficult to use with gauntleted hands. The plumb position fitting, has threesome rattling crisp clicks, and it’s ultimate to tweet or distribute it with digit assistance to encounter the required spot. I sometimes found that when I had the wheel cranked downbound hard for downhills and technical terrain, that I got a slight protection around my temples and the front of my head?

The word grouping is pretty nice, and was especially noticeable when getting some speed going, which allowed best functionality. The grouping has 17 Wind Tunnel vents, which are designed with an active refresh and an interior wear steer to pull in the modify fresh expose and expel out hot bad air. The expose channels rise above the nous to permit the expose advise freely. On precipitous andante climbs it did seem to intend warm, though that is a ordinary supply for most helmets.

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Dainese 3x Knee Guard and Performance Elbow Guards

While I freely adjudge to existence a rank fan pupil for Dainese’s gloves, their ginglymus and articulatio endorsement guards water under more scrutiny.  This mart is highly supersaturated and there are some dustlike ginglymus and articulatio guards for us riders to opt from.  So what does Dainese have on the competition?

Well for starters the accomplishment of the 3x Knee and Performance Elbow Guards are crowning notch.  Stitching is rattling tight, nothing feels lax or skimpy, and everything seems to sound meet right.   Dainese equipment is famous for their breath-ability and perforation, and the new versions of these pads don’t disappointed in that category.  Having touched downbound from NorCal to the sweltering heat SoCal I was rattling thankful for ginglymus and articulatio guards that didn’t intend itchy or hot and stimulative while sessioning the topical doubles or running quick shuttles.

And patch I mainly mate DH I do sometimes have to push or tone my beast.  The 3x Knee protect never slipped downbound or shifted discover of locate patch doing these miserable task.  Taking hornlike hits or getting finished a sway garden same a epileptic downhiller on a pogo stick, neither the ginglymus or articulatio pads slid discover of place.  No matter how greasy I was.

Both pads ingest an articulated joint for maximum flexibility and hard plastic plates (CE EN 1621.1 homologation) with 3 independent fitting straps and ‘hyper-ventilated fleecy padding’.   In fact there are so some expose refresh holes in the plastic plates it puts that Stan Sealant pass ring to shame.

So is there some intense programme with these?  Well, yes and no.  First soured they are costly.  At $89 for the 3x Knee Guards and about $80 for the Performance Elbow Guard.  Oach. But that isn’t the only issue.  While I didn’t encounter some imperfectness with the Performance Elbow Guard, I can encounter some issues with the 3x Knee Guard.

First soured the sides of the articulatio aren’t rattling substantially protected.  I’ve crashed some a time, and rattling the only locate that nearly never ever intend hit is the rattling backwards of the knee.  Everything is a target, and thusly must be fortified to some extent.  And I conceive Dainese could do a taste more to counterbalance the sides.  Stopping an inch on either lateral after the articulatio caps isn’t enough.  Plus, and patch this never happened to me patch attractive a digger, and this apparently isn’t meet an supply for these portion articulatio pads, the design of the 3x, the joint that articulates, rattling opens up the possibility of the pads sliding downbound if digit puts a articulatio downbound patch riding.  Say around digit of those dry detritus bins NorthStar calls ‘berms’ on Livewire.  The difficulty is the hornlike aggrandize that covers the handicap above the articulatio is behindhand the articulatio container hornlike plate.  So when you curve your knees the articulatio container plate juts discover and up, same a spoon, meet noisy to be fed a sccoop flooded of dirt, to dig correct into same a containerful in a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, but this would attain the aggrandize motion correct downbound your leg.

And same I said, it didn’t hap to me patch road, I end up feat over the bars more than anything else, nor did it hap to Gregg when he reviewed the 3x Knee protect a couple eld back.  But I’m still hesitant.

The Performance Elbow protect though is missile proof.  While it doesn’t modify downbound the flooded length of the forearm, which is dustlike by me, I normally don’t even mate with ginglymus guards, it does modify downbound about 3/4 of the way.  More than sufficiency really.  Same with the 3x Knee guard.  It extends downbound to meet above the ankle and offers ample shin protection.

If digit wants a taste more shin and ankle endorsement digit could procure themselves a unify of the Dainese ankle protectors.  I never thought much about this type of endorsement in the past, but after attractive my frame direct on my ankle, patch act these, I’m a convert.  Even when I am act meet articulatio pads same the 661 Evo or the Rockgardn NEO pads, I’m feat to ever be rocking a ordered of these ankle pads.  Combined though with the 3x Knee guards and digit has nearly rank coverage of their exposed and huffy shins while maintaining a beatific turn of mobility.

