MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- The legendary Maribor, Slovenia downhill track saw scorching sun, torrential rains and then more sun as the world's best downhillers tried to figure out what tires to run come race day. By the time finals kicked...
Read More | Jun. 21 09, 14:18 | Comments (0)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (transcendmagazine.com) -- The UCI has released the 2010 World Cup schedule, featuring 6 downhill races, including one in the USA. Coupe du Monde DHI/4X UCI Manche 1/2 / UCI DHI/4X World Cup Round 1/2 15-16.05.2010 Maribor (SLO) Coupe...
Read More | Jun. 19 09, 15:01 | Comments (0)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- The sun was shining and the track was as fast as it has ever been here in Slovenia for the first day of downhill practice. Natural doubles appeared where there was no double before as riders...
Read More | Jun. 19 09, 14:10 | Comments (0)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- The World cup's yearly stop in Slovenia takes place this weekend at the now legendary course at Maribor Pohorje. A few changes to this year's course will changes things up a bit, and keep riders in...
Read More | Jun. 18 09, 12:59 | Comments (0)
The traditional wheels of speed downhill event on the ex world cup track in Willingen, Germany took place this past weekend. Gee Atherton (UK) Animal Commencal and Canadian Claire Buchar (Chain Reaction Cycles) took home to titles and the nice...
Read More | Jun. 18 09, 11:19 | Comments (0)
WILLINGEN, Germany (transcendmagazine.com) -- The annual wheels of speed bike festival here in Willingen, Germany has had the first day of scheduled DH practice cancelled due to extremely high winds and driving rain. Practice will hopefully take place starting early...
Read More | Jun. 11 09, 06:40 | Comments (0)
The legendary downhill track in Ft William, Scotland has seen better days, but it has not often seen better race day conditions. Sunshine and warm temperatures greeted the top 80 men and top 20 women as they took to the...
Read More | Jun. 07 09, 11:40 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sam Hill's one time use TLD 2010 pink and yellow Fort William race kit is now ready to bid on on ebay! Proceeds from this auction go to Cancer research, so bid now and bid...
Read More | Jun. 07 09, 04:34 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- The track here in Ft William, Scotland has seen a few changes this year, included an all new wood section. Besides the subtle changes, the course remains largely unchanged. Massive braking holes are present into...
Read More | Jun. 06 09, 12:29 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAm, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Riders were greeted to cold temperatures and rare Fort William sunshine today for the first day of practice. The course is much the same as years past, with a slightly different wooded section near the...
Read More | Jun. 05 09, 12:24 | Comments (0)
VERNON, New Jersey (transcendmagazine,com) -- Evil Bikes and Lucent productions bring you the Us Open, through the eyes of Steve Smith. Evil Bikes - 2009 US Open from Lucent Productions on Vimeo....
Read More | May. 29 09, 16:12 | Comments (0)
VERNON, New Jersey (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sam Hill (AUS - Monster Energy - Specialized) took home yet another win this weekend at the US Open of MTB at Diablo Freeride park at Mountain Creek. Hill edged out defending world champion Gee...
Read More | May. 25 09, 11:46 | Comments (0)
VERNON, New Jersey (transcendmagazine.com) -- Brendan Fairclough bested teammate Sam Hill and gated racing legend Brian Lopes to take home the win in the inaugural US Open Giant Slalom. More of a small downhill event featuring only jumps and berms,...
Read More | May. 23 09, 19:17 | Comments (0)
VERNON, New Jersey (transcendmagazine.com) -- The US Open of Mountain Biking takes place this weekend at the Diablo Freeride Park at Mountain Creek, New Jersey. Known for it's massive rock gardens and loose corners, this year's course will not disappoint....
Read More | May. 23 09, 17:32 | Comments (0)
VERNON, New Jersey (transcendmagazine.com) -- Last year's US Open champ, Steve Smith of MS Evil racing, gives us a brief walk down the downhill course here at the Diablo Freeride Park. Video brought to you by Lucent Productions and Evil...
Read More | May. 22 09, 01:00 | Comments (0)
LA MASSANA, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- The skies threatened but the rains held off in Andorra at the 3rd World Cup downhill of the year. Steve Peat (GBR - Santa Cruz Syndicate) took home a historic win, officially becoming the greatest...
Read More | May. 17 09, 11:45 | Comments (0)
LA MASSANA, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sam Hill and Sabrina Jonnier have taken the top spots in qualifying for tomorrow's World Cup downhill. Jonnier was 2.5 seconds in front of World Cup Leader Tracy Moseley and Hill was .38 seconds in...
Read More | May. 16 09, 09:39 | Comments (0)
LA MASSANA, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- The first day of practice here in Andorra is taking place under bluebird skies and temperatures cold enough to make you think you were riding a snowboard and not a bike. It went down to...
Read More | May. 15 09, 09:17 | Comments (1)
LA MASSANA, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- Tuesday was a beautiful day in Andorra. Most teams were out riding shuttles or cross country and generally enjoying a day off. Wednesday has dawned foggy, cold and rainy...the Andorra everyone remembers from last year....
Read More | May. 13 09, 04:10 | Comments (0)
The rain started to fall halfway through the men here in France, but didn’t keep the best of the best from ending up on the podium. Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate, GBR) took home the win with a 2:07.14 in...
Read More | May. 10 09, 11:47 | Comments (0)
LA BRESSE, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- The women have just finished and Sabrina Jonnier took the win followed by Tracy Moseley and Myriam Nicole. The men are now on course and black clouds have slid in over the mountain in the...
Read More | May. 10 09, 08:11 | Comments (0)
LA BRESSE, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- It's cloudy out right now, with the sun poking through at times. If the weather holds, the dirt will be perfect for what is turning out to be a pretty epic world cup. Old School...
Read More | May. 10 09, 02:57 | Comments (0)
LA BRESSE, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- The rain held off, the sun stayed out and qualifying took place on a tacky, lamost dry track. Steve Peat proved he still has what it takes to ride with the best, running a 2:10...
Read More | May. 09 09, 09:27 | Comments (0)
LA BRESSE, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- SAturday morning, qualifying day, has broken sunny and warm here in La Bresse! Despite predictions of more rain, there is blue sky showing and only a mild breeze. It poured again yesterday afternoon, but cleared...
Read More | May. 09 09, 02:21 | Comments (0)
LA BRESSE, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- It's currently pissing down rain following times runs. The skies opened up a bit before they started and track has changec considerably, just from having a bit of the rain on it. Riders were drifting...
