Driven Ep 05: Time

Time .... our enemy or our ally in life? Do you use it to the fullest to fulfill your dreams? Or do you wait for time to pass and hope for something good to happen to you?

Watch the video on how athletes riding on Trek see and understand this abstract concept, and see if you have the same ideas in life.

The Atherton Project season 3 episode 9

A win, some push-ups and a bit of frustration. Episode 9 of "The Atherton project" series is up!

The Atherton Project season 3 episode 8

The Atherton family is back! This week we have appearences form Mick Extance and Max Commencal, we get dirty in some mud and we race in the world cup (as you do).

Enjoy

Yeti/Fox team ep 2

More footage from deep into the season. The line-up is the same as in episode 1, the music changed to something more punk-rock to emphasise on the fast pace and the stress on the riders and the equipment.

New reality show for Yeti/Fox team

A lot of teams out there want to give a look behind the scenes, to show people a fraction of the work put into the team and equipment preparation before an event. Aaron Gwin's former team, Yeti Cycles partenered with Fox Racing Shox and the new Yeti/Fox was born. They feature riders like Jared Graves, Shaun O'Connor, Elliot Jackson, Richie Rude, Tyler Immer and Brandon Yrttiaho.

The music score is very nice and is provided by Glitch Mob, Starve The Ego Feed The Soul and Fortune Days. Makes watching the video captivating, so click that play button.

Aaron Gwin and Trek Session

8 months of riding downhill was all it took for Aaron Holmes Gwin to participate in the World Cup. This sensation dubbed "the saviour of US downhill scene" comes from a motocross racing background, which he abandoned due to constant injuries, and he also rode BMX's for many years.

After a series of wins that took the downhill world by surprise, beating athletes like Gee Atherton, Sam Hill and Steve Peat, he unveilled one of the secrets of his success: the all-new 2012 Trek Session 9.9 carbon  

The Atherton Project season 3 episode 3

Another episode is up this week and in this one we see the Atherton's meet up with Danny Macaskill for some trials demo's and other footage from Fort William.

Enjoy!

Driven ep04: Yellow

In 1919, the people who organised the Tour de France decided that the overall winner will wear the "maillot jaune", the yellow jersey. Since then, every cycling team out there has been striving to get a teammate to wear yellow, no matter the costs. Months of development, testing, training, planning will show who is the best of the best, and everybody, from cyclists to company CEO's, are ready to give 100% of their potential to show the world they deserve that win.

A movie about family, hard work and determination.

Driven ep03: Jani Brajkovic

After we've seen Team Leopard-Trek's athletes, Fabian Cancellara and the Schelck brothers, time to focus on a new up and coming star from team RadioShack. The 27 year old Slovenian cyclist already won the Under 23 Time Trial championship before turning professional, and now he's promising great achievements. 

Let's see and hear Janez "Jani" Brajkovic talk about his career so far. A trully insipiring story.

Driven ep02: Fabian Cancellara

His nickname is "Spartacus", he's 30 and he was born in Wohlen, Switzerland. In his career he won the World Time Trial Championship, the Olympics, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix (twice) and many stages form the Tour de France. Get the picture? Fabian Cancellara is one of the most important people in cycling right now and he's going to share some of his thoughts about his experience with racing so far.

Driven ep01: Trek

So you think that if i posted alot about downhill and XC and mostly things involving mountain bikes, i forgot about road cycling? Of course not. All you roadies out there are probably familiar with Team Leopard Trek. For the rest who aren't, this is a pro cycling team licensed in Luxembourg, wich became active in the begining of 2011. Out of the stars we can name Andy Schelck, Frank Schleck and Fabian Cancellara.

They are developing a show called "Driven" in which they give an insight to the races, the preparations and the athletes. In this first episode we meet the team representing the bike sponsor and see how they help the athletes perform, by providing world-class equipment and expertise.

2012 Olympics mountain bike course

I'll be honest with you. I'm only posting this so you can say alongside me "this is sh*t". This is what an XCO course looks like now ? No mountains, just perfectly carved paths and rocks set at perfectly 90 degrees on the road ? What the hell UK? You've got beautiful mountains everywhere, build a proper course or better off ... don't host the games if you don't know what the f*ck you're doing.

8 minutes of stupid sh*t right here. Watch it. Get mad at it. Send hate mail to London.     Now go.

Now this is what an XCO course should look like.

Mud, sweat and tears

Whistler Mountain Bike Park ... the pinnacle of a mountain bike rider. Most of the shots in mtb videos or in magazines are taken here. This is literraly a Mecca in the world of oversized handlebars, knobby tires and 6"-7" travel forks. The mountain trails are full in the summer. But what about in the autumn ?

Each year in september, RedBull organizes a mass start downhill race to the bottom of the mountain, where 250 men and women battle the snow and mud. It's called "RedBull 5000", been running for only 2 years, so it's pretty new. The images tell the tale of massive mud, massive crashes and massive fun.

Team Katusha before the stage

Focus bikes has on the sponsoring roster for 2011 Team Jelly Belly and Team Katusha. The latter was founded for the start of the 2009 season, out of the former Tinkoff Credit Systems squad, and had a large budget, in excess of 15 million euros. This allowed them to sign important athletes, such as Robbie McEwen, Vladimir Karpets, Filippo Pozzato and Gert Steegmans.

See the pre-race preparations and some race footage of the team in action. I wish them good luck in all of the competitions they will attend.

Team Katusha website

Absa Cape Epic results

Not long ago, the 2011 edition of Absa Cape Epic was concluded, with an overall win from Christoph Sauser and Burry Stander, who ride for 36one/Songo/Specialized. The other two podium positions were taken by Hannes Genze/Jochen Kaess (Multivan Merida Biking) and Karl Platt/Stefan Sahm (Bulls).

To see all of the results, go on to the official results page.

What makes Absa Epic a unique race is the fact that GPS guiding is strictly prohibited. The track changes every year, and will guide the teams of two through beautiful scenery, from vineyards to spectacular coastlines, and from majestic mountains to flat african plains.

Absa Cape Epic