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Dec 11, 2011

2011 BIKE WEEK Taichung

All New FUNNDAMENTAL pedal grease port injection for bearing maintenance

Fatboy 810mm flat bar!

FUNNDURO 60mm front view

FUNNDURO side view

Prototype 32mm DH wheel in Orange ready for trail testing

Tempus Bar FUNN Booth

Oct 10, 2011

Carbon DH bike entered in best Polish bike show award




Here is some photos of the Carbon DH bike that won best bike of show.

These are Troy's friends from Antidote bikes that he rides with and also the guys helping doing some trail testing on the new wheels.

Sep 13, 2011

Tough Day At World Champs, But An Amazing Season For Trek World Racing Downhillers

9.9.2011     

Last Sunday the World Championships showed just how difficult they can be for even the best riders in the world. It's a one shot deal and the weather and mountain can have a huge effect on a rider's performance no matter how hard they've work for it. In the end it was a ride of pure brilliance by Danny Hart (GBR) in the Men's, and a clean and aggressive run by Emmeline Ragot (FRA) in the Women’s, that took the titles.

Unfortunately for all 4 of Trek World Racing's downhill riders, crashes marred their runs on the drenched mountainside in Champery, Switzerland. The rain that was promising to show up on Sunday, arrived in abundance and made for a race of survival in the junior categories; and for very difficult riding for all others. Neko Mulally had qualified an easy 8th in Junior Men and was looking to step it up, but a crash early in his run that left him concussed put all hope of a medal aside. Neko didn't suffer any serious injury in the final, but was still nursing a broken hand from earlier in the week.

Justin Leov was on a top 10 run when he crashed due to a vision problem with his goggles. It was very wet, the rain was pouring down, and vision was being compromised. Tracy Moseley crashed 3 times, the last one in spectacular fashion as she ran off course and into the crowd. Fortunately Tracy was not hurt, nor any spectators, and still managed a 9th place. Only 2 women got down the hill without a crash!

Fastest qualifier by 5 seconds and a strong chance for the win, Aaron Gwin was the last man to come down. At the first interval he was only 0.9secs behind Danny (who won by more than 11 seconds) but a small error ran Aaron off the track and hooked his Session 9.9 in the catch fencing costing valuable time. Aaron finished in 12th, clearly devastated by the run.

Despite Sunday September 4 not going the way of the team, all of the team members went to dinner that night and reflected on an amazing season, one that set many records. Aaron's historic 5 World Cup wins, first team to win the Overall in Women's and Men's Downhill and be the number 1 team, and Tracy's best ever season in her career.

Already the team management is planning 2012, but for now 23 Degrees Sports Management would like to sincerely thank all of the sponsors that made this season so great. Especially Trek for their incredible bikes and technology and on-site support, to Shimano for the componentry and the amazing proto-type equipment we've been offered to use, and Fox Racing Shox for simply being the best suspension out there. To JBL/Harman for the on-going support, as well as our other integral sponsors such as Kabuto Helmets, Royal Racing, FUNN, Gamut USA, SDG Components, Maxxis, Motorex, Isostar and Alpinestars. All of them have been key to our success. Roll on 2012!

Results for World Championships are here:
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Aug 31, 2011

New In Pursuit Video released 30th, Aug., 2011


30.8.2011
On the eve of the World Championships this weekend, the latest instalment of the In Pursuit series from Trek World Racing has been released today. Entitled "Victorious In Val Di Sole" it follows the downhill riders in Italy for the final round of the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup. Watch as Tracy Moseley has an anxious day for the finals, ultimately winning the overall World Cup, and as Aaron Gwin takes his 5th win of the season, a new record! Winning the men's and women's DH Overall, and ending up the number 1 ranked team, it's a season to remember for Trek World Rcaing.
The video can be viewed here:
http://dh.trekworldracing.com/videos/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjI9SIlw8aM
Watch the Downhill World Championships on Freecaster this Sunday, September 4 starting with the women at 14h00 and Men at 15h00 on www.mtbworldcup.com. It's pay per view so visit the website and purchase your code now.



