It's well worth the trip out, the next race meet is on the 12th of December. Check out http://www.pipelinebikepark
Here's a video of the Open Mens final, in which I hacked my way to a third spot placing. :)
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Pipeline Indoor 4X first night
The first Pipeline Indoor 4X race meet of this year went down last night near the Abbotsford Agrifair Arena. I made it out to two race nights last year, and every time it's a blast. The number of competitors was way up this year for the first night.
It's well worth the trip out, the next race meet is on the 12th of December. Check out http://www.pipelinebikepark.com/ for more information.
Here's a video of the Open Mens final, in which I hacked my way to a third spot placing. :)
It's well worth the trip out, the next race meet is on the 12th of December. Check out http://www.pipelinebikepark
Here's a video of the Open Mens final, in which I hacked my way to a third spot placing. :)
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Race Season Comes to an end for Team Dunbar
Well... 2007 race season has come to a wrap. It wrapped up at the Harvest Huckfest in Whistler where most of the team raced. The main event was the Team A-line race. Aaron, Ben, Justin and there female Erin came 3rd in their cat. Jev and Ross' team came 11th overall.
All result were good throughout the year. Highlight were...
Cam Porteous: 5th Jim Beam Air Dj (Jr 13-15) Crankworx
Ben Porteous: 9th Jim Beam Air DH (Jr 16-18) Crankworx
Ben Porteous: 9th Jim Beam Air DH (Jr 16-18) Crankworx
19th Garbonzo Enduro DH (Jr 16-18) Crankworx aka RACE OF HELL
Aaron Dobie: 15th Garbonzo Enduro DH (Jr 16-18) Crankworx aka RACE OF HELL
4th Bear Mountain Challenge (Jr Men 17-18)
4th Bear Mountain Challenge (Jr Men 17-18)
Justin Dale: 3rd Phat Wednesday A-Line (jr.)
Ross Roseingrave 8th Bear Mountain Challenge (PRO)
Emil Bjoresell 12th Bear Mountain Challenge (Senior 19-29)
Dobie: Phat Wednesday Chainless A line FLAVA FLAVE
Ben serious whip @ Lafarge
BrInG OnE 2008!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Light DH Cranksets - At last...
I have been running the RaceFace Diabolus (Diabolical) crank-set for some time now, and I have never been happy with the weight of these cranks. They come with a life time guarantee, and are frankly bomb-proof, but this reliability comes at the weight of a small child. The RaceFace Atlas crank-set is what I have always wanted to put on my Wilson, but the company seem pretty stubborn about not releasing the Atlas with a 83mm BB. Clearly there is demand for such a crankset, as they made up a custom crankset for the whole Commencal team. It is possible to fit the smaller BB width on a Wilson, with some hack-sawing and filing, but as Ross found out, it's just a bit too tight. Crank / chain-stay rubbing action was always going to be inevitable.
FSA/Gravity seem to be the first company with a decent light-weight crankset offering that
comes in a 83mm BB spacing. Called the Gravity Light Crankset the FSA/Gravity boys did away with the excuses of their peers, and filled a big vacuum in the DH componentry market. About time I say, so long Diabolicals, hello Gravity Light....
FSA/Gravity seem to be the first company with a decent light-weight crankset offering that
comes in a 83mm BB spacing. Called the Gravity Light Crankset the FSA/Gravity boys did away with the excuses of their peers, and filled a big vacuum in the DH componentry market. About time I say, so long Diabolicals, hello Gravity Light....
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Recent Pictures
Here are some pictures we have taken over Spring Break on our trip to Vegas and Utah
We spent 3 days in Bootleg Canyon in Nevada, and 3 days in Virgin Utah. In Virgin we rode the Rampage coarse and some other trails including Bender's trail Flying Monkey.
The Steeds on the back of the truck
(Spec SX Trail, Devinci Frantik, Devinci 8 Flat 8 and Santa Cruz Bullit)
Dobie lookin' out at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City
Cam with the no foot can
Ben with the one foot X-Up
Dobie with the No Hander and Dreads throwin' the horns
Finally, Justin whipping
The trip was a tone of fun! Everyone rode hard and good but we have 2 really good crashes, Dobie on the 4th day got caught by the wind going off a 20 ft across 10 ft down road gap at the Red Bull Rampage Site. He concussed him self and was talking silly for a full day.
Also a day before Cammy snapped his frame in two at the dirt jumps at bootleg canyon... He had to go to the hospital and get some stitches in his month and also get a lot of X-rays.
Other then that the trip was great... Thanks to Georgy for taking and helping us get there.
We spent 3 days in Bootleg Canyon in Nevada, and 3 days in Virgin Utah. In Virgin we rode the Rampage coarse and some other trails including Bender's trail Flying Monkey.
