2009 is gone but the winter chill is still here, So, Jeremie decided to put the new HD video camera to the test and filmed a little intro to put with some unused riding clips that he had
A wild-eyed daredevil all his life, professional mountain biker Mark Weir had to be yanked away from a death-defying challenge on Dec. 27.Â
His house was burning down.
“At first I’m thinking, ‘I can control this. I’ve seen fires before,'” said Weir, 36. “I’m standing there with a garden hose, but the fire is totally refusing the water.”
The Novato home in which he grew up contained all his mountain biking medals and trophies from his storied 17-year career. Weir is one of the sport’s icons, known not only for his seven championships at the famed Downieville Classic in the Sierra (17 miles, 5,000 feet of elevation drop, less than 45 minutes) but also for pioneering various cycling equipment as cross country racing and downhilling merged into an all-mountain sport unto its own … Details & Pictures
We spent some time riding with Doug Connolly and had to put together a video. Doug has some nice moves and just about any trick he can do he can do from a bunny hop
Lance Armstrong says he’s much better prepared and fitter for the Tour Down Under than he was a year ago in his comeback race after more than three years away from cycling.
Asked about his mindset for the Adelaide race, which runs from Jan. 17-24, seven-time Tour de France winner Armstrong told Australian Associated Press from Hawaii: “Totally different, because last year it had been 3 1/2 years since I had raced.
“I don’t even know what my mindset was—(it) was: ‘I’m just going to get back into the thing, I don’t know what the sport is like these days, I don’t know what the tempo is like these days.â€â€™
