Tony Griffin is an amazing individual and a true inspiration. If you don't already know about Tony then please visit his website at www.tonygriffinfoundation.com to learn his story. Please consider joining us on Sun Jun 24th to celebrate his monumental journey across Canada to battle cancer and to cheer him on for his next stage crossing Ireland. Please, please take the time to read the info on the attached poster. If you can make the time to join in on the Family Fun Day and or the Party At The Pogue Fado that would be great. If you're keen on joining Tony for a fun ride into Halifax on the last leg of his ride in Canada please do. The more the merrier! He will be departing the Tim Horton's in Debert for a 100km ride to Halifax at 7am and then will be picking up more riders at the Superstore in Bedford at 1pm for a 15km ride into downtown Halifax. If you need further info on the ride please contact ride organizer Alison Keen, AKEEN@DAL.CA.

If you need further info on either of the Halifax events please feel free to contact the event organizer - Todd McDonald, tmcdonald@energyatlantica.com.

Posted by bikergrl at 11:42 PM

Press Release

VeloNB will be hosting Level 1 Coach courses for both Mountain and Road in May.

-Level 1 Road: May 12/13-
This course is being offered at the Atlantic Cycling Centre in Dieppe. The course is being offered in conjunction with a high performance training camp, so there is an opportunity for some excellent hands on training.

-Level 1 Mountain: May 19/20-
This course is tentatively scheduled for Fredericton, but consideration will be given to relocate should there be a majority of registrants from another location.

This is a great opportunity to get into coaching the sport you love. Taking these courses are also a great opportunity to simply learn more about your sport and become a better rider.

For information contact Stephen Dixon at stephenjdixon@gmail.com or 506.457.8831

Posted by bikergrl at 11:31 PM

Press Release

The people at Norco know that creating a life-long cyclist, starts with a positive first experience on a bike. Too often, kids miss out on the great memories and freedom of riding because they never get past the frustrating, and often painful process of learning to ride without training wheels.

To make sure that every kid gets a chance to fall in love with cycling, Norco has developed the Run-Bike. Conceived and developed in Europe as an alternative to training wheels, the 'Run-Bike' allows kids to gradually gain the basic skills and balance for riding, by allowing them to glide for short distances.

Posted by bikergrl at 02:45 PM

SUMMERSIDE, PEI, February 4, 2007 - Country Pines has increased its commitment to Breakfast Programs across PEI through a renewed and increased support of the annual Biking for Breakfast Challenge (BFBC).

Country Pines will offer a BFBC Starter Kit to three non-PEI riders who participate in the August 4, 2007, fund-raiser. The Kit includes one free night's accommodation plus free transportation to and from the event.

Posted by bikergrl at 05:58 PM

Next weekend, Feb. 9, 10, 11 at the 3Ride comp in Ray's MTB indoor park, Cleveland OH, the Dobermann Bikes crew will be down with their riders and welding gear. You are all welcome to try out our bikes, take a shot at welding and most importantly, say hi and have a chat with us!

All weekend, Mathieu and Gabriel will be doing some welding demos where you'll be able to give it a try and learn some tricks from some of the best welders in the industry.

If melting metal is not up your alley but you would be interested to see how the Dobermann frames are welded, every day between the main events of the 3Ride comp, Mathieu will be welding a complete Dobermann frame inside the Ray's MTB indoor park complex.

In our quest to educate riders on how bike frames don't just drop from the sky in a container, welding frames on the road is the ideal way for us to show our skills and share our passion for the beautiful art of frame building.

We are looking forward to see you there!

More info on the 3Ride comp and Ray's MTB indoor park is available at http://www.raysmtb.com/

Posted by bikergrl at 09:26 AM

November 24th, 2006 - Norco Performance Bikes is excited to announce the addition of Ben Boyko to our Factory Team for the '07/08 season.

The newest member of the Norco Factory Team is currently one of the hottest riders in the freeride/slopestyle scene. This past season, Ben captured top 5 finishes at key slopestyle competitions including: Crankworx (Whistler, BC), Bike Magazine's Monster Park, and the Braun 26Trix (Austria).

Posted by bikergrl at 05:08 PM

October 1, 2006
Press Release

Atlantic Factory Direct Sports, in conjunction with Brodie Bicycles (www.brodiebikes.com) is pleased to announce the launch of its Junior Rider Development Program for the upcoming 2007 season. Individuals who are accepted into the program may qualify to receive coaching and event/race support, as well sponsored rider deals on clothing, protective equipment and Brodie bicycles as "up and coming" members of Team Brodie/SixSixOne Atlantic.

