Dex Files - Whistler Valley Trails

Check out the formidable trails and great riding of the new DexFile video from our very own Mr. Robson and the guys at Faultline.TV.

Season 2 - Episode 2

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Watch for Episode 3 coming out soon filmed on the Gulf Islands!

Dexter Robson is a sponsored athlete by the following brands:

Bell Segment helmet

Launch of the new Bell Segment helmet.


Homan, Nyquist, Casey, & Earley @ Woodward Tahoe - Video from Vital BMX

Bell Full-9 helmet

Here's a presentation and review of the Bell new Full-9 helmet on Sicklines.com.



Read the full article: sicklines.com

Hesjedal wins Giro d'Italia!

Ryder Hesjedal of the Garmin-Barracuda team became the first Canadian winner of the Giro d’Italia. He used the time trial on the last stage to overtake Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha). These two cyclists rose to the top of the peloton over the course of the three week race, but Hesjedal’s superior TT ability sealed his historic victory. On the final classification, the Garmin rider was just 16 seconds ahead of Rodriguez.

Athletes on Mavic-sponsored teams shone during the entire three week race through Italy. The Garmin team won the team time trial, beating Katusha by just a handful of seconds. From this point onward, Hesjedal and Rodriguez were locked in a tight battle for the pink jersey. Ivan Basso of the Liquigas-Cannondale team also moved within striking distance. On one stage, these three riders finished 1-2-3 for a complete podium sweep, and they spent several days as the top three on GC.

© Bettini

In the end, Mavic teams won 4 stages, wore the pink jersey for 12 days, and finished in first, second, and fifth (Ivan Basso) on the overall final GC. Way to go guys!

Associated products:

 Cosmic Carbone 80  and  Comete Road  wheels were choose by all Mavic sponsored riders for the TTT and final TT.

Ryder was riding a Special Service Course full-carbon R-Sys in mountain stages.

Rodriguez and Basso choose the  Cosmic Carbone Ultimate .

Garmin riders are also wearing Giro Aeon and Selector helmets.

Giro d'Italia: Pinotti wins final stage

Hesjedal finished sixth in the 28.2km Milan test, which was won by Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing), ahead of Sky’s Geraint Thomas and RadioShack’s Jesse Sergent.

© Sirotti

Associated products:

Pinotti is on BMC TM01 equipped with  Easton EC90 Aero  wheel and  Attack TT  handlebar. Also wearing Bell's Javelin TT helmet.

Giro d'Italia: Fast team award
Lampre - ISD wins Fast Team classification at Giro d'Italia. The Lampre - ISD team is riding on Vittoria tubular and clincher tyres. 




7th US Pro Time Trial Title for Z-boy!

© Jon Devich

© Jon Devich

A typical hot, humid day greeted the 35 racers contesting the US Professional Time Trial Championships in Greenville, South Carolina. Held on a clover shaped loop ridden three times, the field faced 33 kilometers under the sun.

Setting the fastest time through all three loops on the CU-ICAR campus, David Zabriskie (Garmin-Barracuda) took his seventh professional time trial championship with a time of 40:41:44. In second place was Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 40:47:90 and in third was teammate Brent Bookwalter at 41:08:06.

©Jon Devich

Associated products:
Dave Zabriskie was on Mavic's  Cosmic Carbone 80  and  Comete Road  wheels. Also wearing a Giro Selector TT helmet.
Van Garderen and Bookwalter were on BMC TM01 equipped with  Easton EC90 Aero  wheel and  Attack TT  handlebar. Also wearing Bell's Javelin TT helmets.

Duggan US Pro Road Champion!

Tim Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale) captured the USA Cycling Professional Road Race after attacking out of group of five in the closing smaller circuits of downtown Greenville, South Carolina.

© Jon Devich

The Liquigas-Cannondale team is sponsored by Mavic

Absalon triumphant at La Bresse XCO

Orbea's Julien Absalon scored his 25th UCI XC World Cup victory in front of a home crowd in La Bresse, France. This 4th round of the 2012 World Cup season was located 30km from Absalon's home and he was pleased to have a strong result.

Absalon told the website Cyclingnews, "It is maybe one of my best races. It's been in my mind forever - the first world cup at home is a lot of pressure, and I'm happy."

Associated products: 

 Crossmax SLR 

 Crossmax ST 

 Fury 





Powerful performance in California

Riders on Mavic wheels are winning races on 2 continents! Peter Sagan (Liquigas) won the first 3 stages of the Tour of California and holds the leader's jersey. In the Giro d'Italia, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) wore pink for 4 days before Joaqim Rodriguez (Katusha) took it on stage 9. Good job to all these Mavic pro teams!

The Tour of California was successful on many levels for riders on Mavic wheels. The Liquigas-Cannondale and Garmin-Barracuda teams dominated the stage victories and overall classification. Riders from these teams won a total of 5 of the 7 stages.