Read More | May. 08 09, 10:56 | Comments (0)
LA BRESSE, France (transcendmagazine,com) -- Practice is about to kick off here in La Bresse, France on a shiny new course! It's overcast, cool and it rained overnight, so there will be lots of getting sideways out there this morning....
Read More | May. 08 09, 02:17 | Comments (0)
LA BRESSE, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sunny skies and cool temperatures greted riders this morning as they took to the track here in La Bresse for foot inspection. Riders, to the very last, are excited about a course. Despite helmet cam...
Read More | May. 07 09, 07:40 | Comments (0)
LA BRESS, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- The La Bresse World Cup track is going to be steep, fast and slick if the current weather forecast holds. According to teams now on site, the track is steep with plenty of outdoor MX...
Read More | May. 05 09, 16:08 | Comments (0)
LA MASSANNA, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- Just got news in that the snow is still falling as recently as last week in Andorra. Here is a shot of the current course conditions from Ronan....
Read More | May. 04 09, 14:38 | Comments (0)
HOUFFALAIZE, Belgium (transcendmagazine.com) -- Jared Graves has proved that he is still in Olympic form, taking his second world cup 4x victory of the year. For the women, it was Jill Kintner taking the win. Graves beat out Dan Atherton,...
Read More | May. 02 09, 20:18 | Comments (0)
WALES, United Kingdom (Animal Commencal) -- The current women’s Downhill World Champion sustained nerve damage to her (left shoulder during pre-season training camp in America and is expected to be out of action for the next three to four months....
Read More | May. 01 09, 11:02 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- A blazing hot california sun set the tone for today's downhill event. It has baked the track into a slippery, dusty, super speedway that required not only tons of cornering skill, but the lungs of a...
Read More | Apr. 19 09, 19:52 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sam Hill and Melissa Buhl have taken home the victories in tonight's Sea Otter Dual Slalom. A setting sun was a perfect backdrop to a great afternoon of racing as the best in the world took...
Read More | Apr. 19 09, 17:37 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Unusually warm weather and sunshine met Sea Otter participants on Friday. Downhill riders took to the dusty, loose course all day dialing in what lines there are to be had. Some of the worlds best are...
Read More | Apr. 18 09, 10:29 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Coverage begins Friday here on Transcend for the 2009 Sea Otter Classic. Look for in depth coverage of all of the pro gravity racing, as well as a trip around the paddock area. Tons of new...
Read More | Apr. 15 09, 09:07 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARIZTBURG, South Africa (transcendmagzine.com) -- Local boy Greg Minnaar took home the win on his home course here in South Africa. Tracy Moseley scored the first gold for the women for her new Trek racing team. Tracy has this to...
Read More | Apr. 12 09, 11:58 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine.com) - The sun is shining, the temperature is hot and the track has turned into a freeway. The pedaling section is still pedally, but the other sections have turned into 6th gear, pinned, freeways. Everyone is...
Read More | Apr. 12 09, 06:32 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine.com) -- Jared graves has stormed back onto the world cup by taking home the win of the first 4x of 2009. "I just tried to really get the training in, in the last 3, 4 months....
Read More | Apr. 11 09, 12:16 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine.com) -- As predicted, last night's rain has turned the course into a greasy, icy slip and slide. The upper sections were near unrideable this morning. By noon the lower sections had dried completely but the upper...
Read More | Apr. 11 09, 07:35 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine.com) -- The weather here in RSA is starting to turn. Dark clouds have blown in and added to the overcast skies, the temperatures have dropped and the wind is really picking up. Weather predictions now are...
Read More | Apr. 10 09, 10:58 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine.com) -- Mick Hannah has stormed back onto the world cup after a year off by setting the fastest qualifying time this afternoon here in South Africa with a time of 3:47. Local favorite Greg Minnaar is...
Read More | Apr. 10 09, 06:26 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine.com) -- the first practice session of the 2009 world cup here in South Africa comes to an end in a few minutes. So far it has been a dusty, hot day. A truck driver strikes means...
Read More | Apr. 09 09, 09:56 | Comments (1)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine.com) -- The first practice day of 2009 is off to a sweltering start under the African sun. The 2.8km course here has a shuttle drive that takes you out onto the motorway and around town for...
Read More | Apr. 09 09, 02:52 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine.com) -- It's overcast and extremely humid today in South Africa. It rained all night, but things seem to dry out fairly quickly here, despite the humidity. Not many people are about, and most team pits are...
Read More | Apr. 07 09, 06:12 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (transcendmagazine,com) -- Team Monster Energy - Specialized unveiled their 2009 team bikes and kit earlier today in Pietermatritzburg, South Africa in preparation for World Cup #1 which takes place next week. See the first video of the...
Read More | Apr. 04 09, 03:00 | Comments (0)
WALES (animalcommencal) -- Despite more than a month of rest and rehabilitation, we are sorry to say there has been no major improvement with the nerve damage in Rach's shoulder. Rach has visited a number of specialists over the last...
Read More | Mar. 31 09, 17:03 | Comments (0)
CUSCO, Peru (transcendmagazine.com) -- Recently off his win at the Pan American Championships, American Chris Van Dine has won the Mega Avalanche Peru. Van Dine wins Continental DH title in Chile, Follows with Megavalanche Win in Peru! Chris Van Dine...
Read More | Mar. 30 09, 11:37 | Comments (0)
LA PARVA, Chile (transcendmagazine.com) -- American Chris Van Dine won the Pan American title this week in La Parva, Chile against a strong field. Van Dine ran a time of 2:54.660, less than a third of a second ahead of...
Read More | Mar. 21 09, 11:14 | Comments (2)
LA PARVA, Chile (transcendmagazine.com) -- Downhill qualifying took place this afternoon in La Parva, Chile for the Pan American Championships. The USA actually sent a gravity team (self funded) this year including Chris Van Dine, Curtis Keene, Ethan Quhel and...
Read More | Mar. 20 09, 17:23 | Comments (0)
DURANGO, Colorado (transcendmagazine.com) -- Downhill legend and 2000 World Champion Myles Rockwell has decided to return to racing mountain bikes. According to a BIke Radar interview, Rockwell has seen the competitive fire return, due in large part to his 5...
