Transition held their yearly dealer days in Whistler this year! They were dumb enough to invite us back. We had a blast riding and testing the new TR250, Bandit and 29er. They are offering some great bikes and we are lucky enough o carry them. We just got a BRAND NEW Bandit in stock also. This kid learned flips into the foam and was soooo stoked.
Transition Bikes in Whistler from g.h.y. bikes & Go Huck Yourself on Vimeo.
Here is some hubs getting built into wheels at g.h.y. bikes right now. The silver hubs came in pretty tarnished from years of use…but we had to polish them up and make them all pretty before we threw some hoops around them. Then the Profile Elite hubs with 204 points of engagement…YES 204!
It sounds pretty awesome too. As for g.h.y. bikes wheelbuilding…buy all the parts from us and get the build for free and lifetime trues.
Team riders Andrew Knott, Jerry Southworth, Travis Erickson and Trevor Louviere left for Moscow, ID. Eastbound and down, Friday afternoon, last race of the All Gravity Series. They left the west side of the mountains around to 2 in the afternoon and ended up in Moscow around 6:30 that evening. After getting into town and dropping off the trailer at the fairgrounds the guys headed out to find some food. While at dinner Jerry, a Cat 1 40+ rider, was carded for alcohol and his wallet had been stolen earlier that week so they wouldn’t serve him. It made for a good laugh before the guys headed to the bars for a night out on the town. The guys were told to go to CJ’s for a good time by one of the locals…so they headed that direction. After getting to the bar and having a few drinks they met up with Chris and Nick from Spokane. And those two know how to have a good time, especially in the basement of bars (inside joke).
Some of us are excited to be at Interbike 2010. Some not as much…
Dummy…Mike Hoder
The shop just started carrying Redline adult bikes and I ordered up a fully rigid 29′er. The Redline D440 with 29 inch wheels. So I took the bike to the tapeworm just up the hill from the shop. It was a little muddy but the big wheels just cruised over everything in its path. I did switch the brakes to some BB5 Avids since all I had to do was add calipers. The bike comes ready for discs. So that is just a small taste of the test. I will keep posting about this and more new bikes in the stable. If you want to try a 29er out just stop by the shop!
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The heart and soul of North American mountain biking is right here, the area roughly from Seattle to Whistler, and spoke rockets made by a little Ferndale company called Transition are the latest rage. It was started by two local hard-core riders, and the niche they seem to have hit is for a bike that’s bombproof on the downhill but forgiving enough to rip the cross-country. “We design bikes for what we like to ride, so they’re definitely tailored to this environment. They’re definitely good Northwest bikes,” says Kevin Menard, one of those two dudes. This ride will bomb the A-line at Whistler, but is agile enough to throw sick tricks on Galbraith Mountain. The Bottle Rocket is for aggressive riders; newbies and those who just want a good trail bike should consider the lighter and more nimble Covert. With a Transition, you buy the frame and then pick the forks and gearing specific to your style, or chose one of three kits. These bikes aren’t cheap, running $2,800-$3,800. See them at Fluidride here in Seattle, GHY Bikes in Renton, too. transitionbikes.com
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The new nasty boy cranks by FSA are far better than the previous years. We had one of the local rippers try them out and he put together his thoughts on the cranks. The biggest improvement that I noticed was the fact that they machined each crank after they were painted. I have had a few sets of BMX style cranks that when the sprocket was bolted to the arm, it wobbled. The build up of paint on one side would make the sprocket not sit flat. Well FSA has fixed that! Here is Shawn Wilson’s take on things.
Here is my take on Interbike. There is 100lbs of crap in a 5lb bag. So there is some quality stuff among the dead wood. This year Phil, Drew (our computer tech) and I went to assault Vegas. I found out Phil and I have two passions in common, riding and gambling. With many hours drinking and pushing buttons and throwin dice it was hard to make the rounds at the show. If you have not been before it basically takes 3 days of walking to see everything in the place. Thats a lot of bike stuff.
Here are some of the things that I think are worth taking a look. First off lets start with the hardtail I am trying to ride this year. It is an Eastern…from BMX fame. So the short back end will be easy to manual and perfect for any street/park situation. HINT: take a look at the headtube.
