Avro Rims are clearing out a bunch of rims. These are DH and Winter Cycling rims that have welded rim joints. New production have bonded rim joints. It is just a change in the technology used to produce rims. Both types are equally strong at the joint. It is just that we don't want to ship some of these and some of those. At retail we are selling them at $45 USD instead of $70 USD. A good opportunity to pick up a deal. Quantities are limited.

Go to the Avro website for more info.

The Red Bull Freezride finished today at Big Mountain Resort in Whitefish Montana. Riders really stepped it up and everyone in attendance was awestruck by the evolution over the weekend. Unfortunately due to an extremely slow connection, I am unable to share the weekend's photos. Look for them here tomorrow afternoon. You won't be disappointed. I'm just gonna share the top 5 with you today, but stay tuned for a play by play from the weekend's festivities and the rider's thoughts from the event. Results are as follows:


1. Timo Pritzel
2. Randy Spangler
3. Kyle Strait
4. Gareth Dyer (and my Monster T)
5. Kurt Vories

Let me leave you with this thought while I try my best to catch up with both my thoughts and my sleep. This has to be the coolest bike event I have ever been a part of. Both the riders and Red Bull put on one hell of a show! I promise to get the photos to you by Tuesday, trust me it's worth the wait!

With the close of the Vancouver Bike Show today we drew the winner of the Brodie Evolution. Brian from Elemental Bikes next door acted as a neutral and pulled the name of the lucky entrant. Brad Knox is the proud new owner of the 2002 rig!

Pinkbike has high speed internet setup at the Vancouver Outdoor Show (Bike Zone) Feb 15-17 2002. Live Web Cam is streaming from the show to our website and then back to everyone in the rest of the world.

Check out the Live Web Cam here
Will be pointing the camera at the Ryan Leech Trials Show, Freeride comp and just general activities around the booth.

Get off the p.c., out of the house, and down to the Pinkbike Booth at the Coors Light Outdoor Show in Vancouver to enter to win a sweet rig. A deep blue Brodie Evolution is waitin' for you to build up and ride with sweet lovin'.

The draw takes place at the close of Saturday's show. Each entry is a paltry 2 bucks or three entries for just 5 bucks, so get down to the Pinkbike Booth now!! The winner will be announced on Pinkbike on Saturday afternoon.

After one long strenuous week of frantic preparation, the Red Bull Freezride Course is ready to ride at Big Mountain in Whitefish Montana. The course is littered with great features like a diving board, teeters, huge gap jumps, gi-normous berms, skinnies, a gondola, hip jumps, doubles, wall rides, and a bus with some big hucks thrown in for good measure. Emphasis will be on style and flow rather than who can go the biggest. Look for riders like Mike Kinrade, Dylan Tremblay and Darren Butler to rip it up alongside Kurt Voreis, Chris O'Driscoll, Kyle Strait and Gareth Dyer. We'll try our best to keep you in the loop with photos and updates over the weekend. Check back tonight for practise day photos and the inside word. If you're within driving distance this holiday weekend you should be in Whitefish. Check it out!

We have received many great e-mails making it really difficult to pick 10 winners,
so I managed to get my hands on 10 more passes and picked 20 lucky winners!

Brian McCulloch	Razi Haleem	Kellen Voyer
Jay Park	Darren Leary	Brian Holmwood
Paul Wagorn	Alain Roy	Trever W
Dan G	Neil Meier	Eric Kinskofer
Scott Kingston	Dominic Poon	Jon Harris
Joel S	Matthew Jones	Matt Hunter
Ian Fosbrook	Ian Staines

All of you lucky ones can pickup your pass at the show office located near
the main entrance during regular show hours.
For more information on the show and to download registration forms and a
$2-off
admission coupon check out the bike
zone page in our events
section. See you tomorrow

The VANCOUVER Outdoor Adventure Sport Show is only 3 days away. For those of
you planning to attend - here is your chance to score a free admission pass!
The next 10 people who send me an e-mail
telling me why they should get one of these babies will be getting in for free.

For more information on the show and to download registration forms and a $2-off
admission coupon check out the bike
zone page in our events
section. If you're planning to attend the show, don't forget to stop by the
PinkBike booth to pick up some PinkBike stickers, enter a draw or check
out our T-shirts, Videos
, DVD's
and more. Hope to see you there!

