A Gamut P30 arrived in the post today thanks to the lovely chaps at Madison.
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First impressions are good with a solid feel, quality finish and simple fitting. This P30 is a dual ring chain device and one that’ll be fitted to the Cotic Bfe when it arrives in the new year. Brief first look in Wideopen Issue 11, out before Christmas.
RRP £114.99
www.madison.co.uk
James
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They have quite an agressive tread pattern and so far I’ve been impressed though I’ve yet to hit the trails since they had a good soaking last week. These 2.2″ folding versions have a price tag of £21.95, but they’re also available in 2.4″ and wire and UST incarnations.
Next is the new 2010 Giro Remedy in “Black/Yellow Shards”, I’d say it was more Black/Yellow/Green/Purple/White Shards/Check/Splatter but I guess that didn’t fit in the catalogue.
Much better looking in real life than it’s web photo, the Remedy comes in at £99.99 which is £75 cheaper than it’s lighter brother the Remedy CF(carbon fibre).
Finally I’ve just finished building this little beauty.
The MKII Dialled Bikes Alpine is going to be with us on long term test and will be popping up in the mag from time to time, while hopefully making its race debute at the Alpine Bikes Innerleithen Winter Series. The eagle eye’d might notice a few subtle tweaks to the frames design but all will be made clear in the next issue.
This 16″ frame weighed 5.7lbs and tips the scales at 32.6lbs as seen here (lacking front brake). RRP £380 including delivery from dialledbikes.com
Before I go this also fell through the letterbox this morning….
Needless to say a lot of people are getting excited about the upcoming premiers and its impending release.
Cardiff: Saturday 14 November – Ten Feet Tall, Cardiff
Edinburgh: Thursday 19 November – The Bongo Club, Edinburgh
Steve Larking, Wideopen Team Rider.
Steve is one of Wideopenmag’s team riders – he races the SDA’s up in Scotland on his Dialled hardtail and helps the team fill the mag with great content. The Wideopen team are generously supported by the following awesome companies:
Ah the wonders of Facebook. Chris Robert’s status is shouting that the Glencoe ski resort up in Scotland could soon become a dedicated mtb facility. A bit of Googling and it looks like its true. Plans are afoot to save Glencoe by increasing MTB facilities with new runs and bike hire. They’re also looking at keeping skiing going with a snow-machine.
Good news all round and looks like it’s planned to go live in 2010. Check out the Scotsman’s article here.
Rowan Sorrell and Aaron Bartlett in association with WideOpenmag.co.uk present the second annual Welshside end of season bash and eagerly awaited sequel Foot Out Flat Out 2 – Fast and Loose World Premiere at Ten Feet Tall, Cardiff on Saturday 14th November.
Doors open at 8pm (first come, first served as the venue is limited to 200) with just enough time to meet some of the stars of the film and grab a drink before the film starts at 8:30. After that you can get loose at the club or even spend the night elsewhere at one of the many venues in the lively city of Cardiff.
After the success of last year’s Welshside end of season Bash, we followed the ‘if it ain’t broke’ philosophy; same great venue, same crack, hope to see you all there!
Foot Out Flat Out 2 – Fast and Loose Trailer 2009 from Aaron Bartlett on Vimeo.
‘After a packed season of epic World Cup and World Championship racing, film maker’s Aaron Bartlett and Paul Roberts in partnership with VAS Entertainment and supported by MTBCut Productions and Wideopenmag.co.uk bring you: Foot Out Flat Out 2 – Fast and Loose.
Foot Out Flat Out 2 – Fast and Loose is the much awaited sequel featuring the UCI World Cup and World Championships and taking a closer look at the highest level of Downhill mountain bike racing. FOFO2 takes a front row seat and documents the action as Britain’s fastest racers like Steve Peat, Gee Atherton, Brendan Fairclough and Marc Beaumont go head to head with the rest of the World’s top athletes including Greg Minnaar, Sam Hill, Sam Blenkinsop and newboy American, Aaron Gwin.
See the 2009 World Cup season unfold with insight from the leading figures in Downhill racing and cry/shout/scream at the TV/use it as an excuse for a party as FOFO2 depicts the emotional scenes at the World Championships in Canberra.
