I cant help but pass on good deals to the riding community.  This is for anyone looking for Ironhorses or K2’s.  This is probably less than I would pay for an Ironhorse if I were a dealer.  Believe it or not mark up on bikes is pretty slim…about 30%.  I am here as a dealer to give you a good price and great service.  Come in and I will try to match the Internet and sometimes I will let you know to just buy it online.  Such is the case righ now.  For One day only check this out

Not really us, but we were contacted by a super nice rider who rides a Norco and wanted some support for the year. She stopped by and we were a good fit to help her with her bike maintenance. Here is a report from her first race of the season in Spokane.

Last weekend was my first 24hr race of the season … in Spokane, Washington. I was looking forward to the weekend as Fraser had put together a 5 man team (which at the last minute turned into a 3-man team) so it was going to be a bit of a social weekend as well (well, during my 2 minute pits anyway!).

Fraser and I drove (ok, he drove, I relaxed) up to Spokane on Friday morning and got there around 3pm to snag a nice camping spot/pit for the race. We were right on the course which was perfect for me. Having the trailer sure is nice … we roll up and I can pretty much sleep right away. It is so comfortable and easy. I was loving it. What wasn’t so nice was the headwind which greeted us on the way to Spokane. The wind was brutal and at one point we were getting about 4 miles a gallon!!!!! Crazy.

So, the race started at noon and Will, our friend who is living in San Francisco, drew the short straw on Fraser’s team and got to start with me. He decided to use my pacing off the start and we were pretty much the last ones to finish the run (I am not kidding - there were maybe two guys behind us). All according to plan. We headed into the bike and it didn’t take Will long to pick up the pace and leave me in the dust…. I was once again in my own world and in the 24hr zone. Read the rest of this entry »

So Phil Sundbaum was back from the qashqai in Europe and brought back a new friend. Pedro came in all quiet and just seemed like another rider. His bike was banged up with only one of the two bolts holding his Gold Labels together. So we dove into his bike and ending up extracting a bolt and retainer with some precision machining. He looked on with terror as we drilled into his fork. I think it was because he was so far from Purto Rico with a giant (phil) and me doing surgery on his fork. After all this he shows me his video and I was so stoked. This kid rips.

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Get Unlimited riding in North America’s premier lift-accessed mountain bike park with the Whistler Mountain Bike Park Pass.  Lets not kid ourselves, you need one of these passes and should just move to whistler and live there all summer.  But keep stopping by g.h.y once in a while to see the new gear thats in the works.

These great deals are our way of saying thanks for shopping at g.h.y.

Get your gohuckyourself lockons. We got a bunch down at the shop. We have Black, White, and Brown grips and Black, Blue, and Red lockons. They’re looking sick.

The 2008 US Open was a great success for Griffiths Racing and the Norco World Team. With two 1st place finishes in both the DH and the Slalom events Fionn was stoked on her weekends racing.

DH practice on the Friday went well although conditions were extremely un- predictable.

“With the track as rough and rocky as it is here at Diablo Freeride park,
the conditions in practice were unforgivable, just finding yourself slightly
off line in the wet rocks will more than likely end in tears or at least with
a quick nature appreciation visit to a near buy tree.”

Fionn escaped a fairly big crash on the wet rocks without major injury, just a couple of bumps and bruises to show for her efforts.

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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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