IMBA has released a comprehensive review of scientific studies that
examine the impacts of mountain biking on trails, vegetation, and wildlife. The collection of scientific studies indicate that mountain biking is no more damaging than other forms of recreation, including hiking.

USA Cycling, along with Team Big Bear and Blue Wolf Events, announced Jeep as a sponsor of the 2004 NORBA National Mountain Bike Series. Jeep, which was previously a NORBA sponsor, will be the title sponsor of the mountain cross events at five NORBA National events. The agreement includes qualifying opportunities for the invitation-only Jeep King of the Mountain Series and the inclusion of two NORBA branded teams to compete against several nations whose athletes excel at the gravity end of the mountain bike spectrum.

Mountain Bike Action just published a pretty complete list of 2004 events.

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Back by popular demand it's Derby!. Meet tonight(Tuesday) at 7:30pm at the Eau Claire Y's courtyard for and hour or two of bar-banging action.

Rules are simple:

1 - Don't touch the ground
2 - Don't fall over
Basically this is a low speed push and pull bike battle to make the other rider dab. Don't worry, it's not a bike ramming frenzy, but a ballet of 30 or more riders in a small area, using the most basic bike skill to balance, keep feet off the ground, while grabbing the other rider's bars, brakes, arms, etc.

May sound dumb, but it's a blast!
Bring your Cruiser, BMX, singlespeed, XC steed or your downhill-ready ride. Consider it training for the Biker-X season. See you there.

An empty pop bottle, a bent up coat hanger and a cheap pump oil can has served as the budget brake bleed kit of choice for do-it-yourself riders for quite some time, but those cheap pump oil cans are hard to get the air out of, so bleeding your brakes that way can lead to frustration and a waste of fluid. Another alternative of course is to drop by your local bike shop and have a mechanic do the work for you, or you can pick up a manufactured brake bleed kit and achieve the same result repeatedly, saving you money.

The staff at Litter "Mega"zine is extremely lazy. So lazy in fact, that no one managed to get a useable cover shot for the next Online Supplement. Now we're offering our hard earned money to you, the huckster and photojock. Litter will pay $200.00 USD(that was given to us by another popular mtn bike magazine for their cover shot) for the most cover worthy image we receive by April 19th, 2004. The winning image will be used as the cover to the Online Supplement scheduled to go live on April 30th, 2004.

The third round of the Race Face Ultimate Freeride Challenge has come to an end with Ian Duncan, a 15 year old hardtail rider from Kamloops, BC advancing to the semi-finals, joining Wayne Goss and Chris Quintero, winners of the first two UFC polls.

The spring edition of IMBA's newsletter focuses entirely on freeriding and challenging trails. This growing segment of mountain biking has emerged as a major topic for land managers, riders and IMBA.

Rye, New Hampshire – Grab your calendars and scratch in a new date for the 3rd annual BIG Wheels mountain bike (MTB) contest at Rye Airfield. Due to popular demand we are moving back to our spot for the two previous events and will now have the contest on Monday June 21st, just after the Mount Snow NCS event.

What do Norco, the Berring Sea and Siberia have in common? Besides a reputation for toughness and challenging the limits of top level athletes, these three will be intertwined with Canadian endurance expeditioners Colin Angus and Tim Harvey in their bid to journey self-propelled from Vancouver to Moscow. Colin and Tim are working closely with Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST) to help bring attention to environmental issues. Over 10,000 km of their journey will be traversed using Norco mountain bikes.

SORCE Cycling Club is hosting the Angular Momentum Race Series on Saturday, March 27th at the South Surrey Bike Park. The Junkyard Dog XC is the first Cycling BC sanctioned points race of the 2004 season and promises to be exciting for competitors and spectators alike. The second event, My First Mountain Bike Race, is designed specifically for the first time racer. Race proceeds fund SORCE Youth Cycling Programs and volunteer trailwork at the Bike Park.

Two seasons ago I rode a 2002 Turner DHR, which I liked a lot. Even though it was pretty close to perfect in my eyes, there were a few things about the bike I wish I could have changed - Like the head angle, which was a tad steep for me. A bit more travel would have been nice as well! I guess I wasn’t the only one. Either that or Dave Turner read my thoughts since the new and improved DHR addresses those – I’m pretty confident it’s the former ;o)

Long known for sponsoring some of the worlds top extreme sports athletes including X-Games and Gravity Games BMX Gold Medalists Dave Mirra and Ryan Nyquist, ABA BMX #1 Pro Warwick Stevenson, 2003 downhill mountain bike World Champion Greg Minnaar, and 2003 NORBA Short-Track Series Champion, Seamus McGrath, Haro Bicycles announced the addition of yet another legend: none other than 7-time Supercross Champion Jeremy McGrath.

