Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:13:00 AM
Diamondback DF5 Rider and Fluidride Instruction owner Simon Lawton works with Kyle Thomas on foot work. To learn more about scheduling personal instruction or to purchase any one of Simons training videos... go to: http://fluidride.com/
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Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:47:00 AM
The last weekend of April marks the annual Pro GRT at Dry Hill in Port Angeles, WA. This pro caliber event leverages bringing the World Cup Pros up from the Sea Otter Classic to Washington to compete in the second race of the NW Cup of which...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:15:00 PM
Hey Y’all –
I wanted to give a quick post Sea Otter shout out now that I am back in the office.
The show was great this year with weather that was absolutely to die for. The majority of the DF5 Team was down there in full effect rousing the...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 8:45:00 PM
Hop in a jetboat, strap your bike on the back and step into the shoes of Kelly McGarry. Kelly heads out to ride some lesser known freeriding spots around the Queenstown Lakes District, New Zealand. From dense native forest to steep scree lines,...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:18:00 PM
Diamondback is pleased to announce its recent partnership with Baltimore’s premier racing and high performance cycling club, Kelly Benefit Strategies LSV. Diamondback will be the frame sponsor of the Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Elite Amateur Road...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012 5:22:00 PM
Diamondback recently created a custom laser etched frame for the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) for their staff to use as an office rig for guests or to give away as a raffle item to incentivize folks to become members. IMBA has...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012 4:03:00 PM
We are very pleased to announce that the long anticipated Diamondback Demo Van made its maiden voyage on March 21 to rally around the country hitting up dealers and demo events. The goal is to give folks an opportunity to ride and learn about...
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Friday, March 30, 2012 4:48:00 PM
Diamondbacks latest addition to the DF5 Team is a character by the name of Charlie Sponzel. Charlie and Kyle Thomas are good friend and teammates this year bringing a strong presense to our DH Team efforts.
Charlie won big at the Double Down Hoe...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:34:00 PM
Today is a big day for us here at DB. Our demo van is making its maiden voyage today with its sights set on AZ as a first stop. Diamondback employee James Weigand is at the yoke and will circumnavigating the US reaching out to retailers, hitting up...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:03:00 PM
DF5 Team rider Kelly McGarry comes though once again exposing us to the wonders and gems of Queenstown, NZ.
Diaries Downunder Episode 3 from Diaries Downunder on Vimeo.
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Monday, March 12, 2012 5:23:00 PM
Diamondback is pleased to announce Charlie Sponsel as the newest member of the DF5 Pro Factory Team.
Charlie will be a welcome addition to the DF5 Downhill Team riding along with the his good friend and current reigning NW Cup and All Gravity...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:41:00 PM
The 2012 Sortie Black got a nice personal review from a rider who recently had a chance to ride the bike. Check it out here.
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Monday, February 13, 2012 10:36:00 AM
This is a great promotional piece from the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance.
Evergreen is a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization that creates and protects sustainable mountain biking opportunities in Washington. Diamondback supports organizations...
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Friday, February 10, 2012 5:12:00 PM
Kelly takes us on a magical mystery tour and shows us what it's like livin' la vida loca in Queenstown.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2012 10:40:00 AM
Hey all,
I'm trying to put out a monthly update in addition to my website to keep everyone up to date on what's happening in my world.
January has been a pretty crazy month for me and it hasn't involved much on the bike time! I started the month...
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Friday, January 20, 2012 5:33:00 PM
Diamondback BMX Goes Live on Promotive
Diamondback BMX is now live on Promotive.com offering industry influencers p to 40% off retail. This is a great means for getting product ...
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Friday, January 20, 2012 10:47:00 AM
DF5 rider Kelly McHUCK2FLAT pumps out an incredibly exciting promo vid for the new Queenstown Bike Park. Check out Kelly and his mad kiwi posse as they shred the gnar...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:39:00 PM
Here's what the team has been up to during the off-season...
Billy Lewis (Billy's Blog) For those who aren't aware, Billy is now part of the Raleigh America family serving as Assistant Product Manager for the Raleigh Pod. Under Kyle Casteel's...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:56:00 PM
Yet to even hit a showroom floor and the Sortie 29er is taking charge in 2012. Introduced this year as a new addition to the line, the Sortie 29 has quickly made its rounds through team riders and media alike… and has Quickly become a favorite. "The ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:49:00 PM
A couple months ago, Craig Fellers was looking for more of a bike than he thought we had the capacity to provide. Looking to test a bike for the cross season, we sent Craig down a Steilacoom RCX to beat up. As a self proclaimed, "Bike Snob", Fellers ...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:45:00 PM
Diamondback DF5 Pro Factory Team Rider Kyle Thomas came back for the second year in a row to take the overall Pro titles in both the Northwest Cup and the All Gravity Series on the Eastside. Diamondback is the title sponsor of the Northwest Cup and...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:31:00 PM
Diamondback DF5 rider Kelly McGarry pairs up with Diamondback BMX ripper Nate Berkheimer to kill it in a local favorite riding spot just outside of Seattle, WA. Nate and Kelly also ride together for Unit Clothing, the company that produced the...
