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Trek Bike Attack 2011

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:22:48 +0000

I know it’s still a year away, but there’s limited spaces at the starting grid and this kinda helps with not having a Trek Bike Attack in 2010 at all… registration just started… good thing about it, you’ll have forgotten about the steep entry fee by that time :-)

Registration Trek Bike Attack 2011
www.bike-attack.ch

New website: Freeride 4 girls

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:04:50 +0000

We have a new sensation going on in the Netherlands, a growing number of girls that freeride and are GOOD at it too! A few of them (including me) have started this website www.freeride4girls.nl and we’ll be blogging en vlogging our asses of as much as our bike-pleasure allows us. We’re quite ambitious, so this could be the start of a very interesting new weblog. Go check it out, we’re still writing content and new posts will be added every day or so. And please, let us know what you think!

Having fun @Filthy trails

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:04:14 +0000

At the moment I’m working on a companion for the Remedy, a downhill rig with a nostalgic touch and one that doesn’t cost me the world. My Remedy is still my baby and the bike that brings the most smiles. But I want to keep it for many years to come (something unique, I usually can’t wait for something new) so I thought it was best not to ride full on downhill with the Remedy anymore.

I visited the Filthy Trails this Sunday with the Remedy (new bike not done yet) and it’s one of these places the Remedy feels right at home. It even jumps the gaps like it’s nothing and if I didn’t have half a brain, I’d attempt to two bigger ones too.

Trek Scratch Air 9 2011

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:42:41 +0000

Well… just when you think that you and your Remedy will be happy together for many years to come… they go and do this… the Trek Scratch Air 9.

I cannot believe how awesome this bike is. Check the details Pinkbike posted on this baby:

Air sprung front and rear
170 mm of rear wheel travel
Uses Trek’s ABP Convert for active suspension while braking
12 x 142 mm rear axle (convertible to 135 QR with supplied hardware)
Trail tuned Fox RP23 rear shock
Fox 36 Talas FIT RLC, 120-160 mm
Shimano 2 x 10 drivetrain
E2 Tapered headtube
Adjustable geometry via Mino Link
Two Scratch Air models: Scratch Air 9 (shown), and the Scratch Air 8

Having the ABP on board is something we’ve grown accustomed to, it’s like your bike says “don’t worry, I have this under control, you just go faster and have fun”. Now they’re introducing the Mino Link, a way to tune the head angle and bottom bracket height. Now it’s fine tuning really, but I bet it makes the difference between going out for an ‘enduro-ride’ today or going for a ‘downhill-ride’ today, and having fun with the same bike.

I would love to compare the Scratch with my Remedy, by weight and purpose. Along my Remedy I’m building a bike for DH only. I love how the Remedy rides downhill, but I was planning to ride for many years to come… The Remedy tags along for enduro rides, local rides in Holland, and downhill-marathon rides abroad. And it rocks at it. Would the Scratch be equally fun on all fronts ánd the downhill tracks too?

Pinkbike has the details, Trek 2011 Scratch 9 & Remedy 9.9

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:13:09 +0000

Pinkbike is one of the lucky ones who got to go to the Trek Press camp this week in Chatel. Where others have to wait for their contacts to get home from that week ;-) they get to see and try these awesome rides in the right type of place. Be sure to read the full details on Pinkbike.com follow the links here:
On the Remedy 9.9: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/trek-remedy-99-2011.html

On the Scratch 9: http://www.pinkbike.com/news/trek-scratch-9-2011.html

And stunning photography: Sterling Lorence

Scratch 9

2011 Trek Scratch 9 details

Coil sprung front and rear
170 mm of rear wheel travel)
Uses Trek’s Active Braking Pivot
12 x 142 mm rear axle (convertible to 135 QR with supplied hardware)
Adjustable geometry allows for head angle and B.B. height variation
Custom tuned Fox DHX RC4 shock
180 mm Travel Fox 36 Van FIT RC2 fork
ISCG03 chain guide tabs
Two models: Scratch 9 (shown) and Scratch 8
Available as a frame only

