sea otter classic
april 14 – 17
Imagine if you will a crankbrothers athlete. What do you see? Incredible climbers, amazing handling skills, blazing speed, and world champions? While all these qualities ring true, to us it takes more then strong legs and lungs. It takes a big heart. Our athletes spend countless hours running charities, organizing ride clinics, and building new places to ride. They are stewards of the trail, happy to chat or give you a tube to get you rolling. But don’t be fooled by their down-to-earth ethos. Crankbrothers riders can ride with the best of them. In fact, many of them are the best, and they’ve proven it on the world’s stage.
From xc climbs, to all-mountain epics, to dh runs, to freeride expression sessions, they embody the spirit of mountain biking, and we’re honored that they choose to ride with us.
Oh Spooky Cross. The race weekend came at the end of a two week break from riding bikes (only interrupted by the FoCo USGP). Generally, I wouldn’t recommend racing bikes without pedaling in six days but Spooky Cross seemed like an event TJ and I couldn’t pass up. Plus, we got the hook-up with host [...]
more...
Those 2×8 hour drives were so much fun last weekend we decided sure, let’s do it again, except this time, let’s tack on another hour and drive further into Bohemia. So like déjà vu of last week Simon blasted Big Country while I attempted to learn Dutch through my headphones which sounded more like a [...]
more...
I am stoked with 4th today in my first USGP. The only bummer is that I thought top-5 was a podium, which apparently isn’t the case in cyclocross. So I rushed over the the where the podium presentation was happening–then got turned away. That was for the best since I didn’t have a long sleeve [...]
more...
