So young... so wise

Mike Montgomery on PlusSizeBMX.com

Mike Montgomery interview up on www.plussizebmx.com


Thanks to Chris at PlusSizeBMX

Lone Wolf Productions Sneak Peek

Hey everyone. I know I haven't posted in awhile but it's for a good reason. I have been working on a new web site and I think the end result has turned out quite well. The site I am posting is not complete but it is very close. We should have the full version by the end of this week or early next week, so stay tuned here or to pink bike for the official announcement. I hope you like it and let me know what you think. A big thanks to everyone at Banshee for all the help so far this year!

http://www.lonewolfproductions.com.php5-12.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/

Counting down to our Banshee Kiara Rage DH race!

The trailbuilders had a huge session yesterday after completing close to 90% of the race track.
Check out our pride and joy, the Banshee Kiara Rage DH track in full HD in this video!
Turn up the volume, pump up the bass and enjoy the video!

More on the Banshee Kiara Rage race HERE<--

Legend MKII/Dorado/Revox Performance Ravings

After the crunch in Australia of receiving the Banshee Legend MKII frame on Friday night before seeding on Saturday (and not having taken delivery yet of my Manitou Dorado fork), and then the course/conditions at Thredbo, I never really had the chance to get the bike dialed. Upon arriving home, there was a cool black case on the dinner table, and I asked my parents “Who got the AR-15?” To my surprise, it was my shockingly stunning (pun intended) Dorado fork, I have now finally had the chance to test and tune the whole rig, and give it a few goes over some features at Hairy Woods Bike Park/Team Geronimo HQ.

Revox Shock

I have the air compression chamber set to about 65 psi, bottom out setting #1, 0 high speed compression, and minimal low speed compression. I am running the 350 lb/in spring set with ¾ turn of preload. This makes it so that the Banshee is soft and supple, has a smooth, progressive rate, and has unnoticeable bottom-out. Rebound set to match fork.

Dorado Fork

To break in the fork and get a baseline feel for how it performs, I left it with stock tuning and set pressure to recommended range of 72 psi. After riding with it on a variety of trails, I have tuned the fork as follows: Air pressure has been reduced to 58 psi, high speed compression is at 5 clicks from full-hard, TPC+ tuned to 10 clicks from full-hard, rebound is set to 8 clicks from full-slow. This is very similar to how the rear shock is set up in that it is very supple and using more compression adjust for the impact damping than spring rate.

The Ride

At my training facility, I have various features available that include an honest moto-whoops section, a 9 ft. drop to very, very small, flat landing (with snow still on it), and a downhill-style dual slalom trail. On the drop, I used all the suspension but didn’t bottom and it was particularly smooth to where I didn’t notice it and feel confident that anything bigger would not be an issue. After a few runs through the whoops section, the bike stayed very neutral – no bucking or swapping, even with an off-the-side-off-the-back sketchy run in. On my last run, I felt the need to pedal to pick up speed, which put me a little off-balance and I was 100% sure I was going to get tossed, but I rode out of it buttery smooth. Nice to have equipment that covers for your fubars! In corners, the bike stays low and tracks like a fat man to a doughnut! The suspension compresses evenly and can handle bumps and holes without issue.

I am really pleased with the bike and can’t wait for a full season of racing on it – starting with Pan Am Championships in Guatemala!

Snow is the Pitts!

Hey everybody!!! Time to give y’all out there an update on my current activities with the new love of my life – my Banshee Legend MKII - and I’ve been doing heaps! Coming home from Australia, I figured I would have a little break and just be home for a few days, but little did I know that Intense Tires had sent us a variety of their downhill tire selection to evaluate for Team Geronimo. So I went out to shuttle the day after I got home, and rode 3 days straight getting the feel for these awesome tires! As soon as I said something to the manager about the weather being oddly good for this time of year here, it snowed about 6 inches. DH training over. Now off to struggle on some single track on my moto in the snow! I decided the conditions were pretty good for riding the DH bike in the snow at my house and got some pictures of a pretty cool berm-shot. It was hard pedaling in and setting up the shot because I had to refill and pack the berm every run (for extra roost action!). The first few shots were ok, but stuck my foot out, not so much roost and just bad timing on the picture (not professional photo-bro, my Mom), but after a few runs, I started to get it a bit better, Mom was zeroing in on the timing and finally, I was hitting the corner so hard I couldn’t ride out of it! The last shot was a lucky feet on snow ripper and rode out of it! So now it’s time to get back out to slip and slide on the moto, so now y’all have an idea of the woods activities in February for Graeme Pitts! Hope you enjoyed this short update, more to follow throughout the season!

Thanks to: Banshee Bikes, Hayes Bicycle Group, MRP Components, Shimano, Intense Tyres, Point One stems and platform pedals, WTB seats, Odi Grips, FSA seat posts and headsets, Crank Bros clipless pedals, Wrex Racing performance clothing, Kali Protectives helmets, Dainese Protective gear, Smith Optics and Ogio travel gear!