Remedy 9.9

2011 Trek Remedy 9.9 details

OCLV Mountain Carbon front triangler
OCLV Mountain Carbon seatstays
Uses Trek’s ABP Convert for active suspension while braking
12 x 142 mm rear axle (convertible to 135 QR with supplied hardware)
Custom tuned Fox RP23 DRCV rear shock
Custom tuned Fox 32 Talas FIT RLC
E2 Tapered headtube
SRAM XX 2 x 10 drivetrain
Routing for a telescoping post
Three OCLV Carbon models: Remedy 9.9 (shown), Remedy 9.8, and the Remedy 9.7
Available as a frame only

Video on custom valving

2011 Trek Scratch & Session??

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:37:12 +0000

Source: http://hagoromo.blogspot.com/2010/06/2011-trek-session.html

Cam McCaul Trek Scratch with Fox 36 180mm

Trek Session 88 dh bike.

Steve Peat – Downhill Mountain Biking

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:36:15 +0000

After winning the worldchampionships, what else was there to accomplish for Peaty? For something completely different… an iPhone app!

It’s great to see things like this happening, after the Downhill Domination game for playstation 2 there was a big gap for us bikers. But I’m affraid this game is still to premature to like much. Both grapics and controls. But I’m hopefull, if they start developing this game, listening to feedback… it’ll be fun riding with Steve Peat, Greg Minnaar, Josh Bryceland and Hans Ray! Even with Rob Warner if you can stand him that is.

9 things to do in 2010

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:46:02 +0000

Last year I had a lot of fun creating a top 9 list for bike-stuff to do in 2009. Eventhough my life changed drastically when I decided to quit my job and work as a freelancer, I got to do most of my list. So I’m going to create a new list and not going to do 10 in 2010, but continu with 9.

Strip Remedy and equip with spanking new cool parts, update to SRAM (finally!),
Get into shape (“hello roadbike”) to shred trails this summer,
Make more video footage!
Have TFT tune shock and fork,
Get new tires that’ll survice Bike Attack-types of rides,
Ride Freeraid Classic and …?
Testride Trek Scratch!
Oh, RIDE MORE!
and, BLOG MORE!

It may look pretty…

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:05:11 +0000

…but it’s cold as hell!

DARN! No Bike Attack in 2010

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:03:25 +0000

The 2009 edition hadn’t finished, or me and my friend where already looking forward to coming back in 2010. The Bike Attack is THAT awesome. Well, imagine our surprise to find out that 2010 will be a Bike Attack-less year! The uplift is going to be rebuild, a complete rebuild! And without an uplift it’s going to be very difficult to enjoy a Bike Attack. It’s good to hear about renovations (allthough it didn’t look ‘old’ to me, infact, I did wonder how it’s build or replaced, so now would be my chance to find out, right?), and they hope to be back in 2011. Let’s hope so.

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Original message

Liebe Freerider
nun ist die Entscheidung gefallen!

Im kommenden Sommer wird die alte 4er-Gondelbahn am Rothorn komplett neu gebaut. Aufgrund des Baustellenbetriebes und den Vorgaben durch das Bundesamt für Verkehr, bleibt der Betrieb am Rothorn leider den ganzen Sommer eingestellt. Das TREK BIKE ATTCK findet im Jahre 2010 deshalb nicht statt. Das OK TREK BIKE ATTACK bedauert diesen Entscheid sehr, freut sich aber bereits auf August 2011, wenn auf dem Rothorn-Gipfel mit neuer Bahn, top Infrastruktur und verbesserter Strecke wieder der Startschuss fällt, zum legendären TREK BIKE ATTACK. Das OK TREK BIKE ATTACK hat zusammen mit den Verantwortlichen von Lenzerheide Bergbahnen am Scalottas eine alternative Streckenführung geprüft und ist zum Entschluss gekommen, dass die Original-TBA-Strecke vom Rothorn-Gipfel nach Churwalden nicht gleichwertig ersetzt werden kann. Zudem sind die logistischen Mittel am Scalottas eingeschränkt.