The strap that goes downbound around the measure can’t rattling be felt, so it doesn’t pain patch riding.  And the lively at the crowning is bonded sufficiency the ankle aggrandize tends to stay correct in locate and not motion down.

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Urge Endur-O-Matic Review

The helmet is sort of a interbreed between a full visaged and connatural design, offering superior rear and lateral coverage, dominant comfort, and whatever unique features, especially in affectionateness to safety. It uses the industry accepted In-mold EPS foam construction, with a durable broad appearance outmost polycarbonate shell, and meet the US and dweller certification standards. It features a pliant visor, octad emanation hole, and comes in a wide arrange of colors, digit sizes (Sm/Md and Lg/X-Lg) and weighs in at 300 grams. Urge Bike Products is supported discover of Cogolin, France, and is co-owned by binary time World Champion Fabien Barrel, who also does product investigating and utilization for the company. I tested the L-XL Flash Sand model.

The Urge Endur-o-Matic helmet is an extremely comfortable helmet, and was easy to dress for daylong periods of time. The intrinsic appearance and flexile artefact see proper, and it seems to be formed same your head, cupping it, almost same your act a skull cap, without some bond or pinch spots. Like some helmet, their last or mold strength not sound your assets head, so ever try and get a test sound if possible.

The helmet has a simple lineament strap, and uses different artefact for filler alterations, instead of the usual broad school fitting or retention system. Outside of choosing the proper size for sound (Sm/Md or Lg/X-Lg), the helmets become with digit sets of organisation washable pads of different broadness (5mm and 10mm), which earmark the adjustments for a bespoken fit. I utilised the choice thinner artefact within the helmet, and institute it sound meet fine. The artefact (one face and digit rear), is held in locate with Velcro, and is quite soft, easy and thick, and has superior wicking capabilities. The ‘Gangsta’ style face pad, which receives the field assets of perspiration, extends 15mm beneath the shell, and it gets a unceasing line of expose patch riding, which offers trenchant drying, and keeps the condensate from flowing into your eyes.

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Inside Out – First Shoot with Stevie Smith

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Filming for our prototypal flick ‘Inside Out’ is underway. Earlier this spring, we were stoked to impact Stevie adventurer country his schedule to impact with us before he headed backwards to the races. Curt, Dyl, Norbz and photographer Nic Teichrob crowded up the equipment and impact the ferries to metropolis Island to foregather with Stevie on his local trails.

Sunny weather prefabricated for a some andante starts but as soon as the clouds rolled in we were healthy to blackball it. Stevie blew our minds as he low every section of dawdle he took us to. We were troubled running the cable cam at much broad speeds to keep up with him. He’s an dementedly coercive rider and it really came across in the shots. There was digit move corner he rode so alacritous that he looks same he is sliding on ice.

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Working with Stevie is a dream; he is on point, prepared, economical and entireness hornlike for the camera. He knows the processes of photography and what it takes to keep things actuation smoothly.

We wrapped up the dispense and impact the ferries bag just as Stevie headed to the US Open, and ended up closing second! We’re hunting forward to working more with Stevie in the forthcoming and best of luck to him at the rest of the World Cups this season. Also it is displeased to wager him backwards on the Blackbox racing side of the program!

‘Inside Out’ module be the prototypal flick in a newborn period series that module give an inside analyse at the influences and grouping that impact shaped the Coastal Crew as riders, builders and cinematographers. The flick

SOURCE: Ian Dunn Producer

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SPY OPTIC LAUNCHES PERFORMANCE EYEWEAR SERIES

New distinction combines patented technology, organisation and swagger

For Immediate Release:

CARLSBAD, Calif.â€"SPY Opticâ„¢ declared the release of its SPY Performanceâ„¢ series, a distinction of highly-stylized theoretical eyewear, inaugurated with two models, Quantaâ„¢ and Alphaâ„¢.

“SPY’s connection to theoretical eyewear goes every the artefact backwards to the beginning of the Company, when we invented our anti-fogging technology, so the full ‘Performance’ abstract is an phylogenesis of our acquisition as much as it is most organisation or innovation,” says Jeremy McGrath, 7-Time AMA Supercross Champion, SPY® founder and rider. “We started out as California racers who did other sports, and that ambiance is still what SPY is most today. If I don’t have to wear goggles, whether it’s mountain-biking or touch sport balls or whatever, I’m act these glasses.”

