Redline Bicycles News

Phoenix day 1 video

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:48:42 GMT

I have been looking around to try and find some videos from the weekend in Phoenix. With GO211 not being there it has been hard to find some videos to watch and "study" . However i cam e across these on You Tube check them out.

Elite Men

Sam

quick big update

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:54:17 GMT

So i have been slacking for the amount i planned on uploading in the last week or 2.

Quite a lot has been going on since Florida, other then the usuals of following Super cross, training and eating. I have had Dan Atherton downhill MTB world cup racer. Together we have been training and hitting up the local trails which i didn't know about until Dan came and they are pretty sweet the trails over at Bare Cat Rd. I have attached a small video of them, it not very good quality as it was just of Dans Iphone but you get the idea.

I have also been out at Oakley a bunch working with Blick and Tom Ritz on design/extending the dirt lab out there we have built an awesome pro rhythm that is pretty technical, which Tom and myself worked on together. Then there is also a nice little B line of table tops for the employes at Oakley to shred on. The best part is it all links in to some big old trails at the bottom. So i have been going back and forward to Oakley trying to get that all finished up and ready for us to ride. In the time i was at Oakley Blick and i did a photo shoot for ESPN magazine so be sure to look for that in the next issue. I also tested the new Oakley 2011 goggle at the shoot and in Phoenix and as always Oakley have pushed the boundaries and made something bigger, better and cooler. The new goggle is a little narrower creating an amazingly larger range of vision, which is a huge plus. Also for BMX/MTB this goggle fits in the helmet like no other so as you can tell i am pretty pumped on the whole thing.

In the past two weeks i also sign a deal big WATCH company ad sponsor of the UCI Super cross SWATCH watches. So i am really excited to be added to the SWATCH Outlaws pro team and look forward to long and successful future with the great company. For anyone who has not herd much about SWATCH, they are one of the leading WATCH Brands in the world so be sure to check them out and keep your self looking fresh by getting a hold of a SWATCH watch www.swatch.com

After all this exciting stuff thats been happening it was time to go to the races again. On the weekend was rounds 7 and 8 of the ABA BMX pro series in Phoenix AZ, Alise, Dan and Myself all drove over. We rolled in friday for practice which went well. It was good to see Alise's Mum (MOM) Cheryl again who we stayed with on the weekend. After she decided to come last minute.

Racing began Saturday morning in what seemed to be a normal dry hot Phoenix day. Things went pretty well for me through out the day i managed to transfer in the main in what was a more stacked Elite field then ever with 55 elite men. Then main in Elite pretty much sums up what the caliber of riders were. Christian Bercerine, Donny Robinson, Khalen Young, Nic Long, Maris Strombergs, Kyle Bennett, Randy Stumpfhauser and myself. I got out good in the main but not quite as good as Christian did from lane one. We went into the turn pretty level, but Christian came out on top I followed him down the 2nd straight and had a run at him through the pro section we drew level and hit in the air which cost me some momentum from there i had to seattle for 2nd. Not only was the elite mens stacked, but it was stacked right across the board in the woman's and Junior elites. With all the american, south americans and half of europe here it was a big race.

That 6 am wake up call rolled around quickly again for Sunday. We were expecting showers sunday and we got a light drizzle early but moto 1 was fine. Then by mot 2 the skies opened up and we had a mud race on our hands, 2 minutes before the moto i switch out to the tioga comp X tires and rode that track like it was dry. It got muddier and muddier as the day progressed, but them comp X treaded tires were hooking up and took me all the way to the main for, were i hole shotted and i won. I was really happy with day and happy that i was able to adjust to the conditions and still come out on top with a win.

Last week i also did the Tioga Photo shoot i don't want to say to much because it will be out soon but check out how good looking i will be in 35 years.

CANBERRA CHAMPBIKX DOUBLE HEADER - ADAM HILLIAM

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:16:24 GMT

2010 CANBERRA CHAMPBIKX DOUBLE HEADER rd to progress to the final where only the conditions were the winner and he crossed the line in 8th. rd in the semi. th and had speed for the final straight. Jumping onto the last table top his front wheel found one of the mud bog holes on the edge of the track and next thing he is propelled over his bars into the track surface. Unfortunately he had jumped onto this bog hole and ruined his chances of a top 3 finish in a high level class of 16 boys. 23 had come from around the country to try and claim the #1 plate and a prize pool of $600.

Adam Hilliam travelled south to compete in harsh conditions at first the southern Tuggeranong track. The days racing started off with about an inch of rain and got worse from there. Twenty three riders showed to add points to a series that already has had four rounds completed. In his semi Adam came 3 Back to the unit and strip down of the bikes to clean and lube to be ready for Saturday at Melba. Again the skies threatened but this time cleared away allowing for dry conditions but with a track surface that had bog holes hiding under raked crusher dust. Adams motos races were good with a win in the third and last qualifier and then a 3 Adams nemesis of a slow gate start in the final gate again saw him have to push through to get near the leaders on the second straight and gaining another place in the second berm. Being pushed out wide coming off the third and last berm he was in 4 With only the last round being a double points round in Shepparton in May he wants to stay in the top eight of the country. Only the next two months of training will show how much he wants it.

Phoenix

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:57:07 GMT

I have been having a bit of an up and down season so far, and I was really looking forward to this race to get some good results! The trip started out in Phoenix for the winter nationals. Friday I felt fast in practice but during racing friday night I blew up my back hub in the semi and didn't end up making the main. Not the way I wanted to start the weekend! I got a good dinner in friday night and a new wheel haha. Saturday morning practice I didn't feel that good, my gates were inconsistant and I wasn't feeling very confident. My motto's weren't very good either but I still made it out with a 4-2-3. My semi was stacked and I ended up getting a 3 in it. Main time. This was actually the most confident and calmest I felt all night in the gate, I put all the bad laps behind me and just focused on winning. I ended up with lane 3 and I had a sub-par gate but got on the cranks to the turn, I was going in a bit behind first but carved low and came out of the turn in first and went on to win. I was so relieved to finally get the first win of the year, big weight off my shoulders. Sunday was a mud fest, ended up in motto's with 2-1-1 picked lane 1 in the main and won. I am extremely pumped on how the weekend went, considering how it started and I look forward to the first UCI Supercross World Cup event in Madrid, Spain in a few weeks!

Cardoza Kid continues his quest for 3,200 miles on his D-440

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:48:01 GMT

YEAR-ROUND D-440 TEST: FEBRUARY
February was my first full month on my Redline D-440, and it was a SHORT month (no excuses though). It did rain a lot; thus I did not quite make 300 miles this month. I was preparing to ride to work on Sunday 02-28-10 because I was 18 miles short of 300, but Mother Nature didn't allow it. So, for this month I wound up putting 282 miles on the D-440 without any issues.
I took the D-440 in for its monthly check at Golden Spokes on the 16th, and John cleaned it up real nice. I am happy to report my ODOMETER on the bike readz 500.4. Since January 13th, I put my first 500 on the bike, and I am proud of that.

I really need to focus in March and get over 300. Luckily on 03-13-10 I will be getting 62 miles in one shot as I will be riding it in the TOUR DE CURE; a Ride for Diabetes here in Arizona. The plan is to ride the 62 miles on my Redline and then go in and work 08 hours. It's gonna be a long day - but I am up for it.
Again, cannot stress how much I ENJOY this bike, getting many compliments on it and so far it is standing up well in the qualitiy department. But I've got about 3,200 more miles to still put on this baby, so ..... STAY TUNED!

Seattle Cyclist Kent Peterson

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:53:50 GMT

Here is quick little story about Seattle rider Kent Peterson. Kent’s bike blog is the stark reality of life without a car, and practical advice on how to fix your bike, and how to be prepared for anything. Kent is featured in the current edition of Momentum magazine, in the Seattle section—page S-7. Kent rides a Redline Monocog flight 29’er.

Josh Hult Bike Check

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:34:03 GMT

From That's BMX'x Vimeo page, check out Josh Hult's video bike check!

2010 ABA Winter National Phoenix

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:37:02 GMT

This weekend we travelled with the whole team from San Diego to Phoenix, AZ for our first race of the season after a long winter. It`s always a bit of a surprise where you stay after the winter training with your own buddies and not racing with the rest of the world.

On Friday evening we had time to do some laps on the new track in Phoenix. I never raced a national in the USA so I surprised myself about some things on and around the track. Training went well, track was easy and the weather was good. Redline showed up with a big stand we could use with the other redline riders which was a nice set-up, thnx guys!

Raceday on Saturday was a long long day with more than 2 hours between races. I can`t say anything else that I was a bit nervous for my first moto but everything went fine. I finished 3 times first and made it in the quarter final. In quarter I finished third so I could prepare myself for semi number 1 in elite-mens race. In semi I lost to much speed on the first double so I couldn’t managed my self in the top 4 and the first race of the years ends with a 6th place in semi.

From all over the world riders raced in Phoenix, USA, Australia, Latvia, Argentina, Swiss, Czech and more are presented. It was a good competition to see where you add. Sunday race rained out, first two motos stays dry but after it rain came down hard and made racing not possible. But this last two words says not that they cancelled the race, we kept going and it was more slip and slide than BMX. I won my first two motos, 3th in the last one and crashed in quarter final in the mud…

Not one of the elite dutchies made it into the final this weekend. Twan van Gendt made the junior-finale twice while Joyce Seesing made it on Sunday with a second place at the end. I can’t complain about my result, I feel strong and that was a bit of a surprise after last week, which was pretty intense.

We stay for one more week in San Diego to do some sessions on the Chula Vista track before we heading home next Sunday.

Photos: BMXmania.com and BMXnow.com

Dit weekend vertrokken we vanuit San Diego naar Phoenix, AZ voor onze eerste wedstrijd van het seizoen na een lang winter trainen. Het is altijd een verassing hoe je er voor staat nadat je alleen met je teamgenoten hebt getraind en niet tegen de rest van de wereld hebt gefietst.

Vrijdag avond konden we training op de nieuwe baan in Phoenix. Ik heb nog nooit ene nationale wedstrijd in Amerika gereden en dus verbaasde ik me over sommige dingen op en rond de baan. De training ging goed, de baan was makkelijk en weer was prima. Redline was aanwezig met een grote stand waar we als ploeg samen met de andere redline rjders gebruik van konden maken.

De wedstrijd van zaterdag duurde erg lang, er zat meer dan 2 uur tussen de races en ik kan je vertellen dat je daar niet vrolijk van word. Om eerljk te zijn was ik best een beetje zenuwachtig voor de eerste manche, maar alles ging goed. Ik werd 3x derde in de manches en bereikte de kwartfinale met weinig punten. In de kwartfinale werd ik 3de en mocht me klaar gaan maken voor de eerste halve finale bi elite-men. In de halve verloor ik wat snelheid op de eerste bult en kon ik niet meer verder komen dan een 6e plaats.

Van over de hele wereld waren er rijders in Phoeniz, USA, Australie, Letland, Argentinie, Zwitserland, Tsjechie en nog meer. Het was een geode competitie om te kijken waar je staat. De wedstrijd van zondag was een natte dag, na de 2e manche begon het hard te regenen en maakte fietsen bijna onmogelijk. Dat bijna zorgde er niet voor dat de wedstrijd werd gestopt en dus gingen we door met de volgende rondes. Het was meer slip en slide dan fietsen en dus waren er veel valpartijen. Ik won mijn eerste 2 manches, werd 3 in de laatste en viel in de kwartfinale.

Niemand van de Nederlandse Elite haalde de finale dit weekend. Twan van Gendt haalde de junior-finale twee keer, terwijl Joyce Seesing op zondag 2e werd. Ik mag niet klagen over mijn resultaat. Ik voelde me sterk en dat was toch een beetje een verassing na de zware trainingen van afgelopen week.

We blijven nog 1 week in SanDiego voor een aantal baantraining op de SX in Chula om volgende week zondag naar huis te komen.

Foto`s: BMXmania.com and BMXnow.com

French newspaper article on Damien Godet's return to BMX

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:10:24 GMT

Happy Return for Damien Godet

Le Lyonnais back after a fractured wrist

A final sprint to finish was not enough to climb onto the podium. Damien Godet finally finished fourth, right on the wheels of the leading trio: French champion Thomas Hamon in 1st, the Dutchman Jordy Van der Heij with a 2nd, and Pablo Gutierrez in 3rd.

A finalist of the 2008 Olympics, and a former member of Dardilly team, Godet returned to competition after a badly broken wrist incurred in the United States last September. "I was operated twice. First locally, then returning to France. I was out for four months. But I am satisfied with my racing this weekend. After a long break like that, I found a good feeling to drive me harder. "

However, the track Beynost proved challenging. "It is soft, and not very fast. But this is normal. The track is damp due to rain and snow."

Almost home, the member of Dardilly Regout took advantage of the high level. "There are a lot of Europeans, the level is raised enough."

A small bar regret his smile: "I just missed my final. I am still not where I want to be out of the gate and I got locked up. But I won my semifinal. But I could not enjoy it. I'll try to properly recover and get ready for the final."

Not bad for a convalescent who continues his physical therapy sessions. "It is progressing well. I will be ready for the World Cup in Madrid this March, in order to stay in the French selection."

And not to leave until the next Games. In London this time. "I really want to return to the Olympic games. To be in the right position for London. But nothing is guaranteed. I'm starting all over again, back to zero, and will have to fight for my spot."

From the French site - Le Progress

Nyhaug, Post & Willoughby sweep Elite mains in Phoenix

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:23:52 GMT

Phoenix, AZ - ABA Winternationals 2010: After a typically sunny Arizona Saturday, mother nature turned on the BMX crowd for the final day of the ABA Winternationals - bringin' with her cloudiness, a morning drizzle and eventually turning on the spinklers for the quarters and semi's, before really pouring it on everyone for the main events. In some slippery conditions, Team Redline decided to do the same - and poured on the power, winding up with THREE wins out of the four Elite finals.

[ above L to R: Masa, Sam, Tory and Alise - all smiles after impressive finishes in Sunday's mud. ]

JR ELITE: Canada~Redline's TORY NYHAUG was already on cloud nine after scoring a Saturday win in Jr Elite. Beating the always-tough Conner Fields will always put a smile on Tory's face, and he continued to smile on Sunday despite the change in weather and track conditions. Mud and slick turns are no stranger to this Canadian, and he was feeling as if he were back in British Columbia once the skies opened up and began creating havoc. Inspired by his fellow Canadian national hockey team, Nyhaug was shooting for Gold and out to beat the U.S. juniors - and won Sunday's finale wire to wire.
Ink him in for a Winternationals "double" - and add on some needed Olympic qualification points for Canada.

ELITE WOMEN: While more accustomed to feezing cold and snow, Minnesotan ALISE POST is also no stranger to rain and mud. After a crazy semi main that saw the No.1 contender of Shanaze Reade abruptly swerve off a double jump in to the mud and muck of the infield, Post felt she had the main event in the bag. Although still up against some tough competition - including Redline's Dutch National gal JOYCE SEESING, Post got the snap in the main and held on to the lead with Seesing holding down second. Across the finishline, it was a 1-2 finish for Redline - rounding out her weekend with an impressive 2nd and a 1st.

[ The top two rungs of the Elite Women's podium - Alise & Holland's Joyce Seesing. ]

ELITE MEN: With over 50 AA-pro contenders - and 8 of them being the Dutch National Team, competition in Phoenix was TIGHT. After a barely noticable drizzle during the motos, the track finally started getting slick in time for the quarters. And it just kept on getting worse for the semis, and then even more slick for the main events.
It was here where many of the Dutch national squad began experienceing troubles, and riders were decidingon whether to throw on Tioga Comp-X tires, or stick with their Powerblock's. Redline-USA's DENZEL STEIN stuck with the Powerblocks, and wound up going out in the semi's, while Redline-Australia's Sam Willoughby put on more knobbies and proceeded to the main.
Of all the Elite riders, though - the two who stood out to be surprisingly awesome mudder's were Japan's MASA SAMPEI and his fellow countryman Akafumi Sakamoto. Amazingly, both Japanese contingents were not only up front, but also made the big show. This was a first for Japan - having two of their own in the Elite final!
The Netherland's MARTIJN SCHERPEN was also looking strong in the Elite semi, and was in transfer position up until the last turn, where he got a nice elbow for the fourth and final transfer spot.

In Sunday's Elite mens final, Aussie Redline recruit SAM WILLOUGHBY proved he was the man to beat with a killer snap and super skills in the mud 'n crud. Meanwhile, Masa Sampei was squeezed off down the first straight and fell back to 6th place, while Willoughby lead it wire to wire - jumping everything in front of him as if it were a sunny, dry day.

Not a bad way to wrap up the weekend - with Redline atop the podiums for three of the four Elite mains!
Tune back later for photos and more details from Phoenix.

Kai Sakakibara - Regional round 1 Blue Mountains

RedlineBicycles.com — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:40:02 GMT

Redline Australia sensation Kai Sakakibara just returned from Oz's Regional Round #1 in the Blue Mountains and provided this report:

Name: Kai Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time, Champion System
Age: 13
Date: 21 February 2010
Venue: Blue Mountains
Race : Regional Round 1
Class: 14 boys
Result: 1st
Weather: Sunny and nice
Course condition: Very good. Nice and smooth. Fast

Comment/Summary: "It was a good day at Blue Mountains. We got some warm up laps and got straight into racing.
In my first moto, I got a good start out of the inside and got the hole-shot. I got through the second and third straight clean and lead around the third corner. I cased the manual on the fourth straight and went sketchy, then slid out on the second last corner. I nearly went off the track but stayed on. Jarrod Chittick had a go at me on the last corner but I managed to keep my line through and win the race.
In my second moto, I got out well and came across from the outside but couldn’t quite get in front of Jordan Lecher who was on the inside. I was in 2nd around the first corner and all the way to the end. It was quite a smooth lap.
I wheelied out a bit in my last moto and let Alex Cahill get up the inside on the first straight. I was in second coming out of the first corner. I got the second, third and fourth straight really smooth and caught up to Alex on the second last straight and went for a dive on the last corner, but couldn’t do it. I finished 2nd.
In my final, I had third pick and I chose lane 1, which was what I wanted. I got a great start and came across into the middle of the track to stry and stop people getting past me, I was in1st around the first corner. I got a bit sketchy on the second straight but got the third and fourth straight smooth and lead around the second last corner. I got the second last straight good and lead all the way to the line. I finished 1st.
I was happy with the result and also had a good time racing there."
--Kai

2010 Reunion

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:41:24 GMT

The time is near to journey home. Although my travel slipped and I will not make it to Phoenix, I just might make it home in time to hit Roseville on Sunday. To all racers, families, fans, and team mates heading to the nationals; may the weekend hold memories and successes to last a lifetime. Enjoy the moments and support your sons and daughters as every BMXr has the same goal when they line up grip to grip.

Million Miles Tour Episode III

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:24:41 GMT

Josh Hult has a good part in all the series, here is part III.

5050 bmx motocross show tour. Bryant Shepherd, Jeremiah Smith, Josh Hult and Jonesy Fedderson cruising around the east coast riding bmx bikes.

Oldsmar Florida

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:51:06 GMT

Rounds 5 and 6 of the ABA pro national series took place in what would normally be hot and sunny Oldsmar FL. However due to some very unlike Florida weather it was between 50’s and 60’s all weekend.

Alise and I arrived after what i though was a long flight until i spoke to Tory who said it took him 15 hours to get down to FL from Vancouver.

Friday morning we met up with Jason (who was looking ultra hot as normal lol), Denzel and Gorgeous George. It was good have big D (Denzel) back at the races after he had been down in Australia for the beginning of the year.
Friday night we had our standard AA pro practice at 5.25. For 25 minutes which use to be great when there was just A pro, AA,Woman and Vets. However now with numbers rapidly growing in AA, A, Vet and woman’s and now adding the Junior development classes with that amount of riders 25 minutes and 3-4 gates just isn't really enough, but you make do with what you have and try your best to get it all dialed in. I was actually really impressed with the track when we arrived it had a pro section and some deep technical jumps which was good. It made for a fast challenging race.

The pro section as always at ABA races was giving some people trouble as you had to suck up the first one quite a bit. However from my point of view it was fine. So we ended up racing the pro-section Saturday but they canned it for Sunday and made us ride the amateur section for safety (whatever that means).

So Saturday rolled around and i was feeling fresh and ready for a good weekends racing, i past through all motos with 3 wins and moved on to the quarters which i won and then past through semi with out to many issues. It was then main time, it was really good to see the ABA now doing lane choice at these UCI races. Which is what they should have been doing all along. It makes it a lot more fare and rewards those who have done the work and won all day. Unfortunately i had a 3rd in my semi which meant i had 5th lane pick and ended up out in lane 5. The gate was quite slow, however i seemed to be getting out fine all day. I think being on the outside i wanted to get out perfectly so i may have been a little to patient and came out late causing me to do a big wheelie out the gate and be towards the back of the pack into turn one not where i wanted to be. I then try for a high low in turn one and unfortunately came unstuck after clipping Arturs back wheel. So i went down and finished with gravel rash and 8th.
Maris ended up coming from 3rd to pass Christian and Randy down the last straight for the win.
We rush back after racing hoping to get all the recovery done and dinner so Alise and I could get back to the room to watch the Supercross on TV which was on in Indiana unfortunately our hotel didn’t have the SPEED channel so we couldn't watch it.

That lovely 6am wake up call from the hotel came on Sunday morning and not too long after we were at the track ready to race/half a sleep. Sunday i was feeling i think a lot better then Saturday however my result sheet wasn’t showing this as i kept amking mistakes in the motos and finished up with a 2nd, 5th and 4th. i managed to get it together in the quarters and came in for a win followed by a win in the Semi. Which gave me 2nd lane choice for the main. It pretty crazy to see how open and stacked AA is at the moment when day one’s winner dose not even make the main on day 2.
In the main i lined up in lane 2 next to Randy in lane 1.
Randy and i came out together and for some reason again just like Guthrie we where banging bars by the 2nd crank this costs us quite a bit of momentum and we had to follow Nic Long and Josh Myers into turn one. With not much room for passing around the track we stayed in them positions.
the weekend was a little disappointing for me, however there is always positives to take out training or racing no matter how the session or race went. For me it was that i was feeling capable of winning again and feel on the pace. Its just matter of putting it together now. So lets hope for a good one in Phoenix next weekend.

Sam

Some pics of the weekend below Thanks to Jerry Landrum and BMXMANIA.com

LA MIA NUOVA REDLINE FLIGHT PRO XXL 2010!

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:13:53 GMT

Finalmente posso montare sulla mia nuova REDLINE 2010!
Telaio: REDLINE FLIGHT PRO XXL 2010
Forcella: Answer in carbonio
Manubrio: Redline
Pipa: Redline
Manopole: Lizard Skin
Ruote: Sun Ringlè
Copertoni: Maxxis

Redline's Sam Willoughby in Action - Florida 2010

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:55:09 GMT

Nice photo of Sam Willoughby - leading the AA-pro charge in Oldsmar.

Check back later for a full report and results from Team Redline - from the ABA's Oldsmar national.

Photo courtesy of DB-44

Superbowl Sunday

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:58:41 GMT

This fun filled game day also happened to be Sam’s house warming party…or should I say “apartment warming” party. As if there isn’t enough excitement for the football and commercials on superbowl Sunday (minus the fact that the Vikings weren’t playing), me and Laura brought him a little house warming gift….

A GECKO!!! You probably could’ve guess that though because that’s what everyone gets at their house warming parties =]

He named the Gecko GORDON after his Gecko he took care of all the way to Tazmania on a BMX trip when he was 10. How precious.

Anyways, I just wanted to post a few pics of Baby Gordon, so you can hopefully watch him grow big!

Say hello to GORDON!!!!

Tentative UCI cat 1 race calendar for Cyclo-cross in the United States for 2010

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:40:12 GMT

	2010 UCI Cat 1 Races
Date	Race	City and State
18-Sep	Nittany Lion Cross	Brenigsville PA
18-Sep	Charm City Cross	Baltimore MD
18-Sep	Schoolhouse Cyclocross	Williston VT
18-Sep	Star Crossed Cyclocross	Redmond WA
19-Sep	Charm City Cross	Baltimore MD
19-Sep	Catamount Grand Prix	Williston VT
19-Sep	Rad Racing Grand Prix	Lakewood WA
22-Sep	Cross Vegas (C1)	Las Vegas NV
25-Sep	Loon Mountain CycloCross	Lincoln NH
25-Sep	USGP of Cyclocross Planet Bike Cup (C1)	Sun Prairie WI
26-Sep	USGP of Cyclocross Planet Bike Cup	Sun Prairie WI
2-Oct	Gran Prix of Gloucester 1	Gloucester MA
2-Oct	Krosstoberfest Weekend	San Dimas CA
3-Oct	Krosstoberfest Weekend	San Dimas CA
3-Oct	Kingsport Cyclocross Cup	Kingsport TN
3-Oct	Gran Prix of Gloucester 2	Gloucester MA
8-Oct	Darkhorse Cyclo Stampede International CX	Covington KY
9-Oct	Providence Cyclocross	Providence RI
9-Oct	Java Johnny’s Lionhearts International CX	Middletown OH
10-Oct	Bio Wheels/United Dairy Farmers Harbin Park Intl	Cincinnati OH
10-Oct	Providence Cyclocross	Providence RI
16-Oct	Granogue Cross (C1)	Wilmington DE
17-Oct	Granogue Cross	Wilmington DE
23-Oct	Downeast Cyclocross Day 1	New Gloucester ME
23-Oct	USGP of Cyclocross Derby City Cup (C1)	Louisville KY
24-Oct	USGP of Cyclocross Derby City Cup	Louisville KY
24-Oct	Downeast Cyclocross Day 2	New Gloucester ME
30-Oct	Beacon Cross	Bridgeton NJ
30-Oct	Boulder C2 Cyclocross	Boulder CO
31-Oct	Boulder Cup C1 Cyclocross (C1)	Boulder CO
31-Oct	HPCX	Jamesburg NJ
31-Oct	Ellison Park Cyclocross	Rochester NY
6-Nov	The Cycle-Smart International 1	Northampton MA
6-Nov	Dam Cross Weekend Day 1	Los Angeles CA
7-Nov	The Cycle-Smart International 2	Northampton MA
7-Nov	Dam Cross Weekend – Day 2 (C1)	Los Angeles CA
13-Nov	USGP of Cyclocross Mercer Cup (C1)	West Windsor NJ
14-Nov	USGP of Cyclocross Mercer Cup	West Windsor NJ
17-Nov	Empire State CX	New York NY
20-Nov	North Carolina Grand Prix – Race 1	Hendersonville NC
20-Nov	Super Cross Cup 1	Southampton NY
21-Nov	Super Cross Cup 2 (C1)	Southampton NY
21-Nov	North Carolina Grand Prix – Race 2	Hendersonville NC
26-Nov	Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock presented by Scheels	Iowa City IA
27-Nov	Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock presented by Scheels	Iowa City IA
27-Nov	Baystate Cyclocross	Sterling MA
28-Nov	Baystate Cyclocross	Sterling MA
28-Nov	Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock presented by Scheels (C1)	Iowa City IA
4-Dec	NBX GP #1	Warwick RI
4-Dec	USGP of Cyclocross Portland Cup (C1)	Portland OR
5-Dec	USGP of Cyclocross Portland Cup	Portland OR
5-Dec	NBX GP #2	Warwick RI
8-12 Dec	USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships	Bend OR

Brandon Dosch killing it at Woodward East

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:14:51 GMT

Some sick riding from Brandon over at Woodward East.