Aug 23, 2011

Tracy Moseley Wins World Cup Title, Aaron Gwin Makes History

22.8.2011     
In an incredible end to an amazing season for Trek World Racing, here in Val Di Sole Italy, Tracy Moseley clinched the World Cup title and Aaron Gwin became the only man in history to win 5 Downhill World Cups in one season. It's also the first time in the history of the World Cup that a team has won both the Men's and Women's World Cup overalls in Downhill. To top off the great season, Trek World Racing ended up the number 1 ranked team.
The conditions for the World Cup finals were extremely difficult. The heat had dried out the super steep course and holes were filling with super fine powder. The lack of let up in the track made for a very difficult final quarter of racing as riders became very fatigued with arm pump, and the race was fully of spectacular crashes and saves. Neko Mulally was one of the riders that fell victim to the track conditions, crashing just after the first split, but ended up his season as 3rd junior overall.
Justin Leov, who missed the entire first day of training due to a visit to the hospital to check on a neck injury, managed to find most of his speed by the finals, and moved up from 25th in qualifying to 12th on race day, finishing 9th overall for the year, his 3rd top 10 career overall.
For the women's event, Tracy had the unenviable task of riding fast enough to get enough points, but not pushing too hard on this difficult track and throwing away the World Cup title. With a lead of 125 points going into the final over Frenchwoman Floriane Pugin, Tracy needed to finish 7th or better to win. Tracy was not aware of this as she preferred to race without knowing the mathematical situation. In the end a solid, yet slightly nerve wracking run, was good enough for 5th, a perfect record of podiums for 2011 and the title safely in her hands.
Tracy said: "That is such an amazing relief. I'm so glad I didn't know what position I had to come, that would have played on my mind. As it was, it was super hard to race this course. I wanted to let it go many times and just go for it, but in my mind I knew I couldn't risk it all. Not the most enjoyable race, but so cool to win the overall in front of my boyfriend James and my parents. It's been an incredible honor to wear the World Champs jersey all year, and to have had my best season ever while wearing it. A huge thanks to my mechanic Sander, he has been a massive part of my success". For Aaron Gwin, the title may have been wrapped up but that wasn't going to stop the 23 year old American from going for another win. Aaron has treated every race as an individual race to win, and the finals were no different. After qualifying first he was the last man to come down. For the team staff it was a nervous time after seeing so many riders crash, get loose and seemingly be on the edge the whole way down. Aaron however seemed to tame the course, almost looking slow by comparison, but the time gap kept building until eventually he crossed the line for the win. Not only the first to win 5 in a season, but now, after only 1 season, he is the 5th most winning man of all time in World Cup Downhills, behind Steve peat, Nicolas Vouilloz, Greg Minnaar and Sam Hill; quite a season.
Aaron said: "That was one of the toughest tracks I've ever raced on. So many holes you couldn't see and lines blown out, it was a mission to keep your hands on the bars. I had a solid run and felt like I learned a ton this weekend. I feel incredibly blessed to have had the season I've had. I want to thank my team, Trek for the incredible carbon Session 9.9, Fox and Shimano for giving me the greatest product and support, and my mechanic Monkdawg who is always on it. God has been great to me this year, and I'm extremely proud for all the American fans who have been so supportive trackside and on-line."
Team Owner Martin Whiteley said: "This year in Downhill we've had a dream season. It's hard finding the words to be honest. Firstly I am extremely indebted to Tracy and Aaron for all they have done for the program and for our sponsors; they are amazing athletes, but even better team-mates. To be the number 1 team is especially rewarding because it's something that all the hard working staff, mechanics, soigneurs, videographers, can take immense pride in. To all the Trek staff in Waterloo who have helped us become what we are today in just under 3 years, from the graphic designers to the engineers to the marketers, a huge thanks. And of course all of our sponsors that we include in the logos at the top of this page, we hope you have enjoyed the ride in World Cup 2011, and rest assured we plan to deliver again for World Cup 2012." Results for World Cup DH #7 are here:
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New In Pursuit Video Released Today


14.8.2011     
The latest instalment of the In Pursuit series from Trek World Racing has been released today. Entitled "Lockdown In La Bresse" it follows the downhill riders in La Bresse, France, for Round 6 of the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup. Watch as Aaron Gwin wraps up the overall World Cup with one race to go, Tracy scores another win for her best season of her career, and the venue gets jammed with fans. Truly a race to remember for Trek World Racing.
 
The video can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx8-lBbkVRo
http://xc.trekworldracing.com/videos/
Watch the Men's XC World Cup round 6 in less than 1hr 30mins from now on www.mtbworldcup.com.
The next round of the DH World Cup will be in Val di Sole, Italy, August 21.