Well, one day's riding is done here, and everyone is pretty stoked for tomorrow and the prelims of the Rockies Challenge.

Pinkbike's own Tedman Parkinson pulled a huge nothing in the big air competition which put him into second behind David Friesen who pulled a no-footer and superman.
Check out our photos from today, and look for another update tomorrow!

The first annual Race Face Ultimate Freeride Challenge is officially underway, with the first four videos now online for viewing and voting.

For the next seven days, you'll be able to go online to check out the first four submissions. Once you've viewed them all, you'll be able to vote for who you think should advance to the next round.

This Week going head to head ..

Lance Canfield (28 years old, Bountiful, Utah)

Ashley Christensen (24 years old, Salt Lake City, Utah)

Cory Leclerc (20 sumthin', Vancouver, BC)

Dylan Tremblay (20 years old, Nelson, BC)


[View All Videos Here]

The good folks over at Sun Peaks along with Brad and Henry from Java Cycle will again be hosting the Tim Horton Nationals on July 19, 20 and 21, 2002. After the huge success of last year's back to back Nationals/Finals weekends, Sun Peaks was the natural choice for 2002. The technically challenging XC and DH courses were competitor favorites, and the on site facilities are world class. The event will be part of the week long Canadian Mountainbike Festival that includes downhill clinics, dirt jump competition and mountainbike camps. Visit Sun Peaks' Website or www.canadian-cycling.com for more information.

Terry Mckall	Mike Dary
Mark Wolstenholme	Dave Fleming
Brad Cyca	Kimmerly
Aaron Simms	D&A Gleddie
Nathan Briggs	Alec Meen
Nichoals Kwong	William Gluth

We liked some of the e-mails so much that instead of 10 passes we're giving
away 12. All of you lucky ones can pickup your pass at the show office located near the main entrance during regular show hours.

For more information on the show and to download registration forms and a $2-off
admission coupon check out the bike
zone page in our events
section. For those of you planning to attend the Vancouver show - keep your eyes open for the Vancouver pass give away starting early next week!

Tara Llanes has been named Finish Line Technologies's new spokesperson.

Beginning with the 2002 season, Team Yeti/Pearl Izumi pro downhiller Tara
Llanes, X-Games Gold Medalist, 1999 World Cup Gold Medalist, and 2002 AT&T Olympic
Commentator, will be appearing in Finish Line's advertising
campaign and on a new website, www.finishlineusa.com, promoting their line of bicycle products. The focus of the campaign is bike maintenance.

"Maintaining your equipment is essential and a clean bike is a fast bike,"
Llanes said. "It is important for me to know that I just have to concentrate
on me crossing the finish line first and not worry about my bike being
clean. I am a very proud user of Finish Line products. I have been using the
stuff for years. If you love your bike, you'll love Finish Line. From
their lube, to the degreasers and Bike Wash, it's the complete package for
winning races."

Many Finish Line employees have had the pleasure of seeing firsthand Llanes'
commitment to the brand when she races. "I wouldn't use anything else,"
said Llanes.

The Edmonton Outdoor Adventure Sport Show is only 3 days away. For those of
you planning to attend - here is your chance to score a free admission pass!
The next 10 people who send me a nice e-mail
telling me why they should get one of these babies will be getting in for free.

For more information on the show and to download registration forms and a $2-off
admission coupon check out the bike
zone page in our events
section. If you're planning to attend the show, don't forget to stop by the
PinkBike booth #116 to pick up some PinkBike stickers, enter a draw or check
out our T-shirts, Videos
, DVD's
and more. Hope to see you there!

Tricycle Works Distribution (Edmonton, AB)is seeking Bombshell Representatives for British Columbia, Quebec, and Ontario. Bombshell is becoming a hot product due to the excellent quality and price, and requires some excellent representation.
Those interested should contact TWD at (780)424-5395 or email twdist@telusplanet.net

We finally got our hands on the Red Bull Ride results. Looks like Joe Schwartz of Nelson, BC took home the "Best Carnage" Award for his stack in the final practise round. The "Huck" award went to Grant Allen while Rohan Mogridge took home "Best Trick" honors. Red Bull's next big event gets under way on Feb 15 in Whitefish, Montana. Pinkbike will be there to help with course construction and bring you the insider's view. Check out the event details at www.redbullfreezride.com and stay tuned here starting next week for all the inside scoop.

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