House of Hacksaw

Matt Robison

Did some shooting and riding at the “House of Hacksaw” this weekend……………all I can saw is ……..BAD ASSSS!!! – Wil Smith

Check out the photos at WMSmithPhoto.com

Cierra Smith and the J-Man

USA Cycling unveils Mountain Bike National calendars for 2010

Colorado Springs, Colo.  – USA Cycling announced today the dates and venues for the 21 events that will comprise the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Calendars. In their fourth year, the three calendars will provide professional and elite-level athletes with top-quality racing opportunities across all disciplines of mountain biking: cross-country, gravity, and ultra-endurance.

Consisting of 10 events in six states, the cross country calendar will kick off with the U.S. Cup Fontana in Fontana, Calif. on March 27 and wrap up on September 6 with the Laddies Loppet Stage Race in Callaway, Minn.

The eight-event gravity calendar will span five states, featuring downhill, 4-cross, super D, and dual slalom competitions. The series begins April 10 with the Santa Ynez Valley Classic in Buelton, Calif. and concludes September 12 with the Whiteface 5^th Annual 5k Downhill in Wilmington, New York.

A five-race ultra-endurance calendar will give competitors the chance to duke it out in 12-hour, six-hour, 24-hour, and marathon events, starting with the 12-hours of Santos in Ocala, Fla. on Feb. 20 and ending with the USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships in Breckenridge, Colo. on the Fourth of July.

Visit the links below for a complete look at each of the three calendars:

USA Cycling Mountain Bike CROSS COUNTRY Calendar
USA Cycling Mountain Bike ULTRA-ENDURANCE Calendar
USA Cycling Mountain Bike GRAVITY Calendar

Each event on the three calendars will award ranking points to athletes. At the end of the season, overall titles will be awarded to each calendar’s top male, female, and team. Visit the Mountain Bike National Calendar page of USA Cycling’s website to learn more about the three calendars.

TR450s have arrived at Black Rock Bicycles

Lot’s of folks have been waiting to get a look at Transition Bikes new downhill machine.  The good news is that they’ve arrived at Black Rock Bicycles – but they’re almost sold out already.  BRB has only one medium frame left (maybe the only one left in country – Transition is sold thru too). So call Randy asap if you plan on getting one of these (775)972-3336

More TR450 photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyjoneslocker/

30 Seconds To Mars – Kings And Queens

More Mob info

More information coming on:

• Skeletal Metal
• Face Book

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Update 1/30/10: Registration form New_Mob_2010_Registration.pdf

Bike Ban in the Back-country

Letter Circulating in U.S. House Threatens to Ban Bikes in 3 Million Back-country Acres

IMBA is asking all mountain bikers to contact their U.S. Representatives and ask them to reject a request from U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (Chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands) to sign his “Dear Colleague” letter. The letter calls for the Forest Service to manage Recommended Wilderness like Wilderness, including a blanket ban on mountain biking.

2010 Downieville Classic Dates Set

DOWNIEVILLE CLASSIC MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE and FESTIVAL

July 9 – 11, 2010

After some mental hardship and several lengthy meetings with Downieville residents, local business owners, County Planners, wildlife biologists, hydrologists, Forest Service Rangers and Congressional Representatives (that’s right, the Feds are involved, because this race is damned important to our Country) the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship has secured a special-use permit to operate the Downieville Classic in both 2010 and 2011.

Henry O'Donnell at Downieville by Photo John on Flickr

In observance of this magnificent achievement, we would like to announce that Santa Cruz Bicycles is back as title sponsor of the event. Mike Ferrentino, Santa Cruz Bicycles marketing guru declares, “We are equal parts proud and honored to be returning to the Downieville Classic as title sponsor. Our relationship with this event goes all the way back to it’s roots, not long after we started out as a company. Our employees come to Downieville on vacation, or engineers come here to test bikes and ideas, and we consider this to be our “home” race.”  “The scope of this event – days of fun in the summer Sierras built around a truly demanding race for bikes and riders alike – is all-encompassing. It tests your climbing legs, your stamina, your handling skills, your tires, your suspension, your luck, and most likely your liver. There’s nothing else like it. And that’s a big part of the reason we keep coming back. Well, that, and they feed us real well…”

While we’re making announcements, we would also like to make known that registration for the Cross Country and All-Mountain races will open February 19th at 8:00pm. Right here, using www.active.com.

One more tidbit of information, and this is probably the most important to us organizers of the event, is that The Saddle Tramps have confirmed for Saturday July 10 at the Downieville Fire House.