Read More | Mar. 14 09, 12:27 | Comments (0)
MONTREAL, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Transcend has been slow to update recently due to ongoing preparations for the 2009 World Cup race season. $10 000 in airfare later, coverage begins April 3rd from the test event in South Africa and gets...
Read More | Mar. 13 09, 12:41 | Comments (0)
MALAGA, Spain (dirtTV) Dirt TV caught up with Mitch Delfs and Nathan Rennie of the newly formed Kenda Morewood team while testing in Malaga, Spain. Mitch and Nathan interview each other and come to the stunning conclusion that, Nathan is...
Read More | Mar. 04 09, 08:55 | Comments (0)
SEATTLE, Washington (transcendmagazine.com) -- After weeks of closed-door meetings, dozens of skype calls, and death threats if the word leaks out, Evil Bikes and MS-Racing jointly announce the formation of an all-new UCI Trade Team for 2009. The new Evil...
Read More | Feb. 24 09, 20:14 | Comments (0)
VALPARAISO, Chile (transcendmagazine.com) -- In front of thousands of screaming fans who jammed the cobblestone lined streets of Valpo, Cedric Gracia of France took home another win. He also lost most of his race clothing during the post race celebration...
Read More | Feb. 23 09, 01:09 | Comments (0)
VALPARAISO, Chile (transcendmagazine.com) -- The course is built, practice was a gong show and fans have been coing in from out of town by bus and pretty much every other means of transport. Practice starts in an hour and will...
Read More | Feb. 22 09, 06:27 | Comments (0)
VALPARAISO, Chile (transcendmagazine.com) -- Riders have now started to pour into Valparaiso Chile for the annual Urban race here in South America. The course is currently being built and marked and riders will start to walk it today. In attendance...
Read More | Feb. 20 09, 08:55 | Comments (0)
CANBERRA, Australia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Mick Hannah is back from a year off of racing and has managed to secure the Australia National title against stiff competition for his first major win of 2009. The Mongoose team rider (soon to be...
Read More | Jan. 26 09, 11:38 | Comments (1)
SANTA CRUZ, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Rachel Atherton was hit by a small pickup truck while on a training ride with her brothers in Santa Cruz, California yesterday. She suffered a dislocated shoulder and various scrapes, cuts and scratches when she...
Read More | Jan. 19 09, 13:42 | Comments (5)
BETHEL, Connecticut (GT Bicycles) -- GT Bicycles today announced exciting new additions to the 2009 GT mountain bike team. The team will continue to be gravity-focused, adding Eric Carter, Mick Hannah and Andrew Cho to the GT roster. These three...
Read More | Jan. 14 09, 03:00 | Comments (0)
STALLENBOSCH, South Africa (Cycling SA) -- Cape Town’s Andrew Neethling (Trek) responded well to hometown pressure when he won the first round of mountain biking's MTN National Cup Series downhill event in Stellenbosch, South Africa on Sunday. Neethling, who ended...
Read More | Jan. 11 09, 13:57 | Comments (0)
TIGNES, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- French 4 master Romain Saladini, of team Sunn, has won the Tignes Airwaves giant slalom event. This even is run on snow at the Tignes resort in France, and attracts a who's who of Euro racing...
Read More | Jan. 07 09, 15:11 | Comments (0)
INNSBRUCK, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) -- Word has just come in that Nathan Rennie has signed with the Gravity Group run Morewood team for 2009. Morewood replaces Tomac as the official frame sponsor for Gravity Group. "Gravity Group is pleased to announce...
Read More | Jan. 05 09, 02:53 | Comments (0)
The Pietermartizburg round of the 2009 Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, presented by Shimano, has received early praise well ahead of the prestigious event, which takes place over the Easter Weekend from April 10-12. Event Director Alec Lenferna presented...
Read More | Dec. 23 08, 13:17 | Comments (0)
Everyone should head on over to Canadian Cyclist and vote for Steve Smith as one of the top individual performances of the year by a Canadian Cyclist. He is the only DHer in a list of Olympians, so he is...
Read More | Dec. 20 08, 14:42 | Comments (0)
VANCOUVER, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- UPDATE: A press release from Trek bicycles this morning confirmed our reports that Tracy Moseley has left Kona Bicycles for the newly formed Trek Racing team. Tracy Moseley has left long time sponsor Kona Bikes after...
Read More | Nov. 26 08, 13:51 | Comments (0)
MORGAN HILL, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Specialized announced today a much anticipated decision to sponsor Team Monster Energy in 2009—home to two of the most notorious faces in downhill racing, 2X World DH Champion Sam Hill and 2006 Junior World Cup...
Read More | Nov. 26 08, 12:02 | Comments (0)
SEATTLE, Washington (transcendmagazine.com) -- We've been sitting ont he news for quite some time now, but on his 19th birthday, Evil has decided to officially announce that Steve Smith will be riding for Evil Bikes in 2009. Interview with Steve...
Read More | Nov. 25 08, 19:07 | Comments (0)
WATERLOO, Wisconsin (23 Degrees) -- One month following the announcement of the three Cross Country riders that will form half of the new World Cup team sponsored by Trek Bicycles, 23 Degrees Sports Management announces today that the downhill half...
Read More | Oct. 30 08, 13:35 | Comments (0)
MADISON, Wisconsin (transcendmagazine.com) GT bikes has named their downhill team for 2009. Following the surprising letting go of Bryn Atkinson and Olympic Bronze Medalist Jill Kintner, GT has formed an all new squad for next season. headlining the team is...
Read More | Oct. 30 08, 01:37 | Comments (0)
SAN LUIS OBISPO, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Brian Lopes took home the win at the final Jeep race of 2008 on a well built 45 second track. Tight battles ensued throughout the afternoon. Lopes was also the #1 qualifier. Eric Carter...
Read More | Oct. 25 08, 19:52 | Comments (0)
CORONA, California (Monster Energy) -- When arguably the world’s top mountain bike racer decides to part ways with one of the world’s top mountain bike manufacturers the industry no doubt raises a collective eyebrow. However, in the case of Sam...
Read More | Oct. 24 08, 16:53 | Comments (0)
WISCONSIN (Transcendmagazine.com) -- Mongoose Bicycles has announced that they have signed Mick Hannah to their program for 2009. Hannah is returning to racing after taking a year off to concentrate on starting his family with his new wife, Hannah Hannah....
Read More | Oct. 24 08, 13:35 | Comments (0)
AIGLE, Switzerland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Official rule changes have now been released to UCI trade team members, and will be posted on the UCI website in their official wording on December 15. With regards to DH, here are the rule changes:...