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Farkin.net just announced their first Red Bull Freight Train Freeride Mountain Bike Tour. The Concept - To find undiscovered and untapped MTB and freeride locations in Australia.

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JUST ANNOUNCED! THE INDOOR ROCKIES DUAL CHALLENGE IS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!

The most exciting mountain bike competition on the planet is coming back to the Outdoor Adventure Show! High energy, fast paced indoor dual racing - 2 riders racing each other over jumps, berms, and hips in a battle to the finish line. Great prizes, and rippin' good fun! Don't miss this non-stop bike action! (This in not an ABA sanctioned race and therefore, no points will be awarded. Insurance fees are covered through your race registration. All riders under 18 must have a parent or legal guardian sign the COP event waiver on-site - NO EXCEPTIONS!)

With what is being dubbed as the most anticipated new film this year, 'The Collective' is expected for release this summer and you can NOW check out the teaser here. With the talent consisting of Andrew Shandro, Dave Watson, Thomas Vanderham just to name a few, this film will not disappoint. Check out their site here and get psyched!

With the biking season creeping up, its time to replace those old and out-of-date parts. Bow Cycle is having a massive sale starting this Wednesday and lasting through til Sunday. They'll also be at the Outdoor Show this weekend with some Door-Crashers that you can't afford to miss. Where else could you pick up a 2003 Jr. T for $499.99 (Reg 1099.99) or a 2003 Heckler for $799.99 (Reg 1499.99)? Click here to check out the site to see all the deals.

Nothing to do today? Come out to the Canada Olympic Park to check out the last installment of this years 'Winter Fat Tire Series'. The Alberta Freeride Awards will also be presented, so come show your support and hang out with Alberta's best.

Registration is just $12(per race) and runs from 5:30-6:30 and racing begins at 7pm sharp. Here's your chance to bang elbows in the terrain park with your buds.

The second round of the third annual Race Face Ultimate Freeride Challenge has been completed. Congratulations goes out to Californian, Chris Quintero who took 34% of total votes. Chris has now secured himself a spot in the semi-finals where he will meet Wayne Goss, our advancer from last week.

Race and festival season will soon be upon us (in the Northern Hemisphere at lest) and it's time we tell the masses what's going on. Got an event you'd like posted on our Events page? Email us all pertinent details including (but not limited to) registration info, dates, artwork/logos, links and anything else you think will make your event special. We're not just looking for the World Cup here; shoot us your homegrown festivals, toonie races, regional race series or any other get-togethers you'd like posted.

Come to Tyrol/Austria this summer and learn from Hans Rey himself while riding some of the finest trails in the Alps. The mountain biking in Ischgl-Silvretta-Samnaun is unique in the Alps (situated about 1 hour west of Innsbruck near the Swiss border). It boasts an endless network of over 1000km of trails for every skill level.

ATBMX is proud to announce our first series of events. We have taken our experiences along with advice from other riders and compiled an event series that we hope will keep you excited about riding and that is entertaining to watch. We are working with a core group of dedicated riders that are passionate about developing an emerging sport. ATBMX isn't really anything that new, we have just taken our classic sports and added a new twist.

After two weeks and 2,400 votes, we've got our list of finalists! The top five from each category have made the cut and now you have to decide who are the most talented, dedicated riders in our province. It should be noted, that the winner of the Freerider of the Year award will be going home with a brand new OAKLEY TIME BOMB watch! You have until Saturday, March 20th to cast your vote and help pick the winners, which will be announced Sunday, March 21st after the snow cross finals at Canada Olympic Park.

Click here to vote.

The Centro de Ski Volcan Osorno is pleased to announce inauguration of its new mountain bike routes with full chairlift service. The Centro de Ski Volcan Osorno is located 1 1/2 hours from Puerto Varas, Chile. The grand opening will be held over the Easter Weekend on the 10th of April.

The Advil Outdoor Adventure Show held at B.C. Place Stadium at the foot of the North Shore in Vancouver arrives just in time for the start of the recreational new year, and with it comes the anticipation of the first organized race of the season. Dangerous Dan packs up a portion of his mobile acrobatic FlowRider’s play set and constructs an “Indoor North Shore” and all weekend riders – local yokels to pros - can register to race head to head. It was here that “Team Pinkbike 2” managed to pull off the first victory for Team Pinkbike on the Rock Shox World Cup Boxxer equipped Sinister DNA.

The first round of the third annual Race Face Ultimate Freeride Challenge has been completed. The votes have been counted and congratulations go out to Wayne Goss who advanced to the semi-finals with a convincing win - taking 47% of total votes.

As you all may know by now that the lawsuit against me for building a Dual Slalom course in Juniper on May 2002 has come to a close. I have had the misfortune of accepting the cost that it took to reclaim the entire Juniper Jumps area. That includes the D.S. track, jumps and area, and the small stunt trail that was built just off the main site.

