2010′s On Sale

We have just marked down our 2010 bikes. There are some great deals on the floor right now.  Give us a call or email if you are looking for a particular bike or to see what we have in your size. A few of the real good deals are listed below.

Felt 58m AR4 Demo….Regular price $3499, sale price $2500.00

Tarmac Expert C2….Regular price $3000, sale price is $2800.00

Roubaix Comp C2….Regular price $2400, sales price is $2100.00

We also have a few cross bikes left, and all Breezer bikes are priced to move.

2011 Roubaix Comp

New Roubaix Comps in-stock! Here is a triple we ordered for a customer. All new 105! It’s been hard to keep anything with new 105 in the store, but that should change as soon!

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Interbike 2010 Report

Part 1 of 2 (Find part 2 here)

Whether you consider me fortunate to get to go to Interbike probably depends on your opinion of the host city: Las Vegas.  But, while I couldn’t care less for Vegas; I’m a big bike nerd – so I think I’m one of the luckiest people on the planet.  Or should I say one of the luckiest 22,000+ people; as that’s how many people it draws!

There is always an overwhelming amount of stuff on display.  Some are highly advanced new developments or radical new products while others seem to attempt to fix a problem that doesn’t exist or are just downright scary.  But that’s what makes it entertaining.  What would a trade show be without some comedy relief?

2011 Specialized Hotrock Weights

We always have people asking about our kids bikes and what makes them different from the rest. There are many things on that list, but if we were to touch on just one of those it would be weight.

Why is weight important?

The example I like to use is that if you take a your average 40lb 5 year old and give them a 40lb bike, it is about the same as giving your average 180lb adult a 180lb bike and trying to ride it. When kids are trying to develope balance, why handicap them with a heavy bike? I encourage people when buying a kid’s bike to ask the weight or ask for the sales person to weight it. Here are the weights some of the Specialized Hotrocks.

Hotwalk 8lbs 9oz

Hotrock 20″ 23lbs 6oz

Hotrock 16″ 19lbs 7oz

Hotrock 12″ 15lbs 4oz

More Pics of Suffer’n

Here are my pics from Pain and Suffer’n. There were not as many people this year with looks of death on their face as years past. Not sure if that is good or bad?

Enjoy!

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Pain + Suffer’n Day 3

Another stunning day of bicycle racing on Bald Peak. Today’s featured event is cyclocross. The first race of the cyclocross season running until early December. An obstacle laced race course likened to steeple-chase foot racing, except you must dismount and carry your bike over barriers. For those of you that have not witnessed this, be sure to check out the Hood River Double Cross next weekend and the Battle at Barlow the following one. You can go to www.obra.org and click on “Schedule” to see all of the details. Oh yeah, there is this little cyclocross series that’s called Cross Crusade that can be found on the OBRA calendar as well, running from the first weekend in October through the first part of December. Enjoy the season!

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Pain + Suffer’n Day 2

Oh, what a glorious sunrise for the second day of mountain bike racing on Bald Peak. A little nip in the air, and just a hint that autumn is just around the corner. One of the “benefits” of promoting a race is the need for a early rise, so the course is set and ready to go.  Views of Mts. Rainier, Adams, St. Helens, Hood and Jefferson were possible today. Come on up early and watch the sunrise at about 6:15 and see the beehive of activity. Here a some photos of the XC mountain bike race from today.

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Pain + Suffer’n Day 1

We had a very nice showing for our first short track mountain bike race on Bald Peak with more than 50 racers today. Lots of great comments from the riders on this challenging course. Here are a few photos from Friday’s event.

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Oakridge Oregon

Two times every year Oakridge Oregon is invaded by mountain bikers, this is called Mountain Bike Oregon. This year Sunset Cycles headed down to help with the mechanicals and get some riding in. Myself (Chris) and Aaron went down with our Enduro’s. It’s a 3 day catered (aka free beer) event in about the best location imaginable.

We got in Thus late afternoon, set up shop/camp and started our weekend. We signed up for our Friday ride on “Huckletooth”. Looked pretty easy, not much climbing, technical descents ect.  This was a great ride to start with, 2ish mile fire road climb to some nice single track all the way back. The next day we got on a smaller shuttle that promised to be interesting and well worth it. Lots more driving, but coupled with some of the best trails I have ridden, this is the way to ride in Oakridge! We did about 4-5 trails as the group dropped people every run to mechanicals, injury, or to much fun the night before. The daily totals were about 40 miles and 600ft of climbing, for someone on a 30lb 6″ travel all mountain bike thats about right!

If any of this sounds fun, sign up for MBO here or give Randy a call at Oregon-Adventures and he can set you up. They are a first class operation with first class people. Eric was our driver the second day and if you ride with him he might not let you stop, but he will take good care of you at the end of each trail!

Here are a few pictures we took during the trip. Sorry there are no riding pictures, but not knowing the trails plus a big Dakine camera bag equal bad times if you take a fall. Look for more pictures from our next trip the coming October.

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Serfas True 150

Serfas has a new light we are trying out called the True 150. They are rechargeable LED lights. We are stocking the 150 lumen and the 250 lumen model  - these lights are super bright, great run times, lightweight, and can fully charge by USB in just 3.5 hours. Handlebar and Helmet mounts included. The True 150 sells for $100 and the 250 is a bargain at $130.