Yeti SB66 Carbon Awarded

If you’ve had a chance to ride the game-changing SB66 Carbon, you’re already in on the secret:

this is a serious all-mountain machine with 6-inches of amazing bump absorption, dialed geometry, and incredibly efficient pedaling performance. If you haven’t ridden one yet, you don’t have to take our word for it – check out these glowing reviews the press has been giving the 66C lately. With a weight that’s lighter than most of our competition’s 4- and 5-inch travel bikes and strength that’s on par with a freeride machine, it’s no wonder the media has been lining up for test rides.

If you’re ready for your own test ride, contact your Yeti dealer today.

RECENT REVIEWS:

* BIKE MAGAZINE Editor’s Choice
* MOUNTAIN BIKE Editor’s Choice
* BIKE MAGAZINE Bible of Bike Tests
This is going to be my next bike. I got the chance to demo one of these babies last summer in Colorado. It gives you great “travel” for the rough terrains and amazing agility to stay on those tight single tracks.

Mayflower Gulch – Copper Mountain Colorado

Mayflower Gulch

Distance 7 miles
Rating moderate
Time 1 – 2 hours
Elevation 10,880 – 11,880
Type: Out and back dirt road
Season July to early October

Know before you go: Respect all private property at the begining and end of this ride. Most historic buildings are private
and fragile; please view them from a distance. Some of this ride is above timberline; be prepared for rapidly changing weather.

Parking: Drive west on I-70, taking exit 195 to Copper Mountain. Drive toward Leadville on Hwy 91 for 5.8 miles. Park on the left
in a large parking area.

Description: Follow the dirt road that starts at the end of the parking lot. Take the right fork at a junction and begin a steady
climb along the right side of the gulch. At about 2.3 miles, near timberline, the road passes a fork on the right (it climbs steeply
to a ridge and dead-ends). Continue straight, pass through a gate and ride past the remaining cabins of the historic Boston townsite.
The road climbs toward a spectacular natural amphitheater, veers left and reaches another gate marking private property.
Turn around here and return as you came.

SEE MAP

Smart TV by Equiso

Turn any TV into a Smart TV.

Yes I really said that. The guys at EQUISO have developed a thumb drive size device that will allow you to plug into the HDMI port on your television and turn it into a android driven TV.

The Equiso System comes with a unique remote that allows you to control you TV like a wii remote. But is way more than a we remote. This sweet remote has a keyboard on the back of it. This allows you to use your TV truly as a SMART TV.

What is a Smart TV? as defined by Wikipedia: Smart TV, which is also sometimes referred to as “Connected TV” or “Hybrid TV“, is the phrase used to describe the current trend of integration of the internet and Web 2.0 features into modern television sets and set-top boxes, as well as the technological convergence between computers and these television sets / set-top boxes.

Smart TV’s are quite expensive, now with the Equiso Smart TV you can turn any TV into a smart TV.

I was able to play with the prototype this past week. I put it to the test with my kids. My son who is 11 took to it like a duck in water. He plugged it in and instantly start scrolling around. They had angry birds in space in stalled and he started playing that. With the Equiso Smart TV remote he was able to play even angry birds with no problem.

He thought it was pretty awesome how you could just point the remote at the Equiso Smart TV and it worked like a wii remote.

Right now it is on Kickstart, they are raising their initial funding. It has been out for a week now and it is gaining some serious traction!

Be one of the first to get one of these awesome products! Designed by a Harvard Student I can see this Smart tv becoming a hit with his friends all over campus and all college campuses around the world.

Get your Equiso TV here!

Niterider Minewt 600

Summer Is Finally Here! It is time to get for those long evening rides. This is one of my favorite things to do. I love getting off from a long day at work and jumping on my mountain bike and taking a few hour ride. The problem that I run into is living in the desert of southern utah I have to wait until 7 or 8 to leave just because of the heat. So riding after hours is a necessity. So I got the Niterider Minewt 600 Here is the specs on this pretty sweet bike light.

The new Minewt 600 cordless puts out an amazing 600 lumens in a one-piece package with no separate battery pack or cables! Thats freaking amazing. Niterider Minewt 600  is pushing LED technology to a new level. Recharges easily with the included 5.5hr Smart Charger (or plug into to a USB port and charge at your desk!)

Its the first one-piece light that is truly trail capable and overkill for city streets. Plus, Niterider uses reflectors and lenses specifically designed for bicycle riding, so you get a superior beam pattern compared to other systems using “off the shelf” optics.

• Tool-free quick-release handlebar mount
• Also includes helmet mount
• Features premium CREE LEDs
• only 190 grams

RUNTIME
This light features 4 light level options, plus a flash mode:

• 1:30 hours on High (600 lumen)
• 3:00 hours on Medium (400 lumen)
• 4:30 hours on Low (275 lumen)
• 10:00 hours on walking “flashlight” mode (100 lumen) - ideal for use around campsite, changing a flat, etc.

A typical car headlight is 700 lumen, so you pretty much have a car headlight sitting on the front of your bike. Pretty cool hu? One of the greatest features is that it is cordless. This means that you can use it for other things.