Read More | Oct. 20 08, 14:48 | Comments (0)
AIGLE, Switzerland (transcendmagazine.com) -- UPDATE: This is no longer a rumour. The UCI has officially banned skinsuits for competition in DH and 4x. The official announcement will be made to all Trade Teams and the Media Monday. No details have...
Read More | Oct. 16 08, 12:13 | Comments (2)
UTAH (transcendmagazine.com) -- Delayed one day by rain, Redbull Rampage: the Evolution finals finally took place this afternoon in the high desert of Utah. Canadian Brandon Semenuk took home the win ahead of Kurt Sorge and thomas Vanderham. Vanderham also...
Read More | Oct. 07 08, 00:03 | Comments (0)
AIGLE, Switzerland (transcendmagazine.com) -- As usual, the final UCI meetings to hammer out the schedule took place at the Road World Championships last week. The official MTB World Cup Schedule is now ready to go. Bromont is back, as is...
Read More | Oct. 01 08, 13:24 | Comments (0)
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The annual bike industry zoo that is Interbike is off and running in Las Vegas. The last 3 days saw the outdoor dirt demo take place under a 100+ degree sun in bootleg canyon, just...
Read More | Sep. 24 08, 10:23 | Comments (0)
PARK CITY, Utah (JEEP48 Straight) -- To call the 2008 mountain bike seasons of newly anointed World Cup Champion Greg Minnaar and reigning World Champion and U.S. National Champion Melissa Buhl successful would be a tremendous understatement. Today the pair...
Read More | Sep. 21 08, 18:47 | Comments (0)
SCHLADMING, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) -- At the end of the day it was a Kiwi taking him his first world cup win, despite an epic battle between 2 of the sports heavyweights. Sam Hill and Greg Minnaar battled through less than...
Read More | Sep. 14 08, 04:00 | Comments (0)
SCHLADMING, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) -- Results are now in from semis. One run to go and this season is in the books. Hill made up about 5 points on Minnaar in semis. They will both be flat out in the deep...
Read More | Sep. 13 08, 05:41 | Comments (0)
SCHLADMING, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) -- 11pm here in Austria and for the last 15 mins or so a massive thunderstorm has been pounding the mountain. Huge lightning strikes on the course we can see from our hotel rooms. Wind is blowing...
Read More | Sep. 11 08, 17:00 | Comments (0)
SCHLADMING, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) -- Day 1 of practice is over here in Schladming Planai. Every rider we have spoken to has given us rave reviews of this course. It's flat out, rough as hell and everyone absolutely adores it. Braking...
Read More | Sep. 11 08, 16:32 | Comments (0)
SCHLADMING, Austria (transcendmagazine.com) -- It is course walking day here in Austria. Slightly cloudy now but nice temperatures and it was super sunny earlier this morning. The town of Schladming is fantastic. great food, great beer and very friendly people....
Read More | Sep. 10 08, 03:46 | Comments (0)
EUROBIKE, Germany -- Freecaster.tv, the World’s leading free source for high quality action sports videos and Apple Design Award winner, is proud to enter into a three year agreement with the UCI to feature LIVE, and on-demand, the MTB and...
Read More | Sep. 04 08, 13:21 | Comments (0)
RESULTS - MEN 1- Greg Minnaar 2:41.32 2- Nathan Rennie 2:46.02 3- Gee Atherton 2:47.00 4- Fabien Barel 2:47.64 5- Chris Kovarik 2:48.38 7- Steve Peat 2:48.78 11- Sam Hill 2:50.53 RESULTS - WOMEN 1 - Tracy Moseley 3:10.43...
Read More | Aug. 31 08, 00:41 | Comments (5)
CANBERRA, Australia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Qualifying are now over, rain is still coming down. Finals are set to go shortly. Overall points are getting closer by the minute! MEN 1. Greg Minnaar 2:47.64 2. Steve Peat 2:47.96 3. Nathan Rennie 2:49.48...
Read More | Aug. 30 08, 21:33 | Comments (3)
CANBERRA, Australia (transcendmagazine.com) -- In front of thousands of fans, Aussies swept the top steps of the podiums for 4x. It was cold, rainy and dark, but that didn't deter the throngs of Aussies who showed up to watch their...
Read More | Aug. 30 08, 14:29 | Comments (0)
CANBERRA, Australia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Thousands of fans have shown up for the main day of DH practice before the big show. Top 80 practice means timed runs, so here they are. As usual, not many riders did a non stop...
Read More | Aug. 30 08, 00:31 | Comments (0)
CANBERRA, Australia (transcendmagazine.com) -- The first reported casualty of the weeks is Matti Lehikoinen. Matti went down hard today and broke both wrists. If he has any luck at all this season, it's bad. Matti went down hard in a...
Read More | Aug. 29 08, 01:40 | Comments (0)
CANBERRA, Australia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Practice has begun on the second to last World Cup of the year. Due to the hefty travel time and cost involved in getting to Canberra, the field is rather small, only 82 riders, 44 of...
Read More | Aug. 29 08, 01:35 | Comments (0)
MONTREAL, Canada (transcendmagazine,com) -- Transcend Magazine is now accepting race resumes for the 2009 season. If you would like to be part of the team for next season, please fire an email to fraser@transcendmagazine.com that includes your resume inline. No...
Read More | Aug. 23 08, 22:40 | Comments (0)
WHISTLER, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sam Hill (AUS) of the Monster Energy Iron Horse team has taken home the win in the final Crankworx event for 2008. Hill stopped the clock at 3:09.6 and edged out Animal Commencal's Gee Atherton (UK)...
Read More | Aug. 18 08, 00:51 | Comments (0)
WHISTLER, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Greg Minnaar and Anneke Beerten took home the Crankworx Giant Giant slalom titles tonight. MInnaar went up againts Brian Lopes in the finals and Lopes won the first heat by about 1 knob on his tire....
Read More | Aug. 16 08, 00:10 | Comments (0)
WHISTLER, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Brian Lopes takes his third consecutive Air Downhill win here in Whistler. Brian had a few seconds on the competition on a track that everyone was struggling to go fast on. "It went pretty good, "...
Read More | Aug. 14 08, 13:57 | Comments (0)
WHISTLER, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sunday brought more rain and clouds, cold temperatures and the infamous Monster Garbanzo Downhill to Whistler Mountain. Over 14 minutes long, the Garbanzo DH has been known to reduce professional racers to mush. When it gets...