Aaron Gwin Wins Overall World Cup Title, Tracy Moseley Extends Lead


 7.8.2011     

Today in France Aaron Gwin made history, yet again, by becoming the first ever American man ever to win the World Cup Downhill title, a fact that will become even clearer to the 23 year old when he stands on the podium in Italy in 2 weeks' time to receive the prized crystal trophy. His team mate, World Champion Tracy Moseley, won her 4th World Cup race of the season today and has extended her lead to 150 points going into the final round in Italy. Rounding out a perfect weekend, the team once again finished up number 1 for the week.


For the women's event, Tracy had good cause to be anxious going into the finals as a second place to her main rival of season 2011, Floriane Pugin (FRA), would have reduced her points lead to just 70, and with 250 on offer at the finals in Italy, it would have made for a more difficult weekend. Rain had fallen overnight here in La Bresse making for a different track to that qualified on, and a large amount of water early on in the race nearly ended Tracy hopes.
"A huge puddle of water had accumulated on the approach to the top pedaling section and it caught me by surprise. I had to go for my tear-offs and then I struggled a little to get that off, and then I was really worried that I'd messed my run up with that. Floriane is a hard rider to beat on any course, but here in France, I really had my work cut out for me. The win is very sweet, and I'm happy to take the points for sure," said Tracy.
2011 is without doubt Tracy's greatest season of her career, with 4 wins and an appearance on every World Cup podium, as well as plenty of other diverse riding, including the Cape Epic and the Dalby XC World Cup.
In the Men's event junior rider Neko Mulally had a run he wasn't happy with. The rain started to fall in the middle of the men's pack and Neko by his own admission he made too many errors in the slick conditions, and after qualifying 24th, finished 50th today. Justin Leov continued his run of top 10 placings, crossing the line to take the hotseat and eventually finishing with a 9th, scoring enough points to jump him from 10th in the overall rankings to equal 7th for the season.
In the lead up to the top 10 men, the rain had stopped and the course was starting to recover. It wasn't anywhere near as fast as yesterday for qualifying, but it had improved over the previous hour. Greg Minnaar rode a very solid race and set the time to beat, the first man under 2mins 10secs, and Gee Atherton had slotted into 2nd. For Aaron Gwin this race was as important as any other and he wanted to win, but a top 8 placing would be enough the take the overall World Cup Title with one race remaining, something that hasn't been done since 2000. Aaron made an error in the top 3rd of the course and then had some other hook ups further done the course resulting in a growing loss of time, eventually putting him into 3rd place; a run he was personally disappointed about, but the overall title was his, and that is in itself an amazing achievement.
Aaron said: "It's obviously and sincerely a huge honor to win the overall World Cup title, amazing honestly, but any racer out there will know that it always feel better when you take something like that with a run you're proud of. I made some mistakes today that cost me the win, and that's frustrating. Any one of my practice runs would have been better than that, but hats off to Greg, he rode super strong today and deserves to take the win. The overall is a huge honor and I look forward to lifting that trophy high for all the fans in 2 weeks!" Results for World Cup DH #6 are here: http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template1/layout.asp?MenuId=MTYxMjU&LangId=1
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The male downhill riders go to Innsbruck next week for the Nordkette Pro Invitational and the next Downhill World Cup will be the finals, Round 7 in Val Di Sole (ITA) on August 14.




Jul 26, 2011

Trek World Racing news


26.7.2011     
On Sunday Tracy Moseley won her 8th National Title in Llangollen, Wales, ahead of Jess Stone (Trek Gravity Girls) and Katy Curd. Head Mechanic Sander Gijs was on hand for the event and took the podium picture below.
Here's Tracy in her own words about the event. "It was great to be racing in the UK and getting the chance to wear the Rainbow Jersey in front of the biggest crowd of spectators I've seen at a UK National for many years. The beautiful English summer weather really did us proud this weekend not only enabling us to sit out in the sun but also helped dry the steepest track I have ever ridden in the UK! It was the UK's answer to Champery for the first 1/3 of the track! I felt some pressure this weekend as I was definitely the rider to beat and with such a tough track making any mistake costly. However I managed to put together a safe run at the top and then really attacked the course the further down I got. A big thanks to my mechanic Sander for making the trip over and keeping my Session in perfect working order. It felt great to receive National Champ Jersey No.8 of my career."
Next week sees the Downhill riders all coming back together for World Cup No.6 in La Bresse, France. Both Tracy and Aaron lead the series and both Justin and Neko are climbing the rankings. As always, the finals will be broadcast live on Freecaster on Sunday August 7, from 1.15pm CET here www.mtbworldcup.com


Jul 20, 2011

Trek World Racing news


19.7.2011     
The latest instalment of the In Pursuit series from Trek World Racing has been released today. Entitled "Winning In Windham" it follows the downhill riders at the New York state venue of Windham, for Round 5 of the UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup. Watch as Justin Leov gets his season best result, Neko Mulally improves his ranking, Tracy takes a podium and holds her World Cup lead, and Aaron Gwin wins an historic 4th race in season 2011 in front of an ecstatic crowd.