The Steeds on the back of the truck
(Spec SX Trail, Devinci Frantik, Devinci 8 Flat 8 and Santa Cruz Bullit)
Dobie lookin' out at Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City
Cam with the no foot can
Ben with the one foot X-Up
Dobie with the No Hander and Dreads throwin' the horns
Finally, Justin whipping
The trip was a tone of fun! Everyone rode hard and good but we have 2 really good crashes, Dobie on the 4th day got caught by the wind going off a 20 ft across 10 ft down road gap at the Red Bull Rampage Site. He concussed him self and was talking silly for a full day.
Also a day before Cammy snapped his frame in two at the dirt jumps at bootleg canyon... He had to go to the hospital and get some stitches in his month and also get a lot of X-rays.
Other then that the trip was great... Thanks to Georgy for taking and helping us get there.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Random gates for Worldcup 4X
According to Phil Sexanas blog, this year the UCI will be implementing random gate starts. Controversial....
Monday, April 16, 2007
The road home...
What a trip! It's Monday the 16th and we are on the I-5 somewhere in Washington state heading for glorious Canadia... eh?
We had some good times in Monterey, along with some stories to tell. The Sea Otter DH course was a hell of a lot more fun this year compared to 2006, but it's still a horrid peddle fest to race. Ross had a crash in practice, no serious injuries, just a lot of road rash on his arms and legs. Graham was the only one of the three of us that didn't crash in his race run, which is funny considering the ear full he got from myself and Ross about how easy and flat the course was.
I crashed in my race run, half way down my run. I got cross rutted and went over, again nothing serious, just some road rash, but I lost a lot of time. Ross crashed coming across the finish line, and Graham had a clean run of it.
Right after the DH was finished we packed the car and headed north. We made it back to Ashland, and got put up for another night at Elijah and Chase's place, which beat the hell out of having to pitch a tent. Oregon is probably my favorite US state now.
Hell of a road trip, I think we will definitely do it again next year. The next race is on the Sunshine Coast - The Rat Race on the 6th of May. Uhh huh, now that's what I'm talkin' about.
We had some good times in Monterey, along with some stories to tell. The Sea Otter DH course was a hell of a lot more fun this year compared to 2006, but it's still a horrid peddle fest to race. Ross had a crash in practice, no serious injuries, just a lot of road rash on his arms and legs. Graham was the only one of the three of us that didn't crash in his race run, which is funny considering the ear full he got from myself and Ross about how easy and flat the course was.
I crashed in my race run, half way down my run. I got cross rutted and went over, again nothing serious, just some road rash, but I lost a lot of time. Ross crashed coming across the finish line, and Graham had a clean run of it.
Right after the DH was finished we packed the car and headed north. We made it back to Ashland, and got put up for another night at Elijah and Chase's place, which beat the hell out of having to pitch a tent. Oregon is probably my favorite US state now.
Hell of a road trip, I think we will definitely do it again next year. The next race is on the Sunshine Coast - The Rat Race on the 6th of May. Uhh huh, now that's what I'm talkin' about.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Hello, San Francisco
We stayed in San Francisco for three nights at a friends house right on Ocean Beach. Gee and Ross surfed Ocean Beach as well as Pacifica which is a bit further south. The wind has been pretty hefty, and there was a strong rip which made things challenging for the guys. I just knew better and stayed on land!
We got some sight seeing in, crossed the Golden Gate and cruised around the Head Lands in Marin County. The last time I was in this city I couldn't see anything because of the fog, it's a cool looking city, but not much beats the view of the local Vancouver mountains.
This morning we drove further south to Santa Cruz where there was a nice south swell with some good waves. I caught one wave, and another caught me. I'm not sure I'm cut out for this surfing lark at all!
Some of the locals were shredding waves that were breaking right on the beach. It looked pretty gnarly. If a fella was to fall, he'd bounce on the sand just before getting pummeled by these waves. Cool to watch though!
After we finished up in Santa Cruz we headed for Monterey, where we registered for our races. We got a pretty big land when we found out that the organizers wanted $60 bucks a night for a camp spot. Feckin ludicrous! We ended up paying a total of $70 a night for a motel with a double bed each. Nice!
We got a cheeky run in on the course this evening too. Basically the organizers just left the cource dry out from last year, and added some new corners just by getting creative with the course tape. They spent some effort on building some sort of wooden humpty bendy back bridge at the bottom, which adds no value to the course.
But at least it's not raining! There is rain forecast for next Saturday, so heres hoping we won't have a repeat of last years nasty mud fest!
Monday, April 9, 2007
Hoo dang!
We hits San Fran at about 00:30 last night, staying with a old buddy of mine from back home in Macroom, Co.Cork. We are right off Ocean Beach, you can't get more ideal than that for surfing in the city!
How we got this far;
We left Vancouver, BC Thursday (5th April) night, and got just shy of Olympia in Washington, camped out, and hit the minty high road on Friday morning which took us down to Cannon Beach. One of the local surf shop guys pointed us up to Indian Point, which is actually Bells Beach in Point Break, it's totally recognizable from the movie. So yeah, my second time surfing was in Bells Beach, yeah baby! Calling it surfing is a stretch though, I just got beat up by the sea. Ross and Gee got on pretty well though.
