MSC Bikes continues improving its components and this time they have made things even better with a new ultralight flat pedal. “Superflat” model has been modified being lighter. This way, they have disassociated themselves from any concurrence with an excellent pedal with regard to size, weight and quality. It has been designed to offer the best grip combining a U shape. The new pedal offers a huge surface to find the pedal quickly but being super thin and flat to avoid impacts on the ground, rocks, roots, etc. Their pins are a bit longer to offer more grip, using ALU7075 T6 in anodized red, easy to replace. MSC Bikes offers spare pins and axles as well. This super light weight has been gained thanks to a titanium axle, a magnesium body and CNC machined to refine a perfect finish, also reducing material in areas where the pedal suffers less. This way we achieve an unbeatable weight in its class of 268 grams! The pedal has been designed to race in any kind of competition. It has been used and tested by Mickael Pascal, the official MSC Bikes factory rider in the W.C. downhill series. This ultralight pedal has a retail price of 176.40 Euros.

MSC Bikes also offers the same pedal profile with Magnesium body and a chrome axle worked as well on CNC with a weight of 341 grams and a retail price of 108.00 Euros. There is another set of pedals offered with the same characteristics with Aluminium body and a chrome axle of 410 grams and a retail price of 96.00 Euros.

Versions:

MSC Ultralight pedal Magnesium/Titanium 268gr 176.40 €
MSC Ultralight pedal Magnesium/Chrome 341gr 108.00 €
MSC Ultralight pedal Aluminium/Chrome 410gr 96.00 €

MSC webby here.

The Orange Five Diva comes in at £2549.99 with a full bike build including Fox RP23 rear shock, Fox 32 Float forks and Hope Pro 2 wheels with Hope Tech 2 brakes and a mix of Shimano and RaceFace running gear.

The paint finish on this bike is something pretty special too – a black/purple colour with glitter all over it, whilst we’re not sure whether this is available on customer frames yet, its very cool to look at!

See the next issue for the full review and more photos. For more details check out www.orangebikes.co.uk – any questions feel free to pop them in the comments below.

Our mate Scott Cartwright from Eggraphy.com has just put together a huge gallery of his photos from 2009.

It features tonnes of awesome shots from the UK and the rest of the world. Pop some music on, hit full screen and let it roll.  Why not also check out our interview with Scott?

Click here for the gallery or here for Scott’s interview:

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Click the mag to launch full screen and click the pages to zoom in or out.

Check out the following feature on Chain Reaction Cycles on BBC News..

Blackamoor from joe Bowman on Vimeo.

A one-stop shop for race results has been a long time coming… But your man Seb Frost just went and put it online.

Rootsandrain.co.uk is an awesome new site that has a big database of rider results, showing where you’ve raced, what times you got and who kicked your ass. There’s also an online race calendar and a race photo section on the way. Awesome stuff!

No hiding from those crappy results – clickety click!

STOP PRESS:
BRITISH DOWNHILL SERIES 2010 – AGE CATEGORIES!
Entries go live on February 1st for the British Downhill Series in 2010 and not long to go now.

To make sure you guys and girls are prepared I have knocked the following up so you can enter yourselves into the right age category.

For those of you that are not sure what gender you are, you will have to ask your Mom or Dad on that one..

Juvenile
From 12th birthday to 31st December year of 14th birthday.

Youth
From 1st January year of 15th birthday to 31st December year of 16th birthday.

Junior
From 1st January year of 17th birthday to 31st December year of 18th birthday.

Senior
From 1st January year of 19th birthday to 31st December year of 29th birthday.

Master
From 1st January year of 30th birthday to 31st December year of 39th birthday.

Veteran
From 1st January year of 40th birthday onwards..

Women
All women of any age to race in this one category.

Elite Women
Based on previous results and not on age.

Elite Men
Based on previous results and not on age.

A few examples:
It’s 2010 and my 30th birthday is on December 31st this year (almost 12 months away). I’m currently 29 for the whole of this year, which category do I race in?
Answer – MASTERS.

I’m 14 now and in March i’ll be 15, what category do I enter in?
Answer – YOUTH

It’s by birthday today! I’m 14 today, what category do I enter?
Answer – JUVENILE

Entries will be £67.00.
You can enter online (there is a booking fee) and pay electronically.
There is also the option to pay by cheque as well.

BDS Descent-Gear Special:
Freelap Watches instock £149.99 with free next day delivery.

http://www.descent-gear.com/index.php?sec=prod∏=1367

For further information on the BDS please contact Si Paton
Call Between 10:00 – 20:00
Office 0121 422 1032
Mobile 07968 229 359
si@descent-gear.com

Super quick update from the Caersws Cup team.

Entries are now live for the 2010 and prices have been frozen at £55 with free camping and pit areas.

More info at caerswscup.co.uk

WIN a copy of BREAK THE CYCLE

This one’s real easy – if you want to bag yourself a copy of the awesome Break the Cycle DVD just answer this simple question….

Break the Cycle looks at which mountain bike scene?

1) Irish
2) Welsh
3) Polish
4) Your Mum’s

I can’t make the webform work so email your answers using the contact form here. We’ll probably close this one at the end of January so keep sending your answers in!

If you missed our interview with the Break the Cycle team you can read it right here (click the image to launch the mag then click the page to zoom in or out):

You can find out more about BTC at breakthecyclefilm.com