THE BIKES OF RED BULL JOYRIDE at CRANKWORX WHISTLER
Photographer Margus Riga captured the following images of the world's best slopestyle riders moments before they dropped into their runs at this year's Red Bull Joyride. There's a mix of hardtails and short-travel slopestyle machines, but all of the bikes have been built up to excel on the massive jumps, drops, and wall rides found on the rider-designed course. Short chainstays, low standover heights, stiff suspension, and brake housing rigged up to allow for barspins and tailwhips are hallmarks of a modern slopestyle bike, but after that it's up to the athletes to add their own personal touches. Take a look at the similarities (and differences) between the bikes of mountain biking's top tricksters, shown in the order that the riders finished the contest.
Brandon Semenuk and his Trek Ticket S.
Brett Rheeder and his Trek Ticket S.
Anthony Messere and his Morpheus Vimana Slope.
Logan Peat and his custom Santa Cruz slopestyle bike.
Louis Reboul and his Scott Voltage.
Tomas Lemoine and his Santa Cruz Jackal.
Yannick Granieri and his YT Industries Dirt Love.
Carson Storch and his Diamondback Assault.
Tomas Zejda and his Dartmoor Two6Player Pro.
Kelly McGarry and his Diamondback 4XSlopestyle.
Nicholi Rogatkin and his Specialized P3
Simon Pages and his Specialized P3.
Geoff Gulevich and his Rocky Mountain Slayer SS.
Darren Berrecloth and his Specialized P Slope.
Szymon Godziek and his Dartmoor Shine.
Cam McCaul and his Trek Ticket S.
Cam Zink and his YT Industries Dirt Love.
Thomas Genon and his Canyon hardtail.
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nice photos, but to give some constructive criticism; a bike check photo where the bike represents approx 1/6 to 1/9 of the photo seems a bit.. unideal. I appreciate the time and the effort, but the next time it would be very nice if less sky/red bull tent/random people/scenery was visible, but up close high res pics of just the bikes was what was depicted.
@RafaBMX I don't know how accurate that statement is, but that's what Logan told us when he picked up the bike. And it certainly did resemble a Jackal with a VPP swingarm thrown on it. I'm assuming the reason that the top tube is so much higher than a hardtail Jackal is because they must have had to raise it up to make room for the shock/linkage.
the YT guys are the only ones rocking steel frames. what a shame. I wouldn't ride anything but steel for a hard tail. That virmana slope still makes me feel warm inside I must get one
grammar police: Cam's is the possessive of a singular Cam. Cams' is closer to correct, but still doesn't work with your sentence structure. To make it more clear, you could say "The Cams are the only ones running front brakes", or using your sentence structure, you could say "Cams're the only ones running front brakes..." but that sounds ridiculous.
When a sentence is divided by a colon, you have two "sentences" either side of it. In fact, these are not two sentences but two independent clauses. Only the first one (i.e., the one that starts the sentence) gets a capital letter.
hey i`m sorry for my grammer, what more can you expect from a guy who lives in finland, sits in snow when its -30C, drink votka to survive the cold and fight polar bears and reindeers for food...
@steezysam. false! cam is the apostrophe signals that the space and I are missing so it goes from cam is to cam's just like he will to he'll (or at least that was what i believe he was aiming for. dunno if it works on proper nouns, it certainly works in speech)
@jordanneedsafork you're correct if talking about a single Cam running a front brake. The confusion, and need for some sentence tweaking, arises because of the multiple Cams implicated in this front brake scheme. Capisce? But w/e, arguing about grammar on a mountain biking site calls to mind an old line about the Special Olympics...
That's a ass load of photoshop for bikes that "specialize" in "tricks" from the early 90s. Too, this is the first time I can remember reading that you need a bike to be designed to spin bars or frames. Go figure...
Can we have a segment of "slopestyle" where these dudes hit each other with sticks immediately after douching-out. Cool that you're into bikes... lame that your "go to trick" is a backflip or casing a jump.
Redbull is on it, so that part I dig. When you guys finish laming out over this garbage, the Quarter Master segment will be up and running. Oh, no suspension or full face helmets....
Always baffles me when somebody wears armour under their pants for "fashion" reasons, because it looks ridiculous to have armour showing through your skinny jeans.
sheesh OK OK. I was wrong.
You know what I mean though. Whats the term I'm looking for?
The bike is really just perfect for the size..
Whew, sorry.
When a sentence is divided by a colon, you have two "sentences" either side of it. In fact, these are not two sentences but two independent clauses. Only the first one (i.e., the one that starts the sentence) gets a capital letter.
Can we have a segment of "slopestyle" where these dudes hit each other with sticks immediately after douching-out. Cool that you're into bikes... lame that your "go to trick" is a backflip or casing a jump.
Redbull is on it, so that part I dig. When you guys finish laming out over this garbage, the Quarter Master segment will be up and running. Oh, no suspension or full face helmets....