The video can be viewed here:
http://xc.trekworldracing.com/videos/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MSmUK9NW3c
The next round of the DH World Cup will be in La Bresse, France, August 7.




This coming weekend sees Tracy competing in the British National DH Championships in Llangollen. News as we get it. 

Jul 11, 2011

Aaron Gwin Takes Win In Front Of Partisan Home Crowd


 11.7.2011     
All four Trek World Racing downhill riders performed strongly at Round 5 of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Windham, New York in front of a large US crowd on a short and technical track. Neko Mulally (USA) took another solid top 30 result to move up in the rankings, Justin Leov (NZL) had his best result of the year in 6th, just 1/10th of a second off the podium, and Tracy Moseley (GBR) kept her perfect record of being on the podium for every World Cup race in 2011, with a 3rd place.
But it was Aaron Gwin's 4th win of the season that had the fans chanting U-S-A-GWIN at the podium and the city administrators changing the name of host town Windham to ‘Gwindham’ for the remainder of the day, in a flurry of red white and blue flags, that had everyone talking. Aaron's win, after qualifying first on Friday, was the first win on US soil by an American downhiller since both Missy Giove and Shaun Palmer won in Big Bear, California, in 1999. Furthermore, Aaron joins a small group of 3 men who have won 4 Downhill World Cups in one season, the other two being Francois Gachet (FRA) and the legendary Nicolas Vouilloz (FRA).
This was the second time the World Cup has visited Windham and the course certainly had its share of technical content with three major rock garden sections, and running around two and a half minutes in length. The weather was perfect and the crowds built all morning to beat the numbers from 2010. Tracy had qualified 3rd and was hoping to move up to second, but last year's winner Rachel Atherton (GBR) repeated for 2011, and this season's other in-form rider Floriane Pugin (FRA) took 2nd. Tracy maintains the overall lead of the series by 100 points with 2 races to go.
In the men's event, Neko Mulally crossed the line in an incident free run in 6th place with a 2m 32.087secs that ultimately scored him 27th, and now moves him up to 30th overall. Justin Leov qualified in 5th and was feeling great all week on the track. After a flying 1st and 2nd split that had him 4th and 5th, a small error while pushing hard in the lower sector meant he missed the podium by the smallest of margins. Aaron started last and the US crowd held their collective breath until the first split showed on the live giant screen, and when the green light shone with a gap of 2.1secs, the crowd started cheering non-stop until the Californian crossed the line with a 2.3 second win over legend Steve Peat (GBR), who ironically also took 2nd to Shaun Palmer back in 1999.
Aaron said: "The crowd here is amazing. It really means so much to me to win in front of a home crowd. The reaction was nuts. I can't put it into words. Having my parents here was also really special, as they have been such a big part of my entire 2 wheel career. As for my run, it felt very solid. I had two training runs in the morning that felt like great race runs, so I went up to the top feeling that all was set for a good day. It's perfect to have a win when the race run feels great."
Justin said: "This is the best I've been riding in my whole career, and I really felt like I had a podium run going. I got a little ragged in the bottom and that's where I guess I lost that tenth of a second, but it gives me so much confidence coming into the final part of the season. I've got to just keep working at it".
Results for World Cup DH #5 are here:
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The next Downhill World Cup will be Round 6 in La Bresse (FRA) on August 7.



New In Pursuit Video Released 8th, July, 2011


8.7.2011     
The latest instalment of the In Pursuit series from Trek World Racing has been released today. Entitled "Magic In Mont-Sainte-Anne" it follows the downhill riders campaign at the classic Mont-Sainte-Anne venue in Canada, where Aaron has his 3rd career win, and Tracy has her 15th career win! Team-mates Justin and Neko also have great rides with the former in 10th and the latter in a career best 22nd.
The video can be viewed here:
http://xc.trekworldracing.com/videos/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYGqQCTGJRg
Sunday sees the DH riders racing in Windham, USA, after a great qualifying yesterday that saw Aaron 1st, Tracy 3rd, Justin 5th and Neko 24th. Racing is on Sunday for Downhill, the finals starting at 1.15pm (US Eastern time). Watch it all live on Freecaster, where you can check viewing times in advance:
http://freecaster.tv/mountainbike