Come and join Shaums March for a 1 day session emphasizing downhill techniques and strategies. Open to intermediate to advanced riders who are interested in learning and developing bike handling skills necessary for downhilling and other aspects of mountain biking. This session will shuttle to trails throughout the corridor as well as utilize video analysis to aid in improving performance.

Trailbuilding Gurus to Lead 80 IMBA Trailbuilding Schools in 2004


Two Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crews have hit the road again on an 11-month tour of North America. These professional trail experts will conduct 85 events in 32 U.S states and three Canadian provinces. The 2004 tour features 80 two-day IMBA Trailbuilding Schools, pesentations at 5 national conferences, and 10 statewide trainings.

Mountain bike season is quickly approaching and the Diablo Freeride Park is pleased to announce this opportunity to purchase a season pass for the 2004 mountain bike season at a reduced rate.

High Octane Competitions & Awesome Entertainment! Get ready for the 2004 Bike Expo at the ADVIL OUTDOOR ADVENTURE SHOW! March 26th-28th at the Roundup Centre. Lots of ACTION, Lots of ENTERTAINMENT, and 100's of EXHIBITORS to buy from! Don't miss the industy's top retailers, manufacturers, associations, and clubs who will be on hand with the latest products, services, and information to make your 2004 riding season the sweetest ever.

[L=http://www.sram.com]SRAM’s [/L]U.S.- based Mobile Tech Crew headed out in the SRAM - RockShox Race Truck last Monday for another season of service on the dirt. The Tech Crew will spend the better part of seven months and log over 25,000 miles travelling to and from events.

Well I just got word from James at Giant Bicycle about this new and exciting line of 2004 Giant Hardtails! The STP line, which stands for Street/Trail/Park, can be use at your local Dirt Jump park, for those street sessions or even as a competitive Dual or 4X bike.

Tracy Moseley broke her right wrist while training last week. She came up short on a set of double jumps at her local trails and landed badly which resulted in a clean break of her radius.

Kempter Marketing Inc , distributors of many fine cycling products, is proud to announce the addition of the following three lines exclusive to Canada.
Woodman components
Enduro Fork Seals
Goodridge Brake Lines

We’re not even half way through yet, but March at CastleRock has already seen more than its fair share of incident and action – not to mention adrenaline fuelled excitement. Film crews, giant diggers, gangs of wildcats have certainly made for an exciting life.

California has the “Terminator”, Flachau has the “Herminator”, now BikeWorld Leogang, Austria has the “Eliminator“. During BikeWorld Leogang’s “Out of Bounds” season opening weekend, May 20-23rd, the new Kona Top-to-Bottom Eliminator DH/Freeride race will award a combined €10,000 euros to the last man and woman standing.

We finally received the Red Bull Rampage 3 (2003) DVDs today, directly from the factory. We are the first to have them in hand so all pre-orders and new orders are shipping out TODAY!

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Attracting Pro riders from the states and across Canada the Toronto International Bicycle Show Dual was a raging success, with over 70 competitors dueling it out for $5000 in cash and prizes.

Chicago, IL - March 10, 2004 SRAM Corporation is pleased to announce the acquisition of Avid LLC. Over the last decade Avid has become recognized as an authentic innovator in the design and manufacture of brake systems for the bicycle industry. The acquisition by SRAM marks a major milestone for both SRAM and the Avid brand.

Due to the tremendous level of interest and curiosity created by the-red-pill.com website promoting RockShox’s new ’05 Motion Control Damping System, SRAM has decided to “give the people what they want” by pre-releasing vital information about the exciting new '05 RockShox front suspension platforms – Reba and Pike.

This Saturday, March 13th from 12-2pm at the Don Valley Brick Works (Building #1) there will be an informal gathering for riders and other interested parties. Here's your chance to ask questions about the work to date and what's proposed for the upcoming year, as well as how to get involved.

Canadian Street Riding Icon, Chris Donahue, signs with Evil Bikes.

Freeport, ME, USA - February 26, 2004 Evil Bikes, a New England-based bicycle company pioneering the street/park and versatile hardtail market with innovative frame designs, announces a two year frame sponsorship and product development agreement with professional street and trail rider Chris Donahue.

IMBA is looking to hire a full-time, professional two-person team for the highly successful Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew program.

Application deadline is March 19, 2004.

Governor Bill Richardson has voiced support for keeping the trails of Otero Canyon open for public use. Richardson, in a letter addressed to Kirtland Air Force Base Commander Colonel Henry Andrews, stated that he was ‘hopeful that you can find some way of moving the proposed eastern perimeter fence so that it would lie between the existing trails and the Base.”