Read More | Aug. 11 08, 01:04 | Comments (0)
WHISTLER, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- JD Swanguen and Anneke Beerten took home the 2008 Crankworx Dual Slalom titles this evening. They competed in on and off rain in an event that took over 4 hours to run due to running Ams...
Read More | Aug. 10 08, 00:13 | Comments (0)
WHISTLER, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The Crankworx festival officially gets underway today with dual slalom racing action on a perfectly groomed course. Tomorrow is the infamous 15 minute Garbanzo downhill run where Monster Energy Iron Horse's Sam Hill will attempt to...
Read More | Aug. 09 08, 11:33 | Comments (0)
BROMONT, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Besides a small downpour during the women's finals, the rain held off and riders all raced under the same race conditions this week. Sam Hill proved once again that he is the master in the mud....
Read More | Aug. 03 08, 10:31 | Comments (1)
BROMONT, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The torrential rains and ear splitting thunderstorms let up around noon today and riders were able to finally get some runs in on the newest World Cup course this year. The track here is tight, muddy...
Read More | Jul. 31 08, 23:20 | Comments (0)
MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Mother nature decided to play nice and the predicted severe thundershowers never came as the worlds best took to the fabled downhill course here at Mont Ste Anne, Canada. Sun and wind baked dry...
Read More | Jul. 28 08, 17:16 | Comments (0)
MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The skies are blue, the track is drying and racing is about to get started here at MSA. Qualifiers just ended and Greg Minnaar is leading Sam Hill by a few tenths of a...
Read More | Jul. 26 08, 13:24 | Comments (0)
MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Race day has once again come to Mt Ste Anne. The sun is out, the course is slimey and everyone here wants to take home the gold. Dh Practice starts at 8:30 am, followed...
Read More | Jul. 26 08, 07:20 | Comments (0)
MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) The final practice day is over here in MSA and the course is starting to look worse for wear. Giant moto ruts have formed in the rain soaked track, and the mud is slick and...
Read More | Jul. 25 08, 18:08 | Comments (0)
MONT STE ANNE, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- The World Cup circus has returned to the longest running venue in downhill. Rough fast and rocky, this course is a man eater. The weather is supposed to be utter crap all week, rain,...
Read More | Jul. 23 08, 16:52 | Comments (0)
BALA, Wales (transcendmagazine.com) -- We just received word from Northern Wales that Rachel Atherton has been airlifted out of the British National Champs with a suspected broken femur. The World Champion crashed in practice in a tight berm into the...
Read More | Jul. 20 08, 15:51 | Comments (0)
GOLDEN, BC, (transcendmagazine.com) -- The tenth and final Psychosis downhill race took place Saturday afternoon in Golden, Bc. Some of the world's best racers threw themselves off the launch pad and into the longest singletrack DH race in the world....
Read More | Jul. 06 08, 10:28 | Comments (0)
BROMONT, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Just got word in from the Bromont World Cup Promoter, Richard Deslandes of Mondiale du Velo. Phil Saxena, the man in charge of building World Cup 4x courses, spent the week in Quebec under the blazing...
Read More | Jul. 04 08, 17:20 | Comments (0)
VAL DI SOLE, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- The last entry from the 2008 world championships is, fittingly, the event where the wrenches who work so hard all week get toblow off a little steam. For 7 years now SRAM has been...
Read More | Jun. 24 08, 12:43 | Comments (0)
VAL DI SOLE, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- They may have finally figured it out. It cost 10s of thousands of euros and was built months in advance, but the missing link to 4x racing has been solved. The course here in...
Read More | Jun. 22 08, 04:41 | Comments (0)
VAL DI SOLE, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sunny skies and hot temperatures greeted the worlds best downhillers as they took to the course early this afternoon for the 2008 UCI MTB World Championships. The course here in Val di Sole is...
Read More | Jun. 21 08, 18:58 | Comments (0)
VAL DI SOLE, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x qualifying took place this evening here in Val Di Sole, finals are tomorrow night. Jared Graves is on point, qualifying first. He was followed by Michael Deldycke and Maribor's surprise winner Alvarez de...
Read More | Jun. 20 08, 13:54 | Comments (0)
VAL DI SOLE, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- Blazing sun, the Italian Dolomites, a gnarly course and the world's best downhillers. What more could you ask for on a Thursday afternoon? The Atherton family had another banner day as both Gee and...
Read More | Jun. 19 08, 12:11 | Comments (0)
VAL DI SOLE, Italy (transcendmagazine.com) -- One day closer to judgement day. The sun came out and started to bake the heavily rutted track all day. When the women practiced this morning, it was a peanut buttery mess, but the...
Read More | Jun. 18 08, 16:36 | Comments (0)
VAL DI SOLE, (transcendmagazine.com) -- The first day of downhill practice on the 2008 World Championships course here in Val di Sole ended a few hours ago. The course is currently a slimey, sloppey slippery mess as it has rained...
Read More | Jun. 17 08, 09:29 | Comments (0)
Watch Sam Hill as he breaks in his new polished World's bike shreds some corners on a track he helped build here in Pila, Italy....
Read More | Jun. 14 08, 07:32 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- The 100th UCI world cup downhill event is in the history books, and South Africa's Greg Minnaar will go down as the winner. Minnaar lead a Santa Cruz Syndicate attack that saw all 3 team...
Read More | Jun. 08 08, 11:54 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Qualifying for th emen has just ended, nothing official yet. 6 reruns for the women after Rachel Atherton crashed hard up top and a red flag was waved. Women - Official 1. Tracey Moseley GBR...
Read More | Jun. 08 08, 08:41 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- The rain has finally come to Ft William. Riders awoke this morning to cold temperatures heavy cloud and drizzle. The Scotland we all know and love. Practice starts in 30 mins followed by qualifying and...
Read More | Jun. 08 08, 02:50 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Downhill run speeds went through the roof this morning. The pace picked up dramatically, and it looks and sounds like riders will be riding in these same loose, dry conditions tomorrow. There has been a...
Read More | Jun. 07 08, 06:45 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Jared Graves made his only World Cup appearance of the year here in fort william, and took home gold. " I have been riding BMX 6 days a week and training my ass off. I...
Read More | Jun. 06 08, 15:26 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- The second day of practice has just ended here in Ft Bill. After a shaky morning and rain all night, the sun is out, the track is dry and very very loose. A strange twist...