Filmed in 3 different continents with some awesome rider sections (including Brendan Fairclough riding Downhill and MotoX, Junior World Cup series winner Danny Hart and top UK rider Marc Beaumont as well as many others) filmed in the UK and abroad, Foot Out Flat Out 2 – Fast and Loose charts the World Cup season like never before.
Available on DVD from November 23rd 2009; in the meantime check out the trailer and visit footoutflatout.co.uk as well as vasentertainment.com for more details!’
You can also buy Foot out Flat out 2 RIGHT HERE at Wideopen Mag. Stay tuned and we’ll get the shop up and running…
Following up on the success of their ‘Unclipped’ event, Borderline events are back with ‘Descent-Gear Clipped In’.
It’s going down 2/3/4th April at Moelfre with 2 full days of practice and racing on Sunday. Saturday night will also feature a film night and bonfire.
Entries open 1st December here.
First report in from Jon aboard the Longterm test bike – the new Ragley Blue Pig, built up with a selection of tasty Nuke Proof parts courtesy of the lads at Hotlines…
A nice new build to suit my need for a slightly longer roomier hartail without loosing the fun factor of my Orange SubZero comprising:
16″ Ragley Blue Pig in Skwosh £259.99 www.ragleybikes.com
Billed as a Revolutionary Steel long travel hardtail, featuring a very distinctive 3 finger chainstay allowing massive tyre clearance whilst providing enough space to run a 36 tooth mid ring with no issues.
Bridgeless seat stays and chain stay mounted IS disc brake give a very clean looking idividual rear end. A key feature of the frame are the bolt on cable guides providing flexibility in cable routing choices.
My initial impressions of the frame were ‘WOW’ an amazing looking paint job with custom placeable sticker set.
During the build the bolt on cable guides fought all the way but the benefits in looks and flexibility outwayed the dificulties.
The paint job, however didn’t please during the build, a coating of paint around the top of the seat tube and along the clamp slot required removing before the seatube could be fitted.
The paint reared its increasing ugly head whilst trying to fit the rear wheel, I have ended up removing the paint from the non-drive side dropout to allow ease of wheel fitting.
Once the build was complete the Ragley had impressed me no end with a great ride and resonsive handling it climbs easily and descends with a smoothness that it’s length can be thanked for, but showing it a rocky rugged track shows it is no bland ride it was flickable, chuckable and most of all fast!
Here’s to a winter of muddy, rocky and fast trails around the Peaks, Wales and Scotland to fully test the Pigs gravity desceding and brutal ascending attitude.
Nukeproof: Warhead 27.2 x 400mm seatpost £44.99, Warhead 50mm 31.8mm stem £59.99, Warhead SL 1 1/8″ headset £39.99, Warhead 760mm 20mm rise Bar £44.99. www.nukeproof.com
What can be said for initial impressions of cockpit parts and seat posts? well with the Nukeproof kit a quality finish and attention to detail springs to mind.
The surfaces and fit were flawless with great quality graphics. The Headset is smooth and compact and time will tell its durability. Lets see how things run and how they cope with a winter of grit and mud!
Nukeproof Neutron Cromo Axle Pedal £69.99 www.nukeproof.com
After many pedals requiring adaption after first ride (get the grub screw box out) I was pleasently surprised to feel comfortable straight off with the Neutron pedals. They are noticeably thin whilst still featuring a deep concave design. From the specs the seals, bushes and bearings indicate a good lifespan should be expected and the finish still looks as good as new even after a few gritty rides and a couple of comedy crashes.
Nukeproof Generator all mountain wheelset £299.99 www.nukeproof.com
Featuring: Nuke Proof Generator hub set and SunRingle MTX 29 rims. New in built up but not yet ridden, can’t wait as they look and appear the part.
The sticking Glass yellow hubs are a bold statement wihich actually go well with the Orange of the Blue Pig, It’s nice to have an individual looking hub which isn’t an anodised show piece.
The build of the rims appears spot on with good spoke tension and no obvious abnoralalities. Sealed bearing front and back should see a long life with minimal maintenance which works well for me and my favourite mud and grit.
A few rides over the next week will give me an initial opinion as to there performance.
Overall the build has gone well with minimal problems and a continued long term test will let the bike prove itself, here’s to seeing you on the trails as you can’t miss me on the orange and yellow beast!
Jon will give us a more in detail look in Issue 11 (out Christmas), with a wrap up article in Issue 12 out in 2010.
