Goldstream Sports Fairbanks Alaska

Here are a couple more bikes that were cool and kind of fun to check out:

sweet frame

cool bike with massive hauling ability in plastic bin on back

Nice colors

Orange fixie

nice looking steel bike

how much can you carry?

good bike hauling trailer

Nice parts from SRAM

Alright that is all for today.  More photos to come later-Tyson

Cross Racing looks sweet

Over the last couple of days Joel and I have seen some amazing racing and some very cool bikes and components.  We both got our first dose of cross racing and are hooked and want to get into it as soon as possible.  Cross racing is about going very hard and then around a few tight corners and then hitting a couple of barriers where you have to leap off your bike. Once you leap off the bike you throw the frame over your shoulder and sprint at full speed up the hills and over the barriers.  At the end of the barrier section the rider then has to remount the bike with a flying leap that lands them back on the saddle again and pedaling at full speed.  We had a great time watching all of the races and trying to figure out a new sport.

For the future it would be great to do some cross racing in Fairbanks.  We have the fall bike season before the ski season that we could have an amazing season of fun action.

Check out the crowds...

Check out this amazing looking cross bike if you are into a carbon and bamboo mix.  I saw a couple of really amazing bamboo bikes, they were light and supposedly have a very smooth ride.  This one below has a full bamboo frame and all the joints are wrapped with carbon to hold all the tubing together.  In the end it is stunning. I wish I could have ridden one. just to see how Bamboo actually rides.  I guess I will have to get a cross bike now to be able to ride in our cross series.  I don’t think you will be seeing a lot of bamboo frames out and about since every single frame has to be hand built one at a time and totally custom they are not cheap.  At least some lucky people are able to make them and allow the rest of us to look at and admire.

bamboo single speed.

This is a single speed belt drive bamboo bike. amazing…

Bamboo steel lugs, this has steel lugs, bamboo tubing, and a drive shaft to totally get away with a chain or belt.

More to come later…Tyson

Well today was our final day of riding before the 3 days of indoor trade show.   We found it a bit harder to test everything that we wanted to today since we had to fight a billion people in long lines to wait for what we wanted.  Even with all the extra people on the trails today we were able to ride some full suspension bikes from Yeti.  After getting warmed up on the Yeti we mooved on to the Trek/Fisher tent because we both wanted to play around on the new Superfly 100 carbon 29er and the Rumblefish 29er.  Both of those bikes have the ability to blow your mind for how well they handle and how much fun you can have.  We finished off the day with trying out some Specialized road bikes to confirm that Trek is by far the best road bike you can buy.  Next up is the tradeshow and all the new stuff.  I will try to get some more pics from what we see over the next couple of days.

Later, Tyson

Me on the Superfly 100...fastest bike in the world on the dirt...

Following BossMan on the singletrack...

Joel trying out the Yeti and getting dusty

Today Joel and I had an exhausting day riding lap upon lap of hot desert test rides. After riding bikes from Trek, Rocky Mountain, Specialized, and Surly, we have come to the conclusion that the Trek and Fisher bikes were our favorites. We rode both mountain and road bikes today. The electronic Dura-Ace drivetrain systems were impressive, we were able to find road and time trial bikes that had the new groupo on them and they were amazing. Although I am not sure it would be worth the extra cost to upgrade to electronic shifters and derailers they sure are fun and maybe the most useful on a tt bike. One of my favorite bikes of the day was the new Trek Scratch 9, it has a bit more travel than what my usual Hifi gives me and I felt super confident taking all the little drops on the course with ease. Joel was not as into the the Scratch as I was, but his favorite was by far the new Trek Carbon Remedy which has a little more travel then his new ride at home ( the Roscoe). The Remedy had a very lively and “conneted to your body” feeling to make cruising the course effortless. We were finally able to ride the new 6 Series Madones from Trek, THEY WERE SWEEET!!! I felt so good and fast on the Madone, it was hard to return it to the Trek tent.

Tomorrow we will ride a few other new and amazing bikes. I am really looking forward to riding the Rumblefish and the Superfly 100

More updates to come later, time to eat, Tyson

Joel upon Di-2 Madone 6.9

Awesome new Scratch 9 from Trek

Joel riding the rocky trails of Bootleg Canyon