Trail Bikes Demo Day July 11th - 12th

Trail Bikes in Courtney is having a demo day on Saturday July 11th – 12th.

We’ll have a bunch of bikes you can take out and try and I hear Trek and Gary Fisher will also be letting out demos. So come by and try all the bikes.

This is their address

1999 Lake Trail Road
Courtenay, BC V9N 9C3
(250) 334-2456

And here’s how you’d get there

If you haven’t been to Courtney you’re missing out. The place is freaking awesome and has some great mountain biking. Its been a few years since I’ve been there but it struck me as being one place I wouldn’t mind living. So much outdoor activities to do and they have a great mountain for skiing.

Anyway come out if you can make it!!!

Banshee at the Arduum Challenge Mission BC

Ok this is what it is http://www.arduumchallenge.com/

So the Industry Team Banshee/Trident will be racing and I’ll be doing the boring picture taking and manning o the booth again. Yeah I do ride a bike but am getting c*ck blocked on this because someone has to do the PR stuff and I didn’t sign up for the race series cause i was in Taiwan so …

Anyway taking pics is still fun and I think from all the views everyone liked my crash photos.

There will probably be many more this time as Arduum is steep, technical, and not a very forgiving race course. Lets hope crashes high, but carnage low… we want everyone to get home safely.

Here’s how you get there.

 

We’ll also have a couple of bikes with us to demo so if you want to try one bring a creditcard and picture ID.

Trident will also have some service parts for Manitou or can have a look at your fork [for a can of beer fee]… ok I made that part up.

Hope to see you there

What's Next?

Aaron Larocque (the talented young film maker from BC), has been busy filming and editing recently. Check out the trailer for his latest creation which features 3 of our up and coming riders (Alan Hepburn, Mark Mathews and Matt Brooks).
Jay chimes in Keith how could you forget Dustin Greenhall... the guy throws it down large. Make that 4 riders.
Keith: Oh man, sorry Dustin, didn't see your name even tho I thought you would be in it and was a bit suprised when I didn't see your name... but there it is! Sorry bro! Sweet, this is just the Dustin on the cake! haha, man I'm so funny!

This is going to be Aaron's first full length film, but I think you'll agree that it looks like he has a great future and will hopefully be making many many more.

What's Next? Trailer from Aaron Larocque on Vimeo.

Crap on MY desk... has gotta to go

I know raceface already does stuff on my desk or "crap" ... not sure but something like that. Well there not the only people that have crap on their desk.

So I want to give back to our Banshee riders with some free stuff.

I know they're a bit old but I have 4 copies of NSXVIII [8] and hope they can find a good home.

I'll also be getting rid of other stuff as time goes on.

So to get one do the following.
1] tell me what is the guy who made the videos -Todd Fianders- nickname. What do most people call him besides Todd Fiander [hint: starts with a "D"]
2] tell me which bike you have
and lastly
3] write a review of your bike on http://www.mtbr.com/mfr/banshee-bikes/MPR_12866crx.aspx and send me your mtbr.com user name.

Thats it.
Just send an email to info@bansheebikes.com subject line "Contest" I'll pick 4 winners at the end of this week.

To start is videos but i have other bike part goodies that I will be giving away as well in the future

More shots from today

We have been riding our wildcards a lot lately... Getting ready for a summer of riding in Canada. I have been riding my wildcard more than my gal. And I don't mean that she likes to ride my bike. She's a beauty!


People always say " words cannot describe..." the thing they are trying to describe. And maybe saying " words cannot describe..." is even better than a really good descriptive word. Well if so then, words cannot describe how awesome, rad, cool, sexy, sick, dirty, epic, amazing, extraordinary, magnificent, the wildcard rides, handles, looks, and jumps. If you know of any words that might help me describe the wildcard better... please let me know.

Penny

Taiwan is known for bikes not for bikers … This being said there are not many people who ride with us. There are people who come out to our trails and watch us ride, watch us jump and watch us shovel. And most people are amazed by at least two of these things. Most watch and wish that it does not take progression to hit step downs, drops, dirt jumps or just ride a corner with some speed. There is one Taiwanese rider who comes out to the jumps a couple of times a month. Her balls are bigger than all of the other riders who have come out to ride. If we tell her that she can hit something. Nine times out of ten she will hit it.

She rocks …

Penny launching 20 - 25 foot step down. (left)

Chasing James down the step down (right).




Today was the first time she ever dropped a wood bridge. Training for the bigger drop.

Banshee 2009 Catalog

Sweet.
I finally found a program that works well for showing off the catalog.
Once this post moves on into the archives you'll still be able to access the catalog from the very bottom of the blog page where i've put it also.

Open publication - Free publishing - More catalog

Legend

summer time

finally got a short enough brake in the rain last night to do a little shooting with Linden. Enjoy.

MUZZLER - AMP action

Got a mail from our Scottish Mythic rider MUZZLER - who is currently riding the new AMP

"Hey dude, Jim wanted some more pics and stuff and I haven't been able to get too much since i've only been riding once in the last month as i fractured my hand but its getting better! Here are some new pics of glentress so you can put them on the blog".

"Currently riding with 80 mill forks too adn its amazingly snappy and jumpy best hardtail ever!"

"Thought you'd like to see man it sits at 24.5 pounds now even with heavy wheels!"