The great frame debate
This is another hot topic that is keenly discussed by cyclists around the crit track, on training rides, on he forums and at coffee shops. My intention is to try and inform you of the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Let’s start with carbon
Most frames available today are …Â Details
The Burner 12-Hour Downhill claims to end your 2009 season in style. It’s 12 hours of all you can handle downhill on the gnarly terrain at Angel Fire Resort. You’ll race all day and into the night on three tracks. This extreme downhill mountain bike challenge is geared to sport-, expert- and pro-class mountain bike riders. The race starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, and finishes at 9 p.m. that night. The winners of the challenge are determined by total number of laps in the 12-hour period.
Three of Angel Fire’s top bike park DH trails will be utilized simultaneously for the event. It begins with a mass start …Â Details
On Oct. 10-11, Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort will host the third annual “Race for Tara.”
The downhill benefit race will raise funds for the Tara Llanes Road to Recovery Fund and the Christopher Reeve Foundation to find a cure for spinal cord injury. In September 2007, Llanes, a professional mountain bike competitor, was left paralyzed from the waist down as a result of injuries she suffered in a crash.
The Race for Tara series was started by friends to help out with the former biker’s medical expenses and to support efforts of the Christopher Reeve Foundation as it searches for a cure for spinal cord injury.
The weekend race features…Â Details