Peter Sagan with the Liquigas team won a record 4 stages, including 3 in a row to open the week. He wore the overall leader's jersey for 4 days. Dave Zabriskie with the Garmin team dominated the time trial and took the leader's jersey for 2 days.

In the final ranking, Liquigas-Cannondale was the number one team. And Garmin-Barracuda had riders in second and third on the overall general classification.

Associated products:

 Cosmic Carbone 80 

 Comete Road 

 

Taylor Phinney's Giro shoes

Take a look at Talor Phinney's Red and White Giro Shoes. It's nice to be a professionnal cyclist!

Also, on BMC bikes, Easton wheels and accessories and Bell helmets.

Camera footage from Aaron Gwin Fontana downhill

Here's some GoPro helmet cam footage of reigning World Cup downhill champion Aaron Gwin that'll make you check that you haven't pressed fast-forward by mistake.

Bell Rider Aaron Gwin Wins DH World Cup #1 in South Africa

 

First World Cup win for an American man since Shawn Palmer in ‘99

PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

First year Bell Rider Aaron Gwin made his debut count becoming the first American to win a World Cup downhill in more than a decade, taking the opening round of the 2011 series in South Africa on Easter Sunday. Though his rapid rise to the top of the podium may have startled some, one guy likely not surprised is his trainer and fellow Bell guy—mountain bike legend John Tomac. Known for his rare combination of top-caliber BMX skills and a world class cross country motor, Tomac was one to watch on “pedaly” downhill tracks. If Gwin’s  split times on the track’s pedal-heavy mid-section are any indication, Tomac has imparted the importance of such to his new protégé.  Gwinny was also dialed on the track’s many tabletop, double and step-down jumps, keeping it low-and-fast where many competitors were going a little too big. While many chose to kick-out wide on the course’s penultimate step-down, Gwin kept it tight to the inside, eeking out a few tenths of a second that would prove critical.

When he hit the finish line, Gwin’s time was an astonishing seven seconds faster than then-leader Steve Peat’s, but a few riders later, a hard-charging Greg Minaar would come within three-tenths of a second, leaving the defending champ and home-country favorite in silver medal position. Great Britan’s Gee Atherton was third on the day at a deficit of nearly two seconds.

Another Bell Rider—top-qualifier Mick Hannah—was expected to challenge for the win, but crashed hard on the top section of the track, snapping his stem bolts and bruising his leg. Though a bit hobbled, Hannah is expected to be 100 percent for round two at Fort William, Scotland in early June.

Other Bell finishers included New Zealand’s Justin Leov 11 seconds back in 28th place and Céline Gros who finished sixth on the women’s side, some four seconds behind winner Tracy Moseley.

If you’d like to see Aaron’s winning run, you can watch a replay from your home computer on Freecaster TV at this link:

UCI DH World Cup Elite men Pietermaritzburg on freecaster.tv

Aaron’s run starts at 106:39 in the webcast.

New Jimbo Phillips Collection coming up!

Three new Bell helmets sporting Jimbo Phillips exclusive graphics are coming up! 

Available in May.

Come back next week to see those three helmets in detail.

What's new for 2011 - Bell

En 2011, la gamme de casques BELL ajoute trois nouveaux venus en plus de rafraîchir les coloris et graphique à travers ses 23 modèles. Le VOLT est maintenant disponible en noir et rouge au couleur de l'Équipe professionnelle BMC. Deux nouveaux modèles se greffent à la collection des casques de ville : le MUNI et le ARELLA. Ces deux casques partagent les mêmes formes et offrent un nouveau niveau avec des fonctionnalités incroyables, de surprenantes caractéristiques et une conception et des graphiques bien pensés. Éléments pour l'attache de lumières, visière Blade Plus et système d'ajustement OneStep Plus ne sont que quelques-unes de leurs caractéristiques qui les rendent si attrayants. Le ARELLA a été développé en ayant les femmes à l'esprit, incluant un degré d'ajustement plus petit et des graphiques plus féminin. Dans la gamme Montagne, le SANCTION fait son entrée. Casque intégral, à 950 grammes sur la balance et complètement ventilé, s'adressant aux jeunes avec des tailles plus petites et visant catégoriquement le BMX, le Super-D et les randonnées tout-terrain.

In 2011, BELL's helmet lineup adds three new models while also refreshing colors and graphics through its 23 models. The VOLT is now available in red and black, BMC's professionnal team colors. Two new models are added to the Urban collection : the MUNI and ARELLA. These two helmets shares the same shapes and offers a new level with outstanding functionality, great features and well-mannered design and graphics. Elements to snap lights, Blade Plus visor and OneStep Plus fit system are somes of the attracting features of those helmets. The ARELLA was developed with women in mind, incorporating a smaller fit range and female-specific graphics. In the Mountain lineup, the SANCTION step in. Full-face helmet weighing 950 grams and fully ventilated, it's young oriented with its smaller sizing skews and squarely aimed at BMX, Super-D and all-mountain riding.