this is actually a very nicely shot video.
Dean enters at the 385 second mark riding the Legend.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Scythe and the Hammer
Andreas sent me this from Bali and I thought I'd throw it up so you could get a look at what the Scythe looks like with the hammerschmidt
Hi Jay,
attached a couple of pics from our Scythe/Hammerschmidt setup done over the weekend.
The installation of the Hammerschmidt is pretty straight forward on the Scythe frame. It took around 1 hour to remove the old crank and install the new Hammerschmidt on the bike.
Even the existing cable routing tabs work great on the frame, so everything really looks factory installed.
Since the Scythe has a 68mm BB shell you need to use the supplied spacers between the ISCG tabs and the Hammerschmidt base plate.
Initial testing this morning was fantastic, just on the flat. The shifting is instantaneously, you can even shift while paddling backwards.
The weight increase over the previous single chainring/bashguard set-up is around 350 grams, but you are basically getting a whole new bike, since you have now a 22/36T chainring setup.
Andreas
Hi Jay,
attached a couple of pics from our Scythe/Hammerschmidt setup done over the weekend.
The installation of the Hammerschmidt is pretty straight forward on the Scythe frame. It took around 1 hour to remove the old crank and install the new Hammerschmidt on the bike.
Even the existing cable routing tabs work great on the frame, so everything really looks factory installed.
Since the Scythe has a 68mm BB shell you need to use the supplied spacers between the ISCG tabs and the Hammerschmidt base plate.
Initial testing this morning was fantastic, just on the flat. The shifting is instantaneously, you can even shift while paddling backwards.
The weight increase over the previous single chainring/bashguard set-up is around 350 grams, but you are basically getting a whole new bike, since you have now a 22/36T chainring setup.
Andreas
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Get well soon Keith!
As some of our regular Banshee / Mythic followers may know, Keith has been in hospital recovering from some heavy duty surgery....I had a couple of texts from him yesterday and he seems in good spirits, despite some complications
Healing vibes to my buddy Keith, here's a great photo from a trip Keith and I took to Woburn Sands (Milton Keynes, UK) last summer to try out the AMP and Wildcard on some proper dirt jumps and freeride terrain
Hope to see you riding strong again soon Keith
cheers!
Rob C
Healing vibes to my buddy Keith, here's a great photo from a trip Keith and I took to Woburn Sands (Milton Keynes, UK) last summer to try out the AMP and Wildcard on some proper dirt jumps and freeride terrain
Hope to see you riding strong again soon Keith
cheers!
Rob C
Banshee Rider is Named to Pan American MTB Championship Squad
Banshee rider, Rachel Bauer, will be competing in both DH and MX events at this year's Pan American MTB Championship in Santiago, Chile, March 20-23
"An eight-person gravity contingent will also wear the Stars-and-Stripes in Chile while contesting downhill and 4-cross events. All discretionary picks, Curtis Keene (Fremont, Calif.), Heikki Hall (Durango, Colo.), Chris Van Dine (Park City, Utah), Ethan Quehl (Grayson, Ga.), Graeme Pitts (Nevada City, Calif.) and Chris Heath (Durango, Colo.) will compete in the men’s downhill event, while Kathy Pruitt (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Rachel Bauer (Aspen, Colo.) will race women’s downhill.
Hall, Van Dine, Pruitt and Bauer will also race in their respective 4-cross competitions.
2009 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships
March 20-23
Santiago, Chile"
Read more about others who made it and the Pan Am Games here!
"An eight-person gravity contingent will also wear the Stars-and-Stripes in Chile while contesting downhill and 4-cross events. All discretionary picks, Curtis Keene (Fremont, Calif.), Heikki Hall (Durango, Colo.), Chris Van Dine (Park City, Utah), Ethan Quehl (Grayson, Ga.), Graeme Pitts (Nevada City, Calif.) and Chris Heath (Durango, Colo.) will compete in the men’s downhill event, while Kathy Pruitt (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Rachel Bauer (Aspen, Colo.) will race women’s downhill.