Posted by bikergrl at 07:14 AM

Well, July is here and this year it brings back an old favorite for mountain bikers of all disciplines. Sportwheels is proud to resurrect a maritime mtb favorite by bringing you Gorefest 06 on July 29 and 30th featuring an 8 hour relay on Sunday.

This is a unique event that brings together the mountain bike community like no other. No matter what you ride you will not be alone. If it's got two wheels and a set of pedals- bring it!

Posted by nimzie at 05:24 PM

Jason & Trish have just put together the ultimate California roadtrip on their limited budget. To add to the fun (and because they only had two seats in Van) they decided to blog and photo journal their trip so that everyone could come along.

Posted by bikergrl at 09:24 PM

Press Release
Port Coquitlam, BC — If you haven't booked your vacation time or planned a roadtrip for this summer, NOW is the time! Norco Performance Bikes is proud to announce the return of its one-of-a-kind customer appreciation days: VPS-Fest.

After such an enthusiast response last season, the Norco crew decided to return to ALL THREE of the popular riding locations from last year (so if you missed out in '05 - this is your chance!). The western team will kick off the summer on July 1st long weekend in SUN PEAKS, BC. The eastern crew will be picking it up from there at BLUE MOUNTAIN, ON the following weekend (July 8th) to make sure our eastern riders get some of the love, and finally, the Norco staff & Factory Team riders will invade Vancouver Island, to set up the party at MT. WASHINGTON on Aug. 19th.

Posted by bikergrl at 07:26 AM

Vancouver, B.C. March 13, 2006-The first screenings of ROAM, a new mountain bike film from The Collective, have just been announced. The World Premiere of the film will take place in Monterey, California during the Sea Otter Classic on Friday April 7th. ROAM will then screen on Sunday April 16th in Whistler, B.C. as part of the World Ski and Snowboard Festival, at the Whistler Conference Center. A film tour will follow these initial screenings, with dates and locations to be announced soon.

Posted by bikergrl at 09:59 AM

Atlantic Pedaler Online Magazine recently held it's awards night and
Nova Scotia came out the big winner.

Nova Scotians captured 4 awards at this year's ceremony. The awards
consisted of sponsorship awards, kilometres biked awards, and a photo of
the year contest.

A total of 588 votes were placed in their first annual "Cyclists Choice
Awards". From these votes, various awards were handed out across
Atlantic Canada.

Posted by bikergrl at 08:53 PM

March 6, 2006

Peterborough, Ontario: As one group of elite athletes arrive home from the Winter Olympics, another group is counting down to the thrill of competition at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, March 15th to 26th.

Shimano Canada Limited, Canadian sales office for world leading manufacturer of bicycle components Shimano Inc., is proud to sponsor an impressive line up of athletes who are part of the 19 member Canadian team competing at the Melbourne Games.

Posted by bikergrl at 08:45 PM

Press release: Bicycles Without Borders, a non-profit subsidiary of Fernie Fat-Tire Adventures, Western Canada's leading mountain bike tour operator, is soliciting donations of bicycles and cash to assist in their goal of distributing bicycles to needy families in developing countries in Central and South America.

Posted by bikergrl at 11:38 PM

January 30, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Peterborough, Ontario:The Kona Bicycle Company, has embarked upon what could be the most important bicycle the company has ever developed: 200 bikes designed specifically to assist health care workers treating HIV and AIDS in Africa.

In partnership with Bristol-Myers Squibb and Bicycling Magazine's Bike Town Africa, Kona is developing the AfricaBike for workers delivering home health aids and services to patients in two Botswana cities, Bobonong and the capital city of Gaborone.

Posted by bikergrl at 11:27 PM

For the 2006 season, 243racing has brought another young athlete on board to join John "Smokey" Campbell on its East Coast Pro Team. Peter L'esperance brings a great blend of gravity defying street/park moves and trials, and energetic attitude and a relentless pursuit of whatever he's after that day. These two riders will be competing Canada and in to the US whenever they can testing and working with the .243racing products. Most of all, they will be helping spread the word about .243racing and offer quality feedback on the products.

Posted by nimzie at 09:19 PM

Port Coquitlam, BC - Norco Performance Bikes, Canada's premiere bicycle company is excited to announce that Ryan Leech and Fionn Griffiths will return for 2006 along with a great lineup of new & returning riders. Ryan Leech, widely considered to be one of the most skilled riders ever to throw a leg over a bicycle, will blow minds this year with his amazing fusion of street and trials riding aboard his signature "Moment" frame.

