Banshee Bikes News: September 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Rampage

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/red-bull-rampage-thursday-2010.html

When I opened the link above and saw the first shot of Mike (my personal hero) I pretty much wet my pants ...

the mike montgomery facts:

1 Mike Montgomery weighs himself on the richter scale
2 Mike Montgomery once climbed Everest by accident
3 Sharks have a week dedicated to Mike Montgomery
4 Mike Montgomery built Rome in a day
5 Mike Montgomery's landlord is Carl Shlikting
6 Chuck Norris has a list of things Mike Montgomery can do.
7 Mike Montgomery eats pieces of sh*t like you for breakfast.

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

Jared Wilson wins Enduro DH on his Rune.

Crankworx Canadian Open Enduro 2010

Hey everyone,
Keith asked me to do this ages ago, but a broken left wrist has had me a little preoccupied the last month so better late than never!

Just a quick race report aboard my 2010 Banshee Rune, which I raced in the Whistler Crankworx enduro DH.

Weighing up the bike options coming into this event wasn't to hard. Do I take the Dh bike, as the majority of the course was gnarly downhill, and loose out on the up hills or take the trail bike that could easily hammer uphill without really compromising the downhills? The Rune was the bike for the job and with the addition of some dh tubes, 2.5 minions and a very last minute home made chain guide (garden hose and cable ties!) the night before things stayed pretty much stock.

The race saw us mass start at the top of the Whistler Bike Park just behind the Chic Pea building straight into a short uphill to the top of the Gabanzo chairlift then funnelling into what ended up being the majority of the Garbanzo race track. They through in a heap of punchy uphill fire road climbs that made you want to cry then back into more gnarly downhill. Some people opted of their full DH bikes, others on shorter travel trail bikes, the Rune had the best of both worlds. This race was only 2 days after I raced in the Garbanzo Downhill, where I just missed out on the top 10 with 11th on my Banshee Legend mkII. Trust me there was a lot of times I forgot I was on my Rune coming into sections wayyyyy to hot, only to remember mid air tighten my butt cheeks and hang on. I came out of every section with a smile I was having so much fun on it. Apart from a wrong turn and having to run back up the hill, thanks to some missing course making tape and a screaming Marshall, not one bike drama to be had, everything worked out really well. I finished in 1st place in Senior Men's with a time of 23:03, 33seconds clear of 2nd place. Stoked!! Two days later with the xc tires back on, it went back to its normal duties as my daily trail bike, easy as that!

Looks like I wont be riding again till next summer thanks to the wrist, so make the most of whats left of the awesome fall conditions and ill see you all next summer!!!

-Jared Wilson

Antoine at the Rampage

Just got these links from Alex from France.
Looks like Antoine has been scoping out lines and getting ready for his big day.

I just got finished reading this http://www.pinkbike.com/news/red-bull-rampage-course-preview-2010.html and was shitting my pants just reading it... how do you launch yourself off stuff like that. All these guys must have huge cahone's that constantly get caught in the spokes... really this is insane. My hope is we see an awesome event, injury free, and that the spectacle that is the Redbull Rampage continues on year after year.

The Trip from France to the USA.
Rampage : Jour 1 - Le Spot
Rampage : Jour 2 - Digging Riding
Rampage 2010 Daily News #1 : premiers pas dans le désert

credit to 26in.fr for use of the photo.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Mike Montgomery getting ready for Rampage!!

Flat spinning his Legend!!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Vote Larock!!!

Go here and vote for Aaron ... do it now ...

http://www.mec.ca/Apps/sweetSpots/video_detail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302888275&mvs_id=613&activity_cd=cycl

Keep Riding and Voting

Rob Dunnet

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Other photos of the Interbike bikes

Thanks Devon Balet for these sick shots. It was cool as we set up to take the pics but the booth background just wasn't working out ok. So we found some black carpet and the black walls of the media booth at interbike and armed with all his gear and gadgets Devon made the best of it. We need to do a bit better job of photoshop to clean up the background where the carpet meets the walls as there is a bit of a white line that sticks out but that should be easy.
Anyway just thought i'd share.

