More pics from the sales meetings

So on Wednesday we did this ridiculous road ride. It was a 7 mile hillclimb up to the top of South Mountain. It actually wasn't too bad and I did alright the last 200 yards is a 14% grade which hurt real bad! but the view at the top and the fast twisty ride down was well worth the trip up.

on Friday I got to take the new Firebird down Geronimo and that made the whole week very worth my while!

more pics

Have you hugged a cactus today?

Magura sales camp

Well I was in Phoenix AZ this week at the Magura and Pivot/BH sales meetings. It was a lot of fun and I learned a whole bunch about brakes and forks. With the magura meeting we went over all of the new features on the brakes and the forks. We got to take apart the forks and saw how they work as well as taking a new set of brakes and bleeding them and putting them together. the following are pictures from the meetings. We did a whole bunch of riding while down there, Phoenix has some great trails with lots of cactus and rocks to get hurt on.

Geronimo

Geronimo run with the Firebird from Ken Bennett on Vimeo.

The snow if falling!

We got a big arctic blast this week and here are the pics from the nice winter weather!

Post Canyon sloppy ride

Here are some pics that my friend Carl took from the weekend trip to Post Canyon. My friend Mike was super jealous of the new 2009 Sombrio pants that I was rocking! they kept me dry and looking sexy! haha enjoy

Bike Hero

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Rocky Horror

Clinton street theater has been showing the Rocky Horror Picture Show for 30 years straight! are you gonna be there on Halloween at Midnight?

Cove in the USofA

My friends at Empyeran Distributors just picked up Cove bikes for US distribution which is super cool. They are already doing Brodie bikes and now with Cove they are bringing one of the hottest bikes in Canada to the states, The Shocker! Although Cove has been distributed before in the states the availability has been spotty, but with Jessie and Earnest now on board I would bet that they will have a lot better stock than in years past. I look forward to my friend Mike rocking a shocker next year at the races. And maybe Steve Smith will rock a few more Fluidride cup races next year! eh.

New Bike

Just got a sample bike in from BH it is the new nano carbon G4 bike. It was fun putting it together yesterday and it will be even more fun riding it tomorrow I am sure. It will be a little cold first thing in the morning but it will be worth it!

Intense, Corsair and Turner

Here are some more pics from Interbike. The new Intense SS had a sweet paint job and they were showing the Tazer HT. Corsair had their bikes on display and the red finish on the Crown was beautiful! I am still not too sure about the new Turner I just don't like the way it looks, but I bet it rides like a dream!

Traitors!

The boys from Transition have started a new fixie and commuter line called Traitor. They did this because they all ride to work and didn't want to buy someone elses bike! They looked good the bikes and know those guys they will sell a boat load of them.

Boone Dog bikes

Here is Jason from Boone dog, he is one of the shops I call on. He is a bit crazy but a fast racer(when he rides!) and an all around good guy. Enjoy

random stuff from Vegas

Here are a few random shots from Vegas! in no particular order and no explanation provided.

New Dollar bill

So here is what the new Dollar bill will look like after they print up a few hundred billion of them for bailing out corporate America

something cool

I will post some more from Interbike but in the mean time enjoy this gem of a video

Hammertime!

The new Hammerschmidt from Truvativ looked pretty cool. I like the idea of it, the price is a little high but I think they are on to something. I have never been impressed with Truvativ cranks but I think this could change that. Lets see how they hold up this year. They did have some very cool bash guards on display.

Lance is back!

I got to meet Lance at the show, he was signing autographs at the Oakley booth next door to the Magura booth were I was working. This is a good thing for bike shops since Lance has brought alot of people to the sport of cycling. I got the poster signed for one of my shops in Bend since he really wanted a poster signed and I have no room for any posters in my office. So I got to meet him and James from Sagebrush got the poster! win win situation.

New Magura Brakes

Magura has a new Marta for 2009. the Marta SL Mag is sub 300g per brake with the rotor! and I do plan on getting some and putting them on my DH bike to test them out. Also we have some new forks for 2009, the Thor is a 140mm travel fork with a 20mm thru axel that is made for all mountain riding. This will be going on the Pivot mach five I will be getting very soon!