Avid Chasing Trail Contest: Win a Giant Trance X

Jun 21, 2013
by Mike Kazimer  
Entries are now being accepted for Avid's Chasing Trail Contest. Here's how it works: Shoot, edit and submit your video of two minutes or less. The theme is simple: Chasing Trail. It doesn't matter if you're a racer or just getting started - tell a story about what pursuit of the perfect mountain bike trail means to you.

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What does Chasing Trail mean to you? Submit a video based on this theme, and you could win some amazing prizes including Avid Elixir 9 Trail brakes on a new Giant Trance X with and SRAM set-up.

A panel of world-class riders will choose the finalists. Winners will be announced on July 12. In addition to the prizes listed below, Avid will be giving away a set of Avid Elixir 9 Trail brakes in a random drawing. Good luck!

Winners will be chosen from a select panel of world class riders and Avid, and will be announced Friday, July 12th, 2013.

PRIZES INCLUDE
First place

Giant Trance X with Avids

The winning prize for the Chasing Trail Video Contest. A nice reminder of why you should get out this coming holiday weekend and show us what you got. Giant Trance X with Avid Elixir 9 Trail brakes.


Second place
Two runners-up will receive Avid Elixir 9 Trail brakes

There will also be a random drawing from all of the entries submitted. The winner will receive a set of Elixir 9 Trail brakes.

Third place
Two third-place winners will win Avid Elixir 7 Trail brakes


At the end of the riding season, Avid will be compiling the entries into one large video that will be shown on the Avid site, Facebook as well as Eurobike and Interbike.

For complete details and contest rules, visit www.pinkbike.com/contest/avid-chasingtrail/

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84 Comments
  • 37 1
 Is that the only criteria? Seems pretty vague. But I guess that just leaves a lot of room for creativity.
  • 19 3
 Where the trail ends basically :L
  • 16 1
 KONA- I believe they said the theme is chasing trails... how can you chase a trail if there is none Wink

I love this contest idea and the prizes are preeety tight.
  • 13 3
 I would love me some brand new avid brakes! Chasing some tail! ...errr trail.
  • 21 0
 Ha same here! To bad IT'S ONLY FOR AMERICANS!!!
  • 10 1
 And you have to be 19
  • 2 1
 @KONAtheTANK - I see what you did there... Wink
And I love it!
  • 7 1
 Why the freaking hell do they only do contests for americans, not that I have nothin against them, but its annyoing for us here haha
  • 6 2
 because they only want your money they don't care about you.
  • 7 0
 Im just gonna go to highland and make a video of me following Aaron Chase around the bike park.
  • 1 0
 haha lucky you be interesting to see. Smile
  • 3 11
flag ahembomb7 (May 8, 2013 at 21:11) (Below Threshold)
 Oooh, a Giant! With full sram components! And useless guidelines! I think I'll enter...
  • 2 2
 Sram is sick?
  • 35 3
 Why you only open to USA peoples!, damn you Avid, I don't use brakes anyways
  • 7 1
 Seems silly, not even us Canadians can take part Cry
  • 17 0
 too bad, I love chasing tail...... oh wait that's trail, never mind.
  • 9 1
 good for me i've given up on avid brakes.
  • 4 1
 count me out i don't like DOT brake fluid.
  • 7 2
 Damn i can t send an entry, i m so sad... Oh wait, i check the rewards, in fact i don t care !
  • 26 3
 Does this contest come with with free bleeds for Avid brakes and a voucher so you can swap the brakes for Shimanos straight up?
  • 15 1
 Countdown to comment being censored out 3..2..
  • 14 1
 gotta love all these video creation contest while there is still 2 foot of snow laying in the trails here because of this shitty spring
  • 4 0
 Down here in Florida it's too damn hot already, the other day I went riding but had to take a lot of breaks and drank all my water within the first 2 hours
  • 5 0
 here in boulder we have 1.5 feet of snow. which is supper weird this time of year. i think i might go shovel a local trail ride it, film it, and submit
  • 2 0
 the weather is great here Wink
  • 3 0
 You're obviously not in BC I guess. It's been 25+ here for a week already.
  • 13 0
 Sucks only USA citizens can compete... Frown , what about the rest of the world ???
  • 1 9
flag stretch707 (Apr 18, 2013 at 5:02) (Below Threshold)
 Do you really want a Giant Trance, and go to the bike park and watch everyone else riding a Giant, I guess you could always sell it and buy a bike that will stand out in the crowd.
  • 6 0
 Nah mate....I actually enjoy the fact I now own a Trance after years of more exotic makes....I like the fact that snobbish riders at trail centres don't pay much attention to it. It's a damn nice frame, all I'll ever need for an all-day bike.
  • 3 0
 No offence, Good for you, alot of bike stores here offer 90% Giants, there web sites are full of them with only a small % of other known brands, Mass Marketing, at the end of the day you ride what you want to ride.
  • 12 3
 Why does Pinkbike censor very mildly critical comments?
  • 6 0
 they do this quite often, everyone notices, not free speech on pinkbike
  • 6 0
 They're not censoring anything about the Redalp Cascadeur Big Grin
  • 5 1
 And if they do not, enough bozos around here to downvote. But the truth that Avid hydro brakes are among the worst options out there is the truth. Ask any shop mechanic.
  • 1 1
 Pinkbike doesn't sensor anything, no matter how many times you claim they do. If they did, someone would have been able to provide at least some screen caps with time stamps proving it. Yet despite all the conspiracy theorists, no one has even a shred of proof. If I recall correctly there was a rumor that Fox and Specialized had PAID pinkbike to delete comments (which actually weren't deleted, they were below threshold after being downvoted). And a ton of people believed this, and said the comments had been deleted, even after it was shown and explained where they were people claimed they were deleted and then "put back" after the outrage. Yet still no proof.