Jul 6, 2011

Aaron Gwin and Tracy Moseley Take Double Win in Canada

4.7.2011     
Despite threats of rain for Sunday's racing in Mont-Sainte-Anne, the wet weather stayed away and allowed for some spectacular racing on the famed mountain in Quebec. Hosting World Cups and World Championships since 1991, it’s a track that all riders want to win on, a true classic. For Tracy Moseley the venue has many special memories from her World Title win last year, and for Aaron Gwin, it was the venue that launched him onto the World Cup scene back in 2008. After qualifying fastest by an amazing 11 seconds, Tracy set off last down the mountain on a course that was a lot dryer and faster, and had seen some very impressive times set by her main rivals, Rachel Atherton (GBR) and Floriane Pugin (FRA). After establishing a lead at the first split time, Tracy kept building until she crossed the line with a margin of 1.8secs. This was Tracy's 3rd win of the year, and her 15th career World Cup win.
Tracy said: "They were 2 big goals for me this year, to win at Mont-Sainte-Anne, and to reach 15 career wins, so to have both happen here, on a track that gave me this rainbow jersey, is really special. I made a couple of little mistakes in the lower section but overall I'm happy with my run. A big thanks to my mechanic Sander, the bike was flawless all week".
In the men's race Neko Mulally was the first of the Trek World Racing riders to come down, putting in a really solid 4m 44secs and going directly into the hotseat. His run was smooth and without incident, and ultimately gave the junior rider his career best result of 22nd.
Next up was Justin Leov who had crashed in qualifying but as a protected rider was bumped up to ride 21 from the end. The skies were threatening rain at this stage, but the track was bone dry. Justin crossed the line being the first to go under 4m 40secs, with a 4m 39.48secs with what he called a smooth and steady run. It was straight into the hotseat for the kiwi where he sat for some time before some of the eventual podium riders came down.
Prior to Aaron's start, the giant screen showed a devastated Gee Atherton (GBR) on the side of the track having blown his rear tire. No-one likes to see a champion like that go out of the race in this way. Later the fastest qualifier Greg Minnaar (RSA) would crash in his final run, finishing 18th, and was in hospital later having his hand and thigh checked. Fortunately he's OK, but again, not a way we like to see the champions of this sport go out.
In Aaron's run, he also had some moments making for a less than perfect run that had him a bit frustrated when he crossed the line, not thinking it was enough for a win.
Aaron said: "Sometimes it's hard to judge these things. I mean it was loose, I ran wide on the right hander up top, two-wheel drifting to a dead stop, then I had some awkward bobbles down the track and I really thought I'd be lucky to podium. It sounds strange I know, but it's really hard to judge. It didn't feel like a race winning run. I'm bummed for Greg and Gee, I know how hard they must work for this."
In a strong showing by the Session 88, every Trek World Racing rider that crossed the line went straight to the hotseat or won. Both Tracy and Aaron extend their leads in the series, with 3 races yet to run.
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Results for World Cup DH #4 are here: http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template1/layout.asp?MenuId=MTYxMjU&LangId=1
The team leaves Tuesday for Windham, USA for Round 5 of both disciplines. Live as always on Freecaster: http://mtbworldcup.com




Jul 3, 2011

Mathias Flueckiger Takes 4th In Mont-Sainte-Anne

3.7.2011     
After a difficult start to the season, both Mathias and elder brother Lukas are back to where they belong, fighting it out in the top 10 of World Cup racing. Both riders looked extremely comfortable in Saturday's 4th round of the series, until an unfortunate crash robbed Luk of a strong top 10 finish. However, younger brother Mathias moved up steadily to take 4th, his first elite podium since Val di Sole's 5th place last year.

