AT Showdown Bike Check

Nov 9, 2010

by Long Nguyen

AT Showdown is a wrap. A ton of great riders came out to the Showdown this year, bikes a blazin'! We know that all the riders threw down, but check out what bikes they were all rocking at this year's event.

Scope out 37 top rides!

Andrew Taylor putting in time on his Marin Alcatraz

Casey Groves getting his Blue Steel on with his Transition Trail or Park

Jake Kinney rocking his Blk Mrkt hard tail

Brett Rheeder and his Norco 4Hun

Colin Westeinde is electrified by his Scott Voltage

Noah "I always look like this!" Brouseau and his Rocky Mountain

Jamie Goldman hangin' loose with his Santa Cruz Slope bike

Eric Lawrenuk getting some with his Cove Foreplay

Greg Watts taking the win on his Haro Porter

Brendan Howey is getting down with his Commencal Absolut

Ryan Meyer flexing for the ladies with his Corsair Ducat - doesn't he know it's all dudes at DJ comps?

Garrett Robertson rocking his Specialized P series

Cody "My grips and rims don't need to match" and his Fezzari 801

James Visser is thumbs up for his Norco 250

Kyle Jameson is rocking out to his Scott Voltage

Shelby Paget gives his raw Specialize P series 2 thumbs up!

Jack Fogelquist is amped on his Banshee AMP

Mitch Chubey and his Morpheus Chaos were later seen in the parking lot offering mustache rides.

Paul Basagoitia and his Kona Cowan

Justin "Ill front flip that" Wyper and his Blk Mrkt Kill Switch

Joe Perrizo and his Atomlab Pimp2

Phil "You talking to me?!" Sundbaum and his Haro Reserve

David Glass and his Haro Reserve Steel come in Peace.

Mike Dekoning rocking his Blk Mrkt Kill Switch. Mike Dekoning became one of the judges

Austin Hemperley stoked to be here with his Commencal 4X

Ryan Howard with his tried and true Trek Ticket

Reese Wallace staying calm with his Chromag Monk

Tyler McCaul is all smiles for his GT La Bomba

Carson Storch keeps it low key with his Cove Foreplay

Micah Hintze rocking his Fezzari 801

Jacob "I can lift my bike this high" Hyde with his Deity Cryptkeeper

Cam McCaul is so happy to be back riding his Trek Ticket after breaking his femur 3 months ago.

Kevin Sorichetti and his Blk Mrkt Malice

Mark "My helmet does fit..." Mathews rocking his raw Banshee AMP

Cameron Zink approves of his Corsair Konig

Josh Stead and his Deity Cryptkeeper took home some money this weekend.

Mike Montgomery wants you to check out his Banshee AMP

Thanks to all the riders for putting on such a great show this past weekend, see you all next year.

-Long Nguyen

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58 Comments

Hacobo (Nov 8, 2010 at 7:15)

I love these pictures! Great man

tom-cuthbert (Nov 9, 2010 at 2:22)

That rawed p2 has to have the lowest BB i've ever seen on a DJ bike

Louloulefou (Nov 9, 2010 at 3:36)

Love the deco of the marin, love the blkmarkt kill switch, the trek, the commencal..... ALL OF THEM !

benjamindoucett (Nov 9, 2010 at 4:28)

Corsair for the win.

hendu (Nov 9, 2010 at 6:21)

id like to see some close up pics of the new deity frames

D1RTbmxjump3r (Nov 9, 2010 at 7:54)

Sick Bikes!!!

norcalassassin (Nov 9, 2010 at 15:44)

"Mitch Chubey and his Morpheus Chaos were later seen in the parking lot offering mustache rides"
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH mustache rides

mtbtyrrell (Nov 9, 2010 at 16:25)

sooo many nice rides man, the blkmrkt killswitch does it for me though!

DylanHunter (Nov 9, 2010 at 17:24)

mustache rides..

brett236 (Nov 9, 2010 at 18:29)

does anybody know when the deity frames will be released?

stellaride (Nov 11, 2010 at 17:33)

MICAH!!! love you man

pennel69 (Nov 8, 2010 at 17:09)

paul bas is on a cowan not a bass

joeljsh (Nov 9, 2010 at 7:08)

ya the bass is a 4 inch fully slopebike

D1RTbmxjump3r (Nov 9, 2010 at 7:54)

Yeah

brule (Nov 9, 2010 at 9:30)

Good eye, all fixed now.

nikylas (Nov 9, 2010 at 0:27)

alot of bike porn there

FindlayReade (Nov 9, 2010 at 0:14)

That GT was soooooooooo nice

sheffy7 (Nov 9, 2010 at 7:22)

the Marin and the green banshee are my favorite

chris-adam-media (Nov 9, 2010 at 4:02)

there are some shit looking bikes there...

pdee (Nov 9, 2010 at 6:05)

Phil Sundbaum makes his bike look like a toy.

