So the new Northwest Dirt Culture movie is out and the premier was a blast.  Greg put out his best movie to date and the DVD is on the streets.  He put together a great swag toss and kickoff party.  Heres a few pictures of what went down.

Good Crowd

Heres the man behind the lens, Greg Tubbs.  And the cover in front of the DVD.

The go huck yourself crew getting tuned up.  After the movie things got a little rowdy and Wilsons’ boxxers got removed for him.  Heres right after and the aftermath.

We are knocking down walls and expanding the shop. While there is still a bit of finish work to be done I wanted to share some pics from the past week.

Money Masai and Jesse discuss the myth of load bearing walls. What was our old storage area is now our mechanics outpost. New doorway in the back goes to our new storage area.

New storage space we expanded into. For a frame of reference you can see Masai through the door looking back towards the front of the shop.

AJ’s new office behind the storage space…

and of course the kitty killer. Bonus points for naming the oldschool bmx bike hiding behind the KK.

It’s 11:02 am and I’m watching the opening section of SEASONS (new film from the collective). Peaty is ripping oh and now Cam is making bird sounds and jumping in pools. Come down and grab your copy or buy it from our online store ghybikes.com

Seven Riders. Four Seasons.

Seasons is a film that follows seven of the world’s top mountain bikers through the course of four seasons of one year. The film explores what it means to be a full time rider as told though the eyes of downhill racers, slopestyle competitors, and big mountain freeriders.

Riders: Andrew Shandro, Cam McCaul, Steve Smith, Matt Hunter, Darren Berrecloth, Thomas Vanderham, Steve Peat.

www.thecollectivefilm.com

60 Minute Feature
Making of Whistler Segment
Sterling Lorence Slideshow
Sponsor Videos
Bonus Air Footage
Bonus Trail Footage

The Canadian pricing gods have determined it to be the low low price of $27.99.

Well the day started off with everyone scrambling to get the 6 cases of beer, 100 hot dogs, stop watches, tape, and get everything back to the flow park.  But once we did get everything there it was one of the best times I have had at a bike event in a long time.  The race started after everyone was satisfied that they practiced enough.  The racing was pretty fun since the downhill part has been cut in down to the creek.  The last drop was the place to watch for sure.  It gave almost everyone a little kick sideways.  After two runs the times were stacked like this HERE.

Since everything was so much fun up until then why not fire up the BBQ throw on some dogs and play some Huffy Toss.  Norm and Jake were the test pilots.  Norm had a good launch but nobody expected the NASA commander Jake Hopple was in the house.  He hauled ass into the jump and sent that bike into orbit.  Just check out Coltons face in the background.  Not only is he looking at the bike but the expression is priceless.

Once again we thank all that came out and all that helped.  Thank Travis and Angie next time you see them…thats for sure.  Click Here for more pics.

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More shop hours to serve you starting Monday the 26th.

Weekday 10 - 7 (still closed on NOW OPEN Tuesdays!)

Sat 10 - 6

Sun 12 - 5

I thought that Downhill Domination was the only mountain bike game until…Mountain Bike Adrenaline caught my eye in Best Buy.  John Cowan on the cover and some pretty cool screen shots on the back.  Luckily you can get it for only $10 dollars since the ratings are not that good.  You can pretty much tell its not going to be that banger video game like Tony Hawk or Skate.  Here is the description they give to get you all stoked up to shred the gnar.  Bad descriptions from ad execs much like my last sentence. 

Straddle your mountain bike and ride the adrenaline as you hurtle down the world’s most spectacular slopes. Speed, dexterity and daring are the three ingredients that will turn you into an exceptional rider. Are you ready to ride out of your skin?

But for ten bucks off of ebay how can you go wrong.?

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!

The gear box bike has been kicked around for a while now.  I think that technology is getting better and the gearboxes are eventually going to take over in the gravity market.  Here is the offering from Suntour.  Sully from Rotec stopped by and let us take some spy shots before he installed this unit on one of his prototypes.  The weight on this badboy is a hefty 9 lbs (including crank arms).  But just take into account that you are loosing cassette, freehub body and chainguide.  That is around 1.5 pounds plus a pound for the cranks.  So realisticly the gearbox weighs in at 6.5 lbs.  I cant wait to try out Rotecs new creations.  He had a nice aluminum hardtail with him that was geared towards dual slalom / 4X.  Sully also mentioned talking to Weagle to get some advice on a new design that will use the Split Pivot.  Using Lawill and Weagle designs should make Rotec’s new line something to check out this next year.  Stay tuned for more details!!!

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.

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We are selling the 2007 Norco’s for a great deal.  Some of the bikes are up to $500 OFF.  That is a huge savings for some of the best DH, Freeride, Hardtail and Commuter bikes.  Come to the shop to see all of the bikes on sale!!!