Buy a Niterider Minewt 600

Charge Time: 5:30 hr

Weight: 190g (with battery & handlebar mount)

Get yours Today!

Yeti Team in South Africa

Jared Graves, Eliot Jackson and Richie Rude hit up South Africa for the first World Cup of the season. Graves makes a strong, full-time return to the downhill circuit after years of dominating 4X.

He missed the podium by less than half a second.

Nice showing guys for your first event of the year.

 Credit: YetiWatch Results here

It will be exciting to watch them for the rest of the season.

 
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Yeti and Fox Racing Factory Team 2012

Here we go the 2012 season is upon us. The Yeti / Fox Racing Shox Factory Team embarks on another grueling season of World Cup racing in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The race marks the return of Jared Graves to downhill racing, junior talent Richie Rude’s debut on the World Cup circuit, and a sneak peak at Yeti’s first carbon fiber DH bike. After a long off-season of training, goals have been set and expectations are high for the group – now it is finally time to race.

Learn more about Pietermaritzburg Africa
See Pietermaritzburg Africa on google maps

Yeti has posted a few new videos on their site.

Here

Jared Graves is going to be a fun one to watch again this year! Good luck guys.

Red Bull Rampage To Return This Year

The long waited news of the return of Red Bull Rampage is Official! It will be returning to Southern Utah This YEAR.

No official date has been posted yet, Based off previous years we can anticipate it around the beginning of October.

This event has been a staple in Southern Utah since 2001. The events organizers have taken a few years off since then trying to find other locations around the world. There is something about the raw beauty of southern utah that keeps bringing them back.

Check back often as we follow the Red Bull Rampage 2012 schedule!

Want to  read more about this exciting events past? Here>>

Red Bull Rampage – Cameron Zink 1st place run….

Kona Tanuki 2012 Bike Review

This is my bike review for the Kona Tanuki 2012 Bike.

Have you been a fan of the Tanuki?
Well this year you will not be let down. The latest version The Tanuki 2012 Bike corrected a few issues from the 2011 model and they have enhanced a few other features.
One of the biggest changes was in The rear shock. They have reworked it with a larger oil reserve. It has the appearance of a fox shock, but don’t be revived. This is a custom shock built in-house for this bike.

This is the best all around cross country bike on the market. It has been put to the test from running down some of the toughest toughest slopes of Switzerland to long cross country rides.

So Take the specs from the 2011 model and just add a new shock design and here ya go.

This shock is called “The Sektor”  It is designed to be the new tough guy in the RockShox fork line-up too. The head tube tapered design increases stiffness. Nine-speed Gears is still the same as last year. It works well for this design.Kona Tanuki  finishing kit is all decent and in the right sizes for all-round trail use.
My Recommendation is for the money and if you are looking for a new all around good bike this bike is a good fit. You can not buy this bike online. Kona has strict rules about this. Find yourself a local dealer.

Run Scotland to the Sahara Desert

I know this isn’t out mountain biking but I felt it was worth writing about. Have you ever rolled out of bed one day and felt like forest gump? You know just felt like starting to run, lets say that you were up in Scotland and just started running south. Like maybe towards the Sarah desert. Well Andrew Has done it, he ran for 78 straight days.

He covered on an average of 34 miles per day. That is a little over 2600 miles total. Pretty amazing if you ask me, he did it to raise money for some group of people that can’t figure out how to get them selves out of the state of poverty. Some where in Mongolia.  Great job Gump, I mean Andrew. We hope you have reached all of your goals. They have put a video slid together to show what this young man went through on is run.

To learn more about his run visit his site at scotland2sahara.com

Urban Riding on The Rise

It is a little known fact that there are a lot of different types of Bike Riding. Most people only see those guys riding on the side of the rode in matching stretchy shorts and shirts. Ya know riding their 10 speeds with their clip in shoes and drafting each other to cut down on the wind. Well there are a few other styles that I want to mention.

My favorite is Downhill Mountain Biking

then there is Cross Country Mountain Biking

Then there is Urban Mountain Biking

Each one of the styles uses a different type of bike.

For Downhill we usually have a very beefy bike with full suspension and at least 5 inches of travel front and back.
Example type of bike is a Kona Satori

For Cross Country Mountain Biking they have a fixed rear frame with a front shock that gives you 4 to 6 inches of travel. These bikes are used for guys that like to go UP hill as well as down. These are sometimes called a all mountain bike.
Example type of bike is a Kona Kahuna Deluxe

Then you have the Urban Bikes. These bikes are usually created as a single speed and are a hard tail. Guys love these for their simplicity. They use them to do all types of crazy tricks around town. Like jumping over guard rails and over statues.
Example of a Urban Bike is: Kona Big Unit

So why are they on the rise? Basicly because gas is not cheap and if you live in an urban area it is a lot easier to get around. I know this is not all the types of bikes that are out there. This post is not suppose to be a full list. Just a bit of info to get people thinking about all the types of bikes that are out there.

KEEP RIDING….