Archive for the ‘Industry News’

  • Turner Bikes Goes DW-Link!
    Update – Exclusive Interview with Dave Turner on the DW-Link and other subjects is now available on MTB by 198! Exclusive Interview with Dave Turner | Mountain Biking by 198 Dave Turner and Dave Weagle have teamed up to change the entire line of Turner Bikes over to the DW-Link. This is a gigantic change for Turner Bikes and it is the release that Weagle has been...
    by 198 at September 4th, 2008 at 05:09 pm
  • 2008 Beijing Olympics – Mountain Biking
    Carl over at MTOBikes.com shot me an email last week sharing his post on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Mountain biking doesn’t get the national coverage that most of the other sports in the Olympics do, but it is still an exciting race on a grueling race course. In Georgia, we had the pleasure of hosting the first ever mountain biking even in Conyers at the 1996 Atlanta...
    by 198 at August 20th, 2008 at 06:08 am
  • Exclusive Interview with Tony Ellsworth of Ellsworth Bikes
    Tomorrow (Friday, August 15, 2008), I will be conducting an exclusive interview with Tony Ellsworth…the owner of Ellsworth Bikes. This interview is going to be made available to newsletter subscribers only, so sign up now to hear the questions that you want answered. This interview will be made available in both type and audio format.Mountain Biking...
    by 198 at August 14th, 2008 at 08:08 am
  • Ellsworth ICT and Iron Horse
    In an article by Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, Dave Weagle announced that he is not going to renew the licensing agreement with Iron Horse Bikes after it expires on March 31, 2009. Iron Horse has been using the patented DW Link, invented by Weagle, on many of their models for several years running. Currently, the DW Link suspension design is licensed with Pivot,...
    by 198 at August 12th, 2008 at 08:08 am
  • Wheels4Life – A Hans Rey Charity
    Providing Low Cost Bikes for People in the Developing World From the Wheel4Life website: For us bicycles are recreational equipment, but for some people a bicycle can mean survival. A bicycle can make all the difference in a persons life. It can be the difference between having a job or not, going to school or not, seeing a doctor or not… Wheels4Life is a non-profit...
    by 198 at August 8th, 2008 at 06:08 am
  • 2008 Mountain Biking Hall of Fame
    A great friend of mine, Bill Freeman, emailed me this week to inform be that two of is friends are getting inducted into the Mountain Biking Hall of Fame this year. THE Mountain Biking HALL OF FAME For those of you that don’t know about the Mountain Biking Hall of Fame, visit their website. Here is a quick caption from their site. The Mountain Bike Hall of Fame and...
    by 198 at August 2nd, 2008 at 04:08 am