Hall, Van Dine, Pruitt and Bauer will also race in their respective 4-cross competitions.
2009 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships
March 20-23
Santiago, Chile"
Read more about others who made it and the Pan Am Games here!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Aussie Nationals Rd 5 - Hobart
Aussie Nationals Rd 5 - Hobart
Well guy's, the Aussie National Series Round 5 has been run and won which winds up the series for 2008/09. It is a long way to travel from Brisbane Queensland to Hobart Tasmania even by air but Dad & I got there on Thursday afternoon last week in time to walk the track which runs off the side of Mount Wellington.
I am racing one of the 2 Banshee Scythe's painted in World team colour red & white. The series has been a mixed one for me as I crashed in round 1 at Adelaide South Australia but still placed 15th, then onto Illinbah Queensland for round 2 where I placed 3rd but suffered a grade 2 tear of the calf muscle which put me out for 8 weeks. I missed round 3 and headed into round 4 at Mount Buller Victoria (close to the bad fires) very much lacking fitness but managed to finish 7th which had me placed 10th overall leading into the final round last Sunday. Practice at round 5 Hobart was going great until late Saturday afternoon when I suffered a severe mechanical and it seemed I was unable to race the next day. Many frantic phone calls and my good mate & Banshee racer, Ryan Hunt offered me his Legend to race in the Under 17 men division. I managed to get 2 practice runs in on Sunday morning whilst swapping number plates with Ryan so that he could get some practice runs and his seeding run in. I then went up for my race run and whilst I was very conscious of not wanting to damage Ryans bike I placed 5th which placed me into outright 6th for the series - I am as happy as a pig in sh*t and cannot wait until next weekend when our State Rounds (Sunshine Series) commences. My sponsor, Darren Bowman (Brisbane Boutique Bikes) is building up his own Banshee Scythe for me to ride until mine is fixed (thanks Darren - you are a champion!!)
On a final note, it was a great National Series and I met some awesome guy's out there riding Banshee Legends such as Ryan Hunt and Ben Nylen and I hope I can return the favours to these guys in years to come when they have a problem.
cheers all,
Benny Power
You can follow Ben on his own blog here http://benpower-racing.blogspot.com/
Well guy's, the Aussie National Series Round 5 has been run and won which winds up the series for 2008/09. It is a long way to travel from Brisbane Queensland to Hobart Tasmania even by air but Dad & I got there on Thursday afternoon last week in time to walk the track which runs off the side of Mount Wellington.
I am racing one of the 2 Banshee Scythe's painted in World team colour red & white. The series has been a mixed one for me as I crashed in round 1 at Adelaide South Australia but still placed 15th, then onto Illinbah Queensland for round 2 where I placed 3rd but suffered a grade 2 tear of the calf muscle which put me out for 8 weeks. I missed round 3 and headed into round 4 at Mount Buller Victoria (close to the bad fires) very much lacking fitness but managed to finish 7th which had me placed 10th overall leading into the final round last Sunday. Practice at round 5 Hobart was going great until late Saturday afternoon when I suffered a severe mechanical and it seemed I was unable to race the next day. Many frantic phone calls and my good mate & Banshee racer, Ryan Hunt offered me his Legend to race in the Under 17 men division. I managed to get 2 practice runs in on Sunday morning whilst swapping number plates with Ryan so that he could get some practice runs and his seeding run in. I then went up for my race run and whilst I was very conscious of not wanting to damage Ryans bike I placed 5th which placed me into outright 6th for the series - I am as happy as a pig in sh*t and cannot wait until next weekend when our State Rounds (Sunshine Series) commences. My sponsor, Darren Bowman (Brisbane Boutique Bikes) is building up his own Banshee Scythe for me to ride until mine is fixed (thanks Darren - you are a champion!!)
On a final note, it was a great National Series and I met some awesome guy's out there riding Banshee Legends such as Ryan Hunt and Ben Nylen and I hope I can return the favours to these guys in years to come when they have a problem.
cheers all,
Benny Power
You can follow Ben on his own blog here http://benpower-racing.blogspot.com/
Monday, March 2, 2009
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