Kona Launches House of the Big Wheel - Episode 2
There are few trails in North America as radical as the Seven Summits. Built in the early 2000s as an adventure amenity to the small mountain village of Rossland, British Columbia, the IMBA Epic sanctioned Seven Summits has since become one of the most sought-after mountain bike trails on the continent. Traveling nearly 50 kilometers across seven peaks, through spectacular terrain on technical singletrack, the trail served as the ideal location to showcase Kona team riders Barry Wicks and Spencer Paxson in the second and final installment of Kona's House of the Big Wheel film shorts.
The goal of this piece was simple: to show how the Scandium Hei Hei 29 Supreme and the all-new carbon fiber King Kahuna hardtail are designed to excel against the rigors of the Long Sweet Ride. In this case, it meant having longtime Kona Team rider Barry Wicks hammer his 3-time BC Bike Race and 2011 TransRockies winning bike of choice, the Hei Hei 29 Supreme, while, Spencer Paxson, who was recently named to the US Olympic Long Team, twisted it wide open on a freshly minted King Kahuna 29-inch wheel hardtail.
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Shot over three beautiful fall days, with the first skiff of snow to hit the mountains of the Rossland Range this season, the resulting film is a look at what these bikes were both ultimately built for. No matter how technical or physically demanding the terrain, our 2012 House of the Big Wheel steeds are all about letting your inner animal run wild.
Make sure to watch Wicks and Paxson explain the bikes behind the business.
Watch House of the Big Wheel - Episode 1, the Honzo and Satori edit
The goal of this piece was simple: to show how the Scandium Hei Hei 29 Supreme and the all-new carbon fiber King Kahuna hardtail are designed to excel against the rigors of the Long Sweet Ride. In this case, it meant having longtime Kona Team rider Barry Wicks hammer his 3-time BC Bike Race and 2011 TransRockies winning bike of choice, the Hei Hei 29 Supreme, while, Spencer Paxson, who was recently named to the US Olympic Long Team, twisted it wide open on a freshly minted King Kahuna 29-inch wheel hardtail.
Spencer Paxson hammering up a Seven Summits sunset. Photo: Derek Frankowski
 | In three days of shooting we probably rode over 100 kilometers of singletrack. This was definitely the most fun, most demanding XC trail I've ever ridden. To ride it on a bike this quick and light was a dream. - Spencer Paxson |
Kona Team trail shredders, Barry and Spencer. Photo: Derek Frankowski
| To film XC athletes in spandex and short or no travel XC bikes just blazing high alpine singletrack at full gas from a helicopter is going to blow people away. Mountain biking is not just about getting rad on jumps, or shredding the gnar. It's about getting rad period, and I think we are showing another way to do just that. For us, it's about going out and just hammering it all the way to the floor every time, no matter what. - Barry Wicks |
Spencer Paxson. Photo: Derek Frankowski
Shot over three beautiful fall days, with the first skiff of snow to hit the mountains of the Rossland Range this season, the resulting film is a look at what these bikes were both ultimately built for. No matter how technical or physically demanding the terrain, our 2012 House of the Big Wheel steeds are all about letting your inner animal run wild.
Make sure to watch Wicks and Paxson explain the bikes behind the business.
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There are no wrong bikes, there are just wrong applications. Showing a 29er on dirt jumps is as smart as taking a XC bike to DH comp.
This vid is an example of a very good trend! Show us where 29ers are truly the best!
For XC style riding, these guys are really fast. I could possibly pull off that speed for a section here and there on a XC bike, but if they're keeping that up that pace... props. Never heard of their names before, but now I have 'em noted.
That's because I don't want to
:P
Many people ride the bike to be in the nature, they push their limits by pedalling hardship, forcing their bodies to work hard, not by fighting the clock on downhills. Not everyone looks for ripping the corners and scrubbing the hips. If you just want to get out and pedal, it doesn't mean you are boring, it would be like saying that bikeparking is childish
Whats next, Senior citizens on electric carts?
This website keeps getting worse!
but, this is a mountain bike forum. That was a mountain bike video with epic footage. You would rather watch the same old dirt jump videos? That video had awesome heli footage!