Read More | Jun. 06 08, 10:30 | Comments (0)
FORT WILLIAM, Scotland (transcendmagazine.com) -- First day's practice session is just about over. The rain has appeared, right on schedule and the midges are worse than I have ever seen here in the Fort. Everyone seems to be taking it...
Read More | Jun. 05 08, 10:30 | Comments (0)
VALLNORD, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- Gee and Rachel Atherton gave the animal commencal team their most impressive weekend in World Cup history. Rachel and Gee won the women and men's DH runs respectively, completing a sweep started by their brother Dan...
Read More | Jun. 01 08, 11:29 | Comments (0)
VALLNORD, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- Gee Atherton is currently in first place for the men in downhill qualifying. There is still a hundred or so riders to go. Rachel Atherton is sitting pretty with a 15 second gap over Sabrina Jonnier....
Read More | Jun. 01 08, 06:26 | Comments (0)
VALLNORD, Andora (transcendmagazine.com) -- Dan Atherton (Animal Commencal) took home his first career world cup win here in Andorra. Atherton edged out Brian Lopes (Ibis Oakley) and Guido Tschugg to take home the victory. For the women it was Anneke...
Read More | May. 31 08, 13:45 | Comments (0)
VALLNORD, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) - Sam Hill pulled over this morning mid run with a big smile on his face and had one thing to say "This course is amazing." The clouds pured in this morning and the skies opened up....
Read More | May. 31 08, 09:34 | Comments (0)
VALLNORD, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- Dh practice just ended here. The course is starting to bed in and rut up. There are some massive moto ruts on course now and riders are getting beaten up trying to stay in their lines....
Read More | May. 30 08, 09:20 | Comments (0)
VALLNORD, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- The sun is out for the first day of practice this morning at the second downhill world cup of the year. Photographers were scrambling to get out and grab as much of the sunshine as they...
Read More | May. 29 08, 06:18 | Comments (0)
VALLNORD, Andorra (transcendmagazine.com) -- It has been raining here for a week solid, including when we rolled into town last night. The skies cleared out this morning and the spectacular views have revealed themselves. The course will be a swamp...
Read More | May. 28 08, 04:54 | Comments (0)
VERNON, New Jersey (transcendmagazine.com) -- Canadian pinner Steve Smith (Cove Redbull) finally managed to stay on his bike for an entire run, and took home first place here at the US Open of Mountain Biking in Vernon, New Jersey. Smith...
Read More | May. 26 08, 00:12 | Comments (0)
VERNON, New Jersey (transcendmagazine.com) -- DH qualifying took place under sunny aqnd dry conditions here at Mountain Creek. World Champion Sam Hill took home the $1000 Bravo Condoms had up for grabs as top qualifier with a time of 2:39....
Read More | May. 24 08, 15:42 | Comments (0)
VERNON, New Jersey (transcendmagazine.com) -- Today was the first day of practice here at the 2008 Us Open of MTB at Mountain Creek, New Jersey. The course has changed slightly from years past to up the speeds and there is...
Read More | May. 23 08, 17:35 | Comments (0)
LISBON, Portugal (Kathy Sessler) -- The ninth annual Lisbon Downtown race was held today with racers taking to the infamous cobblestone stairways winding down the old city from the Castelo de Sao Jorge. As cats scrambled off the race rack...
Read More | May. 19 08, 11:47 | Comments (0)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Sam Hill (Aus) Monster-Iron Horse continued his domination of the UCI MTB World DH Cup by winning the first race of the 2008 downhill season by a margin of more than four seconds. Frenchman Julien Camellini...
Read More | May. 11 08, 12:32 | Comments (0)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- The sky is blue, temperatures are warm and the last downhill practice sessions kicks off here in Slovenia in about 3 minutes. 2 hours of practice, 3 hours of qualifying at 30 second intervals and then...
Read More | May. 11 08, 02:02 | Comments (0)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- The first race of the 2008 4x season was mroe of a rodeo than a bicycle race. Favorites were dropping like flies. Cedric Gracia managed to get himself out of more trouble than humanly possible. His...
Read More | May. 10 08, 18:03 | Comments (0)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Dan Atherton wins qualifying by over a second. Women's results shortly. Men 1. Dan Atherton 2. Kamil Tatarkovic 3. Romain Saladini Women 1. Anneke Beerten...
Read More | May. 09 08, 14:20 | Comments (1)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- The legendary Maribor downhill track is living up to it's reputation this week. It's hard packed, loose and faster than anyone can remember. Peaty and Vasquez are looking fast. Hill did one fast run and it...
Read More | May. 09 08, 12:54 | Comments (0)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Julien Camellini takes everyone on a tour of the Maribor Dh track....
Read More | May. 08 08, 18:21 | Comments (0)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Thing shave shifted into high gear here today in Slovenia. Most teams are now on site and trucks are getting set up. MS Intense has the craziest setup MTBing has ever seen, with a full stage,...
Read More | May. 08 08, 06:52 | Comments (3)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- Walking inspection here in Maribor is tomorrow morning (Thursday). Today was an off day with racers and teams showing up and setting up shop. Flights into Graz are full to overflowing with bikes, so it'll be...
Read More | May. 07 08, 12:08 | Comments (1)
MARIBOR, Slovenia (transcendmagazine.com) -- The weather here in Maribor is sunny and warm, and is expected to stay this week throughout the week. There is a small chance of rain every day in the late afternoon, as usual. The course...
Read More | May. 06 08, 10:47 | Comments (0)
VAL DI SOLE, Italy (Transcendmagazine.com) -- Sam Hill has got his 2008 season off to a roaring start by winning the first test event on the Italian World Championships track. Hill won by an astonishing 5.5 seconds against a field...
Read More | May. 04 08, 10:20 | Comments (0)
AE, Scotland (Animal-Commencal) -- Ae Forest in Scotland was the opening venue for this years National Points Series. Returning as reigning champions Rachel and Gee had it all to prove on the newly revised course. Practice was hampered by rain...
Read More | May. 01 08, 13:24 | Comments (0)
GRANTSVILLE, Utah (NMBS) -- Blue Wolf Events is pleased to announce Brian Head, Utah, as the replacement venue for the National Mountain Bike Series Finals Presented by Trek VW, on August 30 and September 1, after Tamarack Resort, Idaho, had...
