Transition Bikes Announces The Triple

Transition Unveils a Bold New Wheelsize Standard - 26" Regular

Transition gets back to it's slopestyle short travel roots with the new Triple. You don't have to wear skinny jeans and flip whip like an FMB pro to have fun on this bike. The Triple pays homage to our past Slopestyle models like the BottleRocket and Double with some serious modern day engineering that will make your brain hurt. Stuff like a concentric bottom bracket pivot and an ultra progressive leverage rate curve for maximum boost-ability. If you like your bike packed with features than look no further. The Triple's adjustable dropouts and zero chain growth allows you to run singlespeed without a tensioner, and how about a downtube shifter mount so you can barspin for days without having to worry about your shifter. All this with updated geometry and 'one size fits all' so you don't have to rack your brain over what size to get.

• Zero Chain growth Concentric BB Pivot
• Ultra short 390mm Chainstay Length
• Adjustable 10x135 Dropouts for Gears or SingleSpeed Drivetrains
• Tapered Headtube
• Threaded 73mm Bottom Bracket Shell
• Removable Downtube Shifter Mount
• Frame Weight: 6.2 lbs

Transition Triple Geometry

Complete Bikes

• FRAME/SUSPENSION: Triple Frameset (Neon Green, Poppy Red) / RockShox Monarch R Rear Shock
• RockShox Pike DJ 100mm Fork
• COCKPIT: Kore Rivera (42.5mm) Stem / Kore Torsion (760mm x 50mm) Handlebar / FSA No.57SC Headset / Velo Single Clamp Grips / Transition Pivotal Saddle Saddle w/ Matching Artwork / Plastic Pivotal Seatpost
• BRAKES: SRAM DB1 Brakes / SRAM G2 CS (160mm) Rotors
• DRIVETRAIN: Transition 3 piece Chromo Crank 25t (170mm) / 12t Singlespeed Cog / KMC HL710 Chain
• WHEELS: Kinlin DDT32 Rims / Joytech Singlespeed Rear Hub, 15mm Front Hub / Kenda Small Block 8 26x2.1 60tpi Tires
• PRICE: $2599 USD*

2016 Transition Triple

Caroline Buchanan Signs With Airborne Bikes

Airborne is proud to announce our newest DH and 4X team member, Caroline Buchanan.

Caroline hails from Canberra, Australia and currently resides in sunny California. She started racing in 1995 when she was 5 years old. With a huge list of accomplishments since then, she’s claimed over 12 national Australian titles, 2 World Champ 4 cross titles, 5th place at the 2012 Olympic games with a 1st in the time trial, 7 time Australian Cyclist of the year.

“We’re extremely proud to have Caroline on the Airborne team. She’s an excellent representative of her brands, and always carries herself as a true professional on & off her bike. We’re looking forward to supporting her goals for the 2013 Gravity season.” –Trevor Gay, Marketing & Team Manager, Airborne Bicycles For more news and updates, be sure to visit:

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Roger Rinderknecht And Anneke Beerten Are The 2012 4X World Champs

The first medals of the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike and Trails World Championships were awarded Saturday night in Leogang, Austria, for the men's and women's 4-cross. Anneke Beerten of the Netherlands won her second career title, while Switzerland's Roger Rinderknecht won his first title in the final race of his career.

The crowd favourite 4-cross did not disappoint the thousands of fans who lined the course. It was clear early on that the men's race was between the Swiss and the Czech riders. The two nations split the top four spots in qualifying, and dominated the heats on the way to the final. Rinderknecht was joined by countryman David Graf for the final, with Czech team mates Tomas Slavik and Michael Mechura taking the other two spots.

On paper, it should have been Graf who won, after qualifying first and winning every one of his heats; including beating Rinderknecht in the semi-final. However, Graf tangled with Slavik just after the start gate, when the Czech rider moved out of his lane, causing both riders to crash. Rinderknecht took the lead from Mechura out of the first corner, fought off an attack after the second corner and then rode clear to take the title. Mechura took silver, with Slavik the first to get up from the crash and grabbed bronze.

"This is the last race I am ever going to do in my career, so I really wanted it to be a special night," commented Rinderknecht. "I felt good all night. Didn't have the best legs ever, but I felt it was coming together. It worked out on the end. The other two guys unfortunately came together on the first straight, so it wasn't the battle to the line, but nevertheless I am extremely happy."

"I really cannot believe it. I really did not expect to do that good in the beginning. I knew I was in good shape, but I wasn't sure what to expect from my bike handling point of view. But I felt comfortable right away from the first practice, so I knew if everything went perfect it could be my night."

Beerten came into the eight rider women's race the favourite, and did not disappoint. After qualifying first, the Dutch rider won her semi-final to get into the championship race, and was joined by Romana Labounkova (Czech Republic), Celine Gros (France) and local Austrian favourite Anita Molcik.

Beerten got out of the gate fast and led Labounkova by the first corner. The Czech rider tried to stay in contact, but by the end of the second straight, Beerten was clear and on her way to her second 4-cross title. Labounkova held on for silver, with Gros taking bronze.

"Words cannot describe how I feel," exclaimed Beerten. "It is unbelievable. It started out as such a hard race, I didn't have the gate that I wanted, and I pulled it off in the first corner. I just thought to my self 'Don't brake, just go' and that's what I did. It seemed to work. I am so happy."

2012 Leogang World Champs 4X Qualifying Results

2012 Leogang World Champs 4XQualifying Results

Mitch Ropelato and Jill Kintner Win The 2012 Ultimate Pump Track Challenge

Both Athletes Take Gold For 3rd Time In As Many Events At Crankworx Whistler

WHISTLER, BC August 16, 2012 – For the third time in a row, at the Ultimate Pump Track Challenge presented by Rock Shox, defending champs in both the Pro Men’s and Pro Women’s categories kept their titles. Mitch Ropelato and Jill Kintner took the wins for the third time in as many years at Crankworx Whistler.

It was a new track in a new venue but the story stayed the same, Mitch Ropelato (USA) stayed on top to cinch the title; with Troy Brosnan (AUS) in second and Cody Johnson (USA) in third.

Jill Kintner (USA) pulled in first against second place Micayla Gatto (CAD) while Melissa Buhl (USA) took third.

Pump tracks, an endless loop of steeply banked corners, doubles, gaps and rollers, have grown steadily in their popularity. This year the pump track was moved from the Whistler Mountain Bike to Whistler Olympic Park to create a compact and spectator-friendly arena in the heart of the village. It is estimated over 4,000 spectators gathered to watch the head to head showdowns as riders pumped through the track’s whoop-dee-doos and berms.

Tomorrow’s action at Crankworx Whistler includes the Red Bull Joyride Qualifiers getting underway at 1:30-3pm. Then from 6-8pm the GIANT Dual Slalom will showcase exciting head to head race action at the base of the Whistler Mountain Bike Park. Both events will be live webcast at www.crankworx.com.

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The village-wide expo and demo zone will also be hopping so make sure to check out the Jeep® Rocks and Roads course where visitors will be able to experience the vehicle's unparalleled capabilities while manipulating obstacles that demonstrate the wild ride that only Jeep® can deliver. The course and on-road test drive includes a stability ramp, a boulder crawl, a log pile and a 16-foot dirt mountain to demonstrate traction. The test drive area will run until August 19, 2012.