Six bikes stolen in Kamloops

Six bikes were stolen from the Dunbar team trailer in Kamloops in the early hours of Saturday 17th of May 2008.

The bikes that have been stolen are:

• 2008 trailer park. gunmetal grey, with lime green components. argyle fork, white rims, juicy rear brake only. 1 day old.
• 2007 black giant reign x 1 - fox 36 fork, e-13 lite guide with broken idler pulley. rear cable/brake line routed through chainstays. Easton bar and stem, fox rear shock.
• 2008 Transition Bottle rocket, silver with red caps on pivots, fox 36 fork, sunline bar and stem, sixty magnesium pedals.
• 2007 DeVinci frantic, light blue, brand new wheelset, mavic black ust tubeless rims on blue hope hubs. Marzocchi 66 fork, black.
• 2007 Morewood Izumi DH, white. Hadley, mavic ex721 wheelset, chromag stem, easton EA 50 bar, saint brakes, shimano hone cranks, black mrp chaindevice, atomlab trailking pedals, fox dhx 5 rear shock, rockshox boxxer team grey fork.
• 2004 Last Raffnix hartail, beige, 07 silver pike, hope bulb/mavix ex 721 wheelset, truvativ hozfeller cranks, e-13 bashguard, single speed. Raceface diabolus stem, ns bar, avid juicy rear brake only.

any information please call the shop

604 224 2106

cheers,

The Dunbar Team.

Pipeline Indoor 4X Round #4

The 4th round of the Pipeline Indoor 4X series went down last Wednesday (30th Jan '08) with another strong turnout. Jerusha Millar and myself made it out to compete, with Jerusha taking 1st in the consolation round, and myself taking 2nd to Chris Buckrell of 611 in the mens open final. This race was the first double points event of the season, which helps shake up the overall standings a bit, and helps some people short on points to get back in contention for the overall. The next race is on the 13th of February and is well worth a visit especially given that all lower mainland trails are currently snowed out!

Check out Matt Stevens full race report here.

Check out the two videos of the Pro and Open mens final;

Pro Men Final


Open Mens Final

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. :)

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

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)

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

Camella Bear MTN.

BrInG OnE 2008!

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....

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.

Random gates for Worldcup 4X

According to Phil Sexanas blog, this year the UCI will be implementing random gate starts. Controversial....