Read More | Apr. 30 08, 15:31 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Melissa Buhl and Greg Minnaar are 2008 Sea Otter classic downhill winners. Dusty conditions had riders slipping and sliding their way through the Otter's fast corners as they made their way down the mile and a...
Read More | Apr. 20 08, 16:05 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Blue skies ,cool temperatures and gigantic traffic lineups once again greeted racers at Laguna Seca for the final day of the 2008 Sea Otter Classic. Pro Downhill is on tap for this morning, with practice kicking...
Read More | Apr. 20 08, 10:01 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Once again it's a cool cloudy morning here in Monterey. Dual Slalom practice starts in about an hour for the pros and amateur DH goes off all day. There is no pro DH at all today....
Read More | Apr. 19 08, 10:00 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Slalom took place under sunny skies and very cool temperatures today at the 2008 Sea Otter classic. The course was well groomed, super dusty but very fast. Apparently the blue lane was faster than the red...
Read More | Apr. 19 08, 05:53 | Comments (0)
MONTEREY, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Friday brought sunshine, cool temperatures and pro downhill practice to Otter. No rain this year means lots of dust. Clouds followed riders down the course. Large new jumps dot the top of the course with he...
Read More | Apr. 18 08, 22:00 | Comments (0)
LA GRAVE DE PEILLE, France (Subaru Mondraker) -- Fabien BAREL double world champion (2004, 2005) and vice world champion 2007, arrived at a crossroads in his career and decided to establish his own downhill team. Fabien wanted to have the...
Read More | Apr. 09 08, 20:00 | Comments (0)
FONTANA, California (transcendmagazine.com & Kathy Sessler) - Chris Kovarik (Chain Reaction) has won the first NMBS downhill race of the year in Fontana, California. No big surprise, as Kovarik has won every local winter series race held there this...
Read More | Mar. 30 08, 21:14 | Comments (0)
FONTANA, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Oh how the mighty have fallen. The NCS series was once the #2 series in the world, bordering on #1 for awhile. Now it is a joke among national series, without UCI points or a decent...
Read More | Mar. 30 08, 13:06 | Comments (0)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (UCI) -- Dirt School's Chris Ball appointed as Technical Delegate for 2008 Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Series Chris Ball, founding Director of Dirt School Ltd, Scotland's leading mountain bike coaching company, has recently been appointed as...
Read More | Mar. 29 08, 21:58 | Comments (0)
Whistler Blackcomb has made the strategic decision to transfer ownership of Gravity Logic, an internal business operation offering a variety of mountain bike design, development and educational services, to three of Gravity Logic’s original employees. Effective today, Tom Prochazka, Dave...
Read More | Mar. 28 08, 21:23 | Comments (0)
Martin Whiteley, who's been responsible for top level international teams such as the Global Team and Honda HRC, and was UCI Coordinator of the MTB discipline, will collaborate with the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) in the capacity as assistant manager,...
Read More | Mar. 28 08, 13:51 | Comments (0)
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa (23 Degrees) -- Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate), South Africa's most successful mountain bike racer ever, made a triumphant return to competition at the weekend after a long injury layoff to capture the National Downhill Title at...
Read More | Mar. 16 08, 15:35 | Comments (0)
AIGLE, Switzerland (transcendmagazine.com) -- Trade team information is now slowly trickling out of UCI headquarters in Switzerland. There are now 95 teams in total registered with the UCI, an increase of 43% over 2007. Leading the charge are downhill and...
Read More | Mar. 07 08, 00:43 | Comments (0)
WHISTLER, BC (Crankworx) -- Five years ago Kokanee Crankworx was created to showcase mountain biking’s incredible progression to a worldwide audience. True to its roots, Kokanee Crankworx 2008 will continue to push the envelope from August 9 -17, 2008 with...
Read More | Mar. 06 08, 20:01 | Comments (0)
SAINTE MAXIME, France (Chainreaction) -- Sainte Maxime, located nest to ST Tropez, was the opening round of the French South East regional championship. The turn out was good with many elite riders wanting to race their new bikes and prepare...
Read More | Mar. 03 08, 16:03 | Comments (0)
LAGUNA BEACH, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- 4x World Champion Brian Lopes rode his new 6" Ibis freeride bike to a win at the 20th annual Leaping Lizard downhill in Telonics, at Laguna Beach. For those who don't know, the Leaping LIzard...
Read More | Mar. 01 08, 23:16 | Comments (0)
LAGUNA BEACH, California (transcendmagazine.com) -- Confirmation has just come in that Brian Lopes, 4 times world 4x champion, has inked a deal with Ibis Cycles starting immediately. UPDATE: Official news is in! Over the fall and winter months the number...
Read More | Feb. 27 08, 11:33 | Comments (0)
I just received this in this morning. I received noticed the other day that Steve was in a coma, but had no idea it was this severe. I have known steve since about 1996, but only met in person a...
Read More | Feb. 26 08, 11:38 | Comments (0)
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Read More | Feb. 20 08, 15:07 | Comments (0)
VALPARAISO, Chile (transcendmagazine.com) -- Antonio Leiva (CHL - Santa Cruz) took first, while countryman Mauricio Acuna (Rocky Mountain) took second. For the women, 16 year old Kona Bikes rider Luana Oliveira of Brazil took home first and Diana Margraff of...
Read More | Feb. 17 08, 20:15 | Comments (0)
VALPARAISO, Chile (transcendmagazine.com) -- Practice starts here in Valpo in a few hours. Riders will be riding the course in short sections so that the police do not need to shit down half the city 2 days in a row....
Read More | Feb. 16 08, 11:03 | Comments (0)
GOLDEN, Colorado (transcendmagazine.com -- Sam Blenkinsop (Wanganui, NZ), one of the youngest riders to hit the World Cup circuit, is bringing fresh downhill talent from down under to the Yeti / Fox Shox Factory Team in a two-year signed deal....
Read More | Feb. 13 08, 16:45 | Comments (0)
VANCOUVER, Canada (transcendmagazine.com) -- Our heartfelt congratulations go out to Canadian National and overall downhill champion, Luke Kitzanuk of Giant Bikes. Kitzanuk married his long time girlfriend in a small ceremony in Tofino on Vancouver Island this weekend. Kitzanuk says...
Read More | Feb. 11 08, 12:35 | Comments (0)
WHISTLER, BC - In early January 2008, members of the International Mountain Bike Trade Teams, Technical Support and Race Organizers (IMTTO) crowned Kokanee Crankworx the highest rated freeride mountain bike event of the 2007 season and the 9th highest rated...