Dutch National Team receives their customized 2010 Flight frames

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:36:51 GMT

The always impressive Dutch National BMX team is currently checking in for a month-long American invasion. For the four weeks, the Dutch Army will be spending time in San Diego, California - at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. Their training regimen will include time on Chula Vista's Beijing-replica Supercross track, as well as plenty of gym work.

Following a recent 3-year renewal of their contract with the Accell-owned Redline Bicycles, the Dutch National BMX team is ensured that they'll be aboard Flight bikes for the 2012 Olympic games in London.
In '08, The Netherlands qualified a total of four BMXers to Beijing - three Elite Men and one Elite Woman. Already set with dominating scores from last years' UCi series - including a Supercross victory in Denmark, they are again on target to qualify the maximum number of racers in 2012.

Upon their arrival in sunny California, each of the ten member National team will be receiving their customized Dutch Flight frames. Painted the same orange as Redline's popular 2010 Proline Expert, the Dutch team will again match nicely with their new orange and black Troy Lee helmets, pants and TLD~Redline jersies. Of all the National BMX programs, the Dutch squad continues to be the most professional looking one out there - matching the Netherland's "royal orange" theme from head to toe, as well as pedal to grip.

For 2010, the Dutch National team has made a few adjustments to their 10-rider roster - including the addition of past multi-time Amateur World Champion and Jr Elite contender Jelle vanGORKOM. The three Beijing Olympian men remain on board, to train and tutor the younger additions.

Here is your Dutch National Team roster for 2010:

Joyce SEESING #44
Merle van BRETHAM #80
Robert de WILDE #77 - 2008 Olympian
Raymon v/d BIEZEN #121 - 2008 Olympian
Ivo v/d PUTTEN #666
Rob v/d WILDENBERG #72 - 2008 Olympian
Martijn SCHERPEN #15
Sander BISSELING #40
Twan van GENDT
Jelle van GORKOM

Look for the Dutch National Team at ABA's Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona - on March 6 & 7th. They will be easy to spot ... just look for the blazing flash of orange, out front. On the impeccible Black Mountain BMX track, the Dutch Army is hoping to do what they consistently did during last years' UCi Supercross series - and that is, fill half or more of the gate with orange Redline bikes.

Be sure to stop by the Redline pits to meet them in person and gather autographs from three 2008 Olympians and seven Dutch Olympic hopefuls.

For constant updates on Redline's Global Teams - CLICK HERE.

Finally made it to Oldsmar!

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:13:16 GMT

The last month or so I haven't had any races so I've been able to get some good training in and I'm feeling fresh and ready to go this weekend! I always love coming to Florida. The tracks are usually pretty good and so is the weather, so I'm looking forward to it.

Our trip started yesterday during a red-eye out of Seattle. I have to say I'm not a fan of red-eye flights. I just thought it would be easy to pass out and once I woke up I would be in Atlanta. But I soon realized how uncomfortable the seats were and that it wouldn't happen that easily ...haha. I woke up in Atlanta with a stiff neck and a very thirsty mouth but we got our connection and made it to the Florida sunshine. I came directly to the hotel and passed out for a couple hours then went for a recovery ride.

I feel good now and we are going to go do some gates tonight at Oldsmar. Can't wait.

Wish me luck this weekend,
--TN

Redline Cup Limited Edition Frames

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:53:57 GMT

There is now one more reason to attend a Redline Cup race in 2010 ... other than participating in America's premiere BMX series or earning a Redline Cup No.1 plate in September. When you go to a RL Cup event, you'll have the chance to win one of these 70-of-a-kind Limited Edition frames.

While it is up to each track operator's discretion on how they will be given away, the custom black & gold Flight frames will likely be raffled off to one lucky winner during the RL Cup race - with proceeds being used to help fund improvements for each BMX track.

These Redline Cup Flight frames will surely become a collectors item; and come in two sizes -- Expert XL and Pro Cruiser. While the color was partly inspired by the original "Gold Cup" name from the 80's, they also pay tribute to the classic 1966 Shelby Hertz Mustang fastback. If you got 306hp in your legs, then this frame and you will be a perfect match.

Like all Flight frames, these customs are made with Redline's exclusive R-6 Alloy tubing - which has 33% stronger tensil strength than standard 6061 alloy. This enables Redline to run a thinner guage of tubing - thus, making it up to 20% lighter than most alloy BMX race frames. Besides the custom paint job, the 2010 Redline Cup logo is emblazoned and clear-coated on each side of the top tube.

What?! You don't know the date or location of your nearest Redline Cup race? Click here for the dates and venues.

And for your viewing pleasure - our inspiration:

1966 Shelby Hertz GT-350H Mustang fastback

NBL Southern Charm

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:11:39 GMT

Man what a weekend! I rolled out to Florida last week to get away from home and chase a little sunshine. I've been living it up at the Sawyer compound (track operator at ABA Oldsmar, FL) so I've gotta give a big "Thanks" to them for hosting!! They had plans to head up to McDonough, GA for the NBL race on the weekend so I jumped into the toter-home and went along for the ride. If you've never hung with the Sawyer's, you're missing out 'cause they do it first-class!

The weather forecast was calling for 5" of snow Friday but we kept out fingers crossed that they were wrong. As it turned out, they were short on the prediction and the track got hammered...being from the south that's how it seemed anyway. Friday was cancelled altogether. Saturday morning the track crew came in and squeegeed off the tarps, uncovered the track, and started setting it on fire to dry it out a little. People were tripping out but it definitely helped! I hadn't seen that fire maneuver since the 80's! The weather turned out nice and although there were some mushy spots, the track was great, all things considered! Props to the NBL and McDonough crew for pulling it off smoothly!

Since it wasn't a pro-series weekend we ran an elite-open class. It felt good mixing it up with the young guys and I managed a pair of 4th's. I WAS in 3rd both days and managed to get passed right at the line. I guess the old man ran out of pipe!

The motorhome had to get pulled out of the muck Sunday and we high-tailed back to sunny Florida. It was a great weekend and it was cool to get some tuner-laps in before the big ABA race in Oldsmar this weekend! Thanks again to the Sawyer's for putting up with me! Cheers!

Pics: Sawyer backyard paradise; snowy track; track on fire; new teammate; rock-n-roll toter-home

Redline's JOSH CALLEN wins the Alienation BSX

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:50:22 GMT

The Alienation "BSX" - short for "Bicycle Supercross" (or some might suggest "Backyard Supercross") is a one-on-one charity event run at the bmxultra.com compound at Pheasant Creek. Nestled in the Kinglake ranges 60kms North East of Melbourne, Australia’s CBD - this event has become one of Australia's most anticpated independent races.
The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation is the primary beneficiary of the event; however it also helps raise money for the Kinglake West CFA (Country Fire Authority).
With the event held in January, during the peak of the Aussie summer, you would expect great weather. But BSX history has proved you need to be prepared for anything. We thought we had seen it all. When there's rain, normally it would clear mid morning to a beautiful sunny day. Everything would dry up, the skies would turn blue and everything would be perfect. Normally.

The BSX has become an institution. An event by riders for riders, and the spectators get a whole lot out of it too, not only with the action packed racing on the track but with all the fundraising activities as well.

The event has attracted riders from Canada, New Zealand and all over Australia, including the likes of Sarah Walker, Tanya Bailey, Lauren Reynolds, and Ziggy Callan. Sam Willoughby, Luke Madill, Jamie Gray, Michael Robinson, Michael Fenwick, Khalen Young, Glenn Codega, Alex Cameron, 80’s legend Jamie Hales and a whole lot of others. Even professional wrestler Joey Russell Junior came along to race this year.

There have been just three winners in the hotly contested Open Men's class over the past four years. Luke Madill took the wins in 2006 and 2007, Josh Callan won in 2008 and Scott Lacey in 2009. All three past champions returned for BSX-2010. Luke Madill, making a special trip to squeeze BSX in only a couple of days after becoming the Australian 4X champion, yet again.

There were also a bunch of talented young riders who were expected to keep the past champions honest. Among them was Kyle Horton, Tom Siinmaa, Levi Collins, Jonathan Hoare, Connor Hunter, Luke Pretlove and Ryan Henderson... just to name a few. And in top form, Bodi Turner was a dark horse for the event.
But each of them would have to make it all the way through eliminations in a record breaking field of 39 riders.

Ziggy Callan was the only woman to put on her flat pedals for the day, she loves BSX and decided to take on the guys since there was no class for her this year.

Well, as you know from the photo and our headline - Redline's JOSH CALLEN wound up winning (again). But if you want the WHOLE story, you're going to have to click over to BMX ULTRA to read every bit of detail.

Visit BMX Ultra and check it OUT!

Living in SD

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:26:08 GMT

To start thing’s off for this blog I want everyone to note I am sitting on my new couch, flicking through channels and I came a across the movie BMX Bandits. It's an Aussie classic! Nicole Kidman early in her acting career.
Anyways, a lot has happened since my last blog from Guthrie. I have finally moved into my own place - in an apartment, in San Diego. Its nice to be getting settled again and getting back in a good training routine.
My week after Guthrie, Oklahoma race (3 weeks ago) was jam-packed full of furniture shopping and setting up bills. I felt like I was getting very old quickly.
The weekend after Guthrie - Alise, her room mate Laura and I went to the AMA Round 5 of the Super cross series in San Diego. It had rained all Friday and a bit of Saturday so the track was quite slushy and rutted out, but it was still AWESOME to watch. Going to a Supercross race over here was always something I have wanted to do.
It was a little disappointing that Australian Chad Reed didn’t race and Bubba Stewart was out.
However it was cool to see how fast all the next generation guys are: Dungey, Villapoto and Hill. My new favorite sporting personal is Ryan Dungey. He is so good to watch ride and seems like such a level headed person. I love how he is not your typical MX rider, with the bad boy attitude. Good clean-cut kid.
So now that I am back into the swing of things with training, it is full steam ahead getting ready for Oldsmar, Florida and other up and coming races such as the first World Cup in Madrid, Spain - which is a big one for Redline and me.
Last year I competed in the Supercross World Cup's under the wing of Cycling Australia. This year I am stoked to be doing it with Factory Redline. It's good to see factory teams like Redline getting involved in the Supercross series now and recognizing how big it is.

That's about it for now. I have attached some pictures (below) from the Super cross in San Diego, slong with some pics from the past few races in Reno and Guthrie and Nerang Australia:

REDLINE RETRO FLASHBACK

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:31:53 GMT

We nabbed this cool retro Redline pic from John Crews' facebook. At the time, this was one of the ultimate Redline teams - right around the same time when they invaded Australia and won the NORA CUP for No.1 Team.

In the photo are: Stu Thomsen (#1 - on the left), John Crews (in the air), Jeff Ruminer (on the right), and Jon Anderson (sitting)

John Crews - who was well known for his awesome jumping skills, now runs Bicycles Plus bike shop in Folsom, California.

Also noteworthy here - is the fact that three of these four Redline Factory riders are in the BMX Hall of Fame.

Alise Post Podcast Interview

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:55:24 GMT

Alise Post has a great podcast interview up over on bmxnews.com.

Hucker interview up on DigBMX

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:03:32 GMT

Check out Hucker's interview now up on DIG, check it out here. Best question.

Tell us something people might not know about you.
"Im a sucker for older woman!"

DIG/REFRESH Edit Video with Def Paul

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:34:14 GMT

Def Paul has a small bit in a new video up on MPORA.

Alise Post Interview

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:16:24 GMT

Video of Alise Post at the Reno Nationals, being interviewed by uRideTV.

Haiti help

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:08:48 GMT

My friend Chowski want to go to Haiti to help out some people down on their luck. Please donate!

http://www.giveforward.org/haitireliefadam/

Behind the Scenes: Texas Training for 2010

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:45:59 GMT

Been enjoying the time off from the road and getting ready for the season at the local pumptrack and Eastside Trails in Austin.

Photos by James Stevens

2010 Schedule for ABA/UCi Racing on Versus TV

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:16:55 GMT

Just a quick reminder to set your recording devises for the Versus Channel tomorrow at 5:30 EST for the ABA Grands re-air. Catch all the action packed ABA Title Chases and races! If you missed it the first time, don't miss out a second. This show is EXCITING!

Also, here's a look after the second half of 2010 ABA BMX airdates on Versus. It's been a long time since the sport has had BMX racing on TV, and 2010 will have an entire year for the fans. ABA BMX is proud to bring all the action packed racing to households all around the USA.

**All Times are Eastern Standard Time

Wednesday, August 11, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, August 18, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, August 25, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, September 01, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, September 15, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, September 22, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, September 29, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, October 06, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, October 13, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, October 20, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, October 27, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, November 03, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, November 10, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, November 17, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, November 24, 2010	5:30 PM
Wednesday, December 01, 2010	5:30 PM

Josh Hult Video, Million Mile Tour Episode II

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:18:18 GMT

Check out the 5050 BMX Crew, including Redline Rider Josh Hult, in the newest episode of their Million Miles Tour.

January D-440 Report - from the Cardoza kidd

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:24:22 GMT

Ok, I now have my first month in the books for my REDLINE D440 29er.
Well, it was actually not a first FULL month, being that I bought the bike on January 13th.  As I type this, I've officially put 217.18 MILES on it from 01-13-10 to 01-31-10, and I must say that so far this is the BEST bike I have owned so far. It is SOLID and SMOOTH and I really enjoy getting miles with this bike.
On January 27th I went and bought a THULE INSTA GATOR BED BIKE rack for my truck (see picture) and I just LOVE IT! It keeps my bike from laying freely in the back, getting all scratched up.  I bought the rack and then tested it by taking the D-440 up to Payson, Arizona. In the rain and wind, my bike did not waiver one bit. Money well spent.

Anyhow, back to the D440. I ended up heading out of my friends house in Payson at 05:11 and rode 14 miles in the slush (snow all around) and the 38 degree darkness. Now I can say I officially rode in Payson - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Check that one off my bucket list. I did, however, end up with 2 flats that day (front and back) - but luckily neither flat occurred while riding; but well after. So far so good.

Tomorrow will be my 1st February ride and I grealty look forward to it. I just LOVE riding this Redline. Adding my Redline miles to my earlier 141.61 MILES (from 1-1-10 -to- 1-12-10), I had my BEST January ever since I started tracking my miles back in 2002 - with a Janaury total of 358.79. As a matter of fact, it was my 1st January over 300!

So far, no repairs or tune ups needed - although I will be taking my bike in to GOLDEN SPOKES to have a monthly adjustment on or around the 15th of this month.

My only minor complaint was during a week of RAIN here in Arizona, I was riding and when the back rim got wet it made a horrendously loud squawk when applying the brake to the wet rim. I did not like that too much ...but again, it was only a minor issue that I can deal with.

The D440 aligns perfectly with my 2010 BIKE MOTTO - "RIDE ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE."
And that is exactly what I am trying to do this year to get to my 3,700 mile goal.

Written by Justin David Cardoza
aka the "CARDOZA KIDD"

REDLINE D440 29ER PRODUCT TESTER

Ray's Odd Couple Contest

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:01:44 GMT

I just finished up my Odd Couple story over on my blog.

http://albes.blogs.com/marcum/

Check it out!

Kris Marcum

Kris Marcum vid

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:40:09 GMT

Great vid of Kris Marcum riding over at RaysMTB. Great riding, pretty entertaining to watch.

2nd place video for Rays Odd Couple 2010. Adam Hauck (mtb), Kris Marcum/Jeff Kocsis (bmx), and George Ryan (vid)

NBL BMX Today Interview

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:00:03 GMT

http://www.nbl.org/tommy-board/

I recently did an interview with BMX Today for the NBL's new website, and wanted to thank Greg Davis for thinking of me to do the interview. Check out some of his photo work! Besides a shredder on the BMX, he takes some great photos!

So what else is new? I learned we have Bigfoot sightings where I live, I've been passing sickness around, have had no gym time, school is out of control, and it's COLD. Winter has not been good to me so far.

Oh....btw, we're moving to Chicago this summer. What are we thinking?! lol... Hoping all is well on your end! See you at the races.

--2x4

XBR Summer series - Sarah Harvey

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:57:05 GMT

XBR Summer Series 2010

The weather was great for the 2010 XBR Summer Series. The Summer Series is a competition with 5 rounds at 5 different tracks around Sydney which is held once a year in January. There is a lot of competition as there are international riders that come and race. I was very excited and couldn’t wait to race. At each of the 5 rounds, I raced pro and age. We had 3 gates of Pro ladies in most of the rounds.

Round 1; Liverpool: The Liverpool track was prepared well. I had 3 heat races and in my age class, I got 2nd, 2nd and 1st, but in the final, I got 3rd. In Pro, there were 3 heats of us, so we had semis and I made the final. I had an alright start but had the outside and finished 8th.

Round 2; Hawkesbury: This was a faster track as it had a heaps bigger start hill. We only had 2 motos today as someone crashed and we had to wait an hour for the ambulance so they dropped the 3rd moto. In my age motos, I got a 4th and 1st which put me into the final which I got 2nd in. In pro, again we had 3 heats a semi and final. I made the semi which I placed 4th in to put me into the final. In the final, I was in 6th till the last berm where I unclipped and couldn’t get clipped back in until the 3rd last jump which by that time 2 people had already passed me and I finished 8th.

Round 3; Manly Warringah: FLATS! It was a retro round, so everyone had to wear flats (I was a bit sketchy). I won my age group for that day. In pro, we only had 2 gates but it was still just as tough. In my heat races, I got 4th, 3rd and 4th which was enough to put me into the final. In the final, I had an awesome start and finished 3rd.

Round 4; Macarthur: Macarthur was a good track, but had a really flat start hill. In age, we only had one gate so it was on points and I finished 4th. In pro, I had 2 gates and in my motos, I got 3rd, 4th and 3rd which gave me a finals birth. In the final, I had a good start, then got boxed in by the two people next to me and finished 7th.

Round 5; Castle Hill: This track was my favourite out of the 5 by far. In my age class, it was on points and I finished 3rd. In pro, we had 3 heats and a semi again. In my heat races, I got 5th, 2nd and 1st which put me into the semi. In the semi, I got 3rd which got me into the final. I had a good start in the final and finished 3rd.

NERANG NATIONALS - Sarah Harvey

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:57:27 GMT

Nerang Nationals:

It was sunny and hot, but I was pumped and ready to race. I raced pro and age.

In pro, there were 3 gates of girls which meant we had semis and finals. I made the semi for pro and had a great start, but unfortunately got cut off in the first corner and finished 5th.

In my age class however, I was racing great and made the final which I placed 1st in.

Sarah Harvey - Champbix - Nerang Nationals

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:58:23 GMT

Champbikx round 3 and 4

There had been no rain for the past week and for the first time in ages, we had a sunny Nerang.

There were 2 rounds of chambikx this weekend and I raced the 15 girls. I had good heat races and I made the final both rounds.

In the first round final, I was in second place till the last corner, then tried to cut up first place, but it just wasn’t enough and so I lost all my speed, which put me back to 3rd place.

In the second round final, I had a good start and finished 2nd.

XBR Summer series - Lachlan Harvey

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:58:14 GMT

Lachlan Harvey

Redline race report Event

XBR Summer series

Weather very sunny and hot. We left on Thursday night for the drive down to Sydney which took us 11 hours. When we got there we dropped Jacob (our bro) off at the motel then we went to Liverpool and did some gates.

Round 1 Liverpool: - In my motos on 20” I went pretty good getting 1sts and 2nds. On cruiser I got all firsts. In my 20” final I had a good gate but was on the outside of Mitchell who took me up on the berm which allowed another kid to come under me and Mitchell, down the second straight I tried to catch up but the two other kids were too far ahead by then but I kept on trying and had to settle for third.

Round 2 Hawkesbury: - It was a really fast track that had a steep start gate. In my cruiser motos I got 1 first and two seconds but everybody had to drop a moto because of a crash. In my 20 inch class I went pretty good having hard heats but made it into the final. In my final I had a good start but was on the outside and I got cut up on the first corner then on the second corner I tried to go for the pass but the corner was too tight so I lost a bit of speed but I ended up with second.

Round 3 Manly: - The track at Manly was nice and flowing but we had to wear flat pedals there which were good for me because I was pretty good with them. In cruiser I got two firsts a second and a third, on 20” I won all my races including my final.

Round 4 MacArthur: - It had a pretty flat track which had some pretty awesome jumps on it. In my 20” the racing was pretty hard but I got 2 seconds and a first. In my final I was on the outside and I got taken up on the corner and then I followed Mitchell around the track trying to pass him but I got really close to him down the last straight but I almost but he still got the win. In cruiser I won all my races except from one which was the extra moto.

Round 5 Castle hill: - This was a very fast downhill track that was a fun track to jump. In cruiser I got second, first, second, first. In 20” I got first, second and another first. The final before mine was the b- final but the gate didn’t drop for them so when I got on the gate I was a bit nervous, I didn’t get a too good of gate and got squeezed out but I gained some positions on the berm and then I passed somebody on the next straight but couldn’t pass the other two so I had to settle for third.

Overall results were 1st in Cruiser & 2nd on 20” The event was run great, Thanks Gav (XBR) Redline & Rush Industries.

XBR SUMMER SERIES - Saya Sakakibara

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:58:07 GMT

Name: Saya Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time, Champion System
Age: 10
Date: 9, 10, 12, 14, 16th January 2010
Venue:
Day 1- Liverpool
Day 2- Hawkesbury
Night 3- Manly
Night 4- Macarthur
Day 5- Castlehill
Race: XBR Summer Series
Class: 11BOYS
Result: 3rd over the whole series
Weather: Every day was very sunny and hot. On the night races it was cool. At Macarthur it sprinkled.
Course condition: There were all smoothed out. Some tracks I never ridden it so smooth.

Comment
XBR Summer Series is an event that has 5 races in 7 Days. I attended them all. It was good fun.

Day 1 Liverpool:
Moto one: I got a bad start and I went around the first corner fourth. On the second corner, I tried to go in the inside of Cooper but he did a high-low on Jiye who was in front of Cooper. I thought of catching them up on the last straight but they were too in front. I came fourth.

Moto two: I had an OK start and came out in second. The plan was to high-low Jiye on the second corner. It worked! But I didn’t block my line so he got past. I came second.

Moto three: I was in lane seven and came out in second. Justin was in first. I followed him all the way around and all I was doing was getting further away from him. I had to settle for second.

Semi Finals: I chose lane one. I had a great start and I squeezed in to the middle. I squeezed out Jiye. Jasper was in first. He squeezed in so I had to pull on the brakes. Then I went on the inside of him on the first corner and I was coming first. I pedalled so that so no one could get me. I stayed in first the whole way and I got first.

Final: I had lane five. I had a pretty good start and came out in third. Will came on the inside on the first corner. I caught up with him on the second straight anyway. I had to pedal hard to keep that third. On the last straight Will tried to catch up but I crossed the line in front of him. I came third.

Day 2- Hawkesbury:
Moto one: I had lane six and had an OK start. Cooper got in front. On the second straight I caught up with him but I was on the outside so he pushed me up. I couldn’t catch up. I got second.

Moto two: I had a good start and had some good pedals down that start hill and came out in first. I had the inside lane so I pushed Jasper up. I pumped my way through the third straight.
I pedalled hard but he was catching up. I pedalled to the line. I got first.

Semi: I had a bad start and Kyle squeezed Jiye and Jiye squeezed me. I had nowhere to go I went off the track. I came last and didn’t make it to the final. I was a bit upset that I got pushed off the track but that’s BMX .....
Invitational Final: I had three people including me. And I chose lane 1. I had a good start and came out in front. I kept my place the whole time and I came first.

Night 3 Manly:
We had the retro night. We had to use only flat pedals. It was fun but a bit of challenge.

Moto one: I had a bad start. But I still came out in second. My foot kept slipping off the pedal. Around the fourth straight. Manual, pump I am getting closer. On the fifth straight the commentator confused me with my brother and called me KAMAKAZI Kai. It was hilarious. I came second.

Moto two: I had a good start and I squeezed to the inside. Jiye came out in front. I tried to catch up. Now I am on the sprint section. I sprinted but I couldn’t catch up. I came second.

Moto three: I had lane seven. I had a good start and I came out in front. I love it when I come out in front. Down the fourth straight I jumped the first step up then gained speed. I am on the sprint section no one has past me. That means I got first.

Final: I chose lane one. “Riders ready watch the gate...pi, pi, pi, pi”. I had the best start out everybody else. I squeezed in to the middle and I thought I will be first around the first corner but Justin had the stronger pedals. Going around the second corner, Justin is in first and I am in second. I pedal as hard as I can to catch up but there was no chance. I settled for second.

Night 4 Macarthur:
We are on clips again. Hurray! Everyone felt more comfortable in them. There were good jumps there that I liked to jump.

Moto one: I had a bad start but came out in second. Jiye was in first. No one behind me was close to me. On the fourth straight I jumped a few jumps but I cased them. That felt pretty good anyway. I came second.

Moto two: I had lane six. I had a bad start again. Jasper and Jiye got in front. On the fourth straight I caught up with Jasper. And got him on the inside on the fourth corner. I came second.

Moto three: The gate is down. Jiye and Justin came out in front fighting for the first spot. Then CRASH! Justin fell over! Luckily I went past him without crashing into him. On the fourth straight I jumped again. It felt good. I came second.

Final: I chose lane one. I had a great start but Justin and Jiye got an even better one. Around the third corner we go they are still fighting and I am in third. Down the last straight pump, pump, pump. I pedalled to the line. I came third.

Day 5 Castlehill:
Castlehill is another fun track to jump.