Posted by bikergrl at 05:28 PM

Dear Cycling Enthusiasts and Stunters,

Often, there are moments of clarity when you just have to dive in, no matter how busy you are. Having developed the Hoots brand now for 8 years and culminated partnerships and friends in all parts of the world, I have had some of the greatest opportunities to discuss trails to politics on a global scale. Hoots gear now extends beyond the traditional protective gear and clothing and embraces involvement in trail advocacy, bike skills parks and teaching. Dedication to our killer sport, straight up!

Posted by nimzie at 08:25 AM

Portland, Oregon

The deity components crew is proud to announce the addition of Cameron Zink to the deity roster!

Known for his ability to dominate every discipline while constantly elevating the standards that will define the sports future-Cam continues the evolution of deity and sets forth on a season of filming, racing, comps, and global podiums. Keep an eye out on the Reno native as he hits a variety of World Cup races, The Red Bull District Ride, Monster Park, and much more!

Posted by nimzie at 08:57 AM

The following exerpt is taken from Steve Peat's Website

Posted by nimzie at 01:17 PM

by Bikergrl

This summer Nova Scotia hosted a new type of event for Canada's eastern provinces. The East Coast Mountain Bike Skills Camp held in August gave riders the opportunity to learn from a Pro - Norco's Jay "Hoots" Krantz.

Well known for his tireless contributions to the mountain bike community on the other side of the continent, Jay brought his special blend of positivity and know-how to riders in a 3 day series of workshops. Riders progressed through skill building exercises in street, dirt jumping and downhill disciplines and came away with improved technique and a very positive experience. Although some participants had never hit a dirt jump or a ramp prior to the workshops, each one left with an expanded bag of tricks and sense of confidence on the bike thanks to Jay's inspirational instruction.

Posted by bikergrl at 01:31 PM

FTP Rye Airfield Edit and Full-Length Video Available

(June 8, 2005 - Montreal, Quebec) For The People Productions brings you to last summer's Rye Airfield Big Wheels contest! Our lead editor, Evan Shuster, has put together a visually stunning edit of all the pros, and bros, who ripped New Hampshire. Some serious riding went down at the contest and Evan captured it all. All the bangers from the comp are in it; including some great footage of Jim "Hacksaw" Severt, Jim Dechamp, Cameron Zink, Kyle Ebbett, Dave Smutok, Aaron Chase, Ryan Smith, Eric Porter and so many locals going off it will make your head spin!

Posted by nimzie at 04:45 PM

Finally the wait is over: May is here. The sun is warm, the wind has lost it's chill. The days are long and so again are your rides. Your fitness is coming back after the winter's stealth like embezzlement of your 2 wheeled evening entertainment: again you remember why you love the sport of mountain biking. This can mean only one thing, spring has most definitely sprung and the summer is almost upon us! But where will you be riding in 2005? I'm guessing that at some point over the last 6 months you will have been captivated by your favourite DVD's like Earthed, Back in the Saddle or of course the Collective. But have you ever considered riding in the places where they were filmed?

Posted by bikergrl at 11:38 PM

WHISTLER, BC, May 10, 2005 - The second annual Crankworx freeride mountain bike festival wheels into Whistler August 3-7, 2005. Crankworx blends extreme freeride mountain biking competitions, fun family races, music and entertainment, and will showcase Whistler as the place to play and ride this summer. Organizers have announced event details that will combine highlights from last year with a range of new elements to deliver an explosive lineup of entertainment and gravity-fed action.

Posted by nimzie at 07:36 PM

Dynamic Bicycles Launches New Line of Shaft Drive Mountain Bikes, Road Bikes and Hybrid Bikes- Medway, MA January 21, 2005
Dynamic Bicycles, Inc. this month unveiled its innovative line of chainless bicycles that promise to make riding more fun for more people.

Chainless bikes eliminate the biggest complaint riders have always had about bicycles - greasy, maintenance-prone chains and derailleurs. Instead, Dynamic Bicycles' sleek mountain bikes and road bikes use a fully enclosed shaft drive and all-internal gearing so there are no exposed, moving parts - meaning no grease to get on hands or clothes and no more 'chain bite.' More importantly, these chainless bikes deliver an incredibly smooth ride, exciting performance and are virtually maintenance-free.

Posted by bikergrl at 12:49 PM

Port Coquitlam, BC - On April 5th, 2005, Norco Factory Team rider, Jay 'Hoots' Krantz was honoured with the groundbreaking, North Shore Mountain Bike Community Stewardship Award at the 6th Annual North Shore Sports Awards in North Vancouver, BC.

