The US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application Thursday for a “Smart Bicycle System” that would use an iPod or iPhone to monitor sensor data and wirelessly share information. (more…)

Source: http://dirt.mpora.com/news/subscribe-dirt.html
June 9th, 2010 @ 11:26 AM | Author: billy

Subscribe to Dirt Magazine and bag yourself a pair of Nuke proof skinny lock-on grips, but hurry up folks cos we are have nearly run out!

Here’s what you get:

• 13 issues direct to your door- including the Dirt 100!
• Free Nuke proof skinny lock-on grips
• Free delivery every month
• Save over £18 on the annual shop price

All for only £32.50

Subscribe here.

You get these puppies too.

A new cine lens from lens maker Carl Zeiss could change the quality of mountain bike films for ever.

The LWZ.2 lightweight zoom is designed to be used with HDSLR cameras and if by far the highest quality lens ever made for such a purpose. It could easily change the quality and scope for MTB filmers if they can ever afford one!

Check out the details:

Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 with interchangeable mount

The new Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 is the first on the market to combine outstanding optical image quality with an interchangeable mount. The LWZ.2 is a cine lens designed for use with HDSLR as well as traditional cine cameras. The interchangeable mount guarantees high flexibility for present and future use in any situation and for a wide range of camera platforms.

• Three different mounts available (PL, EF and F mount)
• Compact, lightweight zoom ideal for Steadicam, hand held and remote work
• Super color matched with all ZEISS cine lenses
• Highest optical performance despite compact build
• T* XP coating ensures flare resistance

The Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 is the ideal lens for shooting in confined spaces like airplanes, car interiors or elevators. It is also great when a lightweight camera is needed for action sequences, and for applications where size and weight are at a premium, including Steadicam, handheld, remote heads, car rigs, motorcycle rigs, bicycle mounts, body mounts and underwater shoots. In addition, small size and light weight afford a more efficient shooting pace.

I thought I would post this image as frankly it amuses me!

We had been out for a official 1st ride of spring on the DH trails and I had just loaded up the Landy with the Shocker. CJ popped to the National Trust café and produced a tray of tea and sausage sandwiches! Nice.

Hardcore baby, hardcore. We got a few laughs that’s for sure.

Note the usefulness of a Land Rover pick up with a 2″ lift. The rear door is perfect tea table height. How VERY English.

More Mountain Biking >>

I know it isn’t biking, but it is the season and this is a bit special…

This must have been terrifying for the poor guy (Callum Petit and the crew)!

More Ski >>

Got snowed in yesterday so had a mess around with the ContourHD and GoProHD on the Mini Bike…

More Mountain Biking >>

Source: British Cycling

Back at the UCI World Championships in Canberra, Australia. The XC whippets have all been in action. Italy have taken the first Gold medal of the event with a win in the Cross Country Team Relay. Canada took the Silver and France coming in for Bronze.

The good old brits came in at a respectable 9th

Cross Country Team Relay

So the big question was – how’d the race go?
“Not too bad – we’re happy with the result, we were consistent throughout, it is a big improvement on last year and we are moving up the scoresheet and becoming more competitive all the time. Ninth could have been sixth, we were 25 seconds behind the Dutch and lost out in a sprint to the line with the Czech Republic. Both Kenta Gallagher and Annie Last put in good laps and racing on that course was a good insight.”

So what information was gained?
“Everything will be decided on the climb, the course starts in the open and from there it is a technical climb that is all singletrack. Once you are into it there will be no overtaking so a good position here is critical. Of course every other rider will have the same plan, because nobody wants to end their race on the first up hill. From there the second half of the course opens out and it gets very windy – you won’t want to be riding alone in these sections.”

And for tomorrow?
“Tomorrow is a very busy day. First is the Junior and Under-23 race. We have both Lily Matthews and Annie Last in the Under-23s, Annie is on good form at the moment and we’d be delighted with a top ten, especially as it is her first year out of Juniors.

Then there is also the downhill and fourcross practice, everyone is looking forward to that. Dan Atherton has his trainer out here and is doing great, the whole team is working well together.”

Thanks to Helen for her update and we’ll have more from the team tomorrow morning, following the women’s under-23 XC race.

Results:

TEAM RELAY RESULTS
1 Italy (Marco Aurelio Fontana/Gerhard Kerschbaumer/Eva Lechner/Cristian Cominelli) 1:14:02
2 Canada (Raphael Gagne/Geoff Kabush/Evan Guthrie/Catharine Pendrel) 0:00:06
3 France (Alexis Vuillermoz/Cédric Ravanel/Hugo Drechou/Cécile Rode Ravanel) 0:00:08
4 Sweden (Emil Lindgren/Tobias Ludvigsson/Alexandra Engen/Mattias Wengelin) 0:00:54
5 Switzerland (Florian Vogel/Matthias Stirnemann/Nathalie Schneitter/Fabian Giger) 0:01:00
6 Netherlands (Irjan Luttenberg/Michiel Van Der Heijden/Laura Turpijn/Jelmer Pietersma) 0:03:00
7 Germany (Moritz Milatz/Martin Gluth/Markus Bauer/Sabine Spitz) 0:03:04
8 Czech Republic (Jaroslav Kulhavy/Jan Nesvadba/Pavla Havlikova/Lukas Sablik) 0:03:24
9 Great Britain (Liam Killeen/Kenta Gallagher/Annie Last/David Fletcher) 0:03:25
10 Belgium (Sven Nys/Tom Meeusen/Ruben Scheire/Sanne Cant) 0:03:29

Full results can be found here