The new range of Lezyne products are flying off the shelves at the Ae Bike Shop so come in and check it out. The Multi Tools, Mini Track Pumps, and shock pumps are tools you can NOT do without! They work as good as they look.
Friday 31 July 2009
Too Sexy
Tuesday 28 July 2009
World Cup Standings
After round 6 of the UCI World Cup things are really starting to heat up with only two rounds left to fight for.
HILL Samuel 1039
PEAT Steve 1035
MINNAAR Greg 973
ATHERTON Gee 931
HANNAH Michael 821
After Hills impressive win on board his specialized at round 6, going 3 seconds quicker than peaty he leads by a meer 4 points! With 500 more points up for grabs its going to be tight coming into schladming for the big finale!
With round 7 this weekend will Hill keep his momentum or will an other rise to the top spot and take the points lead back? Or with the world champs just over a month away will it start to play on the minds of some and cause them to lose focus on the series? Either way the last races of the year are all going to be ones to watch because no one is going to be holding back!
HILL Samuel 1039
PEAT Steve 1035
MINNAAR Greg 973
ATHERTON Gee 931
HANNAH Michael 821
After Hills impressive win on board his specialized at round 6, going 3 seconds quicker than peaty he leads by a meer 4 points! With 500 more points up for grabs its going to be tight coming into schladming for the big finale!
With round 7 this weekend will Hill keep his momentum or will an other rise to the top spot and take the points lead back? Or with the world champs just over a month away will it start to play on the minds of some and cause them to lose focus on the series? Either way the last races of the year are all going to be ones to watch because no one is going to be holding back!
Saturday 25 July 2009
2010 Boxxer Team Review
I have now had my 2010 RockSHOX Boxxer teams for just over two months. They have helped me steer down 4 Races so far, One I even took the top spot!
I got mine from TF tuned. Before you even get them TF sort them out for your style of riding and your weight/height. Also they re size the bushes so they don't go on you as fast and they give you a free first service which is worth £90!
After two months of riding and talking to others about their Teams this is what I have discovered. Buying straight from the shop in each case people have said no fork oil or not enough had been dropped in the bottom of the lowers. As for springs a light, medium and heavy one come with the forks as well as two crowns so you can choose from a flatter crown or one with more of a rise. In my forks the spring started to rattle around in the leg so that's when I used my first service. If this happens to yours in most cases what you need is a preload spacer.
Everyone however loves them. The adjustability is incredible! Low and high speed compression, ending and starting stroke rebound. You even get a bottom out hardener and all this is external! They are miles ahead of the rest of the field. Set up right the feeling is so plush, even with the 35mm uppers keeping it firm and stronger than previous boxxers. They feel like how a fork should and the amount of confidence they give you is something else!
All forks have their problems and you cant stop that. Try and preserve them for as long as possible and always clean round the seals! Watch you don't leave your bike sitting where it could slip and the uppers get scratch (speaking from personal experience!)
Look after them and they will look after you!
Details - • Travel - 200mm (7.7/8”)
• Weight* - 2980g (6.57 lbs)
• Damping - Mission Control DH
• Damping Adjust - External beginning stroke rebound, ending stroke rebound, high speed compression, low speed compression.
• Spring - Coil • Spring Adjust - Internal pre-load and DropStop
• Steerer Tube - Aluminium 1.1/8”
• Lowers - Magnesium, Maxle DH 20mm, post disc mount
• Crown - Forged, 6061 T-6 aluminium, direct mount stem compatible
• Upper Tubes - 35mm 7000 series honed straight wall aluminium with low friction anodize
• Lowers - Magnesium, Maxle Lite DH 20mm axle, post disc mount
• Axle - Maxle Lite DH
• Colours - White
• Recommended Max Rotor Size - 210mm
*Weight based on 265mm steerer with Maxle DH and short upper crown
You might be hard pressed finding someone with them in stock though!
I got mine from TF tuned. Before you even get them TF sort them out for your style of riding and your weight/height. Also they re size the bushes so they don't go on you as fast and they give you a free first service which is worth £90!
After two months of riding and talking to others about their Teams this is what I have discovered. Buying straight from the shop in each case people have said no fork oil or not enough had been dropped in the bottom of the lowers. As for springs a light, medium and heavy one come with the forks as well as two crowns so you can choose from a flatter crown or one with more of a rise. In my forks the spring started to rattle around in the leg so that's when I used my first service. If this happens to yours in most cases what you need is a preload spacer.
Everyone however loves them. The adjustability is incredible! Low and high speed compression, ending and starting stroke rebound. You even get a bottom out hardener and all this is external! They are miles ahead of the rest of the field. Set up right the feeling is so plush, even with the 35mm uppers keeping it firm and stronger than previous boxxers. They feel like how a fork should and the amount of confidence they give you is something else!
All forks have their problems and you cant stop that. Try and preserve them for as long as possible and always clean round the seals! Watch you don't leave your bike sitting where it could slip and the uppers get scratch (speaking from personal experience!)
Look after them and they will look after you!
Details - • Travel - 200mm (7.7/8”)
• Weight* - 2980g (6.57 lbs)
• Damping - Mission Control DH
• Damping Adjust - External beginning stroke rebound, ending stroke rebound, high speed compression, low speed compression.
• Spring - Coil • Spring Adjust - Internal pre-load and DropStop
• Steerer Tube - Aluminium 1.1/8”
• Lowers - Magnesium, Maxle DH 20mm, post disc mount
• Crown - Forged, 6061 T-6 aluminium, direct mount stem compatible
• Upper Tubes - 35mm 7000 series honed straight wall aluminium with low friction anodize
• Lowers - Magnesium, Maxle Lite DH 20mm axle, post disc mount
• Axle - Maxle Lite DH
• Colours - White
• Recommended Max Rotor Size - 210mm
*Weight based on 265mm steerer with Maxle DH and short upper crown
You might be hard pressed finding someone with them in stock though!
