Source: Grassroots Cycles
Grassroots Cycles is hosting their second annual Ranchstyle Mountain Bike Festival in Grand Junction, Co., April 23-26th 2009. This year’s event will include guided adrenaline rides, shuttle service, freeride skills clinics, the MRP Super Dual Slalom, and the Pro-Am Slopestyle comp to cap off the weekend….

The United Riders of Cumberland are pleased to host the first DH race of the season on this classic course. This year the typically hot and dusty weather will be nowhere to be found as mud and remnants of snowfalls will be along the course. Conditions are tacky!
We have been able to get the road and trail cleared of snow and the race is on!

The Biggest Sale around is back. Check out all the amazing deals. There are some limits but, not many!
Check out all the deals @ www.bowcycle.com

While pondering over coffee one afternoon in the summer myself and a few friends came to the realization that we ain’t getting any younger, in fact at the time… within a 6 month time frame we’d all be pushing the boundaries of 30.
This was the catalyst that got us planning…

Source: Race Face
Race Face Components Inc., one of North America’s leading producers of high-end mountain bike components, apparel and protection, is proud to announce a new partnership with the Gravity Group Kenda/Morewood Team. Rennie and Delfs will be running Race Face’s Atlas FR cranks at all World Cup events for the next 2 seasons.

Want to know where the Pinkbike.com UK Squadron will be reporting trackside in the U.K and even further afield? Open the following to see where we will be compiling a nice report, pictures and hopefully some nice video footage.
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Source: Whistler Bike Park
Whistler’s 6th Annual Freeride Mountain Bike Festival Returns August 8-16, 2009 Including Perennial Favorites and New Event
After celebrating a year of milestones in 2008 including more than 800,000 webcast and online content views; the first-ever double backflip at a major mountain bike competition; the birth of the Giant Slalom and the VW Trick Showdown, Kokanee Crankworx is ready to blow the lid off in 2009.

Two of the UK’s top mountain biking stars officially launched the British leg of the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2009, encouraging families, fans and enthusiasts to head to the Scottish Highlands ‘for a piece of the action’ at this year’s event.
Ruhubarb Cunningham and Ken Bathro descended on Edinburgh’s rugged Calton Hill today to mark the launch of ticket sales for the award-winning fixture, which returns to the scenic slopes and grueling terrain around Fort William for an eighth year on the 6th and 7th June 2009.

Downhill tires nowadays talk about the channel. The channel is designed to abort dirt, and packed up muck from your tires, creating a more open path to cruise on. The Intense MicroKnobby tire is the exact opposite. With 7,500 micro knobs per tire, these babies were designed for maximum traction in hard pack terrain. Where are these conditions found? At the dirt jumps and around town!
Read on for more information on the MicroKnobby Tire.

The 2009 Fluidride Cup is kicking the season off in Port Angeles, Washington on April 3rd with an added practice day!
Practice begins on April 4th, then the season opening DH is Sunday April 5th. Several details have finally been released for all racers, start your planning now!