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 | 11/01/06 - MANITOU NIXON source: decline Magazine August 2006 PUSHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIGHTWEIGHT, LONG-TRAVEL BIKES, MANITOU BEGAN TO DESIGN THE NIXON PLATFORM IN 2004, JUST AS THE ALL-MOUNTAIN BIKE CATEGORY BEGAN TO FULLY EMERGE. THE NIXON HAS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG WITH THE ADVANCEMENTS OF ENDURO BIKES, USING THE SAME DAMPING SYSTEM AS MANITOU’S DOWNHILL AND FREERIDE FORKS AT A SIZE AND WEIGHT IDEAL FOR AGGRESSIVE TRAIL RIDING. see more>> |
 | 11/01/06 - NORCO SHORE 1 source: decline Magazine July 2006 With the reputation that surrounds the North Shore scene, naming a bike after it is a bold statement, but that is just what Norco did a few years ago. The Shore series is Norco’s premier freeride line and it is designed to not only handle that type of terrain but to excel at it. By adjusting the geometry and building the chassis around the single-crown Marzocchi 66 fork, Norco has evolved the Shore into an all-around gravity machine. see more>> |
 | 10/26/06 - HELLA GREASY source: decline Magazine July 2006 Mountain bike videos serve one purpose: Motivate to ride. As bike riders, we purchase DVDs to score a visual fix for the real thing. see more>> |
 | 10/20/06 - JOE KID ON A STING-RAY source: decline Magazine June 2006 At the decline office, we have always had affection for the bonus section in Sprung 5 that features footage and commentary of early BMX days with Kathy Sessler. Upon discovering fellow mountain bikers that had not seen it, we immediately pop in the vid to enlighten them. As the segment plays, the room is always completely silent with concentration. see more>> |
 | 10/19/06 - GARY FISHER FAT POSSUM XO source: decline Magazine June 2006 Gary Fisher, both the man and the bike company, has always been a bit unconventional, so it isn’t that shocking that their new all-mountain chassis is called “Fat Possum.” Fisher spear-headed the longer top tube/shorter stem concept with Genesis Geometry, continues to experiment with 29-inch wheeled bikes, see more>> |
 | 10/16/06 - HYPNOSIS source: decline Magazine June 2006 Race videos are an acquired taste; either you’re down with racing or you’re not. Hypnosis is a video for riders that have racing in their gut. see more>> |
 | 10/16/06 - MAVERICK DUC32 source: decline Magazine June 2006 Soon after RockShox founder, Paul Turner, sold off his shares in 1999, he started building full-suspension frames under the Maverick name. But it wasn’t long before he and Frank Vogel began brainstorming about building a new fork design. see more>> |
 | 10/12/06 - TREK REMEDY 66 source: decline Magazine June 2006 Sitting in the small town of Waterloo, Wisconsin is Trek’s big manufacturing plant that produces all of their high-end frames, including bikes like Lance Armstrong’s carbon Madone 5.9 and Andrew Shandro’s Session 10. see more>> |
 | 07/01/06 - DEVINCI 8 FLAT 8 2006 source: decline Magazine May 2006 If you were at the Interbike show in 2003, then you might remember Devinci’s instrumented bike. Loading a test bike with enough sensors to register 35,000 points of data per second... see more>> |
 | 07/01/06 - JAMIS DIABLO 1.0 2006 source: decline Magazine April 2006 Expanding into the freeride market this year, Jamis launched two models under the Diablo name. The new chassis combines oversized, maniupulated tubing with 175mm of travel. see more>> |
 | 07/01/06 - CANE CREEK DOUBLE BARREL source: decline magazine May 2006 Aiming to build one of the best rear shocks on the market, Cane Creek worked with legendary suspension pioneer, Öhlins Racing AB, to produce the Double Barrel. see more>> |
 | 07/01/06 - FOX 40 RC2 source: Decline Magazine April 2006 When Fox began to develop the 40 downhill fork, the damping system started as an open bath cartridge similar to their other fork designs. see more>> |
 | 07/01/06 - EARTHED 3 EUROPA source: decline Magazine April 2006 Is the third time a charm? Is three company? Three strikes you’re out? The first saying seems most appropriate when thinking about Earthed 3. see more>> |
 | 07/01/06 - MARZOCCHI ROCCO source: decline Magazine April 2006 Marzocchi started making rear shocks for mountain bikes back in the early 1990’s under the Boss name, but as they increased their focus on forks, the shocks were left in the past. see more>> |
