Section of the latest edition of the Kranked series.  Some sweet riding and it is well choreographed!  Enjoy.

Riders & Sliders service shop is having it’s grand opening kickoff this weekend Jan.30-31.  Stop by and get 20% off tuning and repair service on your gravity taming mountain steeds!  Great pricing and quick turnaround on services make this THE shop to visit when your bike is beat down from Post Canyon, or your sticks or board is sluggish and out of tune!  Don’t settle for just any service shop….Go where the Pros Go!

8122 SW Bvrtn-Hillsdale hwy, Portland, OR 97225

Riders & Sliders is the official retailer for WSFR gear.  Currently you can pick up T-shirts and stickers, and more gear is in the works!

See riders & sliders website for more details

I want to introduce you all to the newest service shop open to take care of your ride.  Riders and Sliders just opened and owner/chief mechanic Erik Nyberg is ready to help keep your bikes and snowsports gear performing at peak performance.  Need parts?  He can get them, and soon you will the option to have him put them on your bike or you can rent out his work bench by the hour.  Either way you can get the job done professionally!

Stop by and check out the shop at 8122 SW Bvrtn-Hillsdale hwy, Portland 97225.  Open 10-7 Tues-Sat, 10-5 Sun.  503.477.6733

If you don’t catch him in the shop, he is most definitely shreddin the gnar or scalpin singletrack! 

Riders n Sliders is a great supporter WESTSIDE FREERIDE!

There is a Blackrock build day this coming Saturday, starting at 9AM. They could really use some help — last build day had 12 people!

Here is a note on the details from the BRMBA site:

If you come out to help and are just working please drive up to BT and someone will point you in the right direction or if we don’t have a lot of volunteers then there will be a table under the tent.  Please check in and then read the notice there on where to go to help. If you are working and then plan to ride you can drive up for working but you will need to drive back down before riding since the gate will be closed by 4PM (we don’t want to lock anyone in).

If you can make it down there to help out, please consider doing so. Those trails are super sick and new stuff is going in all the time.

After the sudden death of the old message board I am very happy to present you with the new WSFR board!  All praise goes to Andy Wood for setting it up!  Check it out HERE!

Join the forums to get trail information and share your experience or just talk some smack!

If you love to record your adventures and your friends crashes while riding, this is a camera you should definitely take a look at.  I have been using the Hero Wide camera for about a year and it does an awesome job.  The 170 degree camera angle gets all the action and it records to a SD card.  Super easy to use, and it records video and stills with the option to take 5 Mb stills at intervals of 2/5/10/30/60 second intervals.  Now with the HD capability it records 1080, 960 and 720p resolutions at 30 and 60 frames per second options.  With a new rechargeable Lithium ion batter you can record 2.5 hrs on each charge.

All these video capabilities are wrapped in a waterproof, bombproof, easy to mount case. 

All these features for under $300!

Go Pro is accepting preorders now.  Check it out!

Biketobeerfest

9/19/09 Portland, OR- The first annual BIKETOBEERFEST was held on Saturday at Hopworks Urban Brewery.  The combination of Bikes, Brews and Music was a hit.  Christian Ettinger, owner of HUB, did a great job hosting bike-centro festival and ofcourse his award winning beers were flowing and keeping the cycling crowd well lubricated! 

Performances by Boy Eats Drum Machine and Chronicle rocked the back lot.  Hand built bikes were on show including the beautiful and fully functional “HUB Bike Bar” built by Winter Cycles.  A flat land BMX demonstration was on hand for all the fans of 80’s style cool!   For those that like to drink and break stuff…there was the Huffy Huck competition.  

All in all it was a great time and HUB did nice job with the first Biketobeerfest!  Can’t wait for next year’s!

Bike thieves suck!

Surrey, B.C. – Bike thieves really know how to stick a knife into your heart.  Last week while visiting the beautiful land of the ‘Great White North’, fellow rider Erik Nyberg had his Iron Horse Sunday stolen.  Headed home after riding at Whistler, Erik stopped off in Surrey.  Thieves cut the lock, removed the front wheel and lifted the bike out of his bike rack on his truck. 

“The F*#kers cut the cable and removed the front wheel! GONE! F*#K!” said Nyberg.

There is a special place in hell for bike thieves!

150 maximum number

of participants!

Event is Rain or Shine!

REGISTRATION: How to reserve your slot…

1. print registration form , fill it out, and mail $35 pre-registration payment per person

checks payable to “W.T.F.”
MUST BE POST MARKED BY 10/9/2009 to gaurantee slot
list names of participants and include email address for sending shuttle news

If under 18, parent or legal gaurdian must also sign W.T.F. Participant Waiver form (mail with payment or bring with you day of).

Westside Trail Federation
PO Box 4042
Hillsboro, OR  97123

2. After about a week, go here to make sure your name is on “The List”

UPDATES…

8/31/2009 – Slots still available – get your registration mailed to reserve your space!   Registrations are flying in…  expect we’ll probably fill up between end of September.

8/31/2009 – receiced confirmation from Transition Bicycle Company – “We will be there with 10 Bottlerockets, at least one TR450, and a new Covert.”

8/27/2009 – received confirmation from One Ghost Industries – “we’ll be there with bikes to check out!”

8/26/2009 – got all critical slots filled for volunteer responsibilities.  Drivers, First aid, trail patrol, etc.   Gave heads up toA&N Home Town grocery that we’ll need a truck load of sandwiches (for sale at Basic Training at noon day of the event).

8/25/2009 – confirmed DJ will be bringing sound system to play music (send PM to “Jake” via the Message board or directly to JakeS@westsidetrailfederation.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

8/10/2009 – booked event photographer, obtained ODF event permit

Steve Peat, world champion

Canberra, Australia-
After 16 tries and 4 silver medal finishes, 35 year old British downhiller Steve Peat claims victory at the DH Championships in Canberra, Australia. Peat raced down the hill at a time of 0:02:30.0 just beating out South Africa’s Greg Minaar by 1 tenth of a second! Michael Hannah of Australia finished third at 0:02:31.

STEVE PEAT, WORLD CHAMPION!

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