The SPY Performance™ program features the SPY®-patented anti-fogging Scoop® emanation system; virtually shatterproof Grilamid™ frames; impact-resistant, optically-correct and distortion-free ARC® (Accurate Radius Curve) lenses; glare-reducing Premium Trident™ polarized extract in superior models; bounce-back glare-diffusing lense coating; anti-scratch and hydrophobic and oleophobic technology; environmentally excited Hytrel™ foam look pads and tabernacle tips; and UVA, UVB and UVC protective treatments.

“My Alphas meet on my face and meet clear, which is essential when up and down crapper be a little foggy,” muses Mike Montgomery, Freestyle elevation cycle rider. “Seriously, these are the exclusive glasses I’d wear when it matters. They look sick too, so you don’t look like a kook soured the bike.”

MSRP for the Quantaâ„¢ is $100 to $140, which are acquirable in clear black, change black, shiny black, clear brown and change albescent inclose colors. Replacement Quantaâ„¢ lenses become in superior colours and arrange from $20 for non-polarized to $40 for polarized versions.

The Alphaâ„¢, the lighter-weight, streamlined, semi-rimless broadcast in the SPY Performanceâ„¢ line, have an MSRP of $120 to $160, and become in shiny black, change black, metallic grayness and clear brown inclose styles with same grey, chromatic Spectraâ„¢ mirror, black mirror, rose with chromatic mirror, yellow or bronze lenses, or polarized grey or black mirror lenses. Additional lenses in superior colours for the Alphaâ„¢ also arrange from $20 to $40.

For additional information most SPY Performanceâ„¢, go to www.spyoptic.com/performance.

For more information most SPY®, log-on at www.spyoptic.com.

Quanta Matte White, Bronze with Green Spectra

Alpha Metallic Silver, Grey with Blue Spectra

 

Source: Alain Mazer of Spy Optic, Inc.

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New 2012 Hutchinson 29er Tires

Hutchinson has some exciting newborn 29er tires for 2012. Shown here are the Toro 29 (now available in 2.35 width) and the Cobra 29. Also declared is the every newborn Convert’ expose (Tubeless Conversion Kit).

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Toro 29 -wider 2.35 width -stiffening ribs -new compound -hardskin sidewall -tubeless ready

More photos and info>> Cobra 29 -29×2.25 -faster actuation tread -front ring is meant to be mounted with the knobs pointing in the “opposite” content as most another tires, to meliorate braking traction feat into corners

Convert’ air (Tubeless Conversion Kit) -Rubber edge strip that is trimable so that you crapper use this with some breadth rims (from 17 to 24 mm) -approx $30 -kit includes: 2 edge strips, regulator cores, valves, regulator remotion agency and bottle of Protect’ Air Max sealant

These 2012 products are not yet listed on the colonist Tires website, but for more content on underway offerings, check out: www.hutchinsontires.com

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GT 2012 Bikes – Zaskar 9r Pro, Fury Alloy & more!

In this video, Chris from GT show us 5 newborn bikes from the 2012 GT line. Featured are the Interceptor, Performer, Zaskar 100 Carbon Expert, Zaskar Carbon 9R Pro and the Fury Alloy.

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ZASKAR CARBON 9R PRO (also available as a frameset) The latest twist on an older classic. The Zaskar hardtail gets recent updates with copy material inclose and 29er wheels.

FRAME 29” F.O.C. Ultra, Carbon Frame, Triple Triangleâ„¢ Frame Construction, F.O.C. BB Shell, Dropouts, and 1.5″ to 1 1/8″ Tapered HT

FRONT SUSPENSION RockShox Sid RLT w/100mm Travel 15mm Maxle, Motion Control Damper, Adjustable Rebound, Lockout, & Tapered Alloy Steerer

More glasses and bikes>> CRANK Shimano Deore XT 38/26

DERAILLEUR (F/R) Shimano Deore XT, 2×10 / Shimano Deore XT, Mid Cage

REAR COG Shimano CS-M771-10, 11-36T, 10-Speed

BOTTOM BRACKET Shimano Deore XT

SHIFTERS Shimano Deore XT

CHAIN KMC X10, 10-Speed

RIMS DT land M1800 Wheelset

HUBS DT land M1800 Wheelset

SPOKES DT land M1800 Wheelset

TIRES Maxxis Aspen, 2.1″, Folding Bead

BRAKE LEVERS Formula R1X

BRAKES Formula R1X, 160mm (F/R)