 | 07/01/06 - SANTA CRUZ NOMAD source: decline Magazine April 2006 One of the most anticipated bikes ever released, the Nomad is Santa Cruz’s answer to the all-mountain category see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - NORTHWEST DIRTCULTURE source: decline Magazine March 2006 Not every mountain bike video is a major production…and that’s a good thing. The sport needs balance between High-Budget Hollywood and Low-Budget Local and videos like Northwest Dirt Culture help provide this balance see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - NWD6 UNCHAINED source: decline Magazine March 2006 Freeride Entertainment has proven they’ve got a lock on the biggest and baddest bike videos in the business. The talent, the locations and the technology with which they shoot come together once a year in a highly anticipated video production. see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - AVID JUICY CARBON source: decline Magazine March 2006 Soon after SRAM acquired Avid in 2004, Avid’s reputable Juicy 7 disc brake was pumped through the BlackBox R & D program. Subsequently, the Juicy Carbon was born see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - MARZOCCHI 66 LIGHT source: decline Magazine March 2006 Following the tremendous popularity of the 66 forks in 2005, Marzocchi has completely redesigned the entire long travel single-crown fork line. see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - GT I-DRIVE 7 1.0 source: Decline Magazine March 2006 Since its inception in 1999, GT’s i-Drive suspension design has taken some time to grow on the masses. Although the large eccentric mechanism of the first i-Drive design effectively seperated pedaling forces... see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - CHAIN REACTION BOX SET For some reason, when I was in school I hated history. I never studied for it, I did poorly on tests and had the typical, youthful notion that history doesn’t matter because the present is what counts. see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - ROCKY MOUNTAIN SLAYER 50 2006 source: Decline Magazine January/February 2006 COMPLETELY REDESIGNED, ROCKY MOUNTAIN’S SLAYER FOLLOWS THE LATEST BREED OF AGGRESSIVE TRAIL RIDING. EQUIPPED WITH A LOW CENTER OF GRAVITY, STOUT PIVOTS AND SLACK GEOMETRY see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - SPECIALIZED ENDURO SX TRAIL I Taking advantage of the modern technology in single-crown forks and rear shocks, the SX Trail is a new breed of downhill/freeride bike. see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - MOREWOOD NDIZA ST 2006 STARTED IN 1998 BY PATRICK MOREWOOD LOOKING FOR A RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE RACE BIKE, THE MOREWOOD LINE EVOLVED INTO WHAT HAS BECOME A COMPLETE RANGE FOR... see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - RED BULL RAMPAGE RETROSPECTIVE BOX SET The Red Bull Rampage Retrospective box set is no joke. A shiny tin box and five DVDs that unfold like a winning hand in poker unleash the mystique and... see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - FORMULA ORO K24 2006 FORMULA WAS THE FIRST COMPANY TO INTRODUCE DISC BRAKES TO THE MOUNTAIN BIKE MARKET IN 1993 AND HAS BEEN PRODUCING MOTORCYCLE BRAKES FOR 20 YEARS. see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - IRON HORSE SUNDAY 2006 TEAMING UP WITH DAVE WEAGLE TO LICENSE HIS DW-LINK SUSPENSION TECHNOLOGY, IRON HORSE HAS A FULL CROP OF FULL-SUSPENSION RIGS WITH THE SUNDAY TOPPING THE LIST AS... see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - COUNTERPARTS Finally! Not the finally meaning Counterparts is finally here. Rather the finally that means someone finally did it right. Aaron Chase and Counterparts did it right. see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - BALCK MARKET MOB 2006 HERE AT DECLINE, WE SEE IT ALL. WE TEST RIDE HARDTAILS FROM EVERYONE. IN THE PAST, THERE HAVE BEEN SMALL START-UP GARAGE CREATIONS... see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - THE MOVIE: CRIMINAL source: decline Magazine May 2006 Man, how does one tell Darren Berrecloth and Jordie Lunn (among others) that their Head First Army video, Criminal is just... see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - MONGOOSE ECX 2006 source: decline Magazine May 2006 Roots, that’s all we should have to say about Mongoose. They’ve been making bikes and parts longer than most of us have been on this planet – see more>> |
 | 06/30/06 - ROCKSHOX PIKE 454 source: decline magazine May 2006 Built with 32mm stanchions, a quick-release 20mm axle and 140mm of travel, the Pike has its own place in the all-mountain category. see more>> |
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