The United States collected six medals over the weekend at the 2011 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships in Bogota, Colombia, with the highlight coming from Jacqueline Harmony (Sedona, Ariz.) who descended to a continental title in the elite women’s downhill contest. Â
Harmony proved to be a strong contender when she seeded first in front of the two Brazilian favorites. But then in the final, she really put her stamp on the course when she took the win by a whopping eight seconds. Defending champ Katie Holden (Scotts Valley, Calif.) ended the contest in  … Details
Word is spreading over the internet that Big Dog Motorcycles is closing its doors. Blogger Cyril Huze is the first to report the company has been calling dealers to inform them that Big Dog Motorcycles is going under. The Wichita Eagle, located in the same city as Big Dog’s manufacturing plant and headquarters, didn’t run the same story but did report that BDM cut another 10 production workers and is down to 22 employees. In the Wichita Eagle story, it states that company president Mike Simmons is deferring questions about the company’s status to Big Dog owner Sheldon Coleman, who couldn’t be reached at the time the article was published … More
The 5B crew travels south to Colombia, Chile and Peru to avoid NYC’s harsh winter.