PEDAL-DRIVEN Movie in Reno

“PEDAL-DRIVEN: A BIKE-UMENTARY”

Who: TAMBA – Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association, Poedunks – Reno area IMBA trail building

What: PEDAL-DRIVEN Movie Screening

When: Thursday, March 22, 2012 starting at 6pm

Where: CommRow, 255 N. Virginia St, Reno, NV

Cost: $10 at the door

dhReno Team Meeting

Saturday March 3rd, 2012 * Reno, Nevada

dhReno had the first team meeting last Saturday at Pizza Plus.  We talked about the upcoming racing season as well as training rides and equipment.  Once again Black Rock Bicycles  is our main sponsor for the 2012 season. Thank You Randy!

Kevin Joell of TAMBA was also at the meeting and gave us an informative update on what is going on with Tahoe mountain biking.

Big thank you to team manager Matt Robison for organizing the event.

George Theobald from KHS Bicycles showed off their latest downhill race rig the DH-300, which everyone agrees looks like a bitch’n bike at an awesome price point (Black Rock Bikes is the local KHS dealer

2012 is shaping up to be a great year!

Intense Carbine Ride Review

The Carbine (with Transition Bandit for scale)

I got the chance to take the brand new Intense Carbine bike for a few laps on the trails at Deer Valley Resort during Bike Dealer Camp and I was blown away!

First, a little bit about the Intense Carbine:

 MEET THE CARBINE – Carbon Fiber With an American Attitude

Intense Cycles introduces its new carbon fiber mountain bike, the Carbine.

State of the art engineering and technology, along with the vision and design of Jeff Steber, has culminated in the production of our most alluring and inspired mountain bike design to date. “We combined the best of the best” says Steber, “American design with German engineering.”

Intense employed the services of German firm, SEED Engineering to match its vision with their expertise in carbon-fiber product development and engineering.

The brains behind SEED come from years of experience in carbon fiber manufacturing. “We use all the great technology there is, but especially keep a focus on providing the best product”, says SEED engineer, Thomas Harter.

The outcome is remarkable: a do-it-all trail bike with a dual personality. “We took the original DNA of the famous Tracer VP and re-designed and improved it using carbon fiber construction”, says Steber.

The Carbine is proving to be Intense’s best all-around trail bike. The combination of the properties of carbon fiber and the magic of patented VPP suspension makes the new Carbine a segment leader.

Click the photo for more detail images

Carbine Specs:

• Colors: Naked Carbon (which looks kick ass), Shiny Red (which looks kick ass)
• 5.5 to 6 inch All Mountain
• tapered (1-1/8 to 1-1/2in) head tube
• direct-mount front derailleur
• BB92 bottom bracket and Intense’s G1 replaceable dropouts
• Dropper post cable routing
• rigid rubbery “FLK-GRD” protectors on the DT and CS
• 68° head angle, 73° seat angle and 13.25in BB with a 150mm-travel fork
• 67° head angle, 72° seat angle and 13.5in BB with a 160mm fork
• 16.75in Chainstay
• 5.5 lb (medium frame)
• Prife: $2,579
• Source: Bike Radar

Ride:

The bike I rode had the BIG Fox 36 fork and WIDE bars and burly tires. So i wore my pads… It wasn’t light, but it wasn’t heavy. It was pretty reasonable weight wise for how it was set up. They set up the sag for me and the thing felt like a cadillac pedaling up to the lift. SO PLUSH, yet the suspension hooks up when you mash the pedals down. It was a trip. Even climbing out of the saddle, it felt like a hard tail (with low air pressure in the tires).

Joe testing the Intense Carbine at Deer Valley

On the descents it was hard to manage the irrational exuberance the thing induces. It feels like a light XC bike, yet soaks up the terrain. I rode a Black Diamond trail with tight switchbacks with root drops. The front end, with the Fox 36, was super stiff. Felt amazingly solid. I don’t do big drops, but i did a couple and it soaked them up well.

The one short climb on the way down was no problem even without locking out the shock or raising the seat. I just cranked it up single speed style and it wasn’t a problem. Very nice.

My only complaint is that when you hit the brakes, the front end dives like mad. Not sure if that was the frame or the way the shock was set up. Wasn’t a huge deal though.

I liked it so much I had to do a second lap.

-Mike

Red Bull Chronicles – Looking back – Riding forward

The Freeride mountain bike world tour goes into it’s second round as we meet up with Reno local and current world champion, Cameron Zink.

He gives us an overview of his life as a professional mountain biker and his success from last season.

We also follow him to the first tour stop of 2011, the Vienna Air King in Austria.