HEADSET FSA Orbit C-40-ACB, 1.5″ to 1 1/8″

STEM Syncros AM V2, 3D Forged, S/M = 80mm, L/XL = 90mm

HANDLEBARS Crankbrothers Cobalt 3, 680mm

SEATPOST Crankbrothers Cobalt 3, 31.6mm x 350mm

SADDLE WTB Silverado Race SL

PEDALS N/A

SIZES S, M, L, XL

EXTRAS N/A

COLOR 1 (CODE) Blue

GT FURY ALLOY 1.0 An impureness edition of Mich Hannah’s World Cup DH Rig, by using aluminum instead of copy fiber, the Fury today becomes more inexpensive to the masses.

FRAME: NEW Monocoque / Hydroformed, 6061 Aluminum Frame, 210mm Travel Independent Drivetrainâ„¢ Suspension System w/ Forged Linkage, Pivots, Forged Bottom Bracket, Dropouts, and 1 1/2″ Head Tube

FRONT SUSPENSION: RockShox Boxxer RC w/200mm Travel 20mm, Adjustable Rebound & Compression

REAR SUSPENSION: Fox Shox Van RC w/3mm Travel, Adjustable Rebound & Compression

CRANK: Raceface Respond 36

DERAILLEUR (F/R): e.thirteen LS1+ w/ 40T Bashguard / SRAM X7, Mid Cage

REAR COG: SRAM PG-950, 11-28T, 9-Speed

BOTTOM BRACKET: raceface X-Type, 83mm

SHIFTERS: SRAM X5 Trigger (Rear Only)

CHAIN: KMC X9, 9-Speed

RIMS: Alex FR30 32 Hole

HUBS: ALL TERRA Alloy Sealed Bearing Thru Axle Disc 32 Hole

SPOKES: DT land Champion

TIRES: Maxxis Minion DHF, 2.5″, Dual Ply, 3C

BRAKE LEVERS: Avid Elixir 7

BRAKES: Avid Elixir 7, 200mm (F/R)

HEADSET: FSA Orbit E 1.5R/12.8, 1.5 to 1 1/8″

STEM: Funn RSX MkII Direct Mount, 45-50mm

HANDLEBARS: Funn Full On, 6061-T6, 785mm

SEATPOST: SDG Micro I-Beam AL6061, 31.6mm x 350mm

SADDLE: SDG Formula FX I-Beam

ZASKAR 100 CARBON EXPERT

FRAME F.O.C. Ultra, Carbon Frame, 100mm Travel Independent Drivetrainâ„¢ Suspension System w/ Forged Linkage, Pivots, F.O.C. BB Shell, Dropouts, and 1.5″ to 1 1/8″ Tapered HT

FRONT SUSPENSION RockShox Reba RL w/100mm Travel QR, Motion Control Damper, Adjustable Rebound, Lockout, & Tapered Alloy Steerer

REAR SUSPENSION Fox Shox Float RL w/1.5mm Travel, Rebound & Lockout

CRANK SRAM S1400 2.2, OCT Hollow Forged 39/26

DERAILLEUR (F/R) SRAM X7, 2×10 / Shimano Deore XT, Mid Cage

REAR COG Shimano CS-HG62-10, 11-36T, 10-Speed

BOTTOM BRACKET SRAM XR GXP

SHIFTERS Shimano SLX Rapidfire

CHAIN KMC X10, 10-Speed

RIMS DT land X430 32H Hole

HUBS ALL TERRA Lightweight Alloy Sealed Bearing Disc 32H Hole

SPOKES DT land Competition 1.8/1.6 w/ Alloy Nipples

TIRES Maxxis Aspen, 2.1″, Folding Bead

BRAKE LEVERS Formula RX

BRAKES Formula RX, 180mm/160mm (F/R)

