A head-cam of Switzerland’s national downhill mountain bike course in Les Crosets
The bicycle at a Kentucky yard sale had two flat tires, broken pedals and carried a $5 price tag. That didn’t stop Greg Estes from buying the bike in hopes of flipping it for a small profit. He should get his wish, to the tune of a few thousand dollars.
It turns out the broken-down bicycle was originally owned by Floyd Landis, who rode it in a race in 2007. The bike was built especially for Landis, complete with …Â Details
Colorado Springs, Colo. (August 11, 2010) — USA Cycling announced today the 53 athletes nominated to represent the United States at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, September 1-5.
Seven men and seven women will wear the red, white and blue while competing for world titles in the elite cross country races.
As the reigning national champion, and winner of the 2010 USA Cycling Pro XCT, Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized) earned the only automatic nomination to the elite men’s cross country squad. He’ll be joined on the course by discretionary nominees Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek), Adam Craig (Bend, Ore./Giant), Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Subaru-Trek), Michael Broderick (Chilmark, Mass./Kenda-Seven-NoTubes), Carl Decker (Bend, Ore./Giant), and Spencer Paxson (Seattle, Wash./Team S&M Young Guns)   … Details
So the deal then, Hardtail is not a proper race class here in the UK, officially we dont exist, there is no BC/UCI Hardtail race class, therefore we are unlicensed , mostly unsponsored ,  unprofessional racers. After feeling shut out we got into the 07 National champs at Rheola and it’s gone on from there. No frills bikes, some riders that are proper animals, maybe some beer and a chance to sort out an Unofficial ranking. Maybe some prizes, maybe not, but a get together to rip down some hill, have a laugh and work out who is the biggest animal on a bike.
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
As things stand the Hardtail class is run as  … Details