Moto one: I had lane eight and got a good start. Justin and Jiye got in front. Koyu tried to get in the inside of me but I held him back. On the third straight I jumped some jumps and over jumped them all. On that race whatever I jumped, I over jumped. I kept my place and came third.

Moto two: I had a good start and came out in second. On the third corner Koyu went on the inside of me. I couldn’t jump the third straight. OH NO! I have to catch up. I thought. So on the last corner I high-lowed him. We were fighting down the last straight. Then I got to the finish line in front of him. I got second.

Moto three: I had a good start and came out in front. On the third straight I thought I didn’t have any speed so I jumped so sketchy. But I kept my place and came first.

Final: I had a really bad start but I came out in fourth. On the
third second corner Jiye crashed right in front of me. I had to go around him. But I still jumped the third straight. I pedalled hard. I pedalled to the line! I came second.

XBR SUMMER SERIES - Kai Sakakibara

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:57:11 GMT

Name: Kai Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time, Champion System
Age: 13
Date: 9,10,12, 14,16 January 2010
Venue:
Day1-Liverpool
Day2-Hawkesbury
Day3-Manly
Day4-Macarthur
Day5-Castle Hill
Race: XBR Summer series 2010
Class: 14 boys
Result: 3rd
Weather: The weather was hot and sunny pretty much the whole series. We had some rain at Macarthur
Course condition: All the tracks were well prepared and smooth so they were all good fun.

Comment:
We had five rounds at different tracks each day. There were lots of riders from around Australia and also out of Australia.

Round 1
Round 1 was at Liverpool. Geoff Cartwright had just rebuilt the track and it was looking very good. We had a good practice session then started racing.
In my first moto, I got a good start, but Curtis Dowdell from the outside got in front. I had the inside lane so I put a move on the inside of Curtis to get myself in front. I stuffed up the technical first straight a bit but managed to keep my position all the way. I came 1st.

In my second moto, I hit the gate and was out late, but was still in 2nd into the first corner. This time I stuffed up the second straight real bad and nearly went off the track. I recovered but was too much behind to catch 1st. I got 2nd.
In my third moto, I got a good start and came across onto the inside, but couldn’t get Jordan Lecher on the inside. I was in 2nd around the first corner. I didn’t manual very smoothly on the second straight and got passed by Ryan Berney, which put me into 3rd. I had a good go on the third and last straight but couldn’t get him. I finished 3rd.
We didn’t have semis so we went straight to finals.

In my final, I chose lane 1. I got a good start and drifted out to the outside, but Jordan Lecher got out in front. I got the second straight really good and came through the second straight in 2nd. I kept it going the whole way and finished 2nd.

Round 2
Round 2 was at Hawkesbury and that track had changed a bit as well.
In my first moto, I got a good start but couldn’t get onto the inside with Curtis Dowdell next to me. I put a high-low in on the first corner and got myself into 3rd, but didn’t get the speed to jump the second straight. I gave the last two straights a good shot but couldn’t catch up. I finished 3rd.

In my second moto, I got a good start and cranked down the first straight but Zac Wilson got me from the outside cutting across on to the inside. I was in 2nd coming down the second straight, but Ryan Berney came from nowhere and got me on the inside on the second corner. I didn’t get the third straight very well so couldn’t catch him back up. I finished 3rd. I was a bit disappointed with that race.

The third moto was cancelled to save time.
I had lane 1 again for my final. I got a good start and came across but Jordan Lecher got the lead again. I came up the inside of Ryan Berney but got my back wheel stuck on his bike and slowed right down. I nearly went of the berm as well. When doing so, Alex Cahill ducked underneath and came into the 2nd. I kept going from that position but Alex and Jordan were too far ahead. I finished 3rd.

Round 3
Round 3 was at Manly and it was a retro race day. We used flat pedals. The track had some minor changes done to it.
In my first moto, I got a good start and came across onto the inside. I had a good lead on Alex Cahill down the first straight and lead out of the first corner. I got the second, third, fourth
straight smooth and lead around the second last corner. I lost my pedal half way down the straight and got caught up a bit, but managed to keep it going. I came 1st.

In my second moto, I came out of the gate alright but didn’t get the first straight very smooth and that out me into 2nd. The rest of the track I got through smoothly and I finished 2nd.
In my last moto, I was out of the outside, but still got into 2nd into the first corner. Jordan Lecher was leading and I was doing the chasing. I caught up well on the fourth straight, but he jumped over my wheel and nearly hit me, which slowed me down. I still kept my spot and finished 2nd.

In the final, I didn’t get the best start and got squashed between Zac Wilson and Jordan Lecher. Zac drifted out and I found a good spot on the inside so I took it and came through the inside of Zac and Alex Cahill. I was in 2nd out of the first corner and into the second one. I stayed quite smooth all the way and finished 2nd.

Round 4
Round 4 was at Macarthur and the track was in very good condition.

In my first moto, I tagged the gate a bit and was out late, but was in 4th into the first corner. I went for a high low (which was a stupid idea on a 90 degree corner) which let Jarrod Chittick come up on the inside. I was in 5th into the second corner. I railed a round Jarrod and got myself into 4th, then cranked it down the third straight. I got Curtis Dowdell and Ryan Berney both on the third corner and put myself into 2nd. I had a neat lap after that and finished 2nd.

In my second moto I got the gate good, but banged elbows with Alex Cahill and went a bit sketchy. I had a go at Alex on the first, second and third corner but couldn’t get him and finally got him on the second last corner. I kept the lead from there all the way to the end.

In my last moto, I came out OK but had Alex Cahill and Jordan Lecher on the inside of me. I was in 3rd around the first corner. I came up the inside of Jordan on the second corner and got my elbow in front, but got pushed off and back into 3rd again. I tried to catch up through the last straight but couldn’t do it. I finished 3rd.

In the final, I was out of lane 1. I got a good start but so did Alex and Jordan. I was into the first corner in 3rd, but pushed out to get myself in 2nd. I was in 2nd around the second corner when Jordan Lecher came on the inside down the third straight. We banged elbows all the way down the third straight and just as I was about to turn in on the third corner, Jordan’s elbow got under mine and flung my hand of my handle bars. I crashed and got 8th. I was quite disappointed with the result but had a good race.

Round 5
Round 5 was at Castle Hill and that was a good day as well.
After some warm-up laps we went straight into racing.
In my first moto, I had a good start and lead the first straight. It was a neat lap from there and I won the race.

In my second moto, my gate was good but my second pedal didn’t come around very fast. Alex Cahill next to me got a good start and came across but I managed to get on the inside of him on the first corner. I got through smooth on the second straight, but bonked the first jump on the third straight. Alex got the straight clean and got past me. I had to settle for 2nd.

In my last moto, I had a good start and came down the first straight next to Jordan Lecher, but didn’t get the manual quite right and moved behind a bit. I stuffed up a bit through the second straight but got the third straight clean and went for it on the lasts straight. It wasn’t enough and I finished 2nd.

In the final, I had second pick and I ended up with lane 2. The gate dropped really fast and most people missed the gate. I got it pretty good and got ahead. Alex Cahill came across from the outside and we were side by side down the first straight. I got the elbow in front and lead around the first corner. I got the second and third straight smooth and lead around the last corner. Alex got the good rail around it and came flying down the last straight. It was really close on the line but I ended up winning it by 0.014 seconds.

I was happy with the result and also with my riding.

I came 3rd overall for the whole series which was a pretty good result.

The XBR series was great this year. I loved the extra and fun events we had and also having lots of elites from different countries. Thanks Gavin and XBR.

CHAMPBIX - NERANG - Kai Sakakibara

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:57:52 GMT

Name: Kai Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time, Champion System
Age: 13
Date: 1,2 January 2010
Venue: Nerang, Qld
Race: Champ Bikx round 3 and 4
Class: 14 boys
Result: Round 3- motos - Round 4- Semi final
Weather: Fine, nice and hot
Course condition: Smooth, quite a difficult track

Comment

Round 3 day 1.

The racing was in the afternoon on day 1. The weather was warm and the track was good. After an open practice for everyone, we had champ bikx warm-up and had our time trials.
It was my first time doing time trials because I missed out in Victoria after crashing in practise. I was feeling happy with my riding. My time trial ended up being pretty good. I got the4th best time overall.

I didn’t get a great start in my first race but came through the first straight good. I caught up to Max Cairns who was in 1st and I was in 2nd around the first corner. Max Dempsey came on the inside on the second straight and came past me and held me up on the second corner. I got pushed back to 4th there, but came back on the third straight. I was in 3rd around the last corner but Brendan Floriduz put a high-low on the last corner and came into the 2nd. I ended up with 4th.

I had a great start in my second moto but bumped into Max Cairns and lost my momentum. I stuffed up the first straight and was in 4th around the first corner. I caught up to Max through the third straight and went up the inside of him, but couldn’t get him and finished 4th.I

n my last moto, I hit the gate and came out slow. I pushed hard down the first straight and came into 3rd. I did a high-low on Max Dempsey and came out beside him, but my front wheel washed out and I crashed out. I got 6th and didn’t make it to semis. I was disappointed with the result but was happy with my preparation.
Round 4 day 2

Day 2 started in the morning and I preferred that more than the afternoon. We had some warm-up laps and started time trials.

My time trial was slower than day 1 but felt faster. I was happy with it and ready for racing.
I wheelied out big time in my first moto, but still got the first straight good. I was in 3rd into the first corner, but made a high-low move on Calob Green and put myself into 2nd. I stayed smooth all the way and finished 2nd.

I had a great gate in my second moto, but didn’t come across enough to get in front of Aaron Nottle. I was a bit floaty down the first straight and was in 3rd into the first corner. I kept my position all the way and got 3rd.
In my last moto, I came out with a good start and was in 2nd into the first corner behind Aaron Nottle. I was pretty smooth around the whole track and finished 2nd.

I had a good start in my semi- final but got pulled away into 5th on the first straight. I didn’t make the best move on the first corner and got pulled away again. I gained some lengths on the second and third straight and went for it on the last straight, but couldn’t get it and finished 5th.

I had fun racing and know what I need to work on so it was good.

NERANG NATIONALS - Kai Sakakibara

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:57:38 GMT

Name: Kai Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time, Champion System
Age: 13
Date: 2,3 January 2010
Venue: Nerang Open
Race: Nerang Nationals
Class: 14 boys
Result: 1st
Weather: Nice on day 1, rainy at the end of day 2
Course condition: Smooth and fast on day 1, wet on day 2

Comment
On the afternoon of the 2nd, the Nerang nationals started and I was already quite tired after racing the Champ bikx in the morning. I had lane 8 in my first moto but came out well. I had a good first straight and was in 2nd into the first corner. I stayed smooth for the rest of the lap and got 2nd behind Peter Little.

I had an alright gate in my second moto, but cased the first straight because of the head wind. I slowed down when I cased and let a rider come through on the inside, but took a high-low and came back to the lead. I didn’t do too bad after that and won the race.

I twisted my crank when I came out of the gate in my third moto and came out late. I still jumped the first straight alright and was in 3rd around the first corner. I came through the second straight good and was going for a pass on the third straight, but cased a manual and went untidy. I went off the track. I finished 7th.
In my last moto of the day, I came out well but cased the first straight and was behind into the first corner. I took a high low on the first corner and out myself into 3rd. I found a good way through the second straight and did it well. I stayed quite smooth and finished 3rd. The rest of the racing was in day 2.
We had two more motos on day 2.

In my 5th moto I was out of the outside. I came out alright but got passed by Peter Little down the first straight. Another rider came up the inside but I came through with a high-low and pushed through. I got a clean 2nd.
In my last moto, I got a good start and was in front down the first straight, but the wind caught me and I nose cased the first straight. That left the door open for Connor Hall to get through. I caught up to him throughout the track but couldn’t get past and got 2nd.

It started raining very heavily before our semi finals, but when it died down, we started semis.
I had a good start out of lane 2 in my semi, but Kyle Borresen and Calob Green got in front on the first straight. I was in 3rd around the first corner. I stuffed up the second straight a bit but I held on to it and got 3rd.

In my final, I came out good, but wasn’t the fastest down the first straight and was in 4th around the first corner. I got Calob Green on the inside and got myself into 3rd. On the third straight, I was concentrating on getting infront so much that I pumped nearly the whole rhythm and got into 1st on the last corner. I pushed through the last straight and won the race.

I was really happy with the result because I hadn’t won a race for ages and it felt really good.

I had a great time in Nerang.

NERANG NATIONALS - Saya Sakakibara

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:33:03 GMT

Name: Saya Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time
Age: 10
Date: Saturday & Sunday 2nd & 3rd January 2010
Venue: Nerang BMX Club
Race: Nerang Nationals
Class: Chikkie Challenge & 11BOYS
Result: Chikkie Challenge: 1st
11 BOYS: 2nd
Weather: Saturday: Sunny and hot. Sunday: Very hot in the morning but got very rainy.
Course condition: Saturday: Very Smooth. Sunday: It was very smooth but it became very muddy.

Comment:
I raced the boys and the Chikkie Challenge this race. It was very interesting racing both the girls and the boys in the same event.
There were about 16 riders in the 11 boys class and about 13 girls in the Chikkie Challenge.
The track was perfect for my size and my level I jumped a few jumps on my racing.
On Saturday Chikkie Challenge had two motos and 11 Boys had four motos.
On Sunday Chikkie Challenge had one moto and a final. 11 boys had two motos and a final.

Day 1:
Chikkie Challenge first moto: I had a good start and came out in front I squeezed to the inside. I went over the first two jumps good and went high on the first corner to jump the step up on the second straight. On the rhythm section I jumped my way through to get away from the other riders. I sprinted to the finish line. I came first.

11Boys first moto: I had lane four. The gate snaps down, Justin got in front and I am in fourth around the first corner. Thought about overtaking the rider in third on the third straight. I got some speed out of the corner and got past him. I got third.

11 Boys second moto: I was first out of the gate and I was second. Then Kyle pushed me up on the first corner. Koyu went on the inside of me. I was planning to get past Koyu and Kyle on the third straight. I got past them but Kyle came up the inside on the last berm I couldn’t get past him so I settled for third.

Chikkie Challenge second moto: I was in lane one. I had a great start and I got in front. I meant to jump the step up on the second straight but I didn’t get speed so I had to pump it. As I came around the second corner I got some speed to jump the third straight. I got further away from the second girl. I manualed one of the doubles good and got first.

11 Boys third moto: I had a great start but Harrison came in front of me. He pushed me up on the first corner. Oh no… I was coming third. Manualing and pumping whatever I can do to catch up but they were too far ahead. I came third.

11Boys fourth moto: I had lane two I came in front but Harrison blocked me. I was more close to him than the last race. I stayed close to him but I couldn’t over take him. I got second.
Chikkie Challenge third moto: I had a bad start because my front wheel slipped into a wrong spot on the gate. But I still got in front. I was meant to jump the step up but I slipped around the first corner. On the third straight I did my jumps so good. I came first.

Day 2
11Boys fifth moto: I had a good start and came out in second. I had Lachlan in front of me. I caught up with him but I lost it on the third straight. So close! I thought. I came second.
11 Boys sixth moto: I had the best start out of class and came out in front. I went through the second straight good. I am still coming first. I tried to not let anyone get in front of me. I
pedalled it to the line and I got first.

Chikkie Challenge FINAL: First, first and first. I got first pick. I chose lane one. I had the best start and got in front. I squeezed into the middle. Kellie was right behind me. It was muddy that race so I couldn’t jump the step up. Coming around the second corner Kellie is still behind me and so were the other girls. Around the last corner, I pumped my way through……I got FIRST!

11Boys FINAL: This was the nerves one. I had fourth pick but I chose lane one. BANG! The gate is down we all go down that start hill trying to win. Lachlan got in front. Justin crashed behind me so did Harrison. Coming around the first corner I am still in second. I want to win! Through the third straight I just pump them all to catch up. I tried a sweep move but it didn’t work. I settled for second.

Dates for the 2010Dew Tour

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:39:02 GMT

The 2010 Dew Tour season is quickly approaching and we wanted to share the dates with you.
The complete 2010 Dew Tour schedule is as follows - with locations to be announced soon:

2010 Dew Tour Dates:

1. June 25th - 27th - Skateboard Only

2. July 23rd - 25th - BMX Only

3. August 12th - 15th - Multi-sport

4. September 16th - 19th - Multi-sport

5. October 14th - 17th - Multi-sport

OS-BMX.com is now BMXsociety.com - with an all-new look

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:32:59 GMT

For any old school BMXers - you may be interested in visiting the all-new and vastly improved OS-BMX site. It has undergone a radical transformation - including the name. OS-BMX, in the form you have known it up to now, will actually never return.

From now forward, it will be known as bmxsociety.com

As you can see, they have evolved as a site. The new site is quite different - from the surface appearance to its name, all the way down to the core infrastructure. Everything has changed. You'll find expanded and revamped facilities aimed at increasing the quality of your experience as a site member.

"The changes are so fundamental and sweeping that it may be quite a shock to some," said Steve Brothers. "But rest assured that nothing you will see was undertaken without a lot of thought and consideration with regard to the long term community experience. I realize that change can be hard to adjust to at times. Please give it a chance, relax into it... enjoy."

This is a site created with connoisseurs of BMX Culture in mind. It was designed to be the framework upon which our real world community stands. This is the BMX Society.

It will be as great as we make it together. Please be at home and be a part of it.

S.Brothers

BMX Society
Administration

Redline receomneds you make it one of your new BMX Web destinations! www.bmxsociety.com

Intervieuw Leon Walravens after winning final cruiser 30+ at Velofolies BE

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:49:26 GMT

Cool video of Oakley's HQ

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:59:08 GMT

If you look closely, Oakley marketing guru Steve Blick is aboard his Redline cruiser at the beginning. And you've gotta love BMX Hall of Famer Brian Lope's many cameos throughout.

From Pinkbike.

Cyclo-Cross World Championships to air on UniversalSports.com - January 31st

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:59:26 GMT

On Sunday, Janaury 31st, UNIVERSAL SPORTS will be offering an on-line broadcast of the Cyclo-Cross World Championships from Tabor, Czech Republic.

The web broadcast will be showing the Elite Men’s and Elite Women’s races at 12 noon (ET), while the rest of the races will be offered on demand. This is without a doubt, a great way to expose the insanity of 'cross racing to a huge audience - many who may have never witnessed the sport before.

"We are excited to offer the broadcast for this event again and hopefully highlight more Cyclo-Cross through the World Cup season," stated Heather Brown at Universal Sports.

Flying dutcmen Koen vd wijst wins at Velofollies BE Teammate Nick scheepers craches

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:39:18 GMT

Oldschool Leon walravens,(44 years) wins cruisers 30+ at velofollies BE

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:38:38 GMT

Sooner Nationals and getting U.S. life sorted

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:41:00 GMT

Well the Guthrie Sooner Nationals are now all over. It was a good fun weekend. The track was a lot bigger than Reno, with a nice long first straight to open up and a pro section down the second straight - which was really nice!

Alise, Jared, Mark (Alise's dad) and I all made the journey down from Minnesota.

Friday was our first practice on the track and things went pretty well. The track was quite bumpy, but other than that it was all good. It's always fun watching people go for the Pro section for the first time. A lot of people where having trouble with this burly section early on, but most of them got it together by race time on Saturday.

Saturday morning rolled around. I always like the Saturday races because you don't have to be there until 10.30 in the morning; so you can wake up at a reasonable hour and feel awake when you get to the track for warm up. My day started of slow as I just wanted to ease through the motos and still have some petrol in the tank for later in the day (or should I say "GAS" in the tank, for you Americans ... LOL)

By the time semi's rolled around I was feeling ready to rock. I got a good warm up and was excited for the semi’s. I drew lane 7 in the semi so I knew I had to be right on my game if i was going to make it to the big show. Myself and Christian Bercerine (who was in lane 8) both got good starts and we moved straight across to be in lane 1 by the 2nd jump. I came out of the first turn in first and from there just tried to ride a clean lap to transfer in to the main.
One thing about these cold winter races is that it’s hard keeping warm . So I did a bit of a Tour de France ride on the Redline wind trainer inside the arena which got a nice little sweat going and had me feeling quite good for the Final.

I drew lane 2 in the final, right next to ABA’s National #1 pro in lane 1 (Stumpy). So i knew getting out and across to the inside was key to winning the race. I got out good but halfway down the ramp, Randy and I banged handle bars. Unfortunately, I had to follow them into turn 1, where I was quickly pushed back to 5th. Now I knew I had some work to do through the pro section. I managed to set up a sweet high~low on Big C and Arturs Madison in turn 2, which put me back in to 3rd place. I was chasing hard to catch Jared and Randy (who was out front), but couldn't catch them before the line. Randy 1st, Jared 2nd and me and my 2010 Flight bike in 3rd.

I was happy to be on the podium and have another coincident score.

Saturday night the “U.S. and foreigner crew” got together for dinner. Its always good times when we all get together for dinner. Unfortunately our normal Japanese star of the night was a NO SHOW ... Mr Masahiro Sampei. However we shared many stories between the Derosa’s, Nyhaugs, Posts, Fields and Carnes about the "Great One" from Japan.

As always when a BMX crew gets together it was loud and good times. I felt sorry for the couple who came to have a romantic dinner for two next to us. Until Big Ant, being the generous man he is, bought them a bottle of wine and apologized for the noise. However, fortunately, they where fun people and were all about having a laugh and chat.

Not to many hours later, the 6am burner wake up call on Sunday rolled around and before we knew it we were at the track to do it all again.

I felt good Sunday morning for once and won my heats and transferred out the semi. In the main I again drew lane 2, with my main man "Gravy Train" in lane 1. I knew we were both in good position to take a one, two. It was not going to be easy though - because on my right was Stump, lining up in lane 3. Bennett had 4 and Big C was in 5 (that's some MAJOR horsepower with all them guys). I knew my start had to be perfect and being next to Stumpy, I was hoping we could both get out clean this time. The cadence began ... and again, by our second pedal, we were tangled and both lost our clips. Instantly, we were spat to the back of the pack. That sucked. I ended up having to settle for 6th on day two.
Definitely not where I wanted to be after such a good start to the day.

On a good note though my boy Gravy finally got the inside lane and showed that he is still one of, if not THEE, fastest guy in the World on a BMX and MTB.

My teammates Alise, Tory and Ant Derosa also had an up and down weekend. Alise was looking really good both days but didn't get much luck with lanes and found herself getting lane 8, in what seemed like every race. She finished up with a 2nd and 3rd for the weekend.
Meanwhile, Tory was on fire in Junior Elite and should have taken the win, but unfortunately got a little excited on the gate and smashed it.
On Sunday, "The Ant" found himself in between two of the biggest 15 year olds I have ever seen. He did a great a job to get in for a 4th. Watch out for little Ant in the future ... if we can get him to stand in some COW MANURE and grow a little, his skills and track smarts will see him on top of the podium for many years to come in the future.

So now for me - it's BUSY BUSY BUSY. Back to California to try and set up a place to live. Get a car, buy some insurance, etc etc etc. Pretty much get my life set up so I can be settle in and get some wins on the board.

--Sam

Sunnier Days Ahead...I hope!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:54:18 GMT

Well, round 2 of the ABA season is behind us (thankfully). I am sad to report that I took a colosal beating this weekend. I feel faster with every passing week but am definitely dealing with some growing pains. We had two full racks in the vet class this weekend and most of the heavy hitters were in the house. I rode decent on Saturday and was on the bubble with 8 points after the second moto. Round 3 came and I got sandwiched on the first straight which spat me right out the back! 14 points will not get you in the main these days so I was watching from the sidelines.

Sunday...moto 1 didn't bring any better luck as I took a nasty little digger. It was 8:00am, 30 degrees out and there I was, skidding across the dirt....gotta love Sunday mornings!! The crash took the wind out of my sails and I didn't have much to give so again, I watched the final from the stands. The rest of the team fared much better but I will let them chime in with the run-down. Luckily, the next race in Oldsmar, FL is four weeks away so I can put in some hard work and turn this ship around. This will be a fun, challenging year and I'm up for it!

The pic is from Thailand back when the sun was shining bright!

Dutch Redline Dreamteam at Indoor Velofollie Belgium

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:20:02 GMT

Race Report “ INTERNATIONAL INDOOR AT KORTRIJK BELGIUM”

In het weekend van 23 en 24 januari hadden we een grote internationale Indoor met inschrijvingen uit : Nederland, Frankrijk, Engeland, Denemarken, Letland, België, Noorwegen en Tsjechië, en bijna in alle klasse’s waren kwartfinales of zelfs 1/8 finales.

Het was een druk maar erg mooi weekend, op een perfecte baan werden dan ook spectaculaire races verreden.

ZATERDAG 23 JANUARI:

het “ Redline BMX Dreamteam” was met 8 rijders aanwezig waarvan er die dag 7 rijders in de finale stonden.

Boys 9 jaar: Wessel van Dijk had zich noodgedwongen af moeten melden na een harde val in de 2^e manche waarin hij een blessure aan zijn hand op liep.

Totaal werden er 14 manches/deelfinales gewonnen door Dreamteamrijders.

Boys 12 jaar: Koen vd Wijst wist de finale te winnen, terwijl zijn leeftijdsgenoot:

Nick Scheepers ten val kwam in de 1^e bocht.

Boys 11 jaar: Joey Ijkelen en Girls 8/9 jaar : Indy Scheepers eindigde als 5^e.

Bij de boys 16 jaar wist Michael van Dam ook als 5^e in de finale te eindigen.

“Oldschool Leon Walravens”, die met zijn 45 jaar was ingedeeld bij de 30+ klasse en zeker een kandidaat was voor winst in de finale verloor zijn clickpedaal onder aan de startheuvel en werd 8^e.

Stijn Nouwen reed zeer sterk en reed zich naar de halve finale, jammer genoeg wist hij de finale net niet te halen

ZONDAG 24 JANUARI:

Op zondag was het “Redline BMX Dreamteam” met 9 rijders aanwezig. Ook boys 8 jaar:

Erik Peters was van de partij, op zaterdag pakt Erik nog de 2^e plek tijdens het Nederlands Kampioenschap “ Veldrijden”. Erik reed erg sterk zondag meer hij werd in de halve finale terwijl hij op een 3^e plek lag op een niet zo’n nette manier de baan uitgereden, erg jammer want Erik was zeker een kanshebber geweest voor een podiumplek.

Boys 9 jaar: Wessel van Dijk die toch perse wilde rijden met een verbonden hand n.a.v. de val op zaterdag ging er in de halve finale met een 5^e plaats uit.

Bij de boys 12 jaar stonden Koen vd Wijst en Nick Scheepers ook weer beide in de finale.