Yes - it’s a little late - but here is the breakdown on the First Annual Eugene Indoor Freeride Competition held on February 15th at the Fairgrounds in Eugene, Oregon.

Pinkbike and Fall Line Productions are proud to present all the Drop In Season 1 and 2 episodes available for download through our ANYTIME video delivery.

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- More information on Dropin ANYTIME

Sinister Bikes, a rider-operated company nestled in the mountains of Vermont, has been cranking out some of the finest bikes on the planet. Welded by MTB pioneer Frank the Welder (aka FTW), Sinister Bikes has been designing and manufacturing some of the toughest bikes to handle to most gnarly terrain for the most demanding rider. Now, Sinister Bikes has upped the ante, creating the ultimate underground mountain bike squad for 2004. The DSR Team - Dirt, Street, Race.

A while back I gave you guys a little sneak peek of Darren Murphy’s new company Push Industries. Well ever since Darren and his crew have been real busy performing shock oil changes, rebuilds, Platform damping upgrades and race upgrades.

Nothing says spring like the Toronto International Bike Show held every March at the National Trade Centre in Toronto. After a week of sunshine and near record-high warm temperatures, there couldn’t have been a better weekend for the annual show, which drew tens of thousands of spectators, shoppers and competitors this past weekend.

Victoria, BC, March 4, 2004 - International Cycling Coaches (ICC) is seeking enthusiastic and qualified people to help coach cycling programs in Victoria, BC. ICC and City of Victoria Parks and Recreation need female coaches with National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Level 1 (or higher) to assist with an eight-week Women's "Learn to Race" program that runs April through May.

Ridge Sport proudly presents Monday Movie nights at the Rusty Cage. For the remainder of the Month of March we will be premiering a new Movie every Monday Night. Coors Light has come through for us and there will be an ample supply of frosty suds at bargain basement pricing. There is NO Cover Charge! Just a night for depressed Mountain Bikers to get together watch some awesome vids, chill and get stoked for the upcoming season! Tonnes of awesome swag will be available to be won.

The wait is finally over - the first round of videos in the Race Face Ultimate Freeride Challenge is now online! Time to make your voice heard and vote for who you think should advance for a chance to win a sponsorship contract with Race Face Performance Products, Giant Bicycles and Manitou Suspension worth over US$25,000.

Cycles Simtra - Canadian distributer of Planet X, On-One, Middleburn Components and Armourdillo just recently picked up a new line of quality products. Cycles Simtra brings Speed Stuff protective gear to Canada. The line is now available and will be up on their site soon.

Please direct any inquiries to info@cycles-simtra.com or simply visit www.cycles-simtra.com for more information.

1010TV to Broadcast NORBA Series and U.S. National Mountain Bike Championships

Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 4, 2004)—USA Cycling, along with 1010TV and 2004 NORBA National Mountain Bike Series Co-organizers, Team Big Bear and Blue Wolf Events announced today the live webcast of select mountain bike events

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JD from Painincorporated.com had this to say- I had always had a passion for film, and had worked on a few projects before leaving to University. The person I worked on these films with went to film school, while I took a more traditional route. Ironically I have returned to film, probably the best way I know, as an independent filmmaker, while my friend never pursued anything further after his formal training.

Savannah, GA; Sunday Feb 29th started off as another great day for Mountain Bike Champion Brian Lopes, as he was visiting with friends in Savannah , GA.

I got an email from Marc over at Norco with a pair of links to their latest newsletter and 2004 team page. While I thought the team page was informative and easily navigated, what I found most interesting was Norco's newsletter with (team coordinator) Dave Devlin's insight on Norco's 2004 sponsorship conundrum. It was refreshing to read Dave's words on what goes behind the scenes of team sponsorship on a corporate level.

FALL LINE Productions and PINKBIKE.COM launch Drop In Anytime...

This is a revolutionary step forward in the internet broadcast of the hugely popular cult television series “Drop In”. All episodes for season I and II are now available for download in full screen 720x480, 220 Megabytes per episode, extremely high quality, COMMERCIAL FREE and available to anyone, ANYTIME, on a rental basis, for a period of two weeks per episode. Each episode you desire is at the rock bottom price of between Cdn $1.75 to $3.00/episode (depending on how many you choose to rent). All you need is an Internet connection and you're enjoying the show! It’s “Drop In ANYTIME”.

Rye, New Hampshire – Grab your calendars and reserve June 5th and 6th for the 3rd annual BIG Wheels mountain bike (MTB) contest at Rye Airfield.

BIG Wheels will span two days with multiple competitions including MTB racing on the BMX track, dash for cash sprint races and the showcase indoor park event. Rye Airfield will also host an amateur MTB video festival and a special MTB only session the weekend of the BIG Wheels contest.