HEADSET FSA Orbit C-40-ACB, 1.5″ to 1 1/8″

STEM Syncros AM, 3D Forged, XS/S = 70mm, M/L/XL = 90mm

HANDLEBARS Crankbrothers Cobalt 2, 700mm

SEATPOST Crankbrothers Cobalt 2, 31.6mm x 350mm

SADDLE WTB Silverado Race SL

PEDALS N/A

SIZES XS, S, M, L, XL

EXTRAS N/A

COLOR 1 (CODE) White

INTERCEPTOR 26″

FRAME: NEW Butted, 100% CR-MO, (DT) FORK: GT, 100% CR-MO, BUTTED STEERER, BUTTED 31.8-28.6 BUTTED, TAPER BLADES, 3/8, 1.125

PERFORMER 26″

FRAME: NEW STRAIGHT GAUGE, HI-TEN, CLASSIC PERFORMER DESIGN W/ FRAME STAND S/S, BENT D/T

FORK: GT, CR-MO STEERER, 31.8, 14MM, 1-1/8″

(All specifications person to change.)

More content at: www.gtbicycles.com

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High School Mountain Biking Coming to the East

Matt Fritzinger, Ben Capron Visit East Coast on Promo Tour Target is High School Mountain Biking Coast to Coast by 2020

Berkeley, Calif.â€"The chief administrator and utilization administrator of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, Matt Fritzinger and Ben Capron, module make a six-day, five-stop journeying to enlist newborn land leagues, starting July 6 in Asheville, North Carolina, and success July 11 in Montpelier, Vermont.

The current utilization aim for NICA is to institute elevation biking as a broad edifice climb shore to shore by 2020, and the determine of this easterly shore journeying is to acquire foundational hold in the region.

The journeying includes open meetings to summary the NICA exteroception and method, and enables fascinated members of the open to speech grappling to grappling with the NICA leaders about possibleness involvement.

Meeting Schedule: Wednesday, July 6 â€" Asheville, NC Location: TBA

Thursday, July 7, 7:00 â€" 8:30 PM â€" Washington, D.C. Location: Saloon, 1205 U Street Northwest, pedagogue D.C.

Friday, July 8, 4:00 â€" 6:00 PM â€" New royalty City Location: Rodale Publishing, 733 Third Ave, New York, NY

Saturday/Sunday, July 9/10 â€" Windham, NY Location: histrion in the expo at the UCI World Cup elevation cycle race

Monday, July 11, 10:30 AM â€" 12:00 PM â€" Montpelier, VT Location: Kellogg-Hubbard Library, President Room, 135 Main St., Montpelier, VT

For up-to-date aggregation check the NICA East Coast Tour webpage.

NICA, which was bacilliform in 2009 after a 10-year utilization period in Northern California, currently has leagues in California, Colorado, Minnesota, Texas, and Washington. This assemblage NICA has fielded welfare from over 15 newborn states and individual of those are submitting a effort to be the incoming NICA Project League.

Matt Fritzinger, 40, formerly a broad edifice science teacher, said, “A aggregation of unpaid elevation biking utilization impact has already been finished in eastern USA. We are hoping to place the broad edifice example into this puzzle, and are hunting for a range of grouping who module create newborn broad edifice cycling leagues. Mountain biking is our focus, which we encounter provides a great foundation for every disciplines of cycling. Over the past decennium we hit developed a burly enrollee active aggregation that focuses on inclusion, independence, environment, bicycle racing skills and safety, and hundreds of adults, especially parents, hit institute their status extremely gratifying.”

Fritzinger and Capron module be hunting to identify possibleness association directors, coaches, commission members, managers and subject volunteers, as substantially as getting the NICA communication out to schools and community organizations.

NICA provides broad quality elevation cycle programming for broad edifice student-athletes. These programs include instruction, training and coaching, team management, camps, racing and association development.

Ben Capron, 40, who fresh mitt a top-level chief function at Specialized Bicycle Components to go full-time with NICA said, “We’ve created a version of elevation biking as a broad edifice sport. The undergo is unique. The events are unique. It’s ontogeny very fast!”

NICA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Leagues receive no funding from schools, edifice districts, active funds, or any another tax-based revenue.

Anybody who would like to hold to speech or foregather with Matt Fritzinger and Ben Capron to handle a newborn East Coast association should contact Tyler Dibble tyler@nationalmtb.org, or 510.524.5464.

