The 17th Asian Mountainbike Championships, 2011, in Suzhou

Team Fakawi Banshee rider Adam putting the Legend mkII through its paces at the 2011 (UCI) Asian Continental MTB (DH) Championships at Suzhou, China.

Race results: CyclingNews.com

Rolling down a hill

Fakawi Banshee team rider, Adam on his Legend MK II testing out his DIY POV helmetcam in Cilegon, Bandung DH track.

2011 Malaysian Downhill Super Series- Round 2

Huge racing weekend over here in Putrajaya Malaysia yesterday. About 160 over riders converged here for Round 2 of our national DH series.

Our Elite rider, Adam, came third in Elite Men's behind Tan Hong Chun (Singapore) and winner Daniel Sprague (australia).

Team rider Aaron clinched 2nd in the Men's Expert category.

Here are pics of Banshee riders in action...


More Photos here on FakawiTribe.com

Adam wins top spot - Malaysian DH Super Series 2011- Round 1

Fakawi Banshee team rider Adam Ahmed who won the top elite spot in MDHSS Race#1 at Tokun, Penang. Fellow team member Aim fauzi finished a good 4th also in elite category despite a flat tire! Our junior rider Aaron chan clocked a good time to take 3rd in the expert category. Unlucky Rizal (Expert) busted his knee on the final run.. will be out of action for some time.

Race results and pictures HERE

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



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Banshee Kiara Rage..the video

Banshee Kiara Rage 2010

Pic by Keng Mun

Pic by Jay MacNeil

Teams Banshee Australia, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia as well as all the regional rippers had a blast at our race last weekend!
Jay was present to give away the Banshee Wildcard to Men's Elite category winner, Aim who won the race in a nail-biting final run in the monsoon rain!

1. Aim Fauzi (ROAM Racing Division) 4:01.027
2. Adam Ahmad Faroze (Fakawi Banshee) 4:03.300
3. Ian Krempl (unsprung Rollick) 4:12.271
4. JR Stanly Jalip (Fakawi Banshee) 4:14.865
5. Pornomo (United Bike Kencana Freeride Junkie Clothing) 4:18.012

more pics and results here BANSHEE KIARA RAGE 2010!

Jay got to satisfy his craving for local curry dishes in the end...

Legend Wins Gold in Malaysian Games!

Fakawi Banshee Team rider, Stanly Jalip JR, blew away the competition in the XIIIth Malaysian Games recently to grab the Gold medal in the men's Downhill event.

Stanly will also be racing in our upcoming Banshee Kiara Rage downhill race in Kuala Lumpur! Want a piece of this guy? Come race with us this July 25th!

In the mean time, check out this Legend MkII built up by one of our Singapore dealers..

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<--

Wildcard jungle trance...

Solo ride |FakawiTribe.com from MDH on Vimeo.

Banshee Kiara DH Rage 2010

Banshee Kiara DH Rage! from FakawiTribe on Vimeo.

This will be the 3rd race of the Malaysian DH Super Series, partly organized by FakawiTribe.com and with BANSHEE being the Title Sponsor!
DH racers from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand will be participating! Come join the race if you are in the region on the 25th July 2010. It's all the Rage!
race website: BANSHEE KIARA RAGE <--

Malaysian DH Super Series Race#1: Mt Austin JB

Tonnes of Racing Pics Here<---------

Fakawi Banshee Podiums in ACC Asian MTB Championship!

Asian Cycling Confederation MTB Championships comes to Melaka, Malaysia for 2009.

This is the race on the UCI race calendar where racers in the asian continent come to compete and earn their UCI points.

Among the contestants qualifying for the race were our very own Fakawi Banshee Team riders Stanly Jalip JR riding for Malaysia in the Elite men's category and Ausanee Pradupyard flying Thailand flag in the Elite women's category.) Both racing on their Banshee Legend Mk1s.

Stanly Jalip JR (Malaysia) and Ausanee Pradupyard (Thailand) with their Banshee Legend Mk1s.