Koentje “ de vliegende Hollander”, pakte de 2^e plaats, Nick Scheepers was met z’n start net iets te vroeg en kon zicht daarna niet meer herstellen.

Bij de boys 11 jaar pakte “ Elvis” (Joey Ijkelen), een mooie 2^e plek.

Indy Scheepers pakte bij de girls 8/9 jaar de 4^e plaats ook erg knap.

Stijn Nouwen was ook vandaag weer erg sterk bij de boys 14 jaar en wist deze keer wel een mooie finale plek te behalen, helaas kwam hij in de laatste bocht ten val.

Bij de boys 16 jaar wist ook Michael van Dam een finale plek te halen en werd 5^e.

Leon Walravens was na zaterdag erg gebrand om de finale te winnen . Hij won op de halve finale na elke rit en wist in de finale een mooie 1^e plaats te halen.

Van de 9 aanwezig “ Redline BMX Dreamteam rijders” wisten er maar liefst 7 rijders de finale te halen, en werden er 18 manches/deelfinales gewonnen door onze rijders.

Alle uitslagen/filmpjes en foto’s staan op de website van: www.bmxdreamteam.nl

better SOONER than later

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:35:09 GMT

Put a 2nd down in the books for Day One of the sooner nationals for Alise Post. and Jared Graves for that matter. Dominique Daniels and Randy Stumpfhauser took the wins for the day, while Ashley Verhagen and Sam Willoughby took the third place on the podiums for the day. The men's race was pretty back and forth with a lot of action in the pro section. Sam alone went from top three down the first straight, back to about 5th, then back to third out of the second turn. Jared wanted to "quit pedaling out of the last turn but knew Sam would come out of it with hot legs to chase him down so he unfortunately had to pedal". haha. Jared deserved a good finish today I suppose, considering his amazing warm up with "beast squats" in the Redline pits =]. After the elite men's race today Jared Graves should be in the overall points lead with Sam Willoughby in tow.

Personally, I wasn't very impressed with my day. I started the day off rather sluggish compared to how i felt in practice the night before. However, I finally figured it out in my third moto and got a real good start and was feeling more confident going into the final, where I also had a good start, but just didn't cut over enough. I was in the lead all the way to the top of the first jump but didn't take the inside line quick enough and ended up second for the day.

The evening was finished with an awesome italian dinner at othello's in good company. We had a group of 13 (fields, derosa's, nyhaugs, bennetts, jason carnes, willoughby, graves, and my dad and I) and we had a laughter filled dinner and now we're off to bed. It was a long day but tomorrow will be longer. Racing, travel to SD, and THE VIKINGS GAME!!!

wish me and the vikings luck tomorrow...it's a big day!

~alise

getting it dialed in for 2010

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:40:41 GMT

I've hired that man that has taken many guys to the next level, Coach Greg Romero, for 2010. I'm really excited to work with Greg! With his help, I really hope to become a consistent main maker and eventually get to the podium! My long term goal is to get to Coppenhagen for the 2011 Worlds. I'll be 40 years old and it's my goal to make the Elite Masters and 40-44 cruiser mains!

this picture was from last summer. the guy in the front is my brother...lol...

Friday Night Lights

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:34:19 GMT

We are here in Guthrie and the track is lookin good. I got a good solid practice in during practice today, and am feeling good for the races this weekend. It's a pretty long track with a lot of open pedaling room, but also has a lot of jumps to make up ground, so it should be an action packed weekend. The track was just a little soft so hopefully it's packed by tomorrow.

Wish me luck tomorrow! Good night.

Sam I am

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:42:53 GMT

Finally i have got my act together and started my first blog for Redline. Its been a busy busy couple of months for me since becoming the Australian edition to Team RL.

For those of you who don't know me. My name is Sam Willoughby and I am a AA pro from Adelaide, Australia.

I am really excited to be a part of the Redline team. Growing as a 8-14 year old I have always rode Redline bikes and I can't stress enough how happy I am to be back on a Redline. Redline is one of the few BMX companies that have passed the test of time. Since being on board, I can see why. Their bikes, parts and professional approach to BMX is second to none. So as you can tell, I am pretty excited to be on board and even more so to get the 2010 season underway.

This season I will be representing Redline on the ABA circuit, the UCI super cross circuit and at the UCI world Championships in South Africa.

The ABA season got underway two weekends ago in Reno (kind of old news now, i know) and the track was actually really good and fun to ride. However the short first straight made for it to be very tuff to stay out front from the outside lanes.

I went into Reno feeling prepared but unprepared to race. Due to the heavy training phase we have been in over the last few months, I was defiantly not feeling the sharpest out there. But I am sure it will all pay off come mid to end of the season.

I ended the weekend with two 4th place scores. My buddy and good friend from Australia, Jared Graves, made the trip over for Reno and did quite well with a 3rd and 2nd in AA-pro.

We are now down in Guthire, OK getting ready for the Sooner Nationals and stop #2 of the ABA pro circuit. I hear the track is little more open here due to the bigger arena so i am definitely looking forward to the longer first straight and pro section.

I will try and update some more over the weekend.
Thanks for reading, mate.
--Sam

St. Maxime Update

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:56:19 GMT

I`m still in south of France with Anneke Beerten and Rob vd Wildenberg while the rest of the team is at home. I decided to stay here so we can train in good weather and don`t have to travel a lot.

The weather starts to be better so that’s great and we can enjoy the sun almost every day since last Friday. I`m enjoying an easy week and with one training session a day we have plenty of time. Today we had a track session on the track here in St. Maxime; not something special - so we could play a bit around and enjoy the thing we love - riding our bikes.

The local kids were riding as well and it`s cool to see the little ones try to come around the track. The weather was good for some pics so we take the time for some photo shooting.

--Sander Bisseling

Wintertime Blues and ABA Guthrie

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:54:52 GMT

Wintertime always bums me out! Although it's generally mild in the ATX (that's Austin, TX ya'll) we still get a few cold spells and a good amount of rain. So, while the RL Dutchies are complaining about traveling to the south of France for training, I am hanging out inside on the trainer, dripping sweat on the floor. BORING! I guess it could be worse...I could be in Minnesota with Alise and Sam! The last time I checked the weather there, the low temp was -12 degrees (that's fahrenheit, Dutchies)! On the bright side, it got up to a toasty 3 degrees that afternoon! Sorry Sam and Alise! If you're not an eskimo, why would you live there?

Moving right along...I'm heading out today for the ABA race in Guthrie, OK. It should be a great weekend! The venue is one of the few indoor facilities large enough to have a pro section and the ABA usually gets pretty creative with the track. It's a nice change of pace when both wheels actually leave the ground during a race ... we don't get that too often anymore!
The weather is supposed to be nice which is good for the outdoor warm-ups. The come-back trail is long so wish me luck!
Hopefully it will go better than the pic below. It was taken in Roseville, CA last summer and if you look closely, you can see me wrapped around the pole on the infield while my brand new bike takes a nasty tumble as well. It's a good pic from Dan Mooney but it wasn't a good day. Cheers, yo!

Birthday Time!

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:58:59 GMT

January 17th is always a spectacular day every year... BECAUSE IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! =]
This year all kinds of stuff was "happening on jan 17th" according to my dad. A bunch of TV series he watches were starting, I was turning 19, and most importantly THE VIKINGS WERE PLAYING IN THE PLAYOFFS.
So, of course my family, even me, dressed accordingly and wore our vikings jerseys and attire. The funny part of this whole thing was that my team mate Denzel from Redline, was also turning 19 on Jan 17, and he's from Dallas .... kind of ironic that the MN Vike's were playing the Dallas Cowboys on January 17 in the playoffs. It was also kind of funny because Denzel is off in Australia right now coaching clinics, while two Australians are at my house cheering for MN! haha ...crazy.
Jason Carnes thought we were going down for sure but we proved him wrong by kicking the COWBOYS BUTTS!!! The Vikings win was the most important thing of the day checked off the list, and then me eating birthday cake with a couple of my friends that came over, and celebrating mine and my sister-in-laws birthdays. We also went out and saw the BLIND SIDE that evening, after pizza, and that was a good movie. I definitely recommend it. We also had some snowmobile riding go down ... check it out in the pics below.

Other than a little celebrating, nothing too crazy happened, but I had a good day with my family and some friends, and another birthday is down in the books. My mom is going crazy thinking her little baby is in her last teenage year.... Time flies when you're having fun i guess =]

Chilly Cross - Bellingham, WA.

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:57:44 GMT

One last cross race of the season. I have to admit I wasn't all that excited to race in January - four weeks since Nationals. I had only ridden my bike twice since Nats, and have been doing some running and stairs - basic stuff.
But once we got to the race site in Bellingham, at Cornwell Park, I was actually really excited to ride the bike again. The course was really fun, the park is beautiful and it makes for a great cross course!!

I did a warm up lap and surprising my legs felt pretty strong. Very well rested, but strong. This particular series is very small, but really run well and they have great courses. Everyone should check them out next year and add them to your list of races. Well worth the drive.

There were five women in the A/B race. More than I'd expected, so "thank you" to the ladies who came out! They lined us up at the back of the Master B and B Men, and we all started together. There were maybe 30 people total. So when the gun went off I tried to get through as many guys as I could. It worked by the end of the first lap, as I was halfway through the guys and really feeling awesome. I kept up the effort and passed a lot more guys. I am not sure where I ended up in the men, but I believe I was in the top 5 to 10, for sure.
And I won the Women's A race.
Yes, it was really hard getting motivated to race in January, but I am really glad I did and I plan to do it again next year.

What a year! Time now to get the road and MTB bikes in order and change the mental focus.
I already can't wait for 'cross in 2010!

--Cindy Berg

Kristi

50/50's Million Mile Tour video

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:33:52 GMT

Josh Hult has a good part, from 5050 BMX Million Miles East Coast Tour.

Million Mile Tour Episode 1 from 5050bmx on Vimeo.

Conquest Classic enhanced review

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:13:20 GMT

Cyclo-cross bikes and touring/commuting bikes have a lot in common. You want a good stable platform that can handle rough roads and the ability to carry a load. Thus, it should come as no surprises that many riders have found ‘Cross bikes to be excellent commuters for the urban jungle; especially when it comes to the reliably/stability of using wider tires for those rough shoulders and roads that riders will inevitably encounter along their commute.
The longer wheelbase of a ‘Cross bike also contributes to the bike being more stable and more comfortable to the rider.

Redline's new Conquest Classic takes the cyclo-cross proven geometry of the Conquest bikes and constructs it out of sturdy double butted 4130 cromoly tubing. In many respects you get the best multi-purpose bike with the Classic; a bike that can fit wide tires (up to 40c) and with all-weather stopping power of Avid disc brakes.

The rear disc brake mount fits between the chain stays making the double eyelets easy to access for fender and rack mounting. The Shimano 105 gearing on the Classic is designed for a wide range with the triple FSA 48X38X28 Vero crank and the Shimano 12x25, 9-speed cassette.

Attention to details - such as having chrome stays and fork legs, along with the durable double wall aero shaped Alex rims, are a postive sign of the care Redline took in designing this steel steed. One of the key points of detail is the use of a smaller-than-normal rear rotor disc (at only 160mm), which allows for easier rear wheel removal when making tire/tube changes.

MSRP of $1149.00.

Setting a goal of 3,700 Miles on a D-440 29er in a single year

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:13:32 GMT

INTRO:
Hello, my name is Justin David Cardoza (aka "the Cardoza Kidd"). I am a STREET COMMUTER.

I love bikes and I do a lot of riding during the year here in Arizona and I recently needed a new steed for 2010. My local bike shop - GOLDEN SPOKES, had this REDLINE D440 29er in there and I really liked the way it looked. John (the owner) gave me a good deal on the 2009 D440 that he had on his showroom floor, and I ended up purchasing it.

Not to brag, but I am TOUGH on bikes. I bought a Raleigh Passage 3.5 from John in February 2007 and just gave it to someone who needed it more than me - after putting 6,015 miles on it. I also ride a 1983 Raleigh Olympian road bike that I have put about 2,917 miles on since June of 2008. Most recently, I'd been riding my converted 2002 GIANT YUKON single speed mountain bike - which I've put 559.9 miles on since October 2009.

To make a long story short, I plan to ride the HELL out of this D-440 29er, to see how it stands up. Wish me luck. My goal every year is to match my age (turning 37 in May) so it will be 3700 miles.
My secondary goal would be to simply beat last year which was 3,395.38.
Just wanted to give you some background and get this email out since I purchased the bike - and maybe I can help you product-test this bike for your website.

ENTRY 1:
Already got 71 miles on it and I just love it. The problem I have is throughout the year by just riding alot, I break bikes down. I am curious to see how this baby holds up.

I will update you monthly with my miles and if I need any repairs or what not.
Llet the journey begin!

--Justin David Cardoza
(aka "the Cardoza Kidd")

Neurology...

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:19:13 GMT

It's been one full week of the final semester of my PTA degree. Ladies and gentlemen, let me just say - Neurology is amazing and things that the body can do to compensate for neurologic disorders is incredible. Having said that, let me say that it's one of the hardest concepts to grasp!

So whats up in the 2x4's World? Well, I decided to bring out the heavy guns for 2010 and have hired Greg Romero to help me take it to the next level. My goals for 2010 are: be a consistent main maker, improve each score at every race, earn a top 10 number. My long term goals are to gear up for the 2011 Worlds in Coppenhagen. I'll be 40 years young this year, and i want to make both the masters main and 40-44 cruiser main.

Well, I'm inbetween breaks with studying, so I've let the brain rest enough. Now it's back to flash cards and a cup of coffee.

This photo is of Blake who fractured his vertebra back in the summer. I hooked him up with my jersey and a LEATT neck brace to cheer him up. Both of us were on the "IR" list when this was taken. The good news is that he's now back racing and doing great! ...AND wearing the Leatt brace!

Start training

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:20:42 GMT

Omdat onze rijders de laatste tijd niet of nauwelijks op de baan hebben kunnen trainen,ivm het slechte weer in Nederland en er komend weekend een 2 daagse internationale wedstrijd vereden word.hadden we van 1 van onze sponsors bouwbedrijf Van Bussel T hout een leegstaand bedrijfs pand ter beschikking gekregen om onze rijders een start training te geven,zodat ze niet geheel onvoorbereid aan de start staan.

Het Dreamteam zal met 9 rijders aanwezig zijn in Kortrijk en ik wens ze veel succes toe,hier bijgevoegd een filmpje van de "start training"

Catch BMX Racing on VERSUS TV

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:38:32 GMT

The American Bicycle Association is proud to announce the 2010 ABA BMX TV Airdates on the Versus network. The ABA kicked off the 2010 season opener in Reno, Nevada, filming the USAC Junior Development, Junior Elite men and women as well as all the Elite women and AA Pro/Elite men action. The next event to be featured on Versus is the Gator Nationals on the freshly rebuilt Oldsmar BMX track located in Oldsmar, Florida. In addition to filming the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympic hopefuls the ABA is also featuring several amateur races to highlight what the sport of BMX racing is all about.

The shows will air on Versus every Wednesday starting February 3, 2010 re-airing the action packed one hour ABA Grand Nationals show from Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “The Greatest Race on Earth”. The shows will continue through August 4, 2010 every Wednesday featuring previously aired shows from 2009 and eight new shows, four from Reno, Nevada, and four from Oldsmar, Florida (see schedule below).

The ABA will also be launching an aggressive marketing campaign publicizing the Versus show. Posters will be mailed to over 4,000 bike shops nationwide, every BMX Track in the country, as well as other distribution networks to be named later. Versus will also be adding an ABA BMX page to their website featuring rider bios, video clips, ABA Track Directory, and information on how to start racing. The ABA has also provided to all ABA Track Operators an edited: 30 commercial that can be placed in the show through individual cable providers for each local market.

American Bicycle Association CEO, B.A. Anderson stated “It is exciting to offer this level of promotion for our sport. We strive everyday to provide better marketing tools to over 250 ABA sanctioned BMX tracks and this level of exposure will only make our Track operators’ job easier to gain a new riders interest.” He went on to add, “Versus has over 80 million homes, so with the consistency of airdates it will be easier than ever before to offer someone the opportunity to check out the sport we all love so much. It will be as simple as saying…hey check out Versus every Wednesday and then come to the track this weekend”

Date Time Show

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:30 PM EST Tulsa, OK 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 5:30 PM EST Guthrie, OK 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:30 PM EST Reno, NV #1 2010 (new)

Wednesday, March 03, 2010 5:30 PM EST Lake Perris, CA 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:30 PM EST Reno, NV #2 2010 (new)

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:30 PM EST Desoto, TX #1 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:30 PM EST Reno, NV #3 2010 (new)

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 5:30 PM EST Rockford, IL 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, April 07, 2010 5:30 PM EST Reno, NV #4 2010 (new)

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:00 or 4:30 PM EST Reno, NV #1 2010 (re-air)

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL #1 2010 (new)

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:30 PM EST Desoto, TX #2 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, May 05, 2010 5:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL #2 2010 (new)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 5:30 PM EST Reno, NV #2 2010 (re-air)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL #3 2010 (new)

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 5:30 PM EST Desoto, TX #3 2009 (re-air

Wednesday, June 02, 2010 5:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL #4 2010 (new)

Wednesday, June 09, 2010 5:30 PM EST Milford, DE 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:30 PM EST Reno, NV #3 2010 (re-air)

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 5:30 PM EST Reno, NV #4 2010 (re-air)

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL #1 2010 (re-air)

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL #2 2010 (re-air)

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:30 PM EST Rockford, IL 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 4:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL #3 2010 (re-air)

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:30 PM EST Desoto, TX #3 2009 (re-air)

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 4:30 PM EST Oldsmar, FL #4 2010 (re-air)

Dutch National Team heads to South France for Training

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:09:08 GMT

Sunday, January 10, 2009:

I arrived in St. Maxime on Wednesday night after a long trip with Sander Bisseling and Anneke Beerten. We had to drive the team truck and trailer with all the bikes and stuff. So you can imagine we weren’t going very fast towards the Cote d’Azur!
We departed at 6AM and arrived in St. Maxime at 8:30PM, but we changed the Dutch cold and snow into the French sun, which gave me a very good feeling (around +5 degrees instead of -10). It was great to just ride on a track and do some sprints outside without the snow. Too bad the weather changed after one day and we got rain, not what we hoped for!
Today (Sunday) we have our first recovery day and weather is looking better for the next few days. As I type this right now, it's snowing here in St. Maxime - @#$%^*!! Not much more to tell right now and updating is kind of hard because we don’t have internet in our apartments. We must go to the local Mc Donalds to get a internet connection, so ... guess where I am right now?!
Just found out James Stewart won the Supercross season opener in Anaheim.

Out…

#72

Josh Hult video on SkullCandyTV

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:55:26 GMT

SkullCandy has recently launched SkullCandyTV. Check out the video of Josh Hult.

Hucker's part in Luke Parslow's video

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:20:50 GMT

Redline's Mike "Hucker" Clark has a nice part in a video posted up on vimeo the other day.

Check it out on Vimeo here!

ESPN Photo Gallery of the SIlver Dollar Nationals

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:48:22 GMT

ESPN just put up a gallery of the Silver Dollar Nationals, Alise Post has a nice shot.

Cleveland MixTape

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:36:15 GMT

Flow Team Rider Kris Marcum has been filming a lot of video lately, he just threw this up on vimeo.

News from CPSC

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:23:44 GMT

For Immediate Release

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 283-2453

January 12, 2010 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772

Release #10 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Bicycles and Framesets Recalled By Seattle Bike Supply Due to Fall Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: 2010 Redline Conquest Pro Bicycles and Framesets

Units: About 350

Distributor: Seattle Bike Supply, of Kent, Wash.

Hazard: The bicycle’s fork legs can separate from the fork crown and cause the rider to lose control, posing a risk of serious injury if the rider falls.

Incidents/Injuries: The firm is aware of three reports of forks separating with minor injuries reported in one of the incidents.

Description: This recall involves all 2010 Redline Conquest Pro Cyclocross bicycles and framesets. The bicycles and framesets were sold in pearl white/blue and have aluminum frames with carbon fiber forks and aluminum steerer tubes.

Sold at: Bicycle specialty stores nationwide between August 2009 and November 2009 for about $1,900 for the bicycle and about $550 for the frameset.

Manufactured in: Taiwan

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycles and framesets and contact their local Redline bicycle dealer to receive a free inspection and fork replacement.

Consumer Contact: For additional information contact Redline Bicycles at (800) 283-2453 or visit the firm’s Web site at www.Redlinebicyles.com

CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx

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E-mail this story to a friend. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's Hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270. To join a CPSC e-mail subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers can obtain recall and general safety information by logging on to CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.

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Hockey tournament/Reno

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:23:33 GMT

Just had a tiring 2 weeks, I had a hockey tournament playing 7 games in 5 days along with doing my BMX training as well. Out of 28 teams we played teams from the Yukon territory, Alaska and Texas. We lost the Semi-finals but ended up winning the Bronze medal the next morning 4-2. I Had a lot of fun playing.

Reno went ALMOST great haha. Saturday I felt awesome winning everything until the main. Lane 7 in the main and I pulled 2nd place behind Connor with Sharrah in third. Sunday started off a little rough, my legs felt flat and my first 2 motos didn't feel very good. By the third moto I woke up and felt good. Going into the main I was determined to win and I felt super pumped up for it. Pulled lane 8 and I knew what I had to do. Got a good gate and came across as far as I could, I dove down low in turn 1 and went from third to first, I was winning with Connor in second going into the last turn and he came on the inside of me, I railed the turn as hard as I could and almost got around him but we both ended up eating dirt. Sharrah went around us to win. All in all felt it was a good weekend and look forward to Guthrie!

Shout out to all the other Redline riders in Reno, everyone did well!

Jerad Eberwein "Nowhere to hide" Edit.

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:54:12 GMT

Redline Flow rider reigns from Riverside California and every where he goes in his local area there is a skatepark. With so many popping up in Southern California there is "nowhere to hide".

Jared Eberwein "Nowhere to hide" from Sixtiesrider on Vimeo.

Reno day 2

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:37:39 GMT

Sunday of Reno is alllwaaayyyssss interesting....at the track AND at the hotel. Let's start with the racing.

Wasn't feeling too good out there today, definitely had some tired legs. I drank some energy drinks and what not to try to wake up for the mains and I was definitely more hyper, but I think I got a little too jittery. I was ALL over the place in the main, bonking everything. I guess I got lucky with lane 1 working for me today, and just playing my cards right around the track. Being smart is half the battle, and that's probably the main reason I won today. But hey, a win's a win right? haha, I am just glad I kicked 2010 off to a good start. It's a confidence boost.

As for the men. People were mixing it up all day long. Jared Graves, who podiumed yesterday, was almost out in semis having an outside lane but managed a sweet move in the last turn to slide in for the final. Sam Willoughby was also more on his game today and was riding well. When it came to the main it was all about those inside lanes again and Joey Bradford and Kyle Bennett were riding fast into turn one. Kyle got the best of Joey and took the win for the day while Joey fell a ways back while Jared Graves came in for second, Donny Robinson third, and willoughby 4th. I believe bad bubba pulled it in for a 5th again today after some good racing to make the final.

The action didn't stop at the track however....tonight at the hotel was pretty epic. It all started with me, sam, and jared looking to ride the fake bull and then finding it close so we had a seat next to it, which was apparently a bar area. Sam and I, being under 21, were questioned for ID by some security guard and asked to move. We then went to the infamous corner bar and sat by my parent for a chat, where we were again asked by the same guard to move. So we move 5 feet over, to a table with a heck of a lot more access to alcohol than the stools 10 ft away from the bar...but hey, whatever is "safest" right. (It was just funny since me and sam were sitting with my parents with water and gatorade getting yelled at...talk about a power trip)

Anyways, after eating some ice cream and drinkin some gatorade with the parents, and listening to their stories, a ruckus starts over by the bar an an underage comes on over to our table getting a talkin' to by that same dang guard...who a parent jokingly called "fabio". Sam thought this was funny and laughed as he repeated "fabio" and somehow another guard heard sam laughing and told him he'd had enough fun for the night and it was time to go to his room. Of course Sam was utterly confused as he was just sitting there drinking his blue gatorade while others were over there getting hammered, and it started a bit of a fude at the parent table. Red bone came to the rescue though and stood up to the TEAM, and i mean TEAM, of security that had been called over to escort Sam for saying FABIO, which he didn't even really say he just laughed, and eventually got them to walk away and admit their mistake. We all told sam that apparently the word "fabio" is on the small list of unacceptable words in america and never to repeat it again. Ridiculous huh? Reno people are definitely odd.

Now, you'd think that would be a night's entertainment all in itself, but then this random dude (quite possibly gay) started talkin to sam for at least an hour, and trying to buy him drinks, feel his muscles, compare horoscopes, and give knucks. I mean, this was entertainment for everybody for quite some time before sam had to basically run away while this guy went to get him a caesar salad to get away from him. Hopefully there's no knocks on sam's door from stalkers tonight....hahahahaha.

Anyways, this was probably all very confusing to read online but all I have to say was the Silver Dollar Nationals were definitely a good time in 2010, and we're off to Guthrie next. I've got some time at home in the snow first thought, so keep up to date with me!

catch ya later~alise

Josh Hult slide show up on Vital

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:31:25 GMT

Check out Redline's Josh Hults Slide show up over at Vital BMX!

Dutch Dreamteam starts up the training 2010 in the gym

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:29:56 GMT

Team presentation Dutch BMX Dreamteam 2010

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:29:41 GMT

The 2010 Dutch BMX Dreamteam Redline outfit.

Alise Post takes Elite Womens Win in Reno

RedlineBicycles.com — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:45:42 GMT

Results from Day 1 in Reno - the first UCi points race of the 2010 season:

ELITE WOMEN
1st Alise Post -REDLINE
2 Ashley Verhagen
3 Amanda Geving
4 Afton Schrimpf
5 Courtney Tomei
6 Kim Hayashi
7 Brittany Bates
8 Samantha Bretheim

Junior Men
1 Connor Fields
2nd Tory Nyhaug - REDLINE~Canada
3 Corben Sharrah
4 Bryce Hocking
5 Paul Wassenaar
6 Jared Garcia
7 Elliot McGrath
8 Nick Bennetti

AA Pro
1 Bubba Harris
2 Donny Robinson
3 Jared Graves
4th Sam Willoughby - REDLINE
5 Randy Stumpfhauser
6 Cristian Becerine
7 Kyle Bennett
8 Arturs Matison

Reno Day 1..

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:36:52 GMT

is in the books.

