PassPortesThe PassPortes is one of Europe’s premier Freeride cycling events, taking place on the French/Swiss border where there are a network of trails that let you do a 50 km loop of some of the finest single track in existence.
I managed to catch up with some Mountain Cycle fans from the UK, and spent an incredibly cool day riding (and getting lost!) with them on some Primo singletrack. Thanks to Carli and Josh (in the photo), Helen, Faye and anybody else that I’ve forgotten! US Open of MTBThis past weekend, Team Mountain Cycle were at the US Open of Mountain Biking held at Diablo Freeride Park in Vernon, New Jersey. Mountain Cycle displayed at this event with a prominent pit space on the corner of the pit area; right next to Giant-Michelin and behind e.thirteen. We displayed with a 10′x10′ MC pop-up tent and showed off some of the new Shockwave frames. In racing news, Mountain Cycle’s Ecuadorian racer Alejandro Ortiz won the Amateur Dual Slalom on board Jim D’s white prototype Battery bike. In the downhill event, Alejandro qualified 5th on Saturday and placed 12th in the finals on Sunday. His time would have qualified him for the Pro event. Congrats to Alejandro! In other event news, Mountain Cycle sponsored the event coverage on the popular Freecaster video site by providing food and lodging to the freecaster guys at the event. You can see the Mountain Cycle logo on the below video. Freecaster Video of US Open – sponsored by Mountain Cycle Maribor WCOn Sunday was the first DH World Cup of the 2008 season at Maribor in Slovenia. We sent two of our riders; Yannick and Sophie along to compete, more for the experience than anything, as they are both new to the World Cup circuit, and they don’t get much more challenging than this. At the end of the weekend Yannick finished a solid 85th, which makes him 7th in Junior Sophie fared less well, as her hand was still very painful after her fall last week. She still finished 27th in Womens though. Both riders are reported to be very happy with the new 2008 evolution Shockwave, and they are now heading to Valnord in Andorra for the 2nd round! « Newer Posts |