Ausanee "Am" Pradupyard did us proud by coming in 3rd with the time of 3.29.141 in the women's elite category in her Banshee Legend Mk1! 1st place went to Mio Suemasa 3:01.597 (Japan) and 2nd Risa Suseanty 3:16.933 (Indonesia).

Stanly was seeded 11th but finished at respectable 6th place in the Men's Elite finals, slowed down by a brief crash during the final bit of the track.

Stanly doing the drop..pic by Rizal

Results for Men's Elite:

1st-Ario Sejati Popo (Indonesia) 2:39.498

2nd-Naoli Idegawa (Japan)2:43.617

3rd- Jarupeng "Golden Boy"Tanaphon (Thailand) 2:50.283

4th- Nagata (Japan) 2:51

5th- Tan Hong Chun (Singapore) 2:55

6th- Stanly Jalip JR (Malaysia) 2:55.575

More Pics at FakawiTribe.com

Hello Scythe!

Banshee describes the Scythe as a bike that simply put, just works. That it definitely is, but unfortunately it is overlooked by a lot of riders as its stock geometry is more on the freeride side of things.

Using a 8.5 x 2.5 shock over the stock 8.75 x 2.75 shock, the geo settles to something in the right ball park for dh. Here is my experience of the first 3 months on the Scythe with this set up.

Deity pedals, one of those great bike parts that fly under the radar.

A little bit on my set up:
Parts are all transferred from my rune previously, I did have to build up a new wheel set as the rear is a 150mm for the scythe. Wheels are ZTR Fows laced to Hope Pro 2s, i cannot believe how light these wheels are, definitely gives the bike a very different feel. Easy to move around and accelerates well. Nothing special about the rest of the set up really. The build comes to around 37lbs with tubes, and just under 37lbs tubeless.

With the shorter stroke shock, the two travel options reduce to 7.3 and 6.4 inches from 8 and 7 inches. The only geometry that i measure was the head angle, it's 65.5 degrees now the rear travel at the 7in setting and the fork at 7.5 inches.

I could go a bit slacker by taking the fork up to 8 inches but the geo it working fine the way it is now. The bike was easy to get used to, single pivot in the back, nothing fancy going on in the links, nice geometry all made it a very simple machine. Nothing that will catch you out and surprise you, i felt right at home on it.
I am really impressed with the 2009 dhx, its quite an improvement over dhxs of past. Due to my light body weight, it normally means i am not able to run much compression damping using the pro pedal and boost valve before it felt really harsh on the higher speed hits. Not the case with the 09 dhx, it's almost a pity that they are replacing it with rc4 already.

This combined with the light wheels and simple frame make for a very good ride, it really feels glued to the ground and has loads of grip. A good mate of my agreed too, said it rides better than his full on dh bike.

yes, i still hate pedalling. so why carry extra gears?

cut down spikes, best served wet or dry

There isn't really any particular thing to shout about with this bike, that's not to say it's dull or rubbish. There are no fancy linkages in the suspension, clean lines that are functional as opposed to being pretty.

It's the whole package that makes this bike a great bike, one thing comes to mind when i think about this bike. What santa cruz used to say for their super 8: it's like a sharp axe in a world of broken chain saws.

At the end of the day it passes the biggest test, it puts a huge smile on my face!



Adam.
Fakawi |Banshee

Legend Wins

Congrats to Stanley Jalip JR from Team Fakawi Banshee for winning the Siol Mountainbike Challenge DH event in Sarawak 9 Aug 2009.

This is his 2nd win this month after winning the ACC tryouts last week to represent Malaysia in the UCI Asian Championships to be held in Melaka, Malaysia this year.
(Banshee will be represented by 2 of our Thai team riders and now, one more from Malaysia!)

Results for Siol MTB Challenge:
1st- Stanley JR 1:20:46
2nd- Aim 1:25:59
3rd- Kiki 1:29:70

4th Bukit Cermin Downhill Challenge 2009

Congrats to Rizal from Team Fakawi Banshee and Haris from R.O.A.M. for coming in 4th and 5th respectively in the Men's Open category in the 4th BC Downhill Challenge 09 yesterday!

Here are some pics of Banshee riders spotted in the race..
(and more pictures on FakawiTribe.com)