It was a great kick off to the 2010 season for myself, and the whole slew of people at the race. There was tons of action and great racing, lots of new rules and races being run (it seems like there are 23092834928 different pro mains now which is kind of confusing but oh well), and a few old timers out on the track.

Since it's late and i need to get some sleep before the 730am pro warm up burn, I am just going to five you a quick rundown...

I won all of my laps today and felt great. My first straights are feeling better and people have been commenting on how i am "attacking" the track again like old alise, so thats good to hear. My main was actually probably my worst lap of the day but I still managed to make it happen so it's all good. We'll work on some consistency tomorrow. (It would help if I did I bike check before my main and didn't have loose back wheels and stuff during my final haha). The only bummer of the day was that Jr women had a class and a few of the main comp were out of the elite race (Brooke, Taylor and Dom) but I guess I can't complain to start 2010 off on the right note. Ashley Verhagen and Amanda Geving were also having a good lap and were right there for a close second and third respectively. Kim Hayashi even came out of the wood work again and made the final as well.

The Jr women had a close race as well. Everybody thought Dom would be taking these jr wins without so much as a blink of an eye, but little Brookie Crain was giving her a run for her money today. It made for some good racing to watch and a loud crowd.

As for the men, it was a crazy day. The motos went pretty usual but come main time there was an upset. Bad Bubba ended up taking the win today from lane one. There was a bit of gift for him with the crash in the first turn of the leaders but he was right there either way, coming in hot. He was smiling from ear to ear and that's something we haven't seen from Bubs in a while. Maybe racing for baby diaper money is helping the newly proclaimed daddy out?? But anyways, the rest of the race went down with Donny, Graves and Willoughby.

The lines were crazy for dinner at the hotel so we got back late and I am going to have to hit the hay RIGHT NOW. So I will catch ya'll tomorrow.

Wish me luck!

oh and ps- HAPPY BDAY GRANDMA!!!!

reno practice

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:35:51 GMT

Yesterday we had practice for the famous Silver Dollar Nationals. It's always a fun race to kick off the year with and this year doesn't look to be a let down. Lots of riders and a pretty full facility always make the atmosphere great. There's always fresh new gear, people on new teams, new bikes, new sponsors, the whole deal. And of course, the infamous Grand Sierra Resort Hotel (Hilton formerly) with endless entertainment, and just about everybody thats at the race.

As for practice, personally I think it went "half-well". I am trying to focus on the first straight and fixing my gates this weekend, because they've been slacking. And as for that goal, I am doing good because I felt real quick down the first straight, and nice and strong around the track. However, my riding was no where near how I felt in Nerang, and I am hoping its just the fact of being sore from gym wednesday that I am a little stiff haha. We'll see how that plays out today. (I had Olive Garden last night and that always makes the weekend better =] )

Anyways, I gotta take a shower, get some breakfast, and head to the track so I will let ya know how the races go!

BMX on my mind

RedlineBicycles.com — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:43:43 GMT

Wow! The 2010 season is off and running. Almost 3 months off the bike now, but the gains in the gym will pay off this spring. Congratulations to all who closed-out the season strong and best wished to 2010 BMXers everywhere. My Airmen continue to get jets in the sky to find, track, and kill bad guys as will as protect the American forces on the ground in Afghanistan. Looking forward to the trip home in March and my next Vet Pro battle on the track...Swifty

New Factory Jersey's to debut in Reno

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:16:27 GMT

One of the coolest thing about being on a "Factory Team" like Redline has got to be arriving at the first national of the year, and receiving the Factory care-package. This weekend, Team Redline will kick off the 2010 season in style, and pick up their individualized factory pack on Friday. Inside it they get their customized jerseys for the year, along with their Factory plates - decked out with their UCi career #'s and our 2010 Team cosponsors.

Look for your favorite Redline pros; sporting the new 2010 Redline Flight Jerseys, at the Silver Dollar Nationals - Jan 8-10. And in case you can't make it to Reno - here's a pic of the Factory jerseys before they headed off to the race:

Want one of your own? Head over to bikethreads.com and pick one up today!

Also check out the matching Factory Redline plates - customized for Denzel, Alise, Sam, Tory, Goodall, Carne$, Masa and new Redline recruit Carly Dyer (current Queen of Girls Cruiser):

Classic photo of Stu Thomsen jumping 3 Porsche's

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:21:30 GMT

Many of you have seen or are pretty familiar with this classic Stu Thomsen photo of him jumping over 3 Porsche's in late 1983.

But many have not seen this photo that we received from Redline founder Linn Kastan.

Here is what Linn had to say:

"I came across this old photo the other day. I took it myself and if you look at the "high tech" ramp, you'll understand why my car was in the middle!! Besides, I was the only "car owner" present, so I got to "direct"!"

Love the plates on the Porsche's.

The above cars belonged to Jim Janard (Oakley), Linn Kastan (Redline), & Bob Osbourne (Wizard Publications)

And just in case you missed it, here is the homage Hucker did with some Toyota Tacoma's. Click for the video of it in cased you missed it.

you don't know what you got 'til it's gone..

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:18:41 GMT

So last night after my ride and recovery, I headed to my good ole Tech Gymnastics gym and helped coach for the high school practice. They were short a few coaches, I am good buddies with everybody and I miss the coaches, so it was a good little catch up session before I had to head off to Reno and miss their big meet Thursday! I couldn’t believe how hard it was to sit in that gym and help other people without being able to swing a set on the bars, or do a flip on the floor…it was so weird. So of course when I had to “explain” something, I demonstrated it as well =] haha it was a good time, I just wish I would have been in a leo practicing as well. It’s really true that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it gone.

I went over to one of my friends from home after that and gave her her Australia goodies, said good night (the little bugger had school in the morning haha) and then I was back home to get an early night in before a big day of training today. I even woke up at a reasonable time.. 8:30?? that's pretty good for me. I hateee mornings usually, but I am trying this new thing called a "sleep schedule"..I'll let ya know how it works it after my training today =]

Redline Social Networks

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:08:32 GMT

Be a fan, our friend, follow us, watch some videos, check out some photos, and enjoy everything Redline.

1 month South of France!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:32:11 GMT

It’s only a few days after New Year, but I already leave Holland to go, together with the Dutch National Team, to the South of France. The weather here in Holland isn’t great with all the snow, rain and cold temperatures! So we are heading to the South of France and hopefully we can work there in perfect conditions to have a good preparation for the 2010 season. As I know from last couple of years, the weather back in France is much better as here in Holland. With that in mind, I really look forward to go there! Hopefully I can do some updates and keep you up to date about what’s going on there!

#72 Rob Vd Wildenberg

sweet home minnesota

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:16:58 GMT

I spent my final hours in Australia out to dinner with sam’s parents and friends, and it was a really good time. However then it was back to reality, packing, and getting ready to head home to the cold =[ …

I got home last night and slept until about 1 today. Pathetic I know, but I already feel adjusted to Central time so it’s all good. I got pretty good rest on my trip home surprisingly. When I went to board the plane out of Brisbane, AUS the little screen flashed “NOW ABLE TO BOARD AT THE TIME” and I got a little worried considering it was the “final boarding call” and I didn’t really have time to sort a situation. Next thing I know, after a little fiddling with the computers, the agents are issuing me a new ticket and inform me that I have been upgraded. I thought that was pretty cool until I went to actually take my seat and then I thought it was AWESOME! It was basically first class but not called it. Needless to say, I watched lots of movies comfortably and slept like a baby. Then, upon my arrival to LAX, I figured it was going to take me a while to get through everything and hopefully waste some of my 7 hour layover…but no, I went straight through customs, got my bags first, and headed right on out of the international terminal. I quickly brainstormed some things I could do in 7 hours in LA, and realized my buddy Alyssa lived about 15 minutes from the airport, so I called her. Next thing I knew I was leaving the airport to get some lunch and catch up with a good buddy for a few hours. Then it was back to the airport for the usual routine (except a 30459834052394857 people long check-in and security line) and off to Minnesota. My mom came and got me, I got an early night in and rested up in order to hopefully decrease the jet lag. Now I am I am up and at ‘em though and am putting my bike together and going for a spin….on the wind trainer, definitely not outside in the 2 degree weather =]

Last summer's photoshoot in Chandler, AZ

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:48:34 GMT

Check out some nice photos shot over the summer at the Chandler,AZ track. We used a lot of them in the catalog, but some we didn't. On our Flickr photostream. Shot by Jasen Kreneck.

Become a fan on Facebook

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:37:59 GMT

Article on Logan Owen

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:33:06 GMT

Great article on Redline Cross Rider Logan Owen from his local paper. Check it out here!

Christmas Classic...The drought is over

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:21:31 GMT

Well, the holidays have come and gone. I hope Santa brought everyone what they wanted. For those of us in the BMX race world, every holiday brings a race and Christmas is no exception. The NBL Christmas Classic kicks off on December 26th every year and it is one of the great races on the schedule. Historically it has been in Columbus, OH and is usually a challenging, technical track. This year, the race moved to Louisville, KY and had a whole different flavor. The smaller Broadbent Arena provided for a tight, busy track with lots of run-ins (mostly in turns 1 and 3). The turn-out was great with over 200 motos and everyone was pumped to kick off the new NBL season!

For me, the Christmas Classic ushered in a fresh start with healed-up body parts and a drive to once again be successful in the Vet Pro/Masters class. It's been nearly two years since I have raced pain-free! After a crushed kidney and broken ribs in Jan '08, then ruining my left wrist and right shoulder in Jun '08 (requiring six surgeries and countless hours of rehab), it feels great to be back on the track without grimacing in pain. It will take some time to rebuild the confidence and become a serious contender but I welcome the challenge!

With the rest of the RL crew enjoying the holidays at home or over racing in Australia, I was holding it down in Kentucky with my Masters running-mate and hometown hero Tommy Board. We had a small pit set-up but the hype over the 2010 Flight bikes seemed to still be going strong. The racing went great as Tommy and I went 5th and 4th respectivelly in Saturdays main. Then Sunday, with the help of an inside lane and some fist turn drama, I managed to sneak by for the big win with Tommy battling for a 4th. It was two years ago at the Christmas Classic since my last win. I've been waiting all this time for the cards to fall my way and finally it happened. I was not the fastest guy on the weekend but as we all know...anything can happen out there...that's why you pin it hard when the gate drops no matter how you feel! I've lost more than a few races when I felt like I was riding great, and I've won a ton when I was dragging a bit. However it comes, I'LL TAKE IT!!

Overall, It was a great weekend with no crashes. The NBL put on a top notch event with a great track. Hopefully things will steadily improve for them as I really enjoy racing their series! Next up is the big ABA season opener in Reno this weekend. I will fly up to Seattle Wednesday and drive down in the RL Sprinter to support the team. Hopefully I'll make it through the mountain passes!!! Alright, time to shred the trails...until next time....jc over and out!

New Years' Down Unda': UCi Nerang Event

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:31:10 GMT

Happy New Years.

Nerang is done for this weekend. It was super hot and humid all weekend. Alise and I both raced the UCI rounds on Friday night and Saturday. Alise had a good night Friday night - winning all but one of her qualifiers, and easily transferring to the main. I also won all my motos, quarter and semi.

Then in the mains Alise had pretty good lap coming in 2nd to Caroline Buchanan.

I, on the other hand, had a terrible race - missing the start and getting cut off. I ended up 5th behind Jared Graves. So as you can imagine, I was not too happy and was desperate to make up for it the next day.

On Saturday I had better day and again won all my heats and quarter and semi and transferred to the main easily. In the main I actually went on the red light this time and got out good to battle for the lead with Jared Graves into turn one. He managed to go up the inside of me in turn one and we battled back and forth to the line. I ended up a close 2nd, and we really put on a show for the crowd.

Meanwhile, Alise holeshotted and was looking good for the win when she got the wobbles down the 2nd straight and ended up getting passed to finish 3rd.

In all it was a good fun weekend for us both and a good lead up to Reno.

We met with Bill from BMX international - the longtime Redline distributor for Australia. He was great and is a really nice and helpful guy. They had a great Redline set up there which was really cool to be a part of. So far, it's been great joining the Redline family.

Tyrone Williams Bike Check

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:53:23 GMT

Catching up with Rone and his latest bike Check at Ridebmx

Friday night racing

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:35:50 GMT

The weather held up and the racing was good friday night. Everyone was a bit sluggish (especially Steph Barragan and Danny C who pulled all nighter comin from Sydney) due to the New Year's holiday. Personally, I wasn't too worried about the race considering it didn't affect me or my standings in any way. I ended up riding well anyway though. I got third in my "float-around-the-track" time trial and then won my first two rounds against Caroline Buchanan along with a stack of other riders.Third moto I kind of chilled when I didn't get a good hole shot and just slid in for the second behind Caroline and took the third lane choice in the final which consisted of me, Lauren Reynolds, Caroline Buchanan, Rachel Bracken, and 4 other Australian riders. I think EVERYONE but Caroline missed the gate since it was a quick one, and to add to it I was almost falling over on the flat gate when I stood up. So, needless to say, I didn't get the hole shot but followed around for a second place finish to start out the 2010 season behind Caroline.

Sam Willoughby did not have the race of his life by any means, got a little held up and was stuck mid pack for the race while Jared Graves took the win in elite men for the evening.

I did a little bit of interviewing after the race and what not and had a good time. It's weird being at a race with no pressure, I felt like I was riding really well. I hadn't touched my bike since the grands and managed to hop on and have my skills be right on par for the track. It was a good racing night, but tomorrow looks to be an early morning and since tonight was a lte night I gotta hit the hay, wish me luck tomorrow! (or tomoz as the aussies say)

~alise

the land down under...

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:34:14 GMT

G'day mates!

Sorry I haven’t been able to update too much on my AMAZING trip to Australia….but typical down under, no internet at the hotel. Here’s a quick synopsis on what I have been up to this past week:

The week started off really relaxed at a small apartment building directly on the beach. It was awesome to literally be on top of the sand, but the only place left for that time was The President, which didn’t have A/C and definitely accentuated the humidity of Queensland, Australia. So needless to say, I was really happy when we moved into our new hotel that also overlooks the ocean, all of downtown, Australia’s only river, and the biggest building in Australia: Q1. We got to watch the fireworks off the top of the Q1 right from our balcony on New Years and it was just really pretty. (There was lots of firework shows going on that we could see).

The beginning of the week wasn’t looking too awesome on the weather situation. There was bits of sunshine, then there would be pouring down rain, all the while tons of humidity. But by Tuesday it was really nice, so nice in fact, that me and Jess, (Jared Graves’ girlfriend..they’re staying with us) got COMPLETELY FRIED on the beach in the hour and a half we spent there. It was crazy. I don’t usually burn and much less in an hour and a half’s time frame. I guess Oz rays must be a little stronger. It’s now Friday though, and we definitely are looking “Australian gold”. =] However, I hope I never forget to put sun screen on again, because that was honestly one of the most painful things EVER…probably worse than crashing over a 30ft jump going 35mph haha. Sad but true.

We tried riding within those first few days and the tracks just weren’t holding the rain well and were all pretty soft. Even practice Wednesday night was pretty bad at the Nerang track. Fortunately it cleared up though and the tracks dry out quickly so practice yesterday at Nerang went well and was shaping up for a much better racing atmosphere this weekend. The track is actually pretty cool with some decent sized doubles down the first straight. I strongly dislike the starting gate however…it’s extremely flat and I have already fallen over in it once. It will probably happen a few more times before the weekend is over. (So much for being elite now haha).

Racing starts this afternoon; it kicks off with time trials. I am a little nervous for those, I don’t know why but they seem to get to me. I have never been at a non-Supercross race that has time trials so we’ll see how it works out. I had to stop by Wade Bootes house today with Sam (which by the way was beautiful…Right on the canal leading to both the river and the ocean) and cut my seat pole down. It kept hitting me in the butt during practice so hopefully it feels better today.

Wish me luck and I will try to keep you up to date on the weekend the best I can. Basically that means as often as I can get down to this mcdonalds for free wifi. =]

~alise

racing with the nerangatangs!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:32:20 GMT

The Nerang weather held up for another day of racing action. It was actually EXTREMELY hot and humid today, a few people were almost passing out. My Minnesota tough held up though and I made it through alive =] . I felt reasonably good considering it was an early morning and won the time trials. I also won my three rounds (actually second at the line in my second round because I was a lazy bum and coasted the last straight) and got second lane choice to Lauren in the final. I got solid lane 4 and had a pretty decent gate actually. I ended up with the hole shot into the first turn and was winning the final. However, coming out of the first turn, with my adrenaline pumping, I overshot the TINY step up on the second straight and really balled myself up, allowing Lauren to go by..and then Caroline....and then I just hung out in third as I was headed through the third and fourth straight since I wasn't too worried about the race. I really wish I wouldn't have stuffed up because it would have been cool to win down under, but I guess I am okay with a 2nd and a third for the weekend considering I prepared by getting sunburnt, shopping, and collecting seashells.

Me, Sam, nor Jared raced today (Sunday) because we were just too blown out and Reno is comin up quick and we decided we should have a rest. we are going to enjoy my last day here in Australia before I am back off to the US of A tomorrow afternoon.

I'll let ya know how my finals hours are and catch ya'll in Reno.

Alise

Props Mega Tour 9 video

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:58:34 GMT

Check out the new Props Mega Tour 9 trailer. Our own Jared "Jerbear" Eberwein is featured on the Profile Racing Team. Megatour 9 hits the Midwest US with 7 days of sessions from Chicago, IL to Minneapolis, MN. With over 20 riders from around the globe.

Props Megatour 9 Trailer from PropsBMX on Vimeo.

Good Bye 2009, Hellooooo 2010!

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:23:08 GMT

Wow...I'm a chatty Cathy the past 3 days...lol...

2009 has been an interesting year to say the least. Scored a sponsorship with one of the greatest bicycle companies ever, broke a hand, scored some elite open mains, crashed my brains out at the NBL Grands, made my first elite masters main this week. 2010 is looking good so far! Jason and I are ranked #1 and #3 in the VERY new season of the NBL Elite Series.

Just a few "Thank You's" I'd like to send out for the 2009 season. First, I have to thank the Alpha Omega for putting me in a position to ride a BMX bike and allowing me to be a postive role model for the BMX community. My wife and two beautiful girls for being understanding about all the training and weekends away to go ride a kids bike on dirt hills. Gork for allowing me to run the Red, Black and White of the "Most factory" team out there, Redline Bicycles! Jason Carnes for helping me see the bigger picture of BMX racing and especially for the uniform guidance over the Christmas weekend...Jeff at JWBMX for all the gears and stems throughout the season, Rob McAllister for the coolest number plates out there, Ray Hudson for always taking time out to take a phone call and giving advice. To each and every BMXer that came up and asked for my autograph, you don't know how good that makes me feel! To all the BMXer's that attended a clinic I taught and listened. Frank, Marty, Weston and Derek for keeping the old man on point and pushing me. Wiggy for all the training advice. Thank you to everyone that bought a Redline product! Times are rough and I'm grateful for your support of the Redline brand.

Me and Jason leading an Elite Masters moto at the NBL Christmas Classic, Louisville, KY.

Hucker's cover story

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:55:38 GMT

I love hearing the storys behind the photoshoot. Check out Hucker's cover story and year end cap on his 2009 Ride cover! -fuzz

Masters Main Christmas Classic Day 2

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:53:12 GMT

Here is a video of the Masters Main on Christmas Day.

ABA Year-End Points - 2010

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:45:27 GMT

So -- with 2010 just around the corner, let's check out where our FACTORY REDLINE team finished up for the year 2009:

ABA NATIONAL CRUISER STANDINGS

#1	GEORGE GOODALL IV - TEAM REDLINE	2107	MESA, AZ
2	KYLE STAN	2065	VALENCIA, CA
3	CAMERON MOORE	2051	CHAPEL HILL , NC
4	SHAWN DIPRETE	2051	WEST WARWICK
5	LARRY MUNSON	2039	SCURRY
#6	DAKOTA SENGER - TEAM REDLINE	2017	WINSTON, OR
7	NICK TUTTLE	2015	PERRIS, CA
8	JOSHUA KLATMAN	2015	PORT ORCHARD, WA
9	JUSTIN POSEY	2000	WINSTON-SALEM, NC
10	ROBERT MORENO	1999	LAS CRUCES, NM

ABA NATIONAL PRO STANDINGS

1	RANDY STUMPFHAUSER	2849	SANGER, CA
2	KYLE BENNETT	2806	CONROE , TX
3	MARIS STROMBERGS	2775	MURRIETA, CA
4	KHALEN YOUNG	1867	MURRIETA, CA
5	DONNY ROBINSON	1743	NAPA, CA
#6	SAM WILLOUGHBY - TEAM REDLINE	1421	ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA
7	MIKE DAY	1397	SANTA CLARITA , CA
#8	DENZEL STEIN - TEAM REDLINE	1342	DESOTO, TX
9	DAVID HERMAN	1042	WHEAT RIDGE, CO
10	DANNY CALUAG	1010	CHINO, CA

ABA NATIONAL PRO WOMEN STANDINGS

ALISE POST - TEAM REDLINE

2666

SAINT CLOUD, MN

ABA NATIONAL VET PRO STANDINGS

#15

SHAWN O'GORMAN - REDLINE FLOW TEAM

697

MARYSVILLE, CA

#18

JASON CARNES - FACTORY REDLINE

463

AUSTIN, TX

#20

RICK LOWRY - REDLINE FLOW TEAM

383

YUBA CITY , CA

#45

TOMMY BOARD - REDLINE FLOW TEAM

NEW ALBANY , IN

ABA NATIONAL AMATEUR STANDINGS

#20

GEORGE GOODALL IV - TEAM REDLINE

2030

MESA, AZ

NBL Christmas Classic Day 2

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:35:14 GMT

After a good cup of coffee and egg white sandwich, it was off to the office! 2 racks of Elite Masters were on the order for today and boy-o-boy, did the old guys come out to race! Round 1, me and the current UCI World Champ Tome Opincar diced it out in the last turn and practice our sprints down the last straight. Tome got me by a knobby. 2nd and 3rd rounds went well and myself and team mate Jason Carnes went to the main.

I was coming out of 7 and I think Jason was in 3. The gate drop and I did my best stand-wheelie ever! Nice. I was able to keep pace and all of the sudden I hear tires locking up and tumbling going on. I was pushed high, while everyone else was staying low. I had no choice but to hit the pro section and fell into 4th place. I tried my best to get to the podium, but just ran out of realestate.

However, Jason was able to score the win and get Redline to the top of the podium today! Congrats to Jason and a well ran race!

The photo below is from Day 1

NBL Christmas Classic Day 1

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:19:41 GMT

Day 1 of the NBL Christmas Classic is in the books. The event is being held in Louisville, KY. this year, which means I get to chill at home and save some cash!!!

Elite Masters had 2 gates full of old dudes. I scored a 2-1-4 in the motos and made it into the big dance for the first Elite Masters main! I was stoked to be in the main with all the big dogs like the 6x Vet Pro Jason Carne$, Albright, Lamoglia, Opincar, Dinger, Moore and my fellow Department of the Navy Veteran Scott Moreland. I was sandwiched between Domingos and Opincar, so I had my work cut out for me if I wanted to in the game.

Gate slammed down and I got the pinch. I held back and was setting up a move to hit the pro side in the second straight and then people got loose and I had to end up missing the carnage and it kind of balled up my speed for the big move. I pedalled it out and kept going, trying to move up one position, but those guys were GONE! Out of the last turn, I rail it and end up passing Scott down the last straight. So score me for the 5, Carne$ for the 4, Dinger 3, Lamoglia 2 and Albright for the 1.

Going to go soak the old bones and get some sleep for another day at the office!

2x4

Redline's Jon "JQ" Quattrocci Dig Magazine Interview

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:16:10 GMT

Redline's BMX product manager John "JQ" Quattrocchi is always hard at work designing and bringing new product to life for us at Redline. Check out a great interview over at DIg Magizine with JQ as he gets asked some in depth questtions about our pruducts at Redline.-fuzz

Kris Marcum bike check up on ESPN!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:20:01 GMT

Kris Marcum's recent bike check is up at ESPN.

USA Cycling names Alise Post as fulltime OTC resident

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:22:40 GMT

USA Cycling is proud to announce a new program that will target the future development of women’s BMX. This new program will be identified as the Women’s Olympic Development Squad (WODS) and will be based at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. - home of the Beijing Olympic replica track and a fulltime ABA BMX course.
The goal of the program is to establish a BMX pathway that will take USA's talented young female athletes from traditional BMX programming onto the international podium. The definitive goal is to send two women to the 2012 London Games and to ultimately bring home Olympic medals.

In addition to adding a new BMX program, we have also hired the BMX coaching services of Sean Dwight of Australia to become the WODS coach. Sean will live at the U.S. Olympic Training Center each year from February 1^st to the end of October (after the World Cup finals in Frejus). Sean’s role is to take this group of women and design, coordinate, evaluate, and execute high level training programs while utilizing the USOC Sport Performance team along with access to our SX track. The team will also travel to key UCI international events to insure our best female athletes are accumulating those very important UCI points that go towards our country’s Nation Ranking and individual rankings.

USA Cycling has chosen eight (8) top ranked female BMX athletes and has invited them to a 10 day talent identification camp from February 22^nd to March 4^th- to be held in Chula Vista. The objective of the camp is to evaluate the group and ultimately announce the team of four women who will be selected for our first International event. Among those on the list are: Arielle Martin; Alise Post; Amanda Geving ; Brooke Crain; Taylor Wolcott ; Ashley Verhagen; Amanda Carr and Dominique Daniels.

Furthermore, USAC has announced that Arielle Martin and REDLINE's Alise Post have been selected to the USOC athlete resident program for 2010. These two were selected based on the overall ranking from the 2009 Supercross World Cup series (Martin finished 3^rd and Post finished 9^th).

USA Cycling, the USOC staff, along with Sean and I (Mike King) are very excited about this new program and the potential challenges that lay ahead.

Mike King
BMX Program Director
USA Cycling, Inc

Chula Vista, CA 91915

Happy Holidays from Redline!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:18:24 GMT

See you in 2010!

Once again 65+ National Cyclo-Cross Champion is Julie Lockhart

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:05:43 GMT

Julie Lockhart from Massachusetts once again conquers the competition on her Redline Conquest. Julie is a relative new comer to the sport having started participating in Cyclo-Cross in the past five years. Julie has the support of her husband Jim who pitted for her. Julie helps her local series in New England, and mentors several younger riders.