CrankyMonkey (Nov 10, 2010 at 16:42)

He just towers over that bike, but he knows how to make it work. He's freaking smooth in that comeback video that's floating around the YouTube.

Gabe1329 (Nov 13, 2010 at 9:48)

What's the vid actually called on YouTube?

CrankyMonkey (Nov 14, 2010 at 8:14)

Check it out... www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuJwIBbjBdQ

hayden4x (Nov 9, 2010 at 15:08)

All of these guys have nice bikes, but some look ghetto

north-shore-bike-shop (Nov 9, 2010 at 19:07)

Love this feature! Great job Long Nguyen and Pinkbike for posting this!

torak559 (Nov 9, 2010 at 1:33)

mark mathews banshee amp looks massive on him lol

naptime (Nov 9, 2010 at 8:50)

i wonder how many people remember that marin paint job from the old days......hands up

biffoz (Nov 9, 2010 at 9:37)

Crazy how many different frames are available now!? Manus must be selling lots of dirt jumpers. Gotz me a Banshee AMP that I love.

foamfreak (Nov 9, 2010 at 18:44)

great idea pinkbike,Long Nguyen and all others involved for doing this piece. more please! j

chazza (Nov 9, 2010 at 0:31)

looks abit like my garage.......

hazdxb (Nov 9, 2010 at 0:32)

Scott Voltage FTW!

herowada02 (Nov 9, 2010 at 4:28)

Nice Cam mcCaul!!! nice bike trek ticket!! its nice to be back!!!

trekiscool (Nov 9, 2010 at 12:43)

look how little mccauls arms are compared to what they usually are!

hazeypoo (Nov 10, 2010 at 6:24)

i know it's not a fashion contest....but if it were..... Killswitch for the win

bmxtb (Nov 9, 2010 at 0:35)

codys cranks look bent o0

MTB-RnD FL (Nov 9, 2010 at 9:48)

They are! They were horrid...we are working on that.

chazdog (Nov 9, 2010 at 7:03)

never new chromag made frames, looks sweet!

endermcduff FL (Nov 9, 2010 at 7:10)

there are some nice bikes there

gwenneman (Nov 9, 2010 at 7:38)

the grey killswitch is clean ...

MTB-RnD FL (Nov 9, 2010 at 9:57)

Garret's bike cracked...he rode my Tweet with Wyper's fork for the comp.

KonaWhip88 (Nov 9, 2010 at 18:14)

Damn I wish they had a bike line up like this after Redbull Rampage.

KonaWhip88 (Nov 9, 2010 at 18:17)

Is mark mathews riding a 29r

Muscle-Head (Nov 10, 2010 at 23:32)

lol no. hes just really small.

pokalface (Nov 9, 2010 at 20:50)

10 of them are running in derailleurs,sick...

yogie-bear (Nov 10, 2010 at 13:01)

what bars are casey riding??

Muscle-Head (Nov 10, 2010 at 23:31)

deity

blueskywtb (Nov 9, 2010 at 3:43)

KONA

sweetonic63 (Nov 9, 2010 at 8:17)

love all the bikes!!!!!

discount (Nov 9, 2010 at 9:26)

LOL @ THE 6Th pic so gayyyyyyyyy pants

gutkrencher (Nov 9, 2010 at 12:09)

I wouldn't trade my bike for any of these. Alu frames, suspension, gears, bashrings, xc tyres... not my cup of tea

Zulu1-1 (Nov 9, 2010 at 13:59)

some super sweet bikes here...

foosfreak99 (Nov 9, 2010 at 14:01)

i didnt know the shermanator rode bikes!!

konasam101 (Nov 9, 2010 at 17:49)

props for the bikes!

ControversySells (Feb 7, 2011 at 10:46)

Candy.

mongoosemartin11 (Mar 10, 2011 at 8:31)

mint bikes man

cheapbikebuyer (Aug 12, 2015 at 1:23)

poop

blackpegasus (Nov 9, 2010 at 13:33)

great machines

hugslyh (Nov 9, 2010 at 14:14)

hmm loves it