Posted by bikergrl at 07:57 PM

Press Release, March 2005

Join Squamish Adrenaline Bike Camp for a week of arm pumping
adventures. We invite all adults and kids that are at least 15 yrs old and of intermediate to advanced riding ability to experience the first and only adventure Mountain bike Camp based out of beautiful Squamish, B.C, Canada. Explore 100's of Kilometres of amazing single track, full of bridges, granite rock rides, drops, and stunts.

Posted by bikergrl at 09:18 AM

Press Release

Although Mace gear has only been around for a few years, the company's innovative approach to riding-wear has rocked the bike industry and revolutionized the way we look at riding apparel.  The crew at Mace started out with one simple goal: to create technical apparel you could wear comfortably on or off the bike. Simply put, these shorts ain't your grand-daddy's lycra.

Posted by bikergrl at 08:56 AM

January 14th, 2005 - Norco Performance Bikes is pleased to announce that Neil MacKinnon (aka-BeastVPS) has been hired to fill the Norco Special Events and Technical Support Role for Eastern Canada. Neil brings with him a diverse riding background (from road to XC to DH/Freeride), as well as, a great deal of experience and knowledge about both the on and off road riding communities in Ontario. In addition, Neil has been actively involved in the past decade with many trail building and cycling advocacy initiatives.

Posted by bikergrl at 02:57 PM

Port Coquitlam, BC - Norco Performance Bikes, Canada's top race and freeride supporter is excited to welcome SOLE Custom Footbeds onboard as an official silver-level team sponsor for the 2005 season. This year SOLE has made a huge effort to support Canadian athletes, and the mountain bike community in particular by sponsoring individuals such as Ryan Leech and Shaums March, as well as, the Norco Factory Team.

Posted by bikergrl at 12:57 PM

Author: Robert Rebholz, Brooklyn Bike Riders

A beautiful example of riders making a living at what they love to do, the West Coast Freeride Guides, Ltd., owned and co-created by local freeride entrepreneurs Michael Hallett, Brian Cameron and Mike Harvison. Together, with their passion to ride and their desire to create their own destiny they have developed tours that will showcase the lifestyle and culture of the mountain biking communities in British Columbia that until now resided only in mountain bike videos and magazines. All of their trips are designed for the intermediate to advanced rider and range from 5 and 8 day all-inclusive trips; heli-biking, single-day shuttles, and customized guided mountain bike adventures.

Posted by bikergrl at 09:27 AM

Vancouver, BC

Race Face Performance Products, along with Giant Bicycles and Manitou Suspension is proud to announce the fourth annual Race Face Ultimate Freeride Challenge is officially underway. Videos are now being accepted for the US$25,000 "winner takes all" contest with the submission deadline set at February 1st, 2005. This gives riders over 7 months to plan, shoot and edit their videos in the hopes of gaining international exposure and ultimately making the short list of Freeriding's elite.

Posted by nimzie at 08:21 AM

Press Release
Halifax,Feb. 4, 2004-

Arc-9 Interactive Incorporated, a Halifax-based new media developer, has begun production on "Egregious Downhill", an innovative downhill mountain biking video game. Arc-9 Interactive has secured support from Telefilm Canada and Dalhousie University.

Posted by bikergrl at 01:29 PM

Author: Chris Glew

Freeride Tours is the premier mountain bike touring company in BC. Freeride Tours is well-known within the North Shore and BC riding scenes and is intertwined with many of B.C.'s riders, trail builders, and shops. This allows us to provide you with the most unique, all-inclusive mountain bike trips on the planet.

Posted by nimzie at 07:59 AM

Mountain bike groups looking to develop technical riding will soon benefit from a new grant program focused on building challenging trails. In 2004, Kona Bicycle Company and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) will award five cash grants to fund the development of freeriding, downhilling, and dirt jumping projects.

IMBA affiliated clubs are invited to apply for five $500 awards. The application deadline is March 1, 2004, and the grants will be awarded in April.

Posted by bikergrl at 10:13 AM

On January 17th, 2004, Myopic is proud to present Go Back to the Forest,
a MTB skatepark contest in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.

The event is brought to you by Iron Horse, Banshee Bikes, Evil/E-Thirteen,
.243 Racing, Cavalry Clothing, Bicycle Rockers, Aberrant Concepts,
Match Videozine, and modestbike.com.

Posted by nimzie at 08:37 PM

In an effort to help a fellow rider in need, DH Productions is proud to offer the 2004 calendar to benefit Australian downhill superstar, Johnny Waddell. Everybody in the downhill and freeride scene has either seen or heard of Johnny's unfortunate situation. To help offset some of his medical and rehabilitation expenses, Johnny's friends and sponsors have teamed up with the world's best MTB photographers to produce this amazing calendar.

Posted by jeffro at 10:05 PM