Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 | by ergonusa
February 18-19, 2012
Tucson, AZ
The first big race of the season, 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo, attracts over 3,500 hundred racers and spectators from across the globe, making this one of the largest 24 hour races around. The fast desert singletrack was in prime shape this year thanks to a few inches of snow just a few days before the race. Unlike last year’s edition, the weather this year was absolutely perfect.
Rich Maines raced to an 8th place finish in the solo male single speed category and was 12th overall male solo. After a strong start, Maines had multiple light failures during 2 night laps and suffered from stomach issues brought on by poor execution of his nutrition plan. “Normally, execution of my nutrition plan is an absolute strength. I made some rookie mistakes out there with my intake, got too far behind and paid the price.” Maines, determined to finish in the top 5, made a last ditched effort after sunrise to fit in 16 laps, but fell short by just a couple of minutes, completing his 15th lap at 12:12pm on Sunday.
RESULTS
Rich Maines, 8th place solo male single speed
Friday, February 17th, 2012 | by ergonusa
KJ Beti of Team Yeti Beti, based out of Denver, CO, does some bike and ski time with the BX2. She tells all in the team blog on how the BX2 pack performed for her. Click image to link on over to the full review!
Monday, February 13th, 2012 | by ergonusa
Life Time Fitness and the Leadville Race Series are proud to announce the 2012 Camp of Champions! The Camp of Champions will feature Six-time LT 100 Champion Dave Wiens, Two-time LT100 Champion Bryson Perry and the 2007 Ladies Champion Gretchen Reeves. Camp participants will ride, dine, and socialize with three of Leadville’s finest champions in addition to a host of experienced Leadville Trail 100 Buckle wearing guides.
Every mile of the Leadville Trail 100 course will be ridden during camp with special attention given to the now infamous course sections at: St. Kevin’s, Powerline, and the incredible Columbine Climb. A question and answer session will give participants a chance to gain insight regarding proper training, diet, bike set-up and crewing logistics advice for the best race-day performance. Attending the Camp of Champions with Bryson, Dave, Gretchen, and our other experienced LT 100 guides will dramatically increase your chances of meeting your LT 100 goals and completing your Race Across the Sky!
Due to permitting, camp participation is limited to only 75 registered athletes. Registration spots will be filled with a first come, first served registration process. No Lottery will be implemented and the spots will fill fast, so don’t miss this incredible opportunity to ride with LT 100 Legends on your way to earning your Leadville buckle! Registration opens Monday, February 13 at 10:00am MST.
Call the Leadville Race Series Office at 719-219-9351.
MORE INFORMATION
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 | by ergonusa
We are happy to have had a part in helping Mel and Kate complete a year-long field research expedition to study transboundary conservation along the Silk Road – by bike. This is a sneak preview trailer of their first three months on the road, covering Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Ergon supported the riders with GC3 grips on their bikes.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | by ergonusa
We have a great group of product testers here in the USA. Each person lives in a specific environment and focuses on a style of riding. When we launched the PC2 Pedal we were quick to get the pedals into the hands of our fixed-gear mountain biker living in the St. George, UT desert. Yes, you read that right. fixed gear mtbing! Riding through sand and over slickrock for nearly 7,000 miles, Fixie Dave as he is known took the PC2 Pedals way out of their comfort zone.
Via our product tester out in the UT desert, Fixie Dave…..
RIP Ergon PC2 pedals, 7,000 miles, lots of rocks and slickrock and banging into stuff!
Please note, these pedals are intended for commuting/urban riding and were given to Fixie Dave to use and abuse in the harsh UT desert while mountain biking. The PC2 Pedal is NOT intended or designed for mtbing.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | by ergonusa
Click the image to access the full review on the Cycleborebom website.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | by ergonusa
12 Hours of Temecula
January 21, 2012
Vail Lake Resort, California
Race #1 in the SoCal Endurance Series, the 12 Hours of Temecula, is California’s premier endurance mountain biking race series. There were challenging climbs on the front section of the course and a big payoff towards the back half dubbed, “The Tunnel of Love.” Riders were either climbing or being rewarded with swooping fast singletrack, worthy of any gravity rider’s envy.
Rich Maines raced to a 2nd place finish in the solo male single speed category. After a rainy start, the sizable field spread out quickly after the first major climb. Rich’s decision to run a ratio of 32/18 would ultimately prove too challenging in the wet sand and steep climbs, so after 7 laps, he decided to switch to a 32/19. With a renewed vigor, he chased down the lead rider. After 11 laps, he had closed the gap to just 10 minutes and ended up finishing just 1 minute behind the first place finisher with a total of 12 laps.
RESULTS
Rich Maines, 2nd place solo male single speed
Ergon products used
HX2 gloves
GS2 Team
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 | by ergonusa
We are always amazed at were out grips show up. For example, check out the latest issue of Competitor Magazine in the Denver area! GC3′s getting it done on the elliptical bikes!
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 | by ergonusa
Click image to access the Arthriving page by Aleve.
Monday, January 16th, 2012 | by ergonusa
Yes, Leadville, CO in the winter for some fun on the mountain bikes. It is possible if you keep an open mind and are willing to hike/push your bike as much as you ride it 
Rolling east out of Leadville up to Mosquito Pass. The goal, get to 13,000 ft in the time frame given. That time frame was 3 hours, before we had to pack up to get to Copper Mountain Ski Resort for the night time snow bike race.
Sitting at 11,500 ft. Still need to get to 13,000 ft.
Riding soon gave way to hike-a-bike and carry-a-bike Time to claw……dig…….scratch…..push!
Topping out at 12,000 ft! Still, 1,000 ft shy of the actual pass. Oh, well. Time will come again. Maybe more…or less snow next time around.
Heading home.
Here is a video of the adventure ride….
After a quick espresso in Leadville, it was time to head back to reality