Bay Area Cyclocross News

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:56:22 GMT

Our good friends at Roaring Mouse in San Francisco are really getting into the “Holiday Spirit.” Everyone knows Cyclo-Cross and Beer go together, but adding creation of your own home brew to the point’s scheme, that’s real dedication! By the way, notice the custom “Kegger Kup holder” and we were wondering how to recycle the Conquest 24 box.

Elite Nationals

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:08:50 GMT

Again I am way behind on updating. Sorry, I got home and went into hibernation!

No seriously I actually feel pretty darn good and kinda want to still race a couple more times. Guess my training plan I created for myself was right on, no burnout for me!!

Ok so Sunday morning in Bend I woke up with very little pressure on myself. I told myself I wasn't going to fuss to much over my Elite race nats. So I got up spent the morning in the hotel room resting and getting ready and staying warm.

My race start time was 11:15am so I knew that the course was very likely going to be frozen. I got out at 10am and did a lap to get my tires dialed in and yes it was icy. I decided that the Grifo Fango's were the tire of choice, they grabbed nice and I didn't have to many slips during my pre-ride.

I lined up on the 5th row for the start. Only a couple UCI points for me so I get put in the middle of the pack. That is frustrating sometimes because I know I am faster then a lof of girls ahead of me but because I don't travel much anymore I don't have to many opportunities to earn UCI points. I really wish we would get more UCI races on west coast!! Someday.

Anyways I lined up on the very left next to the barriers and hoped for an opening so I could shoot up the left side. And that is what happened. I moved up to around 30th in the start stretch and then made a move on the left had side on the first long straight away and started picking more girls off.

I was feeling really good, no pain the legs at all so I decided to just go as hard as I could and see what I could do. I loved this course so much, it was so much fun to ride every lap. So I just kept having fun and that was helping me pass a lot of girls.

I rode really strong and had no crashes, which was very important, there were girls going down all over the course. And I rode myself up into 17th place at the end. Overall I am very happy, someday I will get a chance to get a good call up position and see what I can do with the big girls.

What a great week. I really had so much fun this week and didn't want it end. And I am already excited for next year!!

Thank you again to everyone that has supported me in anyway this season. I had a great season and really just had a lot of fun!!

Thank you!

Kristi

Hucker on deck for his RIDEBMX Q&A

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:04:18 GMT

Hucker is on deck for next months Q&A over at Ridebmx. Already the questions are so good! Go ahead and ask Hucker any question over at Hucker's Q&A Page at RideBMX

DIGBMX interview with Redline's Evan Moss.

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:00:13 GMT

Dig magazine recently had a chance to catch up with Redline's own Evan Moss. Great indepth interview from behind the scenes and the talent that it takes nowdays to be an art director for SBS/ Redline. Check it DIGBMX

Catalog Photoshoot Slideshow

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:35:06 GMT

Over the summer, most of the riders met up at T.J. Lavin's house and with photographer Shad Hopkins they shot most of the photos found in the 2010 Redline BMX Catalog.

Check it out on flickr here.

Redline Cup 2010 - dates are announced

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:08:00 GMT

After such an awesome REDLINE CUP Series in 2009, we are all ready to kick it off and make 2010 even bigger and better. Last year saw an increase in racer participation, after ABA made the Redline Cup in to a 3-race series. And for 2010, points will continue to be under this system -- with points being taken from your best score at a local Redline Cup race + your finish at Saturday's Pryme U.S.OPen + your finish at the RL Cup Final.
And don't forget - the Redline Cup now awards number plates for No.1, 2 and 3!

So ... here - for the very first time anywhere, is your Redline Cup dates for 2010:

STATE	CITY	TRACK	DATE	REGION
UT	South Jordan	Rad Canyon BMX Indoor	Sun-Jan-24	West
AZ	Tucson	Manzanita BMX Raceway	Sat-Jan-30	West
IN	Hobart	Steel Wheels Indoor BMX	Sun-Feb-7	East
WA	Port Orchard	Peninsula Indoor BMX	Sun-Feb-14	West
WY	Rock Springs	Southwest Wyoming Indoor BMX	Sun-Feb-14	West
CA	Apple Valley	Apple Valley BMX Moto Park	Sat-Feb-20	West
CA	Visalia	Visalia BMX	Sun-Feb-21	West
OH	Dayton	Dayton Indoor BMX	Sun-Feb-28	East
TX	Austin	Capital City BMX	Sun-Feb-28	Central
MN	Lino Lakes	Rehbein Arena BMX	Sun-Mar-7	Central
HI	Kaneohe	Sand Box BMX	Sun-Mar-14	West
WI	Elkhorn	Walworth Indoor BMX	Sun-Mar-21	Central
CO	Greely	Colorado Indoor BMX	Sun-Mar-28	Central
FL	Oldsmar	Oldsmar BMX	Sun-Mar-28	East
SC	Greenville	Ultimate Challenge BMX	Sun-Mar-28	East
NV	Las Vegas	Ed Fountain Park BMX Raceway	Sat-Apr-3	West
TX	Conroe	Armadillo BMX	Sat-Apr-10	Central
AZ	Chandler	Chandler BMX	Sat-Apr-10	West
CA	El Centro	Imperial Valley BMX	Sat-Apr-17	West
NM	Albuquerque	Duke City BMX	Sun-Apr-11	Central
AL	Weaver	Weaver BMX	Sat-May-1	East
LA	Gretna	Gretna BMX Raceway	Sun-May-2	Central
TX	Ft. Worth	Cowtown BMX	Sat-May-8	Central
DE	Milford	First State BMX	Sat-May-15	East
NV	Sun Valley	Bighorn BMX	Sat-May-15	West
WA	Walla Walla	Walla Walla Valley BMX	Sat-May-15	West
AZ	Bullhead city	Colorado River BMX	Sat-May-22	West
MA	Billerica	Billerica BMX	Sun-Jun-6	East
TN	Cleveland	Bradley County Park BMX	Sun-Jun-6	East
MN	Isanti	Rum River BMX	Sun-Jun-6	Central
NE	Omaha	Omaha BMX	Sun-Jun-6	Central
ID	Coeur D'Alene	Cherry Hill BMX	Sat-Jun-19	West
OR	Cottage Grove	Cottage Grove BMX	Sun-Jun-20	West
CA	Rio Linda	Elkhorn BMX	Sat-Jun-26	West
WY	Gillette	Razor City BMX	Sat-Jun-26	West
KS	Topeka	Heartland BMX	Sun-Jun-27	Central
OR	Redmond	Smith Rock BMX	Sat-Jul-3	West
MN	Fergus Falls	I-94 BMX	Sat-Jul-3	Central
ON	Ottawa	Ottawa BMX	Sat-Jul-3	East
PA	Lebanon	Lebanon BMX	Sun-Jul-4	East
AR	Cabot	Cabot BMX Complex	Sun-Jul-4	Central
CO	Frederick	Dacono BMX	Sat-Jul-10	Central
NC	Burlington	Burlington BMX	Sat-Jul-10	East
WI	Oshkosh	Winnebagoland BMX	Sat-Jul-10	Central
IA	Des Moines	Ewing Park BMX	Sun-Jul-11	Central
CA	Ukiah	Rusty Bowl BMX	Sun-Jul-11	West
CA	Orange	Orange Y BMX	Sun-Jul-18	West
MT	Great Falls	Electric City BMX	Sun-Jul-18	West
GA	Marietta	Noonday BMX	Sun-Jul-25	East
NY	Owego	Champion Speedway BMX	Sun-Jul-25	East
IL	Elgin	The Hill BMX	Sat-Jul-31	Central
MO	Kansas City	Raytown BMX	Sat-Jul-31	Central
WA	Sumner	River Valley BMX	Sun-Aug-1	West
MN	St. Cloud	Pineview Park BMX	Sat-Aug-7	Central
OH	Toledo	Speedway BMX	Sun-Aug-8	East
OK	Miami	Miami BMX	Sun-Aug-8	Central
WI	Rhinelander	Hodag BMX	Sat-Aug-14	Central
CO	Cortez	Cortez BMX	Sun-Aug-15	Central
CA	Red Bluff	Red Rock BMX	Sun-Aug-15	West
RI	West Greenich	Woodland BMX	Sun-Aug-22	East
BC	Kelowna	Kelowna BMX	Sun-Sep-12	West
tba	tba	REDLINE CUP FINALS - EAST	October 1-3	East
tba	tba	REDLINE CUP FINALS - CENTRAL	October 8-10	Central
NV	Boulder City	REDLINE CUP FINALS - WEST	October 15-17	West

CX Nationals slideshow

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:03:15 GMT

We just uploaded some photos of the 2009 Cross Nationals in Bend, OR to our flickr page. Check it out here!

CCX Natz

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:28:36 GMT

Oh man it’s all over, but what a race. The course Brad Ross and the rest of the Cyclocross Crusaders set up was absolutely amazing; it through a little bit of everything at you mud, ice, twisty off cambers, sharp drops and punchy hills.

My race started just as the course started to thaw, so we face a good amount of mud. The whole morning Joe, our mechanic, tuned my bikes so I could put them through the ringer. I ran Challenge Fangos at about 28 psi. Everything was working great up until the first corner of the race. Somebody shoved me into a course marker as I was taking the outside line trying to out fox everyone.

I picked up my bike, wrenched someone’s leg out of it, rode to the pit with crooked bars, and swapped to the spare Redline Conquest. Tim Rutledge did what every good manager does, and told me to get going; being in last place, I really had to. Within the first lap I had caught about 7 people.

The rest of the race I dug deeper into the pain cave, catching more people. The new TRP Euro X brakes worked great as I sprinted out of each corner and braked hard into the next, just barely grazing the course tape as I did.

In every corner I could feel the Fangos start to roll off, or I could feel rocks hitting the Dura Ace wheels. I fully expected to crack the wheels, I hit them so many times; but they are strong and later on Kristi Berg and Ryan Iddings did the exact same thing. And still the wheels are straight and strong.

In the end I rode up to 7th place, just 5 seconds off of 5th place. It would have been great if I didn’t crash and if I didn’t have to catch people, but that’s ‘cross for ya. Luckily its only 9 more months until we can race cross again.

Saya Sakakibara - Victoria State titles

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:43:52 GMT

Name: Saya Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time, Champion System
Age: 10
Date: Sunday 29th November 2009
Venue: Eastfield BMX
Race: Victorian State Championships
Class: 10 GIRLS
Result: 1st
Weather: Very rainy.
Course condition: It was muddy but the dirt sucked it in.

Comment: The day I raced was not too good. The reason why is because it rained. I don’t like it raining on a race day. Anyway there were pretty small jumps on that track. Heaps of jumps that I can jump. Also the start hill was steep.

First moto: I had a normal start and came up in front. I didn’t realise it was so slow. All well I went around the second corner and I tried to jump the first one but I cased it. Then on the last two jumps on the third straight I manualed it but it was no use. I tried to manual the last straight six rollers but all I did was case and lost speed. I came first anyway.

Second moto: I had lane one and had a bad start. I came back out in front and came around the first corner. I manualed the first double and a tiny bit case. Then on the last jump of the second straight I jumped on to the table. On the first one of the third straight I manualed the first step up. It was faster than jumping it. I came first.

Third moto: It had stopped raining and the track dried up, I was going to jump the second straight first double. But just before my race it started pouring! So I couldn’t get the speed to jump it and I manualed it instead. Then on the last jump on the second straight, I tried to power manual it but I nearly fell over! That was lucky. But I was in front the whole way then I came first.

Now it is the FINAL!!! I was nervous.
I had first pick so I chose lane 1.
Pi, pi, pi, pi. The gate dropped. I had to try as hard as I could. Because it was so muddy I couldn’t do any manuals or jumps.
But I went around the second corner and my legs were dead. I had to go hard so the girls behind me can’t catch up. Just going through the last straight……………YES I won!

The racing was fun. And I loved that track.

Kai Sakakibara - Victoria State Titles

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:43:34 GMT

Name: Kai Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time, Champion System
Age: 13
Date: 29 November 2009
Venue: East Field, Victoria
Race: Victoria State Titles
Class: 13 boys
Result: 8th
Weather: Sunny parts but rainy
Course condition: Quite wet and soggy

Comments: My elbow was hurting quite a bit in the morning but I had a go at warm up. It still hurt a bit so I was thinking about not racing, in the end I decided to have a go at racing anyway. It was a rainy day but the track held up very well.
In my first moto, I reacted a bit late on the gate and slipped as well, so it was a terrible start. I still got the first straight OK and continued it down the second straight. I got a good drive around the second corner and caught up to Calob Green who was in 1st. I couldn’t get him and finished 2nd.

In my second moto, everything was a lot better. I got a good start and led into the first corner. My second straight was good and I led through the third straight too. I kept it going and finished 1st.

I came out of the inside in my third moto. I got a good start and got the first straight good and was in 2nd behind Jordan Lecher into the first corner. I got a good pull on the first corner and second straight and stayed smooth in 2nd all the way.
We had quarters. I was out of lane 1 and got a great start. I led around the first corner. I got good speed through the second and third straight, but stuffed it up through the rollers on the last straight. I still finished 1st.

In my semi, I had lane 1 again. I came out of the gate good, but lost it through the first straight a bit. I came out of the first corner 3rd. I was riding smoothly, but left the inside open for Max Cairns to come in. We were shoulder to shoulder on the second corner, when Zac Wilson came for a high-low on both of us. I was pushed back to 5th but I had to get 4th to make the final. I but caught them back up on the third straight and managed to pass Max on the last corner. I kept my position down the last straight and finished 4th made the final.

I wheelied out of the gate in my final, but still came out pretty good. I was on the outside so I had to slowly move myself in. I was in 3rd, but Jordan came up the inside on the triple into the first corner, so I went on the inside of him. I was fighting it out with Jordan, when James Honey came shooting up the inside. I was squashed between Jordan and James and ended up crashing. I ended up finishing 8th.

I had mud all over my clothes and it was another fun race.
I was happy with my result and enjoyed my time there.

Cross Nationals Jr Development Race Report

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:19:55 GMT

FRM Junior Development Team Cyclocross

Nationals Race Report

The FRM Junior Development Team started out at national’s week with temperatures around -9 degrees on Tuesday which made it look very scary! Then it gradually started warming up each day. By Saturdays Junior 17/18 race it was in the 40’s and muddy! Crazy stuff! It is very difficult to race well in icy conditions if you have never experienced them before! The team performed well and most importantly, had fun!

Friday

Junior 10-12

Conditions for the junior 10-12 year old men’s race was very icy and challenging. The race started at 9:15. Jarrett Aregger, Mitchell Thornton, Kyle Howlett, Henry Geary and Erik Philipson toed the line with visions of a National Championship in their heads! There were a total of 23 racers in this category. Positions throughout the race changed dramatically as the icy conditions sent everyone to the ground more than once! All of our kids raced hard and fought for every position and picked themselves up after every crash!

Results:

Mitchell Thornton – 11^th

Jarrett Aregger – 12^th

Henry Geary – 15^th

Erik Philipson – 19^th

Derrick Howlett – 22^nd

Junior Men 13/14

Evan Geary and Mike Jors represented the team in the junior 13/14 year old men’s race. 36 boys lined up for this one! They raced at the same time as the 10-12 year olds but started a few seconds before them so conditions were the same. This is a very tough category and you have to start fast, be aggressive and push your way forward! Both of our boys pushed themselves to their limits and did everything they could to gain positions.

Results:

Evan Geary – 23^rd

Mike Jors – 33^rd

Junior Men 15/16

Things start to get really fast once you hit this age group! You have to be a CAT 3 or above if you even think you have a chance at a title! Logan Owen and another racer are CAT 2’s! There were 50 racers in this field and we had Colin Krebsbach and Avi Mahan ready to do battle. Colin was coming off a 2^nd and a win in Portland the week before so was confident. Avi seemed ready to roll. The course conditions were still icy and slippery and tire choice was critical. Both boys hit the start good and Colin ran right up front for a while. It became apparent that Colin’s tire choice wasn’t working in the icy conditions which slowed him down. Avi started the race strong but hurt his knee on the stairs and pulled out. Colin battled hard all day and eventually fought his way to 11^th place.

Results:

Colin Krebsbach 11th

Avi Mahan – DNF

Saturday

Junior Men 17/18

You thought the 15/16 category was fast! This group has some serious horsepower under the hoods! Cole Cutright, Evan Renwick and David Yamamoto were primed and ready to go against 37 of the country’s best juniors. For David, this would be his first Nationals and during his first ever Cyclocross season! Very intimidating when you toe the line for the first time with the countries best juniors! Cole and Evan have many years experience and were primed to do battle. Cole Cutright got the best start after Evan caught someone’s pedal in his wheel! That was just the beginning of our bad luck! Cole hit the barriers wrong going down hard and dropping his chain which cost him a good 10 positions or so. Cole then put his head down and charged back to around 8^th when disaster struck and he flatted causing him to have to run to the pits! He jumped back in and salvaged 22^nd. Evan’s issues didn’t end with the wheel problem! Evan also ended up flatting and having to run but not quite as far and got back into the race quickly. Both of these guys would have placed top 10 if they wouldn’t have flatted! David trekked along and looked to get faster each lap until he was finally caught by the leaders on the last lap and pulled.

Results:

Evan Renwick – 20^th

Cole Cutright – 22^nd

David Yamamoto – 29^th

Master 45 – 49 (148 starters)

Jerry Cutright – 62^nd

Bend the day we arrived. -9 degrees!!!

ASC/Redline (The New FRM Junior Development Team) Team Camp. Yes, we had heat in that there tent and trailer!

Cole Cutright charging!

Erik Philipson tackles ice and snow!

Avi Mahan takes a tumble!

Master's Nationals

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:35:40 GMT

Well I am a little behind on getting my posts up. Sorry, just been busy running around watching all the racing.

I raced on Friday at 2:15pm, it was a lot warmer then earlier in the week with temps around 35 degrees. I did my warm up lap at noon and it was still frozen mud and snow.

But when we lined up on the start line everything had started to melt and there was lots of mud. I got a first row call up, 3rd person called up so I got a great spot in the middle on the first row. There were 48 girls in my 30-34 age group category. We had a very stacked field with several ladies that are top 10 in the elite's field. I knew this was going to be a hard one to win but I was going to give it everything I had.

The gun went off and I got a great start, and made the first corner in about 4-5th position. I shot to the left and passed a couple girls and moved into 2nd, on Kari Studley's wheel. I was so happy and couldn't believe it was me and Kari in 1st and 2nd place. We stayed that way for about a half lap and then Barbara Howe came up and slipped past me to get on Kari's wheel. They got a small gap on me. I had to catch my breath so I settled in for a second. On the 3rd lap I was coming down this fast downhill section and I came out on the pavement and realized I had a rear flat. I was running tubulars so I knew I had to have sliced open the tire to flat. I kept riding and then realized I also had a front flat. Double flats, that sucks!! I was able to ride back to the pits but got passed by about 4 0r 5 girls. I got a fast bike change, thanks Tim and Joe and was back on the course. I passed a couple girls but there was a pretty big gap now to the top 5 girls. I was pretty frustrated, but tried to get back up, but with no luck. I managed to still finish 6th in my age group. One spot away from the podium. Same result as last year.

So I have to say I was pretty bummed out, I really wanted top 5 and set myself up for that all year. But sometimes things just happen out of your control. The positive is that I got a double flat but still finished in 6th! That is awesome and I will focus on that now instead of that I didn't get my goal.
Good news is I am in the next age group up next year, so I will be the young one in that race!!

I am sitting in the Hotel room getting ready to head out to race my Elite race today at 11:15. I am excited to race again, I love this course so much that I could race it every day and still love it. I will let you all know how it goes later tonight.

Thank you to everyone who has helped me this season in anyway. There are so many of you that really help me to be able to do what I do. I can't say thank you enough.

Kristi

Video of Logan's 5th National win!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:34:34 GMT

Tyrone William Shop Stop from Fuel TV

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:19:40 GMT

In cased you missed it checkout Tyrone William's Dah Shop vid featured on Fuel TV

Logan Owen adds another U.S. Championship to his resume

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:32:22 GMT

Longtime Redline rider LOGAN OWEN, scored yet another victory at the U.S. Nationals in Bend, OR. If we've counted correctly, this is Logan's fifth straight Stars & Stripes jersey.

According to Redline TM Tim Rutledge, Owen had to really fight for this one - and after some crashes, a deraileur problem and some "blocking" in the pits, Logan came back from a 20 second defecit to over a minute and a half lead.

Logan - who first started riding for Redline at age 5, testing out our titanium mini frame, was first introduced to cyclo-cross five years ago when the U.S. Nationals came to Portland. And he's been tearin' it up thru the mud 'n crud ever since.

Watch Team Redline's Grands performance on Versus TV

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:23:50 GMT

The ABA BMX Grands will air December 22nd on VERSUS Network!
Be sure to catch all the ABA Grands action on VERSUS - on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST. ...or just set you DVR to record it all!

Feel all the drama of the ABA BMX National #1 Titles chases and the pressure that comes with it!
This hour long show will show the ABA Overall National #1 Title chases and the riders that were involved with the quest for "THE CUP". Watch Redline's DENZEL STEIN and newbie SAM WILLOUGHBYplay their part in the outcome for the No.1 Pro title.
Watch Dominique Daniels play catch-up with Redline's ALISE "The Beast" POST, for the WomanPro title.
And see newly turned Rookie Pro TORY NYHAUG come oh-so-close to taking his first Pro victory.
And don't forget to stay tuned for 43 year old GEORGE GOODALL, and his Flight Pro-24 cruiser, reel in the ABA's illustrious National No.1 title. This will be an exciting show for sure! One you don't want to miss.

Can't catch it on the 22nd? Don't worry -- the Grands show will re-air on February 3rd, 2010 from 5:30 to 6:30 EST so if you missed the first airing, or forgot to set your DVR there's still a chance to catch all the action packed footage.

ABA BMX will begin filming all the exciting 2010 race series action at the Silver Dollar Nationals starting January of 2010 in Reno, NV. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled and ears open for the 2010 air dates on VERSUS real soon!

Making CX History: Dan Norton takes his 13th Stars & Bars

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:56:37 GMT

Since 1994, no man has ever won more U.S. National Championships on a Redline Conquest than 60 year old Master rider DAN NORTON. Norton won the 60-64 Masters class wire to wire, and at one time was leading with 1 minute 15 second gap. In the end, the retired fire fighter won with a 57 second margin.

Redline couldn't be happier to see Dan the Man earn another stars 'n bars jersey. "It's about an individual who puts more in to the sport than he'll ever take out," says Tim Rutledge. In Seattle, Norton is key to pulling off a successful cyclo-cross series, week after week.

Photo Credit: Joe Sales

George Goodall Interview - Part 5 [post Grands]

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:31:32 GMT

Prior to the ABA Grands on Thanksgiving weekend, REDLINE sat down with Mr.Goodall at his Allstate offices and rather than discussing the money we could be saving by switching to Geico, we hit him up with a wide variety of questions designed for everyone to get to know him better. If you've read the previous 4-part interviews with the man known as "Gorgeous George" - you probably know more about him than you'd like to.

Now that he's returned from Tulsa as ABA's newly crowned King of Cruisers; we called the 2009 National No.1 Champ to follow up on what it's like to have a big silver cup sitting on your dining room table.

[phone] Riiiiiing ... Riiiiiiiinnnngg ............ Riiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggg
George: Hello, Allstate insurance.
Redline: Yeah, I just wrecked my Ferrari. Will you buy me a new one?
George: Gork! What'cha doin'?
Redline: Hyping you up, Cruiser Champ. Let's talk about winning the Cup. Has it settled in yet? How's it feel?
George: Yeah, it's settled in. My local track - Chandler, had a great trophy presentation for all the Grands participants and interviewed each of the three title winners ( 3D, Dyar and myself ). It's an awesome feeling with all my friends, old and new, and competitors giving me props on Facebook and through e-mail.
The first time I'm announced on the gate at a national race, though, it will really sink in.

Redline: I saw on your facebook photo that the Cup was sitting on your dining room table. Have you decided where to put it yet?
George: It's now on a shelf in the living room near the front window. I rearranged my apartment yesterday to fit my other Grands trophy and Disney Cups, hung up my number plates and ROC plaques. Probably going to have to move my couch to the balcony soon (laughter).
Redline: We were thinking of borrowing it for our "George Goodall Shrine" that we're having built here at the SBS offices....
George: Serious?! ... sick. That means I can move my couch back inside the house.
Redline: So, tell us in your words - besides the obvious, how did it go for you in Tulsa? Did you have any problems at all? Any doubts? Did you sleep well with visions of a No.1 title floating in your head?
George: Tulsa went almost picture perfect. Oh, except for I was staying downtown and I didn't get anything to eat for Thanksgiving except some Cheetos and a Rootbeer since everything was closed after practice. That was my fault. Anyway, race-wise I had a total of 15 laps including the NAG challenge and I won 14 of 'em. I didn't sleep well on Saturday night but got to go through my morning rountines and felt comfortable as the day progressed. I was a little uneasy going into the cruiser quarter final because there were eight guys to race and my semi only had 6. Looking back, I think I relaxed when I needed to be and was focused when I had to deliver.
Redline: In that main event, you practically gave me a heart attack.Your heart rate must've jumped up when you saw the green flash of a Fullerton Bike uniform out in front of you entering turn one ....
George: I had my own heart attack ! I got the worst start of the weekend. I was sooo late !, ( what 's new, huh ? ). Out of the gate I saw guys to my left but thought I had enough "AZ pull" to get to the first corner but nope, there was Miyamoto. We knew we wouldn't see each other till the main but I was hoping he was looking at the back of my jersey not the other way around. I knew I would need to make up some ground somewhere. I couldn't come this far and let pressure or a bad gate keep me from my dream.
Redline: You definitely held up under pressure. Did you know you could make the swoop in turn two, if needed? And if you didn't, could you have caught him in the rhythm?
George: I saw I had some room so I knew I could jump the second straight and I just wanted to get to the next corner before him. I hit my helmet on the crossbar trying to stay smooth and maximize the backside. I was surprised when I actually made the move. It was risky but clean. Now could I have caught him in the rhythm ? Honestly ? Yes.....pass him ? Hard to say. Miyamoto is an awesome rider but my 2010 Redline was on point and I felt smooth over the last sections. I know I would have left it all on the track, that you can bet.