KTMB Clean Up – Saturday May 7th, 2011

The Great Truckee Meadows Community Cleanup has been an annual event since 2001 and is a part of KTMB’s Open Space Cleanups.  Each year volunteers mobilize to cleanup illegal dump sites and pull noxious weeds.

Click Here to Sign up to Volunteer

Things to know before you go:

When: Saturday, May 7^th from 8:30am-12 noon

• Where: See below for site locations
• When you get to the site: Look for the check in table. Sign in and get a lunch voucher. The Site Leader will be there to direct you where to go and what to
• Dress weather appropriately and wear comfortable shoes that can handle rocky terrain
• Please bring gloves.  A volunteer appreciation picnic will take place after the cleanup at Rancho San Rafael Park in the Chinese Pagoda Pavilion at 1595 N. Sierra Street, Reno

Clean-up Sites, Directions, and Map

If you have any questions please feel free to call the KTMB staff at (775) 851-5185.

(from Poedunk.com)

Upcoming Trail & Peavine Events from the Poedunks

May 1 – EARTHDAY
The Poedunks will be at Earth Day. Look for our table with maps and t-shirts along with the great people at the Reno Kiwanis Bike ProgramBooth.

May 7 – KTMB PEAVINE CLEAN UP DAY
Our annual big effort to clean up Peavine.  Be sure to sign up with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful who is the organizer of this great event. Pick the “Kiowa Ponds” site which will start at the Horizon Hills Trail Head off of Seneca Drive.

May 20-22  – TAHOE RIM TRAIL - TRAIL & CREW LEADER TRAINING
Interested in learning how to build better trails, lead trail maintenance and construction crews.  This is Nevada’s premier trails conference.  For more information and to sign up go the Tahoe Rim Trail Associations website.

June 5 – PEAVINE CHALLENGE
The annual Reno Wheelmen mountain bike race is a Peavine tradition and the second race in the 2011 Sierra Cup mountain bike races series.  The Poedunks will be helping out with course operations and if you would like to help shoot us an email.

Bikes and Brews

Starting April 28th RBP will be having a bike social last Thursday of every month. There will be a raffling off a new Brooks saddle at every event and they’ll also be holding the ultimate “Fastestest Legs in the West” Goldsprints competition to see who really has what it takes to be the speed king of Reno. So come see everyone at the Lincoln Lounge last thursday of every month!

Who: You

What: Bikes and Brews Summer Goldsprints Series

When: Last Thursday of every month April – Sep. Drink specials and sign ups 5pm, races start at 6pm

where: Lincoln Lounge, corner of 4th and evans (down the street from aces stadium)

Why: well, you know.

ABA BMX Silver Dollar Nationals 2011

January 14th-16th, 2011 * Livestock Events Center Reno, Nevada USA

Hacksaw and Randy at the Leatt booth.

For the latest : ababmx.com

San Francisco Bike Expo – Race, Ride, Culture and Vibe

Red Bull Rampage 2010 – The Finals

WOW!

Interbike 2010

Interbike * Las Vegas, Nevada * September 20th – 25th, 2010

The Interbike show in 6 minutes!

Gone to Interbike

See ya in a week!

Bike Skills at Northstar

Northstar Bike Park * Truckee, California USA * September 24-26th, 2010

Join the world’s best cyclists, including world champions Steve Peat, Greg Minnaar, Leigh Donovan and Joe Lawwill along with Cedric Gracia, Crankworx winners Cameron Zink and Jamie Goldman. We’ll be offering an array of clinics ranging from Slopestyle, Downhill, Women’s Only, as well as our basic Trail Riding clinics this coming 24-26 September at Northstar at Lake Tahoe. Truly, World Class. Read on for more details and sign-up information: http://www.bikeskills.com

Titus Demo Tour comes to Reno

When: Sunday June 6th, 2010 from: 9AM – till whenever we get’er done. Event is during and after the Peavine Challenge MTB Race.
Where: Rancho San Rafael Ball Parks parking lot, see the Google Map
What: rare chance to test ride an awesome Titus mountain bike on the dirt and on the trails you ride and know! Titus will be bringing 27 bikes including the Rock Star 29er, the X series cross country bikes, the fabulous El Guapo all mountain and more.
Who: sponsored by Black Rock Bicycles the area’s Titus dealer. Stop by for a BBQ and beer after the demo!

” We at Titus blend passion and technology into every frame we craft and we’re giving you the opportunity to try one of our amazing bikes for yourself. From the nimble and quick X to the ultra-versatile El Guapo, we have a bike designed with you in mind.

Please bring helmet, bike shoes, pedals and valid ID. “

T I T U S   C Y C L E S

Bike Day 2010 * Reno

Saturday May 22nd, 2010 10am-3pm *  West Street Market Reno, Nevada

Look for the Poedunks booth

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More info at the http://blog.renobikeproject.com/