Thursday 23 July 2009
Best pic ever?
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You decide! We think its a great shot of the Ae Massive in action, but we are biased ;-)
National Downhill Championships, Innerleithen
Once again for this race senior,expert and elite are all put in together.
I think personally it was the best track I have raced at inners! From the top it took you down to the road gap and into the tunnel where its on the pedal till you get to the luge, one of the funnest sections at inners.
Cross the fire road and drop down into the gold run more or less but with a new finish that was nice and steep! with plenty of corners to negotiate and lose rocks to try their best to take you down. Finally a muddy off camber long chute then sprint to the finish.
We only had one clean race run between the 3 of us at that came from Lewis so definitely a round of applause because he seems to be the one who can stay on the most! Cub lost it on the steep section and his bike ran away from him which meant he had to go get his bike then push up to were it broke the tape! I caught my back wheel on a log when I was on a tight turn and went right over the bars into a tree. So cub and I were totally gutted!
Here's how the Ae Bike Shop and Solway Insulation Services Team got on.
Cub in Junior with a crash 3.50.648 41/42
Lewis in senior/expert/elite 3.26.988 86/96
Myself in senior/expert/elite 3.17.774 72/96
If it was just a senior category on its own Lewis would have came 21st and I would have came 10th.
Now we have a three week break and when we come back we will be as fresh as ever, faster than ever and no longer falling on our arses!
Pinned or Binned
I think personally it was the best track I have raced at inners! From the top it took you down to the road gap and into the tunnel where its on the pedal till you get to the luge, one of the funnest sections at inners.
Cross the fire road and drop down into the gold run more or less but with a new finish that was nice and steep! with plenty of corners to negotiate and lose rocks to try their best to take you down. Finally a muddy off camber long chute then sprint to the finish.
We only had one clean race run between the 3 of us at that came from Lewis so definitely a round of applause because he seems to be the one who can stay on the most! Cub lost it on the steep section and his bike ran away from him which meant he had to go get his bike then push up to were it broke the tape! I caught my back wheel on a log when I was on a tight turn and went right over the bars into a tree. So cub and I were totally gutted!
Here's how the Ae Bike Shop and Solway Insulation Services Team got on.
Cub in Junior with a crash 3.50.648 41/42
Lewis in senior/expert/elite 3.26.988 86/96
Myself in senior/expert/elite 3.17.774 72/96
If it was just a senior category on its own Lewis would have came 21st and I would have came 10th.
Now we have a three week break and when we come back we will be as fresh as ever, faster than ever and no longer falling on our arses!
Pinned or Binned
Friday 17 July 2009
Scottish Downhill Championships, Glencoe
First off let me explain what this is. It isn't part of the Scottish series. It is a separate race and its only happens once a year. If you win you are Scottish Champion of your category for one year. One exception is made in the categories however. Senior, Expert and Elite all race in one category.
From the top of the hill you had an easy start that everyone loves just some nice flat out, wide track with a couple of berms, jumps and rough as badgers rock gardens! Take down the next straight on the pedals all the way and then turn down left to face your rival.
From here in its steep and nothing but! The main features here where the 3 rocky chutes in concession which were so fun but you didn't want to get to carried away because your landed pad was either a big wooden fence or a big rock. Next are some really tight rock corners with a few long sweeping corners which became more holy than my church socks.
After this you were onto the last stint which nicely flattened out and treated you with some quick berms, rocks and the grassy straight before the river crossing to the finish.
Saturday gave us spectacular weather and everyone was holding out that it would stay that way but despite this it pissed down! Turning the middle part of the course into a huge dirt bog, the grassy bit at the bottom more greasy than a frying pan and choppy than the North Sea! and everyones spirits down.
Despite this we are here to do one thing and thats race! Heres how the Ae Bike Shop/ Solway Insulation Services Team got on.
Lewis (Crashed) in Senior/Expert/Elite 60/74 4.29.290
Myself (Crashed) in Senior/Expert/Elite 42/74 3.52.703
Cub (Crashed) in Junior 13/35 3.34.257
So we all done reasonable considering we done a lot of crashing! some more than others, it still hurts to sit down.
Anyways onto out next race this weekend 18/19th July at Innerleithen for the National Championships!
Pinned or Binned!
From the top of the hill you had an easy start that everyone loves just some nice flat out, wide track with a couple of berms, jumps and rough as badgers rock gardens! Take down the next straight on the pedals all the way and then turn down left to face your rival.
From here in its steep and nothing but! The main features here where the 3 rocky chutes in concession which were so fun but you didn't want to get to carried away because your landed pad was either a big wooden fence or a big rock. Next are some really tight rock corners with a few long sweeping corners which became more holy than my church socks.
After this you were onto the last stint which nicely flattened out and treated you with some quick berms, rocks and the grassy straight before the river crossing to the finish.
Saturday gave us spectacular weather and everyone was holding out that it would stay that way but despite this it pissed down! Turning the middle part of the course into a huge dirt bog, the grassy bit at the bottom more greasy than a frying pan and choppy than the North Sea! and everyones spirits down.
Despite this we are here to do one thing and thats race! Heres how the Ae Bike Shop/ Solway Insulation Services Team got on.
Lewis (Crashed) in Senior/Expert/Elite 60/74 4.29.290
Myself (Crashed) in Senior/Expert/Elite 42/74 3.52.703
Cub (Crashed) in Junior 13/35 3.34.257
So we all done reasonable considering we done a lot of crashing! some more than others, it still hurts to sit down.
Anyways onto out next race this weekend 18/19th July at Innerleithen for the National Championships!
Pinned or Binned!
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