Welcome to 4X, the no-holds-barred bike racing that’s like BMX only bigger, meaner and gnarlier
Cycling etiquette, from the correct way to pass a lorry to the proper behaviour on a towpath, is perhaps the most revisited theme on this Bike Blog. It’s certainly the one guaranteed to provoke the feistiest comments.
So I’m going out on a limb here and suggest that not all of us want to be polite and proper all the time when we ride our bikes. Sometimes we just want to put the power down and charge, using any means at our disposal to get past the rider in front and beat them to the line, and if that involves elbows or cutting them up, so be it. Obviously not a great idea during the morning commute, but the good news is that there is a two-wheeled sport that not only allows such behaviour but positively encourages it:4X mountain bike racing…Â Details
Video Cycling Mt. Bike – Mountain Bikers Steal the Show with McCovey – After loading 1800 cubic yards of dirt onto a 290-foot barge, Red Bull’s mountain biking squad stole the show last weekend at AT&T Park as they performed huge stunts in McCovey Cove.
When the sun broke over the Rocky Mountains this morning, Travis, along with his friends Special Greg and Eric Roner, set out to conquer the “Great Divide Trail.” The 2,493 mile trail begins in Montana and continues South along the Rockies before ending in New Mexico. Pastrana will ditch the familiarity of his motorized vehicles for a full-suspension mountain bike supplied by Giant Bicycles…Â Details
Heath and Harvey take inaugural Pro GRT crowns after Mulally and Bourque win at Whiteface
Sixteen year-old Neko Mulally (Reading, Pa./STA) and 44-year-old Dawn Bourque (Campton, N.H./Rhino Bike Works) won the final race on the 2009 USA Cycling Pro Gravity Tour, the Whiteface 5K Downhill. Mulally outrode dozens of the region’s best downhillers to post the day’s best time at 7:48.15, while Bourque put up the best women’s time at 9:41.29. With his win, the young Mulally moved into sixth place in the final Pro GRT standings as Bourque propelled herself into fourth overall. Click here for complete results from the Pro GRT’s fifth and final race of 2009 set in Wilmington, N.Y. … Details