Banshee Riders Podium at Penang DH Challenge 2010

While our Elite riders busy battling it out in Korea in today's Asian Continental Championships (DH), our team members who stayed behind were busy racing in the Penang Downhill Challenge, the 4th race in our Malaysian DH Super Series.

Our Banshee riders dominated the Expert Category podium with a 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finish.

MDHSS#4 | Penang DH Challenge 2010 from MDH on Vimeo.

Malaysian Downhill Super Series #4

Penang DH Challenge 2010- "the King of Erskine"

26th September, Mt Erskine, Penang, Malaysia

http://www.FakawiTribe.com

Friday, September 24, 2010

My Personal Spitfire

I just finished building up my spitfire, ready for a 45km ridge ride tomorrow (my legs are already aching a bit at the thought!) . I can't wait to put this build through it's paces!

Some parts are old, but most are new and shiny!

Build list:

Frame: Banshee Spitfire (Large)
Forks: X-fusion Vengeance HLR (160mm of plush goodness)
Stem: Thomson 70mm
Bars: Raceface next 3/4" rider
Grips: ODI lockon
Brakes: Avid Elixir R
Wheels: Hope Pro 2 (bolt up rear option)/ Stans Flow rims
Tires: Specilized Eskar Control
Seatpost: Raceface Evolve
Saddle: WTB Devo
Pedals: Superstar Components Magnesium
Drivetrain: 2011 XO cranks and rear derailleur PG1091 chain, and 1070 cassette.
Chainguide and chainring: e*13 SRS+ and 33tooth chainring to set me up nicely in 1x10

Total build weight: 28.96lbs (13.14kg)

This bike is now ready to be used and abused! I can't wait.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Mount Joyce MTB Park - Queensland

Ben Power (Team Banshee Australia) was invited to ride with world renowned downhill champion Nathan Rennie recently on the first trail completed within the latest mountain bike park facility in Queensland Australia. Funding for the construction of the recreational park located within the Wyaralong Dam site at Boonah south of Brisbane includes a full on MTB facility consisting of 2-3 downhill tracks, 40km of cross country tracks, a point to point Enduro track and a 4X track came from the Queensland Government through Queensland Water Infrastructure and amounted to $1.5m.

The MTB trails are being constructed by Two Wheel Promotions (Bill Van Haren) and World Trails (Glenn Jacobs) with technical input from Nathan Rennie. The purpose of the ride by Nathan and Ben was to produce a video to be used in the marketing program of the great facility which is due to open to the public in early 2011.

The trail featured in this video is the first completed which is a blue grade downhill track. The video was captured by a local film company and it is understood that there were journalists/photographers from several MTB magazines present taking photos and doing interviews with the constructors. Ben was riding his Banshee Rune' (older model which he tells me needs replacing!!) and Nathan was on his Santa Cruz Nomad.

Anyway, enjoy the video - it has been well edited.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

2010 Interbike Preview 3

Check out Interbike Banshee Coverage

2011 Paradox

2011 Rune

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

2010 Interbike Preview 2

Interbike Banshee Coverage ... Click Here

2011 Amp

2011 Rampant

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

2010 Interbike Preview

Check out Interbike Banshee Coverage ...

2011 Spitfire

2011 Scythe

More to come …

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

Monday, September 20, 2010

Random photo's I came across

Just wanted to share some of my favorite photos from season 2010. I hope to show you a lot more from this fall.

If you have seen a web edit or pictures of guys jumping in Kelowna there is a good chance that Dustin had a hand in building the jump.

Larock : Project Gold

This is today's VOD (Video of the Day) on Pinkbike. Check it out here or there.

Strahan has written a post on pinkbike about it ... read it here.

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

New Lone Wolf Productions Article up on pinkbike.com Today

Hello, I'll keep this quick and simple since I am getting prepared to go to Vegas for Interbike. Lone Wolf Productions has a new article/video up on pinkbike.com (as well as our site) Featuring Kurt Sorge. It's a great little article and is certainly worth a read. Below is the link:

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/kurt-sorge-lone-wolf-productions-video-2010.html

Also, don't forget to check out our site for all of our full video, and rider blogs:

http://www.lonewolfproductions.ca/

Hope you all enjoy!