Possibly not the most exciting bit of news to hit the internet but you can now keep track of the British DH Champs on Twitter. British DH Champs is of course the new name for the NPSDH.
Follow them at twitter.com/britishdownhill
You can also follow wideopenmag at twitter.com/wideopenmag
Andy Yoong’s Irish DH film ‘Break the Cycle’ is finaly ready and on sale.
A copy landed on my lap (literally ‘cos I was lying in hospital!) and after a quick first watch I’m really considering a trip to the Emerald Isle! Great footage, great riding and a really fresh documentary style. Definitely worthy of a place in your DVD collection.
Here’s the trailer:
Break the Cycle Trailer – NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD! from Andy Yoong on Vimeo.
The DVD focuses on 9 of Ireland’s best DH riders – giving an insight into their riding, their lifestyles and what makes ‘em tick. Rather than a straight up riding DVD it’s a bit of a documentary with plenty of interviews and a real focus on the riders personalities. Alongside shooting them on the trails, Andy visits them at home or at work and gives you a really good idea of who they are and what they’re like. Don’t be put off though, the interviews are pretty snappy and the documentary stuff doesn’t eat into the action.
Here’s a sneak section from the DVD:
Colin Ross rides Cave hill (short version) from Andy Yoong on Vimeo.
The riding footage is all shot in gorgeous quality high-def and looks amazing throughout. There’s no big tricks or wild freeride action – just crystal clear shots of Ireland’s best tearing up their local trails. You won’t see any back flips but it works well and it made me REALLY want to go riding! One aspect that stands out is just how technically spot-on the footage is -Andy mixes in some dolly (camera on wheels) footage, wire work and makes good use of slow-mo to get some fresh angles and make everything look really great on screen.
That’s all for now. You can read a full write-up in Wideopen issue 11… Pretty pleased with this one!
Check out the Break the Cycle website here.
Last but not least, here’s the official blurb:
Break the Cycle is a documentary about Downhill Mountain Biking in Ireland.
Most of the best downhill riders lives revolve around their bikes – their friends, their family, even their jobs. Break the Cycle aims to get an insight into the lives of those top Irish mountain bike riders, to show their individuality. Shooting them at the places they ride, train, work and live while showing off the amazing landscapes on the Island of Ireland. It’s looks into how these riders have used their bikes to ‘break the cycle’ of everyday life.
Break the Cycle film includes profiles from nine of the best Irish Downhill Mountain Bike riders. They each have their own unique lives, and different views, but they all have one thing in common – their love for bikes.
From the full time pros, to the medical graduates, air conditioning engineers, apprentice joiners, and personal fitness instructors, their passion for downhill mountain biking has united them all.
Riders include current Irish Downhill Champion Ben Reid, Redbull Rampage and Masters World Champion podium rider Glyn O’Brien, Women’s Masters World Championships silver medalist Meave Baxter, former Irish Champion Colin Ross, Irish team members Dan and Gerard Wolfe, 021 Racing riders Tom Power and Greg O’Keefe, and up and coming riders Jamie McCullough, and Ewan Doherty.
Break the cycle is not only a place for the best mountain bike talent in Ireland, the film also showcases some of the best bands from here (and beyond) too.
http://www.breakthecyclefilm.com/
Silverfish UK Release 2010 THE ‘ONE’ Full Face Helmets
THE Industries are one of the worlds leading manufactures of cycle products, armour and helmets, as such they produced some of the most popular full face designs of 2009. These designs could be seen topping countless MTB and BMX podiums the world over cementing them as the full face of choice for both amateur and professional competitors alike.
The New Year is just around the corner and many riders and racers are already planning 2010 wanting to look their best whether it is on the start line of a race or at their local woods. With this in mind Silverfish UK is pleased to announce the arrival of the 2010 THE range of ‘ONE’ helmet designs which all offer,
Carbon SRP £249.00
Composite SRP £149.00
You can view the full range of 2010 helmets now at www.Silverfish-uk.com and pre-order at your local THE dealer now for delivery in November.
www.silverfish-uk.com
info@silverfish-uk.com
01752 843882
Bristol’s legendary trails spot at Still Woods was unexpectedly closed this week and all of its features have now been flattened. The good news is that that a ‘Save Still Woods’ group is in place and they’re getting some really positive stuff from Still’s land owners.
Do you want to help save Still? Join the facebook here and keep ‘em peeled on the website here.
