Entering its 16th year in 2012, the 23-race AMBC series will visit 16 states in a six-month span. Racing begins with the U.S. Cup East Southeastern Regional Championship Series (SERC) #1 in Gainesville, Fla., on March 18, and concludes with the Camp Eagle Classic Mountain Bike Festival in Rocksprings, Texas on Sept. 1-2. In between, [...]
On a recent visit to Washington, I was fully immersed in their bike culture with a baptism of two wheels by the crew at Transition bicycles. The employee owned company have been known for their progressive downhill and free ride bikes for years, but they have recently developed a 29er hard tail suited to the [...]
On October 9th, mountain bikers from all over the region gathered to celebrate the opening of the new trails at Lake Nockamixon State Park. The dreams of some riders and the muscle of many more made way for this day. With more than 9 miles of trails and more to come, this park might end [...]
Team CF, along with a few other sponsors is offering a movie viewing party at the University of Pennsylvania Archeiology Museum. 24 Solo is film that follows 6 time Solo Mountain Bike World Champion on his quest for his seventh title. Chris is an amazing athlete, and a very nice guy to sit and talk [...]
In a past issue we alluded to the need to develop some of our younger riders on the dirt. With the success of the development league at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center and the Cadence Cycling Foundation, we know that we can foster young athletes and encourage them to get out on their mountain bikes. [...]
Today’s final stage of the Trans-Sylvania Epic concreted the GC with agreements on the trail and a festive last ride with beer hand ups under tepid skies on picture perfect singletrack. The open men’s class raced to secure their overall spot on some of the best trail conditions the world has to offer. Kona’s Barry [...]
The Queen stage of the Trans-Sylvania Epic came down to a battle between the top three GC contenders. As predicted Jason Sager (Team Jamis) attacked on the biggest fireroad climb of the day, which came early in a bid to distance himself from Kona’s Kris Sneddon. As the open men went up the first singletrack [...]
Stage 5 of the Trans-Sylvania Epic offers a unique formula to the stage racing format. Originally conceived as a Super-D contest, it morphed into what’s referred to as a “Mini-XC Day.” Riders roll socially on a 28-mile loop that has four special sections. Classes line up and race sectors of trail that average about 13 [...]
Raystown Lake and its perfectly groomed, undulating, rollercoaster main loop was the site of stage four of the Trans-Sylvania Epic and riders were greeted to cooler temperatures as they sprinted two 20-mile laps around the lake. As the bunch roared up the paved, 20-percent grade road off the start towards the singletrack all the contenders [...]
Another hot, humid day greeted riders at the Trans-Sylvania Epic during stage 3. Both the men’s and women’s class got off to an exciting start but the biggest change happened in the singlespeed category where Team Dicky’s Rich Dillen had a heroic day, upsetting leader Rich Straub (Freeze Thaw/NoTubes/BikeFlights) by five minutes to take both [...]