Cuh-razy.
  • 7 2
 Shame it's USA only, I was getting excited about having a reason to make and edit a video. I know Avids do have some issues, however if you spend the time to bled them and lubricate the pistons evenly I have 3 sets of perfectly working Avid's. The lower end models can be a nightmare to get the bite point right, and setup consistantly, but then again, you can get a disc brakes for under £50!
  • 5 0
 Make one anyway, I'll watch it.
  • 4 0
 There are laws one has to follow when running a contest, making sure a contest's rules comply with laws from every country would be overly burdensome.

Hell, there contests here in the US that exclude certain states because of their laws relating to giveaways/contests.
  • 3 0
 I would like to see the videos from other countries too. If you have a video and would like to participate maybe you have a US citizen buddy that would submit it for you.

Remember Flip???? His video was very inspiring, watch it if you haven't. Good luck to everyone!

Profile:
www.pinkbike.com/u/Filp/album/Flip

Video:
www.pinkbike.com/video/261369
  • 3 0
 have to agree i would like to make a video to show how the trails are in my area and the best way would be thruth a contest, but it`s only for americans :c
  • 6 0
 Trance X contest. Uses picture of Specialized Enduro. I see what you did there.
  • 8 2
 Why are these competitions always only ever open to Americans. Discrimination.
  • 5 1
 because it's just bollocks m8 selfish twats
  • 2 1
 yeah pretty much.
  • 7 1
 Seems daft to advertise a US-only contest on a Canadian website that's read by the world. Marketing backfire!
  • 6 1
 Only Americans? I guess they'll be chasing the trail right up to the border
  • 2 0
 passport please!
  • 6 1
 I'm good enough when you want my money, but not when there's a contest on the table? What are you trying to pull Avid?
  • 3 0
 It's cool that Canadians aren't allowed I would take almost any brake other Than avid
  • 3 0
 yup
  • 7 3
 pinkbike deleting comments... Are we in North Korea?
  • 2 2
 why u sayin that?
  • 1 1
 Comments aren't being deleted for christs sake. Scroll down and look at the below threshold comments.
  • 4 1
 Avid brakes are a booby prize, anyone that buys them is a tit. Sooner use my feet to slow down tbh
  • 2 0
 Is it possible to enter with one video that contains two riders? btw Awesome contest and prizes!!
  • 3 0
 the newly renamed: "Merica! Contest" cause we hate Canada...
  • 3 0
 my wheels are spinning on this one...
  • 2 0
 July 5th deadline. Only open to americans probably due to taxes on contests etc.
  • 3 0
 Just starting to get excited about this then USA only pops up, FAIL.
  • 1 2
 this really just leaves the winners to be the people who can afford the film equipment. those people im guessing can also afford the bike if they really wanted it. i mean, still worth a try tho.
  • 1 0
 Anybody else happen to cross over the title at first and read "Avid Chasing Tail Contest"?
  • 1 0
 How convenient, I was working on an edit for something similar to this anyway
  • 1 0
 it's sad mate if you're going except people from different country's don't discriminate against them
  • 2 1
 make sure you replace those elixers as soon as you win, they're a sentence to a fracture. Salute
  • 1 0
 Can people from the uk enter this?
  • 2 0
 Where are the winners??
  • 2 0
 Maybe @mikekazimer knows what's up?
  • 3 3
 Yeah, for US only. Ok, why not, I don't use Avid brakes and sram components either.
  • 1 1
 Videos take too much effort just give me the bike for leaving a cool as comment..... Lolbikes
  • 1 0
 Ewsh that's a mean prize
  • 1 2
 There are plenty of people who could put together some rad videos that are under 19... That's pretty weak.
  • 1 0
 i dont have a camera lol
  • 3 6
 Ahaha sram and avid are both shit keep them americans deserve the prize load of shit contest from avid no surprise the brakes are shit id rather use my balls in my back tyre
  • 4 0
 I agree completely.
  • 5 0
 "americans deserve the prize load of shit contest from avid"

You could just say you don't like avid without being a complete douchebag about it. Wait... nope. Forgot what website I'm on.
  • 3 4
 Merica!!!!!
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