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We’ve been working the design team hard here at Kona. Testing, drawing, refining, inventing, creating, coming up with entirely new models, while ensuring existing models are the best they can possibly be. In this series of 2011 Sneak Peeks, we get up close and personal with our product team on the why’s, how’s and wow’s of a few highlight bikes that will be hitting stores a few months from now.In this installment, we catch up with Freeride/DH product manager, Chris Mandell, offering up the first official, break-it-to-the-world look at our entirely new Downhill series…the Operator. (more…)

NSMB: Cove G-Spot 2010

July 14 2010 No Commented

All new, all mountain assassin

Words by Connor Macleod. Photos by Derek Dix.
Date: 2010-07-07

When a Handjob won’t do and picking up a STD is out of the question, it’s time to take another look at the G-Spot. For 2010, Cove completely redesigned the venerable G-Spot from the loam up.

The biggest change for the G-Spot is the suspension design. Gone is the rocker arm linkage with pivots on the seat stays and around the bottom bracket, in favour of the same floating pivot point suspension design as its big brother, the Shocker. So, how does this new version of a Shore classic ride? Good question… (more…)

NSMB: Carbon V10

June 30 2010 5 Commented

Words by Mike Wallace. Photos by Jordan Manley unless noted. Date: 2010-06-28

After spending two solid days riding the new V10 Carbon at the Whistler bike park I can say that it is no longer a niche bike. It is still a nice bike – actually nicer than ever – but it is no longer a niche bike. (more…)

Commencal show new downhill bike

June 30 2010 No Commented

June 29th, 2010 @ 2:47 PM | Author: billy | dirt magazine

This is going to be concise – with a whole load more of detail to follow both here on the website and in future issues of Dirt Magazine.

This is so new it hasn’t even been built yet. (more…)

2011 Rockshox Boxxer

June 18 2010 No Commented

By Matt Pacocha, US editor Bikeradar.com

In contrast to the numerous changes to RockShox’s cross-country and trail forks for 2011, the company’s long-travel line remains largely unaltered, with the exception of some tweaks to the Boxxer downhill fork.

The Totem and Lyric fork both carry over unchanged save for the new lighter Maxle Lite through-axle and additional colour options. Totem is in its fifth edition and with that comes a new sticker kit by yet another guest designer, this time Geoff McFetridge. (more…)

More BOS Deville Info

June 11 2010 No Commented

Sources: Dirt/Mpora/BOS

From BOS:

Deville is the very first enduro fork produced by Bos. It has been developped with Nicolas Vouilloz in order to get a very accurate fork for tall the enduro riders. Our R&D depatrment have been mainly focused on three axles : getting a lightweight fork, quite stiff, and efficient in downhill, but also when it’s time to climb! (continued below)

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…You get the result now, and Nico , as well as the other lucky guys who could ride it, feel really enthousiasts about its behaviour. Deville is remarquable bty its dimensions : 34mm stanchions and 160 mm travel : a package that brings a good balance between stifness and reasonnable weight. By the way, Deville is one of the lightest 160 mm forks available. But Deville, as a true Bos fork, also features a very good hydraulic system, based on an openned bath cartridge, fully adjustable. This should bring a good chassis control ! And for the pedaling efficincy, Deville inn ovates with the TRC, for Twin Rate Curve. Tjis system does not block the fork, and does not change the geometry of the bike. It brings a new rate curve, on the spring side, allowing the fork to be efficent on small bumps, but it reduces the travel by icreasing the rate very quickly. In case of big hit unexpected, the fork still works. This system is incredibly efficient once on the track, as noticed by Nico Vouilloz. it also allows to keep a high front end in downhill, on a soft ground, with many tight curves, according to Nico, who decided to use it in this kind of situation.

Gee Atherton wins in Fort William

June 6 2010 No Commented

By James Costley-White (bikeradar.com)

Gee Atherton celebrates his win at Fort William (James Costley-White/BikeRadar)

Home favourite Gee Atherton (Commencal) blitzed his way to the win in a thrilling men’s downhill final at today’s UCI Mountain Bike World Cup round in Fort William, Scotland. (more…)

Afan Trip May 2010

June 4 2010 No Commented

The video of our recent trip to Afan in Wales. This is the long version (37 mins) for us riders. It contains 90% of the downhill/trial sections of “Y Wall” and “White’s Level”. Probably pretty boring for non riders. Worth a skip through though. Next time we need trail side camera men for the 3rd person shots!