Redline: After winning the title, were you still amped to go out and win 20" - or was that just the icing on your Cruiser Champ cake?
George: Icing baby ! Last year in the ex main I saw Diprete flip the gate next to me and I got distracted long enough that my buddy Jody won from lane 8. This year I didn't want any doubt as to who wanted to win more....though Kent Elliott rode fast and made some great moves near the finish I wanted to win everything and get the NAG titles too. Besides the legend Eddy King was in the gate and I hadn't raced him since the early 80's.
Redline: Who was the first person you called after you stepped off the podium stage with your silver Cup?
George: I called my mom who didn't answer, then my son didn't answer either and my girlfriend Kathy was at the movies with her son. After a few minutes back at the tralier they all answered my second call. Mom asked how I did and I said pretty good...then I started screaming....I'm the champ ! I'm the cruiser champ...call Grandma & Grandpa. I told my son "I did it bud. I really did it! Dad is the ABA Cruiser Champ!" ... and I started crying. It was emotional.
Redline: Yeah; I noticed you didn't call me or return my calls of congratulations. It must've been a non-stop celebration. What'd you do that night to celebrate the victories?
George: I went to get a chili dog and rootbeer. Oh ... you mean later, huh? I went to the hotel lounge with two really great friends. There were only like 8 people in there and we celebrated, but within an hour there were like sixty BMX people having fun and some buying me drinks. I have to admit I had a some celebratory drinks out of my Cup! It was sooo fun. I even had cereal out of it in my hotel room the next morning before my flight. A great way to end the '09 season.
Redline: So now your No.1 Cup smells like sour milk?!
George: No - I washed it out.
Redline: Final question -- last year, we discovered that you were listening to Mariah Carey before a race, to get your nerves calmed down. What was on the I-pod this year?
George: How did I know this was coming up ? (laughter) ... Alright. There were two songs flowing most of the weekend. "I'm good" by Clipse and the last song I heard before my cruiser semi and both mains was ... .uh, .... "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus !
Redline: YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDIN'?!
George: OK. I said it. You've got me again.
Redline: You're serious?!
George: I wouldn't make that one up. It's just a " fun" song ...ugh... I''ll never live this one down, huh?Redline: On that note, we've gotta hang up on you. But again - CONGRATULATIONS!
We'll have the No.1 Cruiser decal for you at Phoenix, so you can slap it on yourself.
Any last words for our readers?
George: Don't let your dreams just be dreams. ..oh, and remember kids - Champions aren't measured by the number of wins, but by the courage it takes to make the journey."

Redline: You'd better get back to work befor eyou get fired. See ya in Reno - and have a cool Christmas and gnarly New Year!
George: You too.

It's not everyday that you see a Redline Conquest in the NY Times

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:19:16 GMT

Thanks to John Mauro at Cascade Cycling Club, here in Seattle, for knowing to use the ultimate commuting bike in a recent New York Times article. Most cyclocross'ers know that the spot-on geometry and friendly fender-compatibility of a Conquest bike makes it the perfect winter-time work commuter.
And now .... the rest of the World does, too.

Photo: Local photographer Stuart Isett for The New York Times

It was a rough Thanksgiving...

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:26:58 GMT

I know Thanksgiving was a few weeks ago, but so much has happened during that week, it's taken me this long to gather my thoughts to move forward.

I blogged that I was headed to Morristown for Day 1's national. The track was ehhhh, interesting I suppose. Practice went fine and I felt really strong. I was really surprised at the turnout for Elite Open. Kelty, Beaty, Faoro, I thought would be at the ABA Grands. Results aren't important, neither the track condition or construction. It's what happened off the track that really made the weekend a difficult one.

Friday night, myself, Frank-the-Tank and Derek Ramsey are sitting in the hotel room and chatting and I asked about how Kyle Weisenber was doing. It wasn't but 15 minutes later, we get a call from Kyle's dad telling us he was in a serious accident and the doctors weren't expecting him to make it. Then, on Saturday morning, we find out another rider from Louisville passed away from brain cancer.

So on December 30, I had to go to Craig Renck's funeral, then turn around and attend Kyle's on December 5th. Let me say that both of these guys were loved! Both were people that you loved to be around, because they were always in a great mood and was able to make you laugh, no matter how rough a day you may have had. Craig and Kyle were alike, in that they loved anything 2 wheels! Both were natural riders, with tons of style.

Kyle's viewing was nothing short of amazing! 3 hours was the wait to visit with K-Dub and his family!!! K-Dub's jersey's, trophies, and art were on display. Video's played from Kyle's "In Focus" video too. On Saturday, all of us from the old Battle Team wore our jersey's, as well as all the other BMXers in attendance wore theirs too. We then got our bikes and led the procession to Kyle's final resting place. I don't know if any of you believe in spirits or ghost, but for some reason, I could just feel K-Dub's smile coming down on us, letting us know he's ok up there in heaven.

Kyle also gave the gift of life to others. His heart, pancreas, liver and kidneys were able to be saved and help those needing organs to live a longer life. K-Dub signed his donor card on his license.

Both were way to young to go back home, but all I understand is the GOD had something for them more important to do. I'm going to miss both very much.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=613171103304&ref=mf

Finally in Bend!

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:37:13 GMT

We made it, it was a great drive. Snow most of the way, sun was out and it was beautiful! There is about 2-4inches of snow on the ground here, everything is white and it is really cold. It was 9 degrees at 4pm when we arrived. They are saying it will be negative -12 tonight with the windchill. Am I in Alaska?

Just got off the trainer from an hour easy spin to loosen up the legs. Felt pretty good, will be inside most of the days this week until it warms up a bit. I don't think I could even make it 5min out there in these temps. But it supposed to be back up to 35 by Friday so that is much more bearable!!

Ok off to get some dinner, Hi Micah and Corrie!!

USGP Portland Day 2

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:07:05 GMT

Well after my last post I changed my mind and decided to race. The good news is that I still really wanted to race so I know I am not burned out!! The bad news is I broke my chain with 1.5 laps to go and had to abandon the race. I don't normally quite races but I would have had to run a hlaf lap back to the pits and decided that it was better for me to not do that so close to Nationals.

The course was just a little bit different. They added more of the motocross track, and that kept everyone together a bit more by slowing down the start section. I got a great start, was on Alison Dunlaps wheel on the start grid so my goal was to stay on her wheel no matter what and that paid off. I got a much better start then Sat and moved up into the top 15 right away. There was just a little congestion in the first corner and I fell back into around 20th. But I was with a group of 5 girls and stayed with them to catch my breath. After a couple laps I decided to try to get away from that group and punched it a bit and managed to get a gap. I was pulling away and had moved into 14th.

Then on one of the back stretches there was this little dip that I was riding, and after I got up out of the saddle to punch it again I snapped my chain. I was pretty frustrated but what do you do. So I started running and then decided to bail to save the legs. I think I would have held onto 14th or 15th if my chain would not have broke. But I got that out of the way so now I should be good to go for Nats.

We are driving over Hood right now on our way to Bend. It is beautiful and sunny but very very cool. And right now there is no snow but Todd Anderson is a couple hours ahead of us and he said that there is snow on the ground and roads about 30min out of Bend. So snow is for sure in mix for racing this weekend!!

Can't wait to see everyone that is coming down this weekend. Thank you again to True North for hooking us up with a great location in Portland in the Expo and again at Nats. And thank you also to Redline, Tim and Joe for helping me so much and making it possible to have such great bikes!!

Kristi

Fuzzy on Fuel TV this week

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:58:21 GMT

Be sure to watch Fuzzy on The Daily Habit show this Wednesday December 9th at 5:30pm EST on FuelTV.

Wicked Jam Results

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:41:59 GMT

Last year, Garrett Reynolds won Rye Airfield's Wicked Jam and Brandon Dosch came in second. This year, Garrett couldn't hold Brandon back and he edged out Garrett for the win. Here is a rundown of the results:

Park Results
1. Brandon Dosch
2. Garrett Reynolds
3. Jeremiah Smith
4. Nicholi Rogatkin
5. Brett 'Maddog" Banasiewicz
6. Brian Hunt
7. Marcus Tooker & Ronnie Napolitan (Tie)
8. Seth Klinger
9. Zane Bradley
10.Chris Childs
11.Zak Early

Street Results
1. Jeremiah Smith
2. Ian Bresnahan
3. Craig Passero
4. Chris Childs
5. Dan Foley

VitalBMX should have the video up pretty soon.

Redline Cyclo-cross Video

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:32:26 GMT

Here is a great video of the new cross bikes, filmed by Brian Chace at Chace Productions.

Redline Cyclocross 2009 from Redline Bicycles on Vimeo.

Rachelle Smith - BMX Racing Report

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:36:15 GMT

Rachelle Smith
BMX Racing Report for 2008-2009
Sponsor: Redline International- Pal n Panther Cycles

What a crazy, fun racing season it has been. I have been lucky enough to travel to NZ for the mighty 11’s , race at the Nationals in Perth, the Worlds in Adelaide and WA’s state titles in Geraldton representing Redline International.

What was good about the Mighty 11’s

• Being on the team by winning the 11 girls race In Sydney
• Travelling NZ on a bus and seeing so many tracks and sleeping over with the NZ girls.
• Going on the Luge with the team and Maccas on the final day after racing.
• Meeting Sarah Walker ( 1W ) and Melinda McLeod
• Racing Tahlia Hanson ( 1W ) who I came 2nd to in NZ , but I will have my chance to race her again I hope. We swapped shirts and became friends.
• Favourite track in NZ was Gisborne

2009 Nationals in Perth WA
What was good about the Nationals?

• Being 1st on the podium for 12 girls and 12 and Under Cruiser
• Racing Annalise Rockov my friend from SA and currently 2A and 1W for cruiser.
• The start ramp was awesome.
• Being in my home state for a nationals.
• We stayed in a great hotel near Kings Park with a pool and tennis Court.
• Having Dinner with all the Redline team from around Australia..

What was Good about the 2009 Worlds in Adelaide Australia?

• Racing in Australia and for Australia with girls from all over the World
• Great track
• Getting W2 in the cruiser- 12 and Under
• Getting to the semi final in the 12 Girls but having some bad luck on the first straight when I had girls on both sides squeezing for some positions and crashed. BUT I will be keener than ever for next time.
• The sportsmanship, Tahlia from NZ ( 1W ) coming to see if I was okay.
• Fun at the caravan park
• Watching the elite riders.

USGP Portland

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:35:58 GMT

On Friday we did a few laps on the course. It was actually fairly dry, with just a few mud spots which is so very rare for Portland! Right away I loved the course. It was very technical with a small drop off section into a run up, then lots and lots of turns! I really liked it, I think best course yet for this location. Chad and I did 3 or 4 laps on the course then I spun my legs out for about 20min until I was so cold I couldn't stand it any longer and then was done.

We headed back to our hotel, the Best Western, thank you to Redline my sponsor for setting us up in such a great place and making is so easy to just have to focus on my race!!

We got up around 7am on Saturday. Got some breakfast and chilled for a bit in the hotel and then headed out for coffee and off to the course. I was cold, about 28 degrees, around 9am. They started racing at 8am, I couldn't believe how cold it was. Everyone I talked to that raced in the early races said they couldn't feel their hands and feet for most of the race.

Chad raced at 12:30 and my race was at 1:45p. Right before Chad started the sun came out and it was beautiful. It warmed up to probably around 45 degrees. Earlier in the morning there was a lot of fog, so that made the course actually pretty muddy. It was very heavy and think mud so I thought I would have to pit every lap. Chad got a call up literally on the last lap out of 114 guys so it was going to be tough for him to move up. But Chad is so great on his bike and can out handle most guys and managed to move up and finish 20th. That is so awesome, for those that race cross you understand how hard it is to move up in a field like that. You waste so much energy passing people the first couple laps, it really is hard to do what Chad did. Very nice work Chad!!

Next it was my turn. We had about 40 women I think on our start line. And I also got a not so good call up position, in the 4th row out of 5 so I knew this one for me was all about the start to try to get up with the big girls. I actually got a good start, found my pedal right away and managed to move up a bit on the long pavement section. We hit the grass and for some reason everyone went more to the right side and I shot up the left and passed a whole bunch of girls. We went right into this left hand turn that had a lot of mud ruts in it and someone crashed of course and we were all at a stand still. The first 10-12 girls missed it and were gone, and we were all left to fend for ourselves.

I didn't actually crash, which was good, but I had to put my foot down and get off and run around everyone that did. I got back on, and I have to say that Ann Knapp is about the best person I know. We are all trying to get back on our bikes and get going again and I hear from behind, "come on Kristi get up there" or something close like that from Ann. Ann is encouraging me while she is trying to also get back on the bike and get going. Like I had said in previous posting, Ann is truly one of my very favorite bike racers and friends. She has always been my idol and I have been racing with her for a long time, she is just so damn awesome. Anyways how cool to be encouraged back into the race from a fellow competitor while racing. Thank you Ann!! That really made my day and helped me get some energy to get going again.

So I got back on it, we were in the faster flatter section of the course. So it took some work to get back up to speed. I was sitting probably around 25th or so after the crash. I managed to get a couple girls right away and then I fell into no mans land for awhile. I was alone and there was a group of about 5 girls only about 5-10 sec ahead of me but I could not bridge it. I tried so hard but couldn't. So we went into the more technical sections of the course and I started bringing that group back in. A couple girls fell off and I was able to get them. I was moving up through the field and was feeling like I was getting faster and smoother with each lap. So I just put my head down and tried to give it everything I had to see how far I could move up.

The great part was that the course had dried up so much there was very little to no mud really. Just a couple sections total for the whole course. So I didn't have to pit my bike once, amazing for Portland. Thanks to Tim and Joe from Redline who had all 3 of my bikes speced out with carbon wheels and tires ready for me in the pits. How spoiled am I, 3 bikes, so awesome!!

So with one lap to go I was sitting in 17th place. I managed to get another girl and move into 16th. When I got back into a group of 2 girls, I passed one of them with a pretty good attack and thought I had dropped her, but she got back on my wheel and managed to pass me back. I tried so hard to stay with her but I had burnt my match at that point and didn't have to much left in the tank. So I held onto 16th place at the finish. Overall I was very happy with my race considering the crash at the start. I really felt like I rode well and everything went great after the crash.

So overall I was pretty happy, of course you always want a better result in such a great field of women, but these are the best girls in the country. So it is hard, and everything has to go pretty much perfect in order to be up there in the rankings. I felt strong and my legs were good, so that is great. And I am not burned out at all at this point and can't wait for Nationals!! So far my training has been perfect, my coach is the best! (That would be me!)

So I am sitting here in the hotel, it is early Sunday morning and I was awoken by high winds outside. They are forecasting 30mile gusts today with a high of 30 degrees. I made the decision yesterday that if it was really windy and cold I was going to sit today out, so that I didn't destroy my body before Nats. I race on Fri and I don't want to ruin myself and not be able to recover both physically and mentally before then. As a coach everyone is asking me if they should race both days here with Nats next weekend. I am really torn on the right answer. Since a lot of people race Thur or Fri next week, racing both days could take to much out of you and you may not feel recovered before the next race. For those that race Sat or Sun only next week then I think both are fine as long as it isn't just nasty conditions. You really want to leave on a good note going into Nats so you are fresh minded, our mind is really our biggest hurdle so leaving it happy and with a good memory before your biggest race is the best idea.

So I will see what it is like in a few hours, but right now I am thinking I am not racing today. I normally don't miss any races because of weather because that is one thing I like about cross, but I want to win my master cat so bad and have been training all year for that race on Friday that I need to make that a priority and do the right thing!!

So I will keep everyone posted on what I decide, one good thing if I don't race, I can scope out my competition and see how they ride and race to get some idea of what I need to do to win!!

Kristi

Tim "fuzzy" Hall on Fuel Tv's Daily Habit next week

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:16:20 GMT

Keep your eye out for fuzz talking about the new IPHONE/SKULLCANDY App. next week on the daily habit. More info over at FatBMX

The Tulsa Roller Coaster

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:07:01 GMT

We just got home late last night from the 2009 ABA Grands. Terrible travel day - ughh!

So anyhow I wanted to update you on my Grands adventure. There were a lot of highs and lows. It was like a big BMX roller coaster.
To start things off, I wrecked hard in the ROC on 20”. Was knocked unconscious and hurt my shoulder pretty good. It did not look good Friday night or Saturday morning. My dad and I were trying to not think about the possibility that I might not even be able to race the Grands.
Luckily - I was able to. I qualified on 20” and was feeling about 70%. I didn't qualify first round on cruiser and decided to not race second round due to shoulder pain. We spent the rest of the day icing my shoulder and eating ibuprofen.
On Sunday, I felt a little better and warmed up in the morning by transfering out of Cruiser tird round. With my adrenaline flowing, I managed to win on cruiser and finished off 2009 with another NAG No.1 plate. If we added corectly, I believe that put me at National No.6 - 5 spots behind my buddy and teammate "Gorgeous George."

Next, I was looking forward to 3-peating as NAG No.1 on my 20” Flight bike. But bad luck prevailed. I hit the gate, like many riders did all weekend. With a very bad gate, I got pinched down the first straightaway and hit another riders back tire and unclipped. My race was over.
For 2009, I finished NAG No.5 on my 20”. Would have liked to had that race as a do-over, but my plan is to just come back even better next year.

So to sum it up - the roller coaster of a weekend: I did OK on cruiser (high), but I would have liked to have different results on 20” (low). On the other hand, Friday or Saturday, I did not think I'd even be able to ride or be competitive (low), but I was (high). We had some ups and downs, but it was all good in the end.

Range of Motion Review on Espn

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:47:15 GMT

Still haven't seen Huckers part in the vid but I heard it's amazing! Check the teaser at ESPN BMX

ABA Grands

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:50:54 GMT

Another season in the books, and what a year it was.

Heading into the grands, I narrowly missed out on the NAG5 challenge. So I decided to turn pro! I was really nervous but pumped at the same time for my debut and it went well. On Friday I won my motos and cruised to the main only to get second to Josh Meyers who was going super fast all weekend. I was excited with the podium finish along with my first cheque. On Saturday I felt good in all my motos even though I hardly got any sleep because we had to get up super early after being up late the night before. On Sunday I was nervous but I got to the main and I was ready to go. Finished 3rd the first main and won the second main! I was tied for first going into the last round but I hit the gate and ended up third overall. I was bummed that I didn't win overall but two podiums for my first pro race is pretty good I'd say. No racing for a while now so it's time to chill this week then start training again for the 2010 season. But I can't chill too much as I have a hockey game in a few hours!

Here are a few pics from the weekend

Monocog 29er's in action

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:52:35 GMT

Eric Hunner, winner of the Triple Crown Series, on his Redline Monocog 29er

Here's a little video from the race:

http://www.mtnbikeriders.com/2009/11/28/the-last-race-of-the-year-for-the-mtnbikeriders-com-race-team/

We'll be attending the Southridge Racing Company's Awards Banquet in 2 weeks. Our team did really well this year and a few of us will be taking home some championship jerseys.
--RL Policar / mtnbikeriders.com

Will Call at Redline

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:20:16 GMT

Getting some new dialed parts today at Redline.

ABA Grands Photo Album - from BMXmania

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:27:14 GMT

Courtesy of our pal Jerry Landrum over at BMXmania.com - here are a few pics from 2009's "Greatest Race on Earth" -- taking place on Thanksgiving weekend in Tulsa, OK:

(above) Redline AA's Denzel Stein and Sam Willoughby filled two of the eight spots in the 2009 Grands main event.

(above) The fastest BMXer from Canada made his Pro debut in Tulsa. After the first two mains, Tory Nyhaug was tied up for the win, but a bad third main held him back to 3rd place in A-pro.

(above) With the illustrious Silver cup in hand, "Gorgeous George" Goodall accepts the 2009 ABA No.1 Cruiser title.

(above) Redline's mighty Minnesotan Alise Post was also tied for the win going in to the third and final main - but just like Tory, a disasterous third main moved her down to 3rd place overall for the day.

(above) Denzel Stein was looking incredibly fast - and was out front start to 2-inches-before-the-finish in Main #1 of AA-pro. Gold medalist Maris Strombergs nipped him right at the stripe.

(above) Redline's double-troublein double-A'dom - Denzel Stein and Sam Willoughby. Expect to see more of this side by side domination in 2010!

(above) Denzel leads out the newly crowned No.1 Pro - Randy Stumfhauser, out of turn 1. That's Willoughby in the 3-spot, followed by Kahlon Young and Bubba Harris. The AA-action in Tulsa this year was incredibly tight!

(above) Welcome to the Team! Autstralian wonderboy Sam Willoughby - the newly crowned UCi Supercross champion, made his debut in the red, white and black. He's lookin' good, goin' way fast and plans on being in the AA main.

(above) DeSoto's very own Denzel Stein is hoping that his 5th place in the finals is good enough to keep that No.5 on his plate. We'll find out as soon as ABA releases year-end points standings.

(above) Welcome to the Pro ranks! Canada's No.1 Olympic hopeful for 2012 filled out a pro application and has made the move to single-A Pro. On Friday night, he scored a 2nd behind Josh Meyers.

(above) Denzel in full-pull mode - leads KY, Sam and TB to the first turn.

(above) Denzel Stein and his 2010 Flight Pro XXL battle elbow-to-elbow, grip-to-grip down teh first straight away. Denzel's been demonstrating some BIG pull down the first straight; even from lane 8. But the Pro section has gotten the best of him a couple of times.

(above) After a 4th place on Friday, Alise Post can only retain the No.2 plate in Womens Pro. But that's Ok - since she planned on running the #11 in 2010, anyway.

(above) Between these two guys, they've held 12 consecutive years of Vet Pro domination. Redline's JASON CARNE$, with his recently fused-together wrist, is back doin' it in the Vet class, but still needs some time to get back to 100%.

(above) Alise Post watches her new teammate Sam Willoughby in practice. Notice that Sam is sporting the 2010 Redline factory jersey.

Post-Grands Report

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:33:00 GMT

The weekend's over and the results are history. I am back "home" in San Diego now and getting ready for the 2010 season already. Every year I get to this point and think..."where the heck did the year go?"
I would have to admit that I am pretty impressed with my year; even though the results might not show it. I think this has been one of my most progressive years in my racing career. My riding has improved so much and I couldn't be happier about it.
Next year hopefully I can start the year out on the right note and not have to play catch up again.

As for this years' Grands, though -- I rode well in my first two mains, was tied for the win going into the last race, and pulled lane 8 ... unluuuckkkyyy. I stayed confident and gave it my all, but I just didn't get out of the traffic early enough and got held out on the outside lane with my left blinker still on. For the rest of the lap I don't think I hit full speed once, but decided to do the decision maker anyway (since I had nothing to lose back in last place) ... figured, I might as well try and look cool right? So, I wound up third for the day - yet was really happy to see Caroline earn the win.

Gotta keep this brief (because I have homework to tend to). Keep checkin back with me here at RedlineBicycles.com and see what's in store for the New Year!

Happy Holiday season everyone!
--Alise "The Beast"

Saturday Grands

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:11:35 GMT

The grands kicked off at 8am this morning and I was feeling pretty good for an early bird lap...so good that I decided to try the AA PRO SECTION instead of our decision maker, which turned out to look like a wall as you ride upto it. Needless to say I had to pull brake and bail over the men's first jump in my first round this morning and ended up with a 6th place finish (last in my moto). No good for qualifying points. However, I turned it around for a solid victory lap in the second round and look to be in good shape for the morning as long as I have a clean lap. Headed to bed now though so wish me luck and sorry to be so brief..but I've got business to tend to =]

Seattle Redline racers great weekend at Monroe

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:42:27 GMT

Redline's Kristi Berg and Logan Owen both raced great yesterday in the final race of the Seattle Cyclo-Cross series in Monroe, WA. Kristi dominated the elite women’s race from start to finish, and with her victory, she won the series title for the Seattle Cyclo-cross series. Redlines Logan Owen was fourth place in the elite men’s race, and earned forth place overall in the whole series (very amazing for a 14 year old!). The Redline team Cyclocross framesets worked flawlessly, and so did the Shimano Dura Ace drive train and wheels. The Redline Cyclo-cross team will next be in Portland for the final USGP race next weekend, and then off to Cyclo-cross Nationals in Bend Oregon December 10th.

Redline flow-rider Brian Cunningham's Freestyle Tour Dates

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:31:47 GMT

Woodward East local and all around good guy BRIAN CUNNINGHAM, has been busy this year putting on freestyle shows all along the east coast, and just sent us his current tour dates for 2010. Here's what he had to say:

"The tour that I'm doing is a Monster Truck & FMX series of shows. Check out the website www.tboentertainmnet.com . I just got my new Redline Device frame - it looks sweet. Can't wait to put it together."

JAN. 8,9,10 - HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI
JAN. 15,16,17 - JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
JAN. 22,23,24 - MONROE, LOUISIANA
JAN. 29,30,31 - BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
FEB. 5,6 - AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
FEB. 12,13,14 - TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
FEB. 19,20 - ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA
MAR. 19,20 - HOUMA, LOUISIANA (NEAR NEW ORLEANS )

Nothing like combining big-air BMX action on Redline bikes, than with big-air car-smashing monster trucks and their fans.

Brian will be keeping all Redline fans up to date from the road - or you can always check out more at: www.DialedActionSportsTeam.com

SCX #8 Monroe Fairgrounds Finals

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:27:39 GMT

Ok what a great day!! First I want to talk about my son Holden who I am so very proud of. He finished out the series even though he was a little burned out on racing and got 2nd overall in his age group. I am so very proud of him, he is only 8, racing in the 10-12 year old cat, and he got 2nd. Way to go Holden, that is the future of our cycling community. Very Proud MAMA!!

Next Congrats to my husband Chad, who had a great race today working with teammate Phil Oppenheimer to get 5th on the day and finish 6th over all in the Master 35+ Cat 1/2 cat. He was a little bummed out because he missed 5th overall by only 6 points, but I am still very proud of him. He is having a great season and is coming into form at the right time!! Congrats Chadly!

