GM Buys Specialized

In case you missed it yesterday, one of the best publicly released April Fool’s jokes in the bike industry hit yesterday. Not seconds after Silicon Valley Business Journal released the fake article, bloggers and websites went crazy spreading the news. It was fun to watch. I guess sometimes people just can’t remember what day it is! Word on the street is that even Mark Sinyard got in on the hoax by assuring people that it was true, but when dealers started calling left and right worried about the news, he told them the truth.

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Ibis Mojo and Push Industries – Full Review

he shake-down ride actually ended up being a time trail at Big Creek’s Two Ways in a Day. Big Creek is a Atlanta local trail that provides great insight on how a bike will act in tight, twisty, quick up with quick down situations. As you can see by the elevation map, you really don’t get a break at this place when you are going for the lowest time. The trail still, even after all of the traffic it receives, has loose rocks and steep climbs.

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Two Ways in a Day – Big Creek Time Trial

The second annual Big Creek – Two Ways in a Day time trail was yesterday and they saw a great turn out. RAMBO, the Roswell Alpharetta Mountain Biking Organization (division of SORBA), puts on this event at the Big Creek mountain biking part in Roswell, GA.

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ByStickel – Custom Made Steel Frames

Steve Stickel is a name that many of you probably don’t know…but should. His custom frames are hand made out of Asheville, NC and have incredible craftsmanship. For those of you local to the Atlanta area, you can see Lonestar’s white 26″ singlespeed made by Steve at the local trial head. LS will be the first to tell you how great the frame really is. Custom touches, like brake rotors used as gusseting, really set his frames apart from others I have seen.

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2008 SRAM X.0 Rear Derailleur

SRAM’s X.0 rear derailleur went through a redesign for 2008. The most visual of these changes is the new 20th anniversary gold accenting on the mounting bolt and graphics. What you will also see is a new 6061 aluminum backing to the carbon Blackbox cage.

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