RoughriderFreeride

This is a video that Rich from Santa Fe made a while back. Rich is an awesome rider and makes kick ass video.

Texas Roughriders from R. Strang on Vimeo.

So this is it, El Paso is having its first Dirt Jump Jam Session Comp. Rough Rider Racing and Wheel Connection Bike and Skateboard shop are proud to sponsor the 2009 Dirt Session event. We will be having food, prizes and even a pumptrack race so come out for fun even if you do not plan on competing. Winners of the comp walk away with cash and prizes. 20" class winner gets a brand new oem Colony frame!!? 24" and 26" combined winner gets a WTB wheelset!!? There will be prizes for every entry so don't stress on signing up; $5 gets you riding and a guaranteed prize. Check out more info on the event at: http://www.wheel-connection.com/id19.html

Roughrider Canyon Sept. 2009

Hey all , shit is hitting the fan.. 12 hour DH in Angelfire NM.. Red Bull Burner !! It will be a great race , rain , sleet or snow, knock on wood, lol.. www.redbullburner.com .. peace

Banshee Amp, new ride. James set me up with the frame, I ordered some new parts, moved some old parts over, and now it's finally built and tuned. I'll spare you the usual Amp comments (light, easy to manual, good tire clearance, etc..) and get to some stuff not often mentioned. What stands out most is the chainline. One drive side spacer for the XT bottom bracket and a set of the thicker spacers that came with the e-13 LG1+ chainguide and the chain is perfectly straight when centered in the cassette. This might not seem like a big deal, but it really makes the bike ride smooth and noiseless (because the chain isn't rubbing on either side of the chainguide) in every gear. The front chainring only clears the chainstay by about 1-2mm using a 36t, so it looks real clean/precise. Of course is you are running single speed like most, none of this matters :) Another subtle detail, running an 80mm fork actually drops the nose just slightly. In other words, with an 80mm fork the chainstays run a slight decline from the rear wheel to the bottom bracket which means a 100mm fork would be perfect but you could get away with 120-140mm fork without feeling like you were already doing a wheelie. Lastly, although generic, the seatclamp works as supposed to and looks clean and the internal headset is deffinetly a plus. Going to ride at the jumps/pump track now, laters.

It was awesome !! We came we rode we kiked it arse !! That is the best race trail ever !! We got 12 Dh'rs only , but next year will be better .. I got no pics yet.. The Silver City Roughriders represented !! Rohan took first place and Carjack took second , Dirty-J took 3rd.. Thanx too ALL that helped !! The bands were RAD !! Yall should check it yo's !! peace