Read More | Jan. 30 08, 15:23 | Comments (0)
The Eurosport sattelite television network was known for its excellent mountain bike World Cup coverage back when professional riders were making a fortune off of contracts and mountain dew ads. They are considering bringing MTB back to the airwaves (along...
Read More | Jan. 20 08, 16:29 | Comments (0)
The Gravity East Series is returning for 2008 after a successful debut in 2007. The 2008 series will consist of eight races on some of the most challenging courses the East Coast has to offer. The series grows with...
Read More | Jan. 09 08, 13:40 | Comments (0)
SANTA BARBARA, Clifornia (transcendmagazine.com) -- An earlier report by Velonews has Duncan Riffle and Sanjay Shanbhag racing for the Toyota - United pro cycling team in 2008. Both downhillers will be doing low level road races for Toyota United simply...
Read More | Jan. 05 08, 12:35 | Comments (1)
DENVER, Colorado (transcendmagazine.com) -- Injured racer Tara Llanes was featured on Access Hollywood earlier this week from her room at the Craig Hospital for Spinal Injuries in Denver, Colorado. Since filming this segment, Tara has headed home to Colorado.The good...
Read More | Dec. 31 07, 01:38 | Comments (0)
HOLBROOK, New York (transcendmagazine.com) -- Iron Horse Bicycle Company announces today that they will be the official frame supplier of the Maxxis Tires Gravity Team for the 2008 race season. Maxxis team riders will use the dw-link equipped Iron Horse...
Read More | Dec. 21 07, 16:02 | Comments (0)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (transcendmagazine.com) -- USA Cycling has released it's 2008 gravity racing calendar. These are NOT the NMBS races, but independent races counting towards a points overall. They include 4 UCI points events (2 cat 1, 2 cat 2)...
Read More | Dec. 19 07, 13:05 | Comments (0)
UNITED KINGDOM (Chainreaction) -- The team will consist of long standing Intense rider Chris Kovarik (Australia), World Junior DH Champion - Ruaridh Cunningham (Scotland), Julien Camellini (France) and Matt Simmonds (England). We will be competing in all the major events...
Read More | Dec. 17 07, 17:33 | Comments (0)
The MS-Intense Factory-Racing team proudly announces the additon of Anneke Beerten (NED) to their roster. As the winner of the 2007 UCI 4X World Cup Anneke represents one of the top athletes in women's mountain bike racing. After former downhill...
Read More | Dec. 13 07, 17:39 | Comments (0)
FRANCE (transcendmagazine.com) -- Speculation surrounding the Subaru backed team to be led by Fabien Barel has been running amok for weeks. Barel finally sent out an email today announcing Mondraker bikes as the frame sponsor for the newly formed Subaru...
Read More | Dec. 10 07, 15:44 | Comments (0)
REUNION ISLAND, France (transcendmagazine.com) Nicolas Vouilloz stormed to another mega avalanche win this weekend in Reunion island, winning by a full minute. Hundreds of racers were registered and 11 nations were represented for the event. The Alien clocked in at...
Read More | Dec. 10 07, 12:15 | Comments (0)
CLEARWATER, Florida (transcendmagazine.com) -- The associated press has confirmed that the great stunt legend, Evil Knievel, has died at the age of 69. Knievel had been suffering from both Diabetes and Pulmonary Fibrosis, which had destroyed his lungs. See the...
Read More | Nov. 30 07, 17:48 | Comments (0)
GENEVA, Switzerland (transcendmagazine.com) - Multi time Downhill World Champion Anne Caroline Chausson announced today that she is leaving Commencal bikes and has signed a 2 year contract with Vario bikes . Chausson will be concentrating on BMX until the Beijing...
Read More | Nov. 27 07, 17:00 | Comments (0)
FRANCE (23 degrees) -- Today came the official announcement out of France that Team Lapierre DH Powered By Saab Salomon has engaged World Cup legend David Vazquez to be their lead rider for their brand new team. The 28 year...
Read More | Nov. 27 07, 13:45 | Comments (0)
HOLBROOK, New York (transcendmagazine.com) -- Word is now and, Sam Hill has a male teammate joining the team. Rumour has it there is more news to come about the team, but this much is now official. 19-year-old British downhill star...
Read More | Nov. 26 07, 12:30 | Comments (0)
SANTA CRUZ, California (Syndicate) - The Santa Cruz Syndicate is excited to welcome Greg Minnaar onto the Syndicate for the next two downhill racing seasons! We expect the addition of Minnaar to raise the bar even higher for the Syndicate...
Read More | Nov. 20 07, 15:40 | Comments (0)
Be sure to check out http://www.fso4.com/ for a super well produced 30 minute television episode from Maribor, Slovenia and the World Cup finals. Choose the Freesports channel > Scroll down for UCI WC Maribor....
Read More | Nov. 12 07, 13:28 | Comments (0)
SOUTH AFRICA (23 degrees) -- After a season plagued by constant shoulder dislocations and complicated further by a broken scapula at the World Championships in Scotland, Greg Minnaar went under the knife today to rectify his problematic left shoulder. Dr...
Read More | Nov. 05 07, 16:35 | Comments (0)
BEDFORD, Pennsylvania (transcendmagazine.com) -- Jeremiah Dean just dropped us a line to let us know that Mick Hannah will be leaving the Cannondale Cut team and is currently looking to sign with a new team for the 2008 season. The...
Read More | Oct. 25 07, 21:50 | Comments (0)
NICE, France (FabienBarel.com) Fabien Barel posted a fantastic piece to his blog about his foot injury and how he came back from it in just a few short weeks to capture a silver medal at worlds. See an excerpt below,...
Read More | Oct. 25 07, 12:58 | Comments (0)
NICE, France (transcendmagazine.com) -- Dirt magazine is reporting that Fabien Barel will be moving to a new Subaru Sponsored all french squad for the 2008 season. No word yet on what bikes the 2 time world champion will be riding,...
Read More | Oct. 17 07, 12:34 | Comments (0)
JAPAN (transcendmagazine.com) -- Information contained in a 23 Degrees press release has indirectly confirmed the rumours that have been floating around the industry for the last few weeks. Honda will not be backing a factory DH mountain bike team in...
Read More | Oct. 15 07, 11:41 | Comments
