How to build your very own Ti Gear Box Bike by Alan Hawkes.O.K where to start, the big question is why? Well why not? I’ve made downhill frames before using t45 steel so I thought if I was going to build a gearbox DH bike then I may as well do something special. There is probably no advantage in having titanium over alloy but if you’re only going to do it once then why not make it different?

Source: Devinci Bikes After more than two years of filming Life Cycles, the Stance Films crew was heading to northern Quebec (Canada) to the Devinci Cycles factory. The plan was to take some factory shots and they got more than they expected!

Invite Criteria & Event Formats Announced for Flagship Events at Kokanee Crankworx.While freeride mountain bike pros flocked to balmier climates this winter, renowned course builder and mad professor John Cowan has been working on plans in his never-ending quest to expand the boundaries of two-wheeled recreation. The spring melt is now on and Cowan and his tireless crew of builders have begun to turn the earth to construct the features of the slopestyle and giant slalom courses in the Boneyard at the Whistler Mountain Bike Park. In anticipation of another …

Source: Simon GauthierIt’s under the French blue skies of beautiful Mont-Tremblant that the Canadian racing season has kicked in this past weekend. With no signs of grey clouds or even raindrops, the racing has undergone on a beautiful dry revamped racing track, thanks to the organizers making it faster and way more flowy than ever before.

Andrew Shandro has been running bike camps in Whistler for 8 seasons now and they go by the name Summer Gravity Camps. SGC is known as the world’s premiere bike camp to attend and thanks to Andrew and his staff’s passion to teach and ride, this excellence shines through.Andrew and I were able to sit down and chat recently about the summer camp. Read on for the full interview:

Mike Hopkins hails from Rossland B.C. and is a big mountain freeskier and freerider. This year he made the trip down to Utah for his first Red Bull Rampage. Tam from Newwavecine.com was also there with him to capture the event and document it for us all to see.Check out Mike’s Red Bull Rampage experience on video inside:

Round two is going to be off the Richter Scale and will go down in the history books as the hardest track in the U.K ever to race on. Steve Parr and his trail fairies have officially set the bench mark and completed a master piece.The course drops 1,000 feet and is super steep. Imagine the steepest and most technical sections from your favorite tracks, Champery, Glen Coe, Mynth Duu, Strathyre, Dunkeld, Goats Gully and Fort William Woods all in one track, without a break and no let up. The …

‘Dr’ Steve Peat has somehow found time to plan what is sure to be a mouth-watering 4th annual Wharncliffe Weekender, despite his hectic racing schedule and his new found profession, delivering babies!This is your chance to meet with Steve, ride with him and many other Pro’s as well as a spot of charity work!

Source: Troy Lee D2 Action Sports HelmetThe latest in his line of replica helmets “For the World’s Fastest Racers”, Troy Lee recently introduced the all new D2 Carbon Shaun Palmer Replica action sports helmet.

Transition Bikes re-defines ‘all-mountain’ genre with an all new Covert.Moving forward into a new realm of design, Transition Bikes has completely revamped the existing Covert all mountain bike to create a new 6” travel quiver-killing bike capable of more aggressive riding. The new Covert sports a refined frame at the same weight as the old model, but is significantly stronger. The new frame comes in at a respectable 6.7 lbs without rear shock, and builds up to a 28-32 lb bike made for efficient long days in the saddle.