That night we camped in some random town, and the next morning we headed south along the cost to Florence where we rented some Polaris Trail Blazer ATVs. Butty little 250cc automatics, we were told they wouldn't be powerful enough to jump, but we got some sweet air!
When we got done at the Dunes we darted inland to the I-5 and south as far as
Ashland.
Not let me tell ya, Ashland is good people. We rocked into Ashland at around 7pm and stopped at Great American Pizza for some food and hydration. We ended up with a lot of beer in us, a place to stay and some good new friends. The Sunday after one of the guys (Abe) was good enough to hook us up with shuttles on one of the local mountains, even though he doesn't ride. There is a race down there in May, but it conflicts with the Rat Race on the Sunshine Coast, so we won't make it down.
That's it for now. More updates later....
How we got this far;
We left Vancouver, BC Thursday (5th April) night, and got just shy of Olympia in Washington, camped out, and hit the minty high road on Friday morning which took us down to Cannon Beach. One of the local surf shop guys pointed us up to Indian Point, which is actually Bells Beach in Point Break, it's totally recognizable from the movie. So yeah, my second time surfing was in Bells Beach, yeah baby! Calling it surfing is a stretch though, I just got beat up by the sea. Ross and Gee got on pretty well though.
That night we camped in some random town, and the next morning we headed south along the cost to Florence where we rented some Polaris Trail Blazer ATVs. Butty little 250cc automatics, we were told they wouldn't be powerful enough to jump, but we got some sweet air!
When we got done at the Dunes we darted inland to the I-5 and south as far as
Ashland.Not let me tell ya, Ashland is good people. We rocked into Ashland at around 7pm and stopped at Great American Pizza for some food and hydration. We ended up with a lot of beer in us, a place to stay and some good new friends. The Sunday after one of the guys (Abe) was good enough to hook us up with shuttles on one of the local mountains, even though he doesn't ride. There is a race down there in May, but it conflicts with the Rat Race on the Sunshine Coast, so we won't make it down.
That's it for now. More updates later....
Thursday, March 22, 2007
How to win.
Here's a two part series of 'How to win' documentary filmed by Alex Rankin and starring Steve Peat. This is the type of coverage the Downhill community has been missing for several years!
Part One
Part Two
Part One
Part Two
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Wilsons are go!
Both myself and Ross got our '06 Devinci Wilson frames sand blasted and powder coated, and boy do they look SWEET!
We are both sporting that au natural look, in that we got a clear powder coat finish on the raw sand blasted material, so the frames are silver/grey looking. This year we are running the Pro II HOPE Hubs front and rear which are laced up to Mavic EX 823's with double butted DT Competition spokes. Some pictures of the sweet beauties will be posted here soon.
I can highly recommend Air Strip, and Dyno Pro for your bicycle finishing needs;
AirStrip Limited
115-11031 Bridgeport Rd
Richmond BC, V6X 3A2
Phone: 604-270-7665.
DynoPro Coatings Limited
1711 Valmont Way
Richmond, BC , V6V 1Y3
Phone: 604-278-2611.
The season opener for Team Dunbar is going to be the Sea Otter Classic, and the requisite preparation is being attended to, such as getting race licenses renewed with BC Cycling, getting the Wilsons all pimped, and generally talking trash. Our very loose plan so far is to leave Vancouver the day before Good Friday and hit some surf spots before Sea Otter.
We are both sporting that au natural look, in that we got a clear powder coat finish on the raw sand blasted material, so the frames are silver/grey looking. This year we are running the Pro II HOPE Hubs front and rear which are laced up to Mavic EX 823's with double butted DT Competition spokes. Some pictures of the sweet beauties will be posted here soon.
I can highly recommend Air Strip, and Dyno Pro for your bicycle finishing needs;
AirStrip Limited
115-11031 Bridgeport Rd
Richmond BC, V6X 3A2
Phone: 604-270-7665.
DynoPro Coatings Limited
1711 Valmont Way
Richmond, BC , V6V 1Y3
Phone: 604-278-2611.
The season opener for Team Dunbar is going to be the Sea Otter Classic, and the requisite preparation is being attended to, such as getting race licenses renewed with BC Cycling, getting the Wilsons all pimped, and generally talking trash. Our very loose plan so far is to leave Vancouver the day before Good Friday and hit some surf spots before Sea Otter.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Roll on the '07 MTB season!
I like winter as much as the next powder hound, but the thought of all that snow melting just makes me smile!
Both Ross and my self have been busy getting our bikes ready for the '07 season. We will both be riding the '06 Wilson, except with some notable component changes, and a fresh lick of paint. Why change a good thing after all?
Expect some photos of the beauties in the next couple weeks.
Both Ross and my self have been busy getting our bikes ready for the '07 season. We will both be riding the '06 Wilson, except with some notable component changes, and a fresh lick of paint. Why change a good thing after all?
Expect some photos of the beauties in the next couple weeks.
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