Race winner Jaroslav Kulhavy took the lead from the start and was never challenged over the 6 laps of the 4.6km course. The real interest was in the placings 2 to 10 as this was constantly evolving. Nino Schurter (SUI) went out to attack the lead of Kulhavy, but soon found himself stuck between the leader and the chase group which at one point had 7 riders. Luk and Math were riding together early on in the top 20, but Luk clipped his foot on one of the many trees and had a small crash losing a little time on Math who started his move up through the field.
Soon Math was riding the 2nd half of the race in a group of 4 riders that made up positions 3rd to 6th. In this group was World Champion Jose Hermida, Florian Vogel (SUI) and former Under 23 World Champion Manuel Fumic (GER). Fumic was controlling the pace for a lot of the time until he crashed in the notorious 'La Beatrice' descent and never looked comfortable after that, and ultimately succumbed to a rear puncture. On the last lap Hermida made a break, and Mathias was unable to get around Vogel at this time to follow Hermida. By the time he could pass Vogel, Hermida was well away but Math rode on strongly to leave Vogel behind and take a great 4th place.
Meanwhile, riding in 9th place Luk had a big fall on 'La Beatrice'. A slight overbalance sent him plummeting down the steep rocky slope, tumbling a couple of times and hitting his ribs hard. He did recover, but was back in 20th place by the time he got his rhythm back, fighting on strongly to finish 17th.
Math said: "Today I felt really good on the Top Fuel. I just went out to ride and enjoy the race as much as I could. I was with Luk for a while and then he had a small crash so I started to move up through the field and had a good battle with those three guys for 3rd. Vogel was in my way when Hermida went off….I really wish I could have challenged him for 3rd, but at least I know my legs feel super and I'm excited about next week".
Luk said: "Today I see I have the legs and speed back again. The crashes were not great, but my overall top 10 performance is there and I know I could have gone with Math. One of the riders I dropped in the race, Geoff Kabush, he ended up 7th in the end, so I feel I was ahead of that until I crashed. That was a tough crash, and so many guys crashed with me there. It's hard to get up from that and keep fighting on, but I'm glad I did. It's all good for next week."
Results for World Cup XC #4 are here:
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Next week sees World Cup XC #5 in Windham, USA.
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Jun 21, 2011

Trek World Racing


21.6.2011     
Last weekend saw Neko Mulally travel with our mechanic Monkey Vasquez to Mont-Sainte-AnneCanada, where there was a round of the Quebec Cup. It gave Neko a chance to view the course and start making his plans for the World Cup race next week. Despite hitting and bending a pedal in his final run, Neko finished 2nd in Elite Men to Chris Del Bosco (USA), just 0.17secs behind.

This weekend sees Luk Flueckiger racing the 5th round of the Racer Bikes Cup in ChurSwitzerland. We'll bring you those results next week.
The XC and DH riders and staff will start moving to Quebec next week, where apart from our usual activities we'll be setting up a "Wellness Condo". This is where our two masseurs Gabby and Paul will be staying, as well as Neko's Grandmother and Grandfather. Neko's Grandmother Roe is famous for her amazing cooking and will be catering for the whole team during our two weeks in North America!
Also great news is that Willow Koerber will be joining us in Windham together with her fiance Myles Rockwell. Willow will be there to support the team and do other promotional work. There'll be a press release coming out about that and other news regarding Willow in the next few days.
Two lucky fans have been selected to join the team for the races in North America, as our Local Support Crew. More info here: http://www.23degrees-sports.com/news.php?id=695 In Mont-Sainte-Anne it will be Jerome Lauzier, and in Windham it will be Joshua Winn. We look forward to having them with us!
Finally, World Cup Leaders Tracy Moseley and Aaron Gwin will be making personal appearances in Colorado the week afterWindhamTracy will guest coach at the Winter Park Trek Dirt Series at the Trestle Mountain Bike Park from July 16 to 17. Aaron will also be in Winter Park on July 15, but prior to that, both Tracy and Aaron will make an in-store appearance at the Trek Store in BoulderCO.



Jun 19, 2011

The choice of Champions

20-6-2011
CHIRU PULSE: the choice of Champions


PULSE XX R
‎2 Times Adventure racing World Champion MARCEL HAGENER came to Hong-Kong from New Zealand to pick-up his new CHIRU PULSE 29er, with XX set-up, a rigid Fork and an aerobar. After short ride on the trails of south Lantau islands, it would not be lying to say that Marcel is pretty in Love with his new bike !!
Marcel has also tested the new CHIRU "Second Skin" jersey and short, specially designed for Adventure races. Made of high-end French fabrics with thermoregulation function you just forget you are wearing clothing. That is until you use the multiple back and sleeve pockets, all secured and smartly located, spreading the weight your gels, food, salt tablets with an easy access to. Ultralight whether you are wet or not, a new benchmark in the sports clothing industry.
Marcel flew to France and join Richard & Elina Ussher + Seb Sxay to race in LE GRAND RAID.. He will race against Team THULE also fully geared-up with the CHIRU PULSE, so, Good luck to them all and stay tuned for race.....

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