Archive for March, 2009
Jockey Hill March 31st, 2009
I headed up to J HIll today for a little MTB ride on my sweet new Fuel SSL…the bike is amazing, super light super fast, and Treks new ABP suspension is amazing…..I have to say it is the nicest XC dualie I have ever ridden. So I was planning on trying out my new Helmet camera today in hopes of posting somegood footage but when I got home and downloaded what I shot I discovered that the camera was recording when I was getting ready to roll out then when I hit the trail and thought I was flipping the switch to record I was really turning it off. So I have 10 minutes of me changing a flat before I hit the trail…how depressing…….any how speaking of Trek there new World cup MTB team is killing it check this out…
Trek’s teams boast seven wins so far
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In the first six weeks of its 2009 season, Trek’s racing programs counted seven wins including Rene Wildhaber’s win of the Urge Kenya enduro downhill, an Under 23 Pan American championship, a stage win at the Cape Epic and two consecutive wins at the Maxxis Cup.
This weekend, Trek World Racing’s cross country brothers Mathias and Lukas Flückiger rode to victory during the final stage 7 of South Africa’s Cape Epic. After finishing second place in stage 3, the Flückiger brothers rode hard despite mechanical setbacks to finish a respectable eighth place overall. The brothers were happy with their performance at a race that they had considered a “training ride” from the start.
“To cross the finish line with my brother is so much more meaningful than crossing the line by myself, and that’s what I really like about the Cape Epic format,” said Lukas. “I’ll be back for sure.”
In the same race, Trek’s Bart Brentjens Mountain Bike Racing Team claimed second place overall thanks to Dutch marathon legend Bart Brentjens and Australian national champion Chris Jongewaard. Trek – Brentjens also earned second place in stage 5 and victory in stage 6.
Riding for Trek Store Toronto and Canada, Emily Batty won the Under 23 women’s Pan American cross country championship in Chile. The 21-year-old Batty finished a solid seven minutes ahead of the competition.
Trek World Racing’s Tracy Moseley hasn’t missed a beat in gravity competitions. In the Maxxis Cup rounds in Vaigo and Gouveia, she smashed the field and put in times that would put many an elite male rider to shame.
Finally, Trek World Racing’s Justin Leov nailed it on his home turf to overcome former teammate Sam Blenkinsop and claim the New Zealand National Championship downhill title. In what is fast becoming a winter training grounds for the world’s fastest downhillers, Leov ruled the roost
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Jonny Cake…. March 29th, 2009
The TRT team was out in force yesterday at the first of the Jonny Cake lane training race series….Marky Mark, louis and myself raced the A race with Patrick and about 80 other racers….if was fast and fun I think we finished with a little less than half the field…It was a good first test of the legs I think Marky and I are pretty stoked about our fitness and all of the long base miles have turned to good fitness…..In the 5 race Jonny, Ted, Kevin and our new recruit Michael flew the colors. Ted ended up 4th or 5th and Michael was right behind him…..in true Jonny fashion he pulledd from the start broke the wind for the group and then finished somewhere in the pack……when will he learn………I would have had some nice pictures but when I went to fire up the camers it was dead I guess you have to charge them every once and a while……….the last few Sunday rides have been great with at least 13 riders nice and mellow and fun…..9:00 am from the shop……
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