And my race. What a great day, the course was awesome. I really liked it, it had just about everything you can have minus snow in a cross race.
I lined up on the line with all the gals in the Cat 1/2 field. I wanted to win today because that would mean I would clean sweep the series winning every race. So that was goal, and my road Teammate Jadine Rolcik also let me know in order for her to keep 3rd place overall I need to win so the points would work in Jadine's favor. So I wanted to do that for her, and the whole race I kept that in mind. It is fun to have my secret teammates out there!!
So we took off off the start, it was a long flat fast grass section into a hard right hand turn then up a false flat that hurt really bad. So I shot off and got the whole shot and decided to just gun it as hard as I could and see how much of a gap I could get. When we hit the turn after the false flat I had about 5 sec on Beth Lynn-Griffith so I keep on it and we hit a series of tight turns in the grass, about 6 or 8, so I used my cornering skills to get a little more ground on Beth. Ann Knapp was coming hard in 3rd position. The next section of the course was awesome, a nice steep technical downhill section that turned right back up into an uphill that a lot of people were having a hard time riding. I brought out my old downhill skills and attacked that section. I loved it!!
Then after that we had another hard downhill left had turn that was pretty slippery and then into the "ditch" that was about a foot deep in mud but at an angle that made it hard to ride. I took the right line each time and got through it with no problems. I was still in first at that point, then we hit a short but very steep run up and with my little legs it was very challenging to get up. Then after that it was a muddy section then flat and fast back through the finish area and through a horse barn. Wish there would have been some horses in there though, that would have been cool.
So going into the 2nd lap I had a pretty comfortable gap, I went one more lap hard to get that gap even bigger then I sat in for the 3rd lap to catch my breath. Then in the 4th lap I realized that Ann had moved into 2nd, and and was coming on strong. She is definitely starting to get her fitness back from having her daughter and is making me work and I love it! So I knew I had to kick it back up a notch to hold my gap so the last 2 laps I got back on it and held my 20-30 gap to get the win and sweep the series.

This is my 8th Seattle Series overall Elite women's title. I am very proud of that, I have been racing for a long time and to be able to continue to win the series is really a big deal for me. And to win every race in this series this year is a huge accomplishment. I love racing cross and am so excited for my age group race at Nats!!
I will try to find some pics and get them up.

What a great season I am having so far. I just feel awesome and fast out there right now. I will let you know how Portland goes. Not as excited about those 2 races as I will get a back row call up with only 1 UCI point so I have a lot more work to do just to move through the field of 80 gals. So my overall result may not be as great but I hope to have 2 good races down there to get me ready for Nats.

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Kristi

Willoughby & Stein dice for a Grands AA-pro Podium

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:52:27 GMT

AA-PRO
New Redline recruit SAM WILLOUGHBY and Redline's main man on the U.S. scene - DENZEL STEIN, both found themselves in the Grands main event. This was great redemption for Denzel; who'd crashed out last year in practice and with a broken wrist, was forced to sit on the sidelines for the '08 Grands. This year, Denzel more than made up for it, and in the first main event demonstrated to everyone how much horsepower he has.

In Round 1, Denzel grabbed the holeshot from his inside lane and never looked back. If he had, in fact, looked back, he would've seen Olympic Gold medalist Maris Straumsberg nippin on his back tire and reelin' him in after the last turn. Pushin' his Redline bike at the line, he and Maris sprinted to finish, with the Latvian powerhouse stealing away the win from our hero. Denzel 2nd, and right behind him was new teammate Sam Willoughby.

2nd main, it was the No.1 title contenders (Stumpy and Bennett) taking the lead, but Willoughby was right there in the mix again - holding down the third spot, with Denzel battlin' for fourth.

Sam: 3 + 3 = 6. Denzel: 2 + 4 = 6

Going in to the third and final main for the big show - Denzel and Sam were sitting tied for 2nd, to Kyle Bennett's 5, and ahead of Stumpy's 7. With a title on the line for either Stumpy and Bennett, it was looking like Redline pros could play a factor and spoil somebody's party. And in fact, once the gate dropped -- the two pesky Redline riders were again up toward the front messin' with the title-chasers dream of hoisting a No.1 Cup above their heads. As Bennett and Stumpy fought out front, Denzel and Sam were right in there. Denzel swooped right in there for the third, but Maris came underneath and took his line; riding Denzel up to the top of the berm and out. Meanwhile, Willoughby was able to take advantage of this, and moved up in to the 4th position to dice with the Gold medalist.

In the end, maris and Sam tied with 11 points each; which gave third place to the better finish in the last main (that'd be Maris). Sam would have to settle for a close 4th place this year.

WOMEN PRO:
Coincidentally, ALISE POST too - had an incredible first and second main, followed by a not-so-good third main. After scoring a dominating win in round one, and then backing it up with a 2nd in round two, Alise went in to the third and final main tied with Aussie Caroline Buchanon (w/ 3 points each).
But with lane 8 in the last race, and furthermore with Dominque Daniels' in lane seven, Post had her work cut out for her if she were to hold off Caroline.
In the end, Alise couldn't make anything happen in the third round, but still wound up on the Grands podium - with a 3rd place to wrap up her season.

George Goodall takes the National No.1 Cruiser title

RedlineBicycles.com — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:32:27 GMT

"Gorgeous George" Goodall just won the ABA National No.1 cruiser title, with a hard-fought battle in 41-45 Cruiser.

While the end result was exactly what he'd hoped for, Goodall's start and first straightaway weren't. Coming out of the first turn side by side with Larry Miamoto, Goodall had his work cut out for him. The Fullerton Bikes rider almost held him off, but Goodall and his Flight Pro-24 laid down the power going in to turn two, where Goodall took the inside line and proceeded to put his name in the BMX history books! Edging in to the last turn, Kent Elliott even moved in to position to take a stab at George, but the Man who'd led National Cruiser points all year crossed the line first.

In is acceptance speech, George thanked God first, the ABA and his sponsor - Redline.

ABA Grands Photo Album - from BMXnews.com

RedlineBicycles.com — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:35:38 GMT

Mike Carruth is twittering away at the Grands, as well as taking some sweet pics. When it comes to high-tech, BMXnews.com is all about staying current. Here are a few of his best Redline pics from Tulsa:

(above) "The Beast" ALISE POST was flyin' in the Womens Pro mains. She took a win in round one, and held on for 2nd in the second main. Now tied with Australian Caroline Buchanan, with 3 points each, the third main was a great one!

(above) The Redline~Challenge team will be under new management in 2010, and they've still got some mighty fast lil' buggers on the roster. Redline will continue to give them their full support for bikes, equipment and unifroms,

New Frame.

RedlineBicycles.com — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:33:11 GMT

Put my new bike together and had some pictures taken.

Here it is!

-kris

Tory Nyhaug takes the "2" in his first A-Pro race

RedlineBicycles.com — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:42:22 GMT

ABA Pro Spectacular; Tulsa Oklahoma:

The Friday night tradition saw quite a few Ams make the move to Pro - including Redline~Canada's TORY NYHAUG. Tory had a good sized class with 47 single-A-pros in attendance. The Redline Rookie pretty much breezed though his motos, quarters, and semi, but didn't get a great gate and had a less than stellar first straight in the main. Nyhaug quickly recovered and was second coming out of the first corner in hot pursuit of Josh Meyers.
Tory was on the gas, cranking and pulling Josh through the second and third straights and it looked like he might take him but ran out of track space to make the pass. He finished a close second.

Asked how it felt to be officially in the pro ranks, Tory said "It was a lot of fun racing all these fast guys. I'm pumped on making the change to pro and competing at this next level."

PRO SPECTACUALR RESULTS:
A PRO
1 Josh Meyers
2 Tory Nyhaug (Redline)
3 Alex Anthony
4 Mike Moeller
5 Matt Rubeck
6 Alan Hudson
7 Tim Kneip
8 Anthony Hoffman

Pro Spectacular in a jiffy

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:11:01 GMT

-Day started later than normal, they catered to the pros and we got to do all three qualifying rounds during round two

-I had a Powderpuff Party Autograph signing and giveaway to attend for a few hours after I qualified...I would like to shoot out a big thank you to everyone who helped put that on because all I can say is that when I was a little girl I would have killed to have a "party" with all the best girls in BMX like that. It was awesome for Girls BMX.

-We had a break for a while after that to head back to the hotel and get some grub before showtime

-I felt really good in our warm up at night before the races and was excited for our one lap main (I finally got the amateur decision maker dialed and was ready to have some fun

-The night was filled with tons of racing action lead off with an introduction ceremony (much shorter than last year which was both good and bad)

-They added in the Golden crank Awards to the evening rather than hosting them at a hotel before the grands (Only one I can remember is Rookie Pro of the Year was Nic Long)

-In the main, two laps in a row people almost missed their final. First in the NAG 5 boys challenge, Rusty Nesvig came rushing up, followed directly by Caroline Buchanan in our girl's pro main (we can excuse Caroline since she's Australian though =] )

-I was right next to Caroline in the gate and I let myself get distracted by her late arrival and the whole gate call I was just listening to her heavy breathing and thinking "wow, I better get a good gate because everytime that happens to me I have the biggest adrenaline rush ever"...and wouldn't you know it, I HIT THE GATE!! pretty hard actually but I still managed to get in to third by the second straight. In the second turn I was setting up to make up some more ground on the decision maker by swinging out wide for a high low, only to be swooped under by Brooke Crain followed by Alaina Henderson, who both to the girls rhythm section straight, forcing me to do the same and run the whole rest of the track wide, and come in for a 4th place finish. Not too pumped on it but what can you do?

-In the men's, Kyle Bennett killed it and is now in the hunt for the AA title as well....things will get interesting.

Keep posted with me!

Happy Thanksgiving!

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:24:51 GMT

Big big thanks goes out to the Redline freestyle program and everything you guys have done this year! Stoked to be involved with all of you and have a great Thanksgiving!-fuzz

Happy Thanksgiving!

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:23:05 GMT

While Denzel, Alise, 3G and the rest of the Redline family represent this weekend at the ABA Grands, I'll be flying the Red, Black and White out at the NBL Thanksgiving National. I want to wish all my team mates the best and I'll be looking for you all up on the podiums!

I want to wish all of you out there a happy Thanksgiving too! Times are pretty rough out there and I'm so very thankful for my health and being able to ride a kids bike around on dirt hills. I want to thank the service men and women for their service, as I'm thankful for our freedom we have in the U.S.!

If you're in Morristown, drop by and say hello!

Tommy

Happy Turkey Day!

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:56:30 GMT

Just wanted to start off by wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Like every other year since I was 7, grands practice was held over Thanksgiving. I showed up to the track today around 11:30am, check it out for a bit and then had a practice from 1:30 to 2:30pm. The track is pretty crazy, 3 different straightaways for the same 3rd straight. The farthest inside is the AA only line that jumps over everyone else's 4th straight into it's own turn. The middle line that just cuts off a bit of the track is the Girl Pro and Am Decision maker. I practiced the gapped middle line the most, but also hit the doglegged outside rhythm section just in case I have to do that. All the different technical lines mixed with a pretty wide open first straight is going to make for some interesting racing without a doubt. I took some pics of the track before practice here they are..

I felt good in practice but I did take the extra laps in girls practice to get the track even more dialed. The pro prcatice was just a bit hectic with people flying in every which direction, so getting the first straights in later worked out nice. I'm back at the hotel now though ad am getting ready for my own turkey dinner! Check in tomorrow for Pro Spectacular updates.

B.Y.O.B.

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:55:54 GMT

Okay I might just be a huge dork/nerd, but I have NEVER actually seen this before and now I get to sleep in a wall-pull out bed at my hotel

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Pretty cool huh? Kind of like a New York apartment or something!

This place we're staying at has all kinds of little quirks and it's neat. My whole family is staying in this condo type of thing rather than a hotel and we're having a good time. There's a million light switches everywhere and only half the light bulbs work so my brother has been being the monkey crawling around off balconies and such in order to fix bulbs and transport them to places where it is more necessary to have light. So if you come visit us, make sure you BYOB (Bring your own BULB) to carry from room to room with ya! haha.

Oh and don't forget to bring a case of water with you to train for the grands as well. We're doing max out squats!

I am off to the track now though so I will update you with some pics of the track tonight!

Redline introduces TWO new Pros at ABA Grands

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:07:38 GMT

The rumor mills are bustin' at the seams - as REDLINE has just announced that there will not be just ONE new Redline Pro making his debut in Tulsa, OK this weekend ... but TWO.

Want a hint?! Neither are American.

Give up?

The two new Pros to Redline, making their debut in Tulsa, are Australian and Canadian.

Australia's SAM WILLOUGHBY (your new UCi Supercoss points champion and reigning Jr.Elite World Champion).

After months of rumors, talks and negotiations - Sam Willoughby has shown up in Tulsa with a brand new 2010 Redline Flight bike and uniform. Word has it that he was like a little kid on Christmas day when the boxes arrived. With the "new sponsor" pysch, don't be surprised if you spot him atop the podium at least once in Tulsa.

While not new to Redline, Canadian Olympic hopeful TORY NYHAUG has decided to make The Grands his PRO debut; so we are hoping he'll be The Man to beat in single-A Pro. With the "new pro" psych, don't be surprised if you spot him atop the podium at least once in Tulsa.

The History of Stu's Redline bikes

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:22:44 GMT

JT - of JTfreestyle.com, has been a huge fan of Stu Thomson ever since he first opened up a Bicycle Motocross News paper back in '75. To his awe, Stu was doing a mind-boggling "Helicopter" (now called a 360), that literally blew JT away. From that moment on, he HAD to have a Redline Squareback.
And he still feels that way to this day.

With all of the buzz these days on the awesome Stompin' Stu DVD, JT thought he'd combine some parts and built up some authentic Stu rides - in which visitors to the 2009 Rockford BMX Gathering (including Stu and his wife Tanya), got to see live and in person.
For those who missed it - here they are

First up is his original Squareback that was similar to Stu's setup but this one is exact. JT fills you in on more:

VEHICLE
1975 Redline Squareback

Frame - Redline Squareback with original nickel finish and rare white decals
Fork - Redline with original nickel finish
Stem - Schwinn
Bars - Schwinn
Grips - Schwinn
Headset - Schwinn
Wheels - Skyway Tuff I's with Bendix coaster brake
Front Tire - Carlisle Aggressor MX 20 x 2.125
Rear Tire - Cheng Shin 20 x 2.125
Chain - Schwinn
Sprocket - Schwinn
Cranks - Schwinn
Bottom Bracket - Schwinn
Pedals - Union
Seat - Mesinger
Seat post - Schwinn
Seat post clamp - Schwinn
Pad set - Speedo

"As it happens, the best at racing is also the best at riding bowls" --Bob Osborn.
The Vineland skate park had a skateboarder that wouldn't let anyone ride a bike but after stating that a bicycle could never show him up, he let Stu in. The skateboarder did a few moves and then asked Stu to ride. Stu walked over to the 15' vertical section of the bowl, set his coaster brake, and dropped straight down the vertical wall, and then on the other side pulled a one handed aerial! Stu then proceeded to fly up the other wall to do a one hander one footer and everyone was blown away!

In 1980, Stu left SE Racing for Redline and with Stu being the #1 ABA Pro this really boosted sales of Redline and Stu's career. Redline offered Stu the opportunities to expand his career which became a historic relationship. The Redline team was "the Team", top quality products, National titles, NORA Cup winner, and great spokesperson/ambassador for BMX.

In 1980 the ProLine was modified with a stronger rear dropout, lighter forks, same 5" head tube, and geometry change for better handling. The ProLine was designed for riders 5'6" or greater and the MicroLine products for under 5' 6". Redline introduced a new catalog featuring Stu and his brother in-law Greg Hill.
* New Super ProLine (brute) stem was introduced.
* New Flight cranks that had no pinch bolt which was added late 1981 to secure the crank on the beefy Redline spindle.
* New one piece Flight gear, lightweight, strong, and easy to change.
* New flute seat post
* New BMX "MX-III" complete bike
* New TUFF RIDER complete bike
* New MOTO-S complete bike
* New EXPERT complete bike
* New Jerseys, Jackets, patches, sticker sets, logo pads, caps, etc. The bike features what Stu Thomsen rode that year including the modified Honda MX lever and dust cover from his mini-bike. It's very rare to see black wall Cycle Pro Snakebelly tires and here we have one on the back with a Carlisle Aggressor MX front mounted on first Generation Skyway Tuff's that were introduced then.

VEHICLE
1980 Redline Proline

Frame - Redline ProLine 5" head tube
Fork - Redline ProLine
Stem - Redline Super Proline
Bars - Redline ProLine V Bars, NOS
Grips - Oakley II's, NOS
Headset - Tange
Wheels - Skyway Graphite Tuff II's with Campagnolo hubs
Freewheel - Suntour
Front Tire - Carlisle Aggressor MX 20 x 2.125, NOS
Rear Tire - Cycle Pro Snakebelly blackwall, rare
Caliper - Dia-Compe 890, NOS
Brake Lever - Honda MX
Brake Lever cover - Honda
Brake pads - Kool-Stop finned
Chain - Izumi gold and black, NOS
Chain ring - Redline 43 teeth, NOS
Cranks - Redline Flight non-pinch
Bottom Bracket - Redline unsealed
Pedals - MKS rat traps, NOS
Seat - Cycle Pro Shotgun, NOS
Seat post - Redline fluted
Seat post clamp - Suntour, NOS
Pad set - Redline old font

Being from Minnesota and seeing Stu race on this bike in person, JT had to build it up an exact replica. It was 1981, at the Saint Paul Civic Center, for the Rondo Classic indoor race, here in lovely Minnesota. The shot of Stu speed jumping is etched in my head for a lifetime after Bob Osborn shot the same angle I was at. It was awesome to see Stu race here indoors and to honor that thought, JT slapped together the very same ride - to exact spec. In 1981. the Proline was modified with tapered fork legs and new dropouts. Late in 1981 they introduced the single pinch flight cranks to snug up on the spindle without loosening.
Stu really enjoyed seeing this bike at the 2009 Rockford Vintage gathering.

VEHICLE
1981 Redline Proline

Frame - Redline ProLine 5" head tube
Fork - Redline ProLine tapered forks
Stem - Redline Super Proline
Bars - Redline ProLine V Bars, NOS
Grips - Oakley .5's, NOS
Headset - Tange
Rims - Araya 7x
Hubs - Campagnolo low flange
Freewheel - Suntour
Front Tire - Mitsuboshi Stadium yellow label, NOS
Rear Tire - Mitsuboshi Stadium yellow label, NOS
Caliper - Dia-Compe 890
Brake Lever - Dia-Compe
Brake pads - Dia-Compe
Chain - Izumi, NOS
Chain ring - Redline 43 teeth, NOS
Cranks - Redline Flight non-pinch
Bottom Bracket - Redline unsealed
Pedals - KKT chrome rat traps, NOS
Seat - Elina Lightning bolt, NOS
Seat post - Redline fluted
Seat post clamp - Suntour, NOS
Padset - Redline new font
Plate - Haro Type II with original stickers from that cover shot.

"Stu, thanks for being such a positive role model both on and off the track! You've contributed so much to the sport of BMX and continue to do so! Hope you all enjoy the bikes as much as the Thomsen's did."
--JT

Troy Elliot - New Flight Build

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:48:30 GMT

Name: Troy Elliot "Bubba"
Age: 12
Lives: Toowoomba – South Qld - Aust

Hi RL/Aust Crew,

Troy-Boys Finished 2010 Build.. – based on RL PRO Frame, = 7.792569 kg.

This is the Lightest bike ever - Pro RL Bike in Aust – of its kind/make (given custom re-fits)..

George Goodall Interview - Part 4

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:29:26 GMT

PART 4: The Chase for the Cup

Last year - 2008, Goodall's highlight was earning a NAG No.1 title. And doing it for Redline, that meant he got to add his name to the "Door of Fame" on the Redline Trailer.

So how does it feel to finally be experiencing such BMX success in his 40's?!

George: "At this point in time, the success I am finding is because the FUN is back. Racing back in the day against such big names in the pro class was fun - but it was also pretty serious. But now, I am just having a blast. I tell the kids at my weekly Chandler clinics, to keep it fun. When you cross the finishline with a big smile on your face, and turn around to congratulate your competition - and you got to enjoy every moto and main, no matter what place you are in - that is the fun that BMX is all about. That's the fun that makes BMX racing so great ... so popular."

At age 43, Gorgeous George has lead ABA National Cruiser points all year long and will be the man with a target on his back in November 2009.

Will he win the illustrious silver Cup and write his name in the BMX History books? We'll be able to answer that one next week. For now, Goodall and his Flight Pro-24 are just taking it one moto at a time, and trying to not think about it.

What thoughts are going through your head right now, concerning your Thanksgiving weekend?

George: “It's just another BMX race. Enjoy myself. Laugh and take lots of photos. I just want to take it one moto at a time. Not get ahead of myself. Just trying to stay relaxed and focus at the task at hand.”

We're probably not helping you not think about it, are we?

George: “I cherish where I'm at right now. I've worked hard to be in this position and in 2005 I couldn't have ever imagined that I would be sitting atop the leader board in cruiser one day and now it's here. I'm ready for it!”

All this year - who has been your toughest competition? Anybody in particular you are worried about lining up in the gate next to you?

George: “In all honesty, I’m only worried about me. There are some fast guys I race and we’re all great friends. I know that Jud, Kent, Mr.Moto and others will be coming hard. We’re also missing some of the regulars to injury - like Raymonde, Coover and Madden. But anybody I’m worred about … (thinking) ...nope.”

Seems like it's all up to you at this point. It's yours to win, or to hand it over to someone else.

George: “Yup, it's up to me ! You can bet I will leave it all out on the track.”

Does your new 2010 Flight bike play any factor in the title chase?

George: “Of course! The new 2010 design not only looks fast but helps you go fast. I get in the gate and know I have one of the best bikes on the market and it gives me great confidence.”

What do you prefer - your 20" Pro XXL or your Cruiser? Which do you like better?

George: “I ride my 20" all the time because your response and reflexes have to be spot on or you'll end up on your ear. After riding the 20-inch, the 24" is like steering an ocean liner. It’s a lot more forgiving. The cruiser, however is my bread and butter. I only ride it a day or so before a national, but it's tried and true, baby.”

Well, Gorgeous. Good luck in your quest for the Cup. We've still got a blank spot on the Door of Fame, on the Redline trailer. And it'd be great to add your title to it. You'd be in some pretty good company up there.

George: “Thanks, and that is definitely a great motivator - to join the company who are listed on the Redline door.”

Would you like to make a statement on all of the rumors going around about you possibly turning Vet Pro in 2010?

George: “I have been asked if I will go or not. I've been weighing the pros and cons, but right now I'm really trying to focus on getting thru November with some NAG plates and a silver cup.”

Plates – with a plural, eh?

George: “You’ve got it. There are some really fast riders turning up an age next year. Verhagen, Archibald, Jody Reinoehl, and new riders coming in like Eddy King and Billy Griggs. So I wonder if Vet Pro would be the best move? I guess we will all know come Reno, huh?”

Any last words of advice to everyone who's going to Tulsa?

George: “Have fun and soak up the entire experience. As they say, this is the Greatest Show on Earth! ... BMX wise, that is. C-ya there and thanks to everyone who reads this.”

Thanks. And good luck, buddy.

Queensland State Championship Race Report - Hilliam's

RedlineBicycles.com — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:44:40 GMT

2009 QUEENSLAND STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEKEND ASHMORE - HILLIAM'S
Friday Cruisers
Liam’s Day of 13-14 boys was not going to be an easy one. There were world and national plate riders he was up against. In saying so he held his own not to badly and just missed out on 6 rider semis.
There was a bigger weekend to come for Liam so track time was a bonus.
Kev again was up against his two biggest rivals for the last two years and down to the final he claimed 2Q again by a photo finish for the 2nd year in a row. Great racing on the 2009 FLIGHT PRO CRUISER with 4 wins and a 2nd in the five qualifying motos was one of the Friday’s highlights.

Saturday Champbikx
For the first time Liam raced in this series. Being still only twelve there were stronger and older riders he was up against. Going into the three qualifying motos with no real expectations when he was called up in the final 8 he was wrapped along with his supporters in the REDLINE tents. A reasonable gate saw a 6th place in the final and a confidence rise before the afternoons States racing.
Adam having seen the other interstate riders names saw the chance to gain good track time. But was he surprised when he made the final and in 8th pick on the gate. A good snap on the gate resulted in a good first straight and crossing the line in 2nd place. Fantastic! These other riders came from around the country to place their name on the winners list in the seven round National series. Looks like he is up for a few more Champbikx race meetings.

Queensland Age Championships
Liam’s Saturday had started in a good way with his results in Champbikx. Three 2nds and two 3rds made for a good foundation and a fair run into the Sundays finals. Having had a year of solid racing at the Perth Nationals gave him an understanding for racing that only comes from participation and learning from mistakes. Thirds in both quarters and semi meant for a Queensland plate that had eluded him for the past three years. Reward for not giving up and staying true to himself. A wide gate in the final against huge riders had him miss the pileup on the first straight and bring home his REDLINE FLIGHT PRO in 4th place. 4Q...and just reward for his never give up attitude.

Having qualified to be a part of the Southern Zone ID Squad Adam was on a high Saturday afternoon and knew all he had to do was stay out of any trouble and a Q plate was there for his taking. Three 1sts one 2nd and a 3rd had him on his way into the Semis. Knowing there were National and World plate riders vying to do anything to get into the final eight a no mistake race was in order. Getting caught up in the first straight saw Adam out wide and running 7th.
Top four go through and that was the only thing he needed to remind himself going into the first berm as carving up a rider here and there on the next three straights which saw him cross the line in 4th. Man what a relief. Now it was time for the big one, the final. Again a wide gate saw Adam have to use all the knowledge from this years Nationals and Worlds and Pro Open racing to move through the field. Nearly passing another rider just before the line resulted in 4Q for 2009. Along with his 1SQ and Champbikx 2nd over all up until now he had a smile a mile wide. With all the moto and finals results his ID points tally was looking good for a position in the State ID Squad placing in third place by the end of the weekend in the 16 boys age group. Only bigger and better things are to come for Adam as having just completed his tenth year in a row Queensland Championships his experience is now proving that with his REDLINE FLIGHT PRO XL he will win more races against the best racers this country has to offer. His new 2010 model is just around the corner from being here and is sure to lead the way in 2010 throughout the country.

Kev’ qualifying motos saw three 1sts and two 2nds taking him into the final for Sunday. Again up against his two greatest rivals he had to put up or shut up. Having only just received his 2010 REDLINE FLIGHT PRO XXL the balance of the bike was different and this may have helped in his chase for the number 1Q plate for 2009. Coming off the last berm in second by maybe two bike lengths by the time he crossed the line he was pipped by 0.148 of a second in his bid for that 1Q plate he won in 2006. If the finish line had been only a meter or two further away he would have done it. But the winner was last year’s 1Q rider and he did enough to keep Kev out. Afterwards Kev praised the new 2010 model as he was sure this was what had him so close too that 1Q this year.
Kev, Adam and Liam would like to thank BMX International and the REDLINE FLIGHT SERIES race bikes for giving them an edge in a more competitive sport than it has been for some time. There is a buzz in the sport lately about the new 2010 models and we are sure there will be more winners riding REDLINES than the years before. Bring it on!

Liam Hilliam, Adam Hilliam and Kev Hilliam

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