Ace Hayden Bio and Bike Check

Mitchell Hayden:

My name is Mitchell Ace Hayden, I am from Kamloops B.C. and I am 18 years of age. I can’t really sum up my riding style because I like to ride everything. I ride BMX a lot, I love to dirt-jump, love to ride trails, big senders are always sick too. But overall I love anything to do with a big shock bike. RENEGADE MOUNTAINBIKER.
This season I am planning to enter as many races as my high paying Mcdonalds job will allow me to. BC cup circuit, some Canadian national races, Crank-worx, and some fluidride races are on my list for sure. Graduating this year and moving to whistler will take up some time and money for sure but it should be super sick!

Shout-outs go out to Banshee Bikes of course, Raceface Components, Royal clothing, Smith optics and a big thanks to the Bicycle Café for getting my bikes running smooth!

Frame: Banshee legend MK 2

Shock: Fox DHX rc4

Fork: Rockshox Boxxer Team

Wheelset: DT swiss FR600 hoops laced to DT swiss 340 hubs with dt comp spokes

Cranks: Raceface Respond

Brakes: Avid Code CR Mags 8-inch front 7-inch rear

Drivetrain: Sram x9 shifter with sram x0 derailleur, XTR chain and SLX cassette

Guide: E.thirteen LG1+

Bar: atlas FR

Stem: Atlas DM)

Pedals: Straitline flat Pedals

Tires: Maxxis minion DHF, on both front and back

Seat: SDG TI-FLY titanium railed seat

Post: Thomson elite

Grips: Raceface snipe lock on ( BEST GRIPS EVER)

P.S Bike is so rowdy!

Matt Brooks and Friends Riding in February

Hey all! I got a chance to take out a friend on the Banshees and hit the bike park over the last couple days. It's been unseasonably warm for quite awhile here in Kamloops so I thought it might be a good chance to shoot a couple pics and spread some 22 pride. My friend Lance and I took out the Wildcard and the Rampant on the first day and got a little dirt jumping in. The trails are in awesome shape right now, and there is some building happening, so obviously we weren't the only ones peeking out noses out side to see what's up. When we got there, there was about 10 others already dirt jumping, and another few building. It looks like a new DH track is nearing completion and it's got some real nice features. I hope it will draw lots of people for the race the ranch event this year. On day 2 we decided to pull out the big bikes and shred some DH trails, so I got on the Scythe and Lance stuck with the Wildcard. All the trails were in great shape with no mud at all. We put in a bunch of laps and called it a day after a couple beers. All in all a great riding day for the beginning of February. We snapped a bunch of pics so I thought I'd share them with everyone on here. Hope every ones winter is going as well as ours.

Stop Two: Kamloops (Kool Amps)

We got to Kamloops around noon on Monday and were at the trail head a couple of hours later. We rode Harper two years ago and skipped a lot of the jumps. For the past two years we have been saying we should have hit that.

The first stunt we found was a three pack that looked huge the last time we were in Kamloops. We rolled into it and cleared all three jumps with ease.

There was probably a couple of more small jumps and stunts before we found the next jump we sessioned. The gap was about a 15 foot wood to wood. I am not a big fan of wood landings and this one had "Hurtin Albertan" carved into it. We ended up staying there longer than planned because I got a flat ... but it gave us time to hit it a couple more times.

James with a table on the Hurtin Albertan.

Garth stepping up his game for the camera.

James' table from another angle.

After my flat tire and a spoke tighten we were running short on time. We headed back down to the truck in time for one more run. On our second trip it was not long before we found an awesome wood booter to dirt landing. After a couple of speed checks James rolled in and got what I think is the best picture of the trip so far.

The other pictures of this jump are pretty good too so check them out.


We are now in Fernie and have a couple of hard days of roofing before we can get in some more riding. But we should be able to squeeze in an evening ride here and there before a couple of more shuttle days.

I posted a couple of more pictures on pinkbike so check there if you want more. I hope to post some more shots from Whistler there too.

Rob