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Just blows me away. I know some people are going to cry foul when I say this, but that is pure mountain biking in so many forms. Race or otherwise. Plain and simple. I'm glad to see the sport heading in that direction and popularity of these events, moving away from ho-hum XC or 'Super-D' events that focus only on fitness as opposed to fitness/technical bike handling skills. Beautiful.

That is fresh. At least he (or the photographer) took the time to make his crankarms and pedals line up parallel with the ground AND put the chain into an asthetically pleasing gear allowing the rear derailleur to ease off the bike at an angle that's not hard on the eyes. They only do that in the pro ranks-so take note when you kids take pictures of your clapped out Kona Stinky's leaning up against your older brother's primer gray Camero sitting out in the weeds next to your parents house. Just make certain the stickers on your rims and...

Well if that's the real case, and not just e-heresay, then good on Weir for finding a new, and friendlier home. So long as he doesn't end up skinnier than Tinker it's all good.

I have to agree with Surfwax. It's like taking the cool, kinda punk kid that everyone is slightly affraid of. Who drives to High School in his slightly beatup, but kinda awesome primer black pickup truck that has become an integral part of his image and then taking that away from him and handing him the keys to a yellow Xterra with a vanity plate. Then to add insult to injury, his dad takes out an ad in the back of his senior yearbook with his picture and instead of it saying 'Here's a photo of our beloved son Mark...