Flower snipper

This one is for you Jay. i know how much you love biking + flowers!!!

Dustin Greenall's B-Day Jam!

Pinehead afterwork sesh

Guillame sent me this little vid from France... thought you might enjoy.

Pinehead on after work sesh!! from guillaume Bossu on Vimeo.

G... next time don't push your bike up the hill... the Spit was made for you to pedal it too hahahaha.

Team Geronimo at Sea Otter

It's another Sea Otter for the books, but 2010 marked the debut of Team Geronimo at the nation's biggest biking event.

Brian Buell and Graeme Pitts arrived back stateside from competing in the Pan Am Championships in Guatemala just in time to load up the Team Geronimo trailer in the middle of a Sierra blizzard. Michael Buell and Brandon Turman joined them a day later, and the trip to Monterey was underway. Team mate Cody Eichhorn was forced to miss celebrating his birthday at Sea Otter due to an elbow injury earlier in the year which required repeat surgery. He is healing well and due to join the team at the US Open at Diablo Freeride Park in NJ over Memorial Day weekend.

The Team Geronimo/Banshee Bikes tent was conveniently situated right next to the Hayes Bicycle Group tent, and the whole area was abuzz with energy. Banshee Bikes engineer, Keith Scott, Trident Performance Sports and the Canadian Banshee Team joined in the pit, providing good cheer and camaraderie for the entire event. The team and the bikes got a huge amount of attention, with many people getting a chance to try out the team Legend Mk II, Rampant, Amp, Paradox and Spitfire.

This post is a short one, on the way to the Port Angeles Pro Gravity Tour race, which is turning into a mini World Cup race due to the ash from the Icelandic volcano, causing planes to be grounded. As we get situated there, we'll have more photos from Sea Otter and more news. Above photos courtesy of Geoff Pitts; more available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffpp/

Thanks to Jay MacNeil at Banshee Bikes for continued support and all his hard work behind the scenes as we get to enjoy these magnificent machines and bring them to the world. We'd also like to thank Lawrence Saiyo for his help in getting them built in time for Sea Otter, and being present in the pit as our mechanic. A big thank you to Devon Balet, who got some incredible shots of the team as he put up with us all week. You can view his photos at http://devonbaletphoto.com

LEGEND MKII PODIUMS IN AUSTRALIA

Team Banshee Australia rider Ben Power contested round 1 of the KWT-Maxxis Queensland Sunshine Series 2010 last Sunday and celebrated his 17th birthday with 2nd place in the Under 19 Male category. Heavy rain in the days leading up to the race saw the short but technical track in muddy conditions early however; as practice progressed the track dried up to a good tacky surface.

Ben qualified in 2nd spot and had a good race run to finish in 2nd place 1 second behind the winner. It was a great outing and gave Ben the opportunity of testing the new Legend MKII with it's unfamiliar (to Ben) Fox 40's which along with his DHX 5 coil shock have been race tuned by sponsor, NS Dynamic's Suspension. Overall impression, fast & furious!! Ben is looking forward to round 2 of the Series which will be contested on his home track (Gold Coast Mountain Bike Club) at Illinbah on 30 May 2010.

Post Office Jam

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/aptos-best-trick-2010.html

So Keith is off to the Post Office Jam. I guess he'll be hanging out with Jack and some of his buds.
This should be one killer session as a lot of talent are in town - hopefully weather stays good.



I'm sure once Brandon gets a chance he'll post up results of Team Geronimo's results. They didn't do too badly considering its kind of like giant 4x course, and they beat some a few of the top guys so congrats to them. I managed to find Rob on Skype and he said it was definitely a good time and was great to meet all the people that showed up to take it all in.

Anyway if you are around ... go check out the Jam... it should be a really great time.

Goodnight Sea Otter

Sea Otter has come to a close. It was a great show and would like to thank the guys from Race Face and Pinkbike for a great dinner last night.

We are all leaving Monterey tomorrow so we decided to make it out to the beach to say goodbye.

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

Keith on Legend

 

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

DH practice photos

Team Geronimo + Sea Otter

Update via photos!

It has been a great experience here in Monterey. The team has grouped, minus Cody Eichhorn due to injury. Heal up fast mate so you can come join the FUN! Racing for the team kicks off tomorrow with the dual slalom. Pro dh race is Sunday! It is the who's who of the bike industry. More to come as more goes down.


Team Geronimo and Banshee crew

Brian Buell is all thumbs up for this massive bag o' chips!

Brian and Michael Buell do a walk of the course and discuss line choice.

Yes, our pit shirts are pretty much rad!

Brian Buell suiting up with his Dainese armor.

Please note sock height.

Early morning light sure is nice.

Barb Buell supplying the cookie goodness to fuel our sleep.

Family dinner... Brandon, you aren't suppose to eat the shell of those.

Trailer full of flashy race bikes!

Point1 has some really nice stuff. check them out!

Team Geronimo!

Brandon and Brian let Keith know their thoughts of their new bikes.