NICA East Coast Tour website

About The National Interscholastic Cycling Association Founded in 2009, The National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) is the National Governing Body for grades 9-12 interscholastic elevation biking and fosters the utilization of broad quality combative cross-country elevation biking programming for broad edifice older athletes. NICA provides leadership, organization and aggregation hold to encourage the utilization of interscholastic Mountain Biking Leagues throughout the United States. NICA League exists by morality of big donors and sponsors including the founding national sponsor, Specialized Bicycle Components, as substantially as Easton Foundations, SRAM, Trek Bicycles, Clif Bar and Co., Primal Wear, Shimano, GU Sports, Kinetic, Maxxis, adidas Eyewear, CamelBak, Crank Brothers, Dirt Rag, Feedback Sports, Fort adventurer College, Fox Racing Shox, Mellow Johnny’s, Mountain Bike Action, QBP, Ritchey Designs, WTB, and Yakima. For more aggregation on NICA meet www.nationalmtb.org or call 510.524.5464.

Source: Apostle Skilbeck www.nationalmtb.org

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Niner Bikes New Carbon JET 9 RDO

Introducing the Jet 9 RDO, Niner’s first copy flooded support frame.

One of the most anticipated bikes from Bike Press Camp has meet been announced. The Niner JET 9 RDO is a flooded copy material flooded support bike from a consort sacred to ONLY 29ers and with a daylong story of cutting edge ideas and innovation. Expect this bike to provide another copy material 29ers same the Santa Cruz Tallboy and the metropolis Fisher Superfly (and the forward reaching Ibis 29er) a separate for their money. Mtbr.com is currently at the Bike Press Camp event in Park City, UT and we module inform back after we hit a effort mate on this beauty! Could a individual travel, flooded support copy bike be farther behind?

•Carbon flooded support from the exclusive 29er exclusive elevation bike company •Patented CVA support is economical in every chainring. You won’t find this organisation on another bikes. •100mm of race-ready side suspension •Compatible with 100 – 120mm narrow forks •Custom valved Fox Float RP23 with Kashima coating •Custom imitative support inheritance and unequalled Niner support hardware •Next procreation interior telegram routing •Precise impureness element interfaces for brake and derailleurs (direct increase front der)

More photos, pricing and info>>

The swooping curves and strong lines of this inclose began with investigating accumulation supported on our own and competitor’s products, helping us to determine line plaything shapes and thicknesses for best performance. Applied to a set of organisation parameters, this accumulation also drove our targets for strength, stiffness and damping characteristics. The termination – an aesthetically striking modify whose curves are functionally derived.

Next, we state the accumulation referenced above in our burly R&D program – machine modeling, physical image investigating (both in-house and at autarkical investigating facilities), and hours of mate investigating low our 10 highly complete and opprobrious effort riders. This battleful approach helps us to produce a copy monocoque inclose that farther exceeds CEN country standards and for which we are chesty to substance our C5 Carbon Warranty (five years).

The Jet 9 RDO features Niner’s patented CVA support (U.S. Patent No. 7,934,739). For those hunt the advantages of 29” wheels compounded with pedaling efficiency across all 3-chainrings, CVA is an obvious front-runner. On the Jet 9 Carbon, this climbing benefit, compounded with the small strike compliance of a grouping with no chain growth, effectuation you mate faster and smoother – perfect for a copy flooded support speedster.

Custom imitative linkages contribute to the stellar action of the Jet 9 RDO – protective power transfer through the whole system. Additionally, all inheritance pivots are outfitted with Enduro sort flooded hands sealed cartridge bearings for a smooth, friction-free suspension.

Speaking of friction liberated – the Jet 9 RDO is spec’d with a custom-valved Fox Float RP 23 with Kashima coating. This silky uncreased color fills atomlike opencast inconsistencies for less stiction and meliorate salutation to terrain.

The looks haw draw your eye, and the CVA support haw appeal to your highbrowed side, but the organisation features of the Jet 9 RDO module convince the luxury lover in you to verify the plunge. This inclose features incoming procreation interior telegram routing for a clean look, fine impureness element interfaces for candid increase brake and post increase disc-brake mounts for weight savings and beatific looks.

The Jet 9 RDO features our C5 warranty â€" We reassert that our copy material investigating and organisation rivals the best in the bike industry. Rather than meet conversation most it, we choose to shew this dedication via our 5 year warranty and dedication to client service.

The newborn Jet9 RDO inclose retails for $2599.00 and includes a custom-valved Fox Float Kashima RP23 side shock and metal anti chain suck protection plates.

More info: http://www.ninerbikes.com/jet9rdo

Read what others are locution most this bike in the Mtbr 29er forum: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=718594

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