Ritchey have unveiled a “new generation” of mountain bike wheels, including a top-end carbon set. The hoops are the result of two years of development and race testing with the Scott-Swisspower team.
SuperLogic Mountain Disc
Topping the range are the hand-built Superlogic Mountain Disc clinchers. These boast 25mm-wide monocoque rims made of unidirectional high-modulus carbon fibre.
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Hurry up summer season! We’ve just been reading about the all-new bike park which will be opening in Val Thorens this summer and it got us so excited we had to put fingers-to-keyboard straight away to tell you about it.
The park, which is open to all, is over three kilometres long and boasts four different zones, with a total of 25 modules of varying levels, for your biking pleasure. All accessible via the Cairns bubble lift, the park will surely be a fave place to hang out for the two wheelers this summer season.
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An injury on a mountain bike sets in motion a local entrepreneur’s business concept
When Adam Stephens flew over a 12-foot ledge on his mountain bike two years ago, he had no idea the resulting injury would spin off a business.
Stephens, an avid cyclist, broke the front end of his mountain bike and compressed two disks in his lower back, which made traditional cycling too painful for him. Stephens used his injury as a catalyst to create a prototype for an off-road, recumbent tricycle that could tackle the terrain he loved while taking the pressure off his spine. “The original trikes just didn’t fit me,†he said… DetailsÂ