Downhill, Freeride, Dirt Jump, Race, Trials, Urban
The first Fluidride Cup in history has gone down as a huge success. We had 235 riders entered in Sunday’s Downhill, and 41 racers entered in Saturday’s Slalom. There were 15 pros, 14 Semi Pros, and 3 Pro women in attendance. We handed out over 50 temporary licenses to first time racers, and 47 annual memberships! I have never seen so many first time racers at a local event in my life. Such a cool experience to be a part of, and it made me proud to be a Continue reading ‘Fluidride Cup #1′
Besides selling a full range of complete bikes from several top makers, Fluidride can get frames from a large number of brands including; Intense, Iron Horse, Turner, Morewood, Yeti, Foes, Evil, Transition, Commencal, Black Market, Kona, Norco, S&M, Fit Bike, Azonic, Echo, Meta, Titus, Ellsworth and many others. From Trials to Trails, XC to DH, Road to BMX; we build beautiful bikes. Talk to any one of our employees about building your new dream bike. Also stay tuned for the Custom Rides gallery on the web page, highlighting some of the more amazing bikes we get to help create.
Eric Carter and Andrew Neething travelled to Reunion Island off the coast of South Africa last fall for the final round of the Mega Avalanche Series. Their mechanic John Canepa did some nice filming and a great interviews with the riders. Check out pro insights into some of the toughest gravity racing on the planet at virtual descent. Special thanks go out to Eric, Andrew, John, and to Sven Martin for getting the camera in their hands. The piece is edited by Mark Brent of Bones Over Metal.
The weekend of the first Fluidride Cup race is fast approaching and Fluidride Riders Lars Sternberg and Casey Northern have been working around the clock to get things dialed for the throngs of racers expected to show up this weekend. The two, with the help of the Port Angeles and greater NW riding community, have put together an amazing dual slalom track to compliment the great DH tracks in store for riders. Check out the slalom course to see what it looks like when Lars and Casey aren’t holding shovels at virtual descent.
If you haven’t picked up a copy of the May 2008 issue of Bike magazine, go out an buy one. The special 15th anniversary issue is packed with great reading, and of course, great pictures. Editor Lou Mazzante’s article “Thirty Years to Whistler” chronicles some of the areas and people who have helped bring the sport to it’s current state. In addition to Marin, Bend, Vancouver and Whistler, Ashland made the cut, with Fluidride rider Nathan Riddle featured as Ashland’s iconic rider. Go out and grab a copy today!
After 5 stages and over 42 hours in the saddle, Fluidride Rider Anka Martin is sitting in an impressive 15th place in the Women’s division of the Cape Epic. Anka has worked tirelessly to get the required fitness to complete this grueling event. We wish her the best of luck in the final stages. Good Luck Anka!
The Issaquah shop is now up and running, and new stuff is arriving everyday. Yesterday we took delivery of two beautiful new Intense frames which we quickly built into bikes. These bikes are dialed and come with a great build kit, and US made frames. Also in this week at Fluidride are Morewood bikes. The frame pictured is Pro Racer Nathan Hoch’s personal ride.
The frames look great, with amazing workmanship and attention to detail. We’ll be getting some in stock soon.
Also, a stock of “Fluidride: Like A Pro came” in this week, The buzz around the video has been amazing and it doesn’t disappoint, come get your copy while supplies last. We hope to see some more new brands in soon so stay tuned for updates! For more info, call the Issaquah shop at 425.427.8444.
