Monday, September 27, 2010

Suitably nerdy

Some super nerdy reading for you.



I've updated Vallie components, and published an article on the torque testing of some M5 bolts.

I've also found this really interesting article on chain wear measurement.

I also found out about Civia Cycle's Halstead cycletruck:


Yeah.. I pretty much spend my time online looking at pages like this.

...and who can forget the 'stringbike'. We had an interesting fellow come into the shop the other day and tell us about it. I had previously read the article and seen the animations, so I knew what he was talking about.. but it was super funny to hear his strange Hungarian pride when telling me of it.

Okay.. back to work.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Only In Italy...

This one fully qualifies for WMD's category of "so fucking lame but somehow so fucking cool"... for me it evokes images of the early days of the current fixed gear movement, with many of the moves looking like the oh-so-awkward skid variations.



And if you thought that was embarrassing, check out this video from March 2007.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Chris Akrigg - Teocali Mega.0

Chris sits down with his mum and relives this years Mega Avalanche race.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Projekt-Dorifto

I know we've been a little thin on content lately, but this should make up for it.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

D.B.D.H. 2010

What did you do this past weekend? I was fairly responsible and held down Mighty all weekend... Meanwhile, one city to the South, the Dead Baby Downhill was going on. As Alan would say, SUPER JEALZ! Here's a great vid showcasing the fun:

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

A video to keep you occupied.

4 minutes of mostly slow-mo, lots of the good old tony hawk combo lines.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Finally, a brake that won't slow you down.

A little bit of irony in this ad for some new Hayes hydraulic levers spotted on NSMB. Looks like they've added an adjustment to the master cylinder to tweak brake action and modulation. I am more interested in brakes that do slow me down, however.



So if it wasn't obvious enough from my flickr page, I've been spending the majority of my two-wheeled time on the North Shore, attempting to conquer super technical trails on my Kona Chute hardtail and shooting a ton of photos. Here are some of my recent favourites (click for big!):

Jumped this massive stepdown gap on Cypress last week... that was a rush.



Our new riding buddy Roger likes to jump things too, like this log ride to dorp on Mt. Seymour.



Lyle is now loggin' miles on the freshly built Kona Unit single speeder.



We finally made our way to some of the lesser-traveled trails on the west side of Fromme, where Jodi hit this sketchy line.



The successful riding of the heron swamp section on our current favourite trail, Ladies Only, is a big highlight.



We miss our good bud Khaled, whose steezy jumps such as on Squamish's Half Nelson are now being forced on unsuspecting Europeans.



He did refer me to fellow forest lover, Ghostrider, who likes to take it easy down the hill - just the way I like it.



And even silent ProjB Brandon has been found back on a mountain bike, taking it to the Extreme on Burnaby Mountain.



Finally, while last week we threatened to kick Nick out of ProjB for parting out his dream bike, he is making huge progression on his BMX and has been given another chance. We spent the afternoon at Confed with a hipster briefcase and a picnic that the neighbourhood ants just loved. My camera battery had just died, but I will confirm that Nick got above coping on the mini bowl more than once. In lieu of that, check out this radical stunt by way of Alan.