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Developing the Carbon V10

Developing the Santa Cruz Carbon V10.4 - More Mountain Bike Videos

Vital MTB come up trumps again and show you the behind the scenes details on the new Carbon V10

Santa Cruz Carbon V10 - Unveiled

Dirt Mag continue their run of exclusives, snapping the brand new Carbon V10 during a Syndicate test session in Portugal.... simply stunning, don't you think?

Complete photo set over at Dirt Mag

Dirt TV Winter Training with the Pros: Steve Peat

The Parkins capture Steve Peat as he gets stuck into some muddy winter training.

The West Highland Way (nowhere near) Double

By Rob Lee

Trying to push myself to do something beyond my previous ride has been a reoccurring theme for me since I first picked up the mountain bike in '93. Rarely does it go to plan, often far from it, but I've usually calculated fairly accurately even if my body can't deliver what my mind can envisage. Occasionally my flights of fantasy take me to a place that I dare not imagine I tread. The Double, on the West Highland Way, I always had a challenge on my hands!

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The Butcher - Full Details

Way up in the Sierras near Downieville, California, is a trail that leads into more than 5,000 feet of descending during a sixteen-mile feast of singletrack. Along the way, riders encounter frenzied rock gardens, brake searing straights between tight switchbacks, jarring compressions, flowing turns, sphincter puckering transitions into cliffside traverses, and some of the fastest ripping, tree-lined singletrack anywhere in the world. Superb suspension, strong pedaling legs, a tough bike, and a relaxed grip all count for a lot here. The name of that trail is Butcher Ranch. We named this bike, with six inches of abuse-hungry APP suspension and a frame designed to be shown the meaning of tough love, in it's honor.

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The Nickel - Full Details

Meet our newest all-round trail bike, the Nickel. With a long top tube and snappy pedaling manners, it's a climb-happy, nimble bike with sure-footed geometry that begs to go claim some tall peaks in the backcountry. And with five inches of sophisticated APP suspension travel designed to eat rocks and roots and jumps with all the ability of longer travel bikes, it also does a mighty fine job of whipping the descents into shape as well. Does that sound a little schizophrenic? Maybe so. The Nickel's a perfect bike for those days when you have to flip a coin to decide where you want to ride.

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Syndicate Camp and Sea Otter Round Up

Santa Cruz, California
April 20, 2010

The Santa Cruz Syndicate downhill riders rolled into Santa Cruz at the end of March to reunite after a long season break. Santa Cruz rider, Cedric Gracia of The Brigade, joined Steve Peat, Greg MInnaar and Josh Bryceland for two weeks of training, photo shoots, sponsor appearances, the launch of the new Santa Cruz and Nickel and Butcher APP bikes, and a whole lot of laughs! The camp concluded at the Sea Otter Classic with some less than typical results and a volcano keeping our UK contingent with us for a few more days than planned.

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Nomad-c and Nickel First Ride Impressions

First rides: Santa Cruz Nickel and Nomad-c

Introducing Santa Cruz Nickel and Butcher APP Bikes

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Rob Lee Attempts the West Highland Way Double This Weekend

UK endurance mountain biker, and Team Syncros Endurance Team Manager, Rob Lee has announced that he will attempt to ride the full length, and back again, of the West Highland Way later this week. The West Highland Way is Scotland's premier long distance route and runs from Milngavie, on the outskirts of Glasgow, to Fort William which sits at the foot of Ben Nevis. The route itself is 96 miles (154km) and so Rob will undertaking a journey of some 192 miles (308km) through some of the most scenic off road wilderness in the UK.

West Highland Way Double trailer from ResetFilms.co.uk on Vimeo.

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