Outerbike: Moab, Utah Sept. 30th-Oct. 3rd, 2010

2011 Mountain and Road Demo Bikes From The World’s Best Bike Manufacturers For You To Ride

You’ve heard of the Interbike Dirt Demo where industry folks have a chance to pound the latest  bikes and technology down the trails of Bootleg Canyon at Boulder City, Nevada. Now here’s an event for all riders to try out the latest bikes and gear on the world famous trails at Moab, Utah.

From Thursday through Sunday, there will be three different trailheads to give participants a chance to ride short and medium loops of all types. It will be an opportunity to ride your dream bike on a world famous trail. Plus there is great road riding in Moab, making it the perfect place to demo both road and mountain bikes.

The three trailheads are: The Bar M, the Sovereign Trail, and the Slickrock. Registration is $150, and participants will receive demos for four days, lunch at the trailheads, and discounted tickets to evening parties and films. Proceeds will go to IMBA and the Moab Trails Alliance. For more info:  http://outerbike.com/

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The New Mob: Bootleg Canyon Race

Bootleg Canyon * Boulder City, Nevada * February 13-14, 2010

Saw this on the Nevada MTBR.com forum.

THE NEW MOB! February 13-14, 2010 Bootleg Canyon, Boulder City, NV. Dual slalom, Super D, Downhill Hosted by Johnson Rockhard Presents…

Francine Johnson of Johnson Rockhard Presents

• She put on another race in October Decline Magazine article
• Johnson Rockhard Presents on MySpace
• http://www.johnsonrockhardpresents.com

Women Of Dirt Official Movie Trailer

New video starring Reno’s own Cierra Smith!

Awesome Land: Women of Dirt is a groundbreaking film by the filmmakers at Bones Over Metal that spotlights some of the most talented women on two wheels and the lifestyles they lead to allow them to ride. Awesome Land: Women Of Dirt celebrates the mountain bike while celebrating the women who love them. This is a beautiful and energetic film that opens a window into an awesome world. womenofdirt.com

Mark Weir’s Marin House Burns

Fire ravaged Mark Weir’s house two days after Christmas. The home was destroyed, but the Weir family escaped unharmed.

Randy’s new Intense Tracer

Wow the Tracer is about as close as it gets to “the one bike”. This bike works as an awesome trail bike – it’s responsive, it climbs well and the pedaling efficiency is astounding – but the Tracer really shines when you point it downhill. This bike can handle ’bout anything you find on a trail ride! It gives you the confidence of a dh bike in a lightweight, rideable package.  Black Rock Bikes built the Tracer with a Fox 36 Talas, Fox RP23 high volume shock, Intense Shimano XT build kit, XT wheelset, Joplin Adjustable Height Seatpost, Kenda Nevegal 2.35 tires running tubeless with Slime Pro, Garmin 705.

We rode the Forresthill Divide loop on Sunday and it was incredible – warm, clean air and a great tacky singletrack!

2010 Southridge Winter Series

We’ve had an awesome time at these events in past years. If you can make it down for some of these races it is well worth it! Donny Jackson and the crew at Southridge Racing put on some of the most well organized and fun mountain bike races anywhere.

Transition Factory Racing Program

To aid in this new direction Transition has hired Lars Sternberg as an athlete, and team director. Joining Lars on the squad is the world renowned duo of Jill Kintner, and Bryn Atkinson. In her first year racing professional Downhill, Jill will bring the fitness and bike handling skills that have made her an Olympic BMX Bronze Medalist and 4X World Champion to a whole new riding discipline. With many years experience racing at the Elite level, Bryn is a regular top ten finisher in World Cup rounds. Together they will embark on one of the most progressive schedules in 2010. While Bryn will be attacking the downhill World Cup circuit, Jill and Lars will be setting their sights on the North American race scene. In between World Cup rounds Bryn will be returning to join the team for key North American events

2010 Pro GRT coming to Northstar?

Bike Rumor says that they have the inside scoop on the 2010 Pro GRT schedule (which hasn’t been officially released):

• April 24-25 – Port Angeles, WA
• May 22-23 – Plattekill Mountain, Roxbury, NY
• June 26-27 – Northstar-at-Tahoe, Truckee, CA
• July 3-4  TBD – (TENTATIVELY Deer Valley Resort, Park City, UT)
• July 31 – Aug 1 – Winter Park Resort, Winter Park, CO
• Sept 11-12 – Whiteface Resort, Lake Placid, NY

Pro GRT Logo Contest!