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Friday, January 13, 2012 8:14:00 PM
Diamondback BMX is now live on Promotive.com offering industry influencers p to 40% off retail. This is a great means for getting product in front of a larger influential audience and will be a perfect tool for offering prodeals to deserving...
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Monday, October 03, 2011 3:11:00 PM
Diamondback Pro Factory Riders Kyle Thomas & Billy Lewis getting some fresh dirt time at the Stevens Pass Bike Park.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:33:00 PM
Mountain Bike Oregon, 2011 — More Mountain Bike Photos
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011 10:29:00 AM
In an effort to create a greater community surrounding the Diamondback Brand and our product, we are offering up a 2012 Diamondback Assault Dirt Jumper before you can buy it.
One of our lucky Facebook fans will be rewarded at Interbike for simply...
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Thursday, August 04, 2011 9:41:00 PM
By: Adrienne Schofhauser
This year marked Diamondback DF5 rider Kelly McGarry’s 6th appearance in the Kokanee Crankworx Slopestyle contest---now the Red Bull Joyride---the pinnacle event of the weeklong mountain bike festival in Whistler. More than ...
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Monday, June 27, 2011 3:36:00 PM
Back in April , the Diamondback DF5 Pro Factory Team gathered together at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, CA. This was the first time the team had been together as a collective. We took this opportunity after the Sea Otter event to head out to...
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Monday, June 27, 2011 3:33:00 PM
Diamondback DF5 Pro factory Rider Eric Porter has a long tradition of spending the longest day of the year on his bike. This Solstice was no different. With friend and fellow rider/videographer Justin Olsen behind the lens to capture it all, Porter...
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Sunday, May 08, 2011 3:19:00 AM
The Diamondback DF5 Pro Factory Team recently returned from a week long photo/video shoot in Southern Utah. It was the teams first time together as a collective and the riding and shennanigans were off the hook. Along for the ride were photographers ...
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Saturday, April 02, 2011 4:04:00 PM
Images are trickeling in from Bogota, Columbia of the Natioanl Team put together by USA Cycling. Of particular interest to us is DF5's Kyle Thomas who is there representing the Diamondback as well as the US.More info including up to date race...
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Saturday, April 02, 2011 3:48:00 PM
Pinkbike.com announced today the launch of its large-format print publication Pinkbike Magazine. Really? Well regardless of of whether you believe it or not, the bikes featured are real and not a figment of your imagination.
Located nicely on page...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:15:00 PM
Diamondback DF5 Pro Factory Team Rider Kyle Thomas took 1st place at the Double Down Hoe Down DH race at Beacon Hill this weekend. This is the first part of the All Gravity Series. The weather turned out great and over 150 riders showed up for both...
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Saturday, March 26, 2011 12:10:00 AM
"Mandatory Equipment” (ME) is an endurance adventure racing team comprised of 3 woman and 1 man. Their mission is to train themselves physically, develop as a team, and conduct regular life as the team trains for a 600km 6 day nonstop expedition...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:53:00 AM
Diamondback Bikes recently signed up to be title sponsor for the NW Cup DH series here in WA State. With rider Kyle Thomas reigning as defending champ of the series in the pro class, there's much at stake. With an obvious vacant DH space in our...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:52:00 AM
Diamondback's own Kelly McGarry recently had the opprtunity to film with a French crew who came by to check out his homeland of New Zealand. The result was a kickass, fun filled video starring our main man.
The idea was for the FASTFOKUS team ...
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Monday, March 14, 2011 3:20:00 AM
You've seen the Pro Gravity Tem unveiled recently but now it's time to give you something equally compelling... Diamondback's Sturdy Bitch Racing Team. This all female crew not only tears it up on singletrack, but they're introducing new women to...
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Friday, March 11, 2011 3:46:00 PM
Pro DF5 Factory Rider Kyle Thomas just got word from USA Cycling that he's been invited to represent the U.S. at the 2011 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships, April 1-3, in Bogota, Colombia
Thomas will be one of only 26 cyclists representing...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011 6:43:00 PM
I am super stoked to announce Diamondback's new DF5 Pro Factory Team!
The “Development Force 5” Team will assist in R & D of models for 2012 season. We are thrilled to introduce a roster of top-level riders that will represent the brand...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011 9:39:00 AM
Yesterday (2/22/11), I flew down to Mountain View, CA to visit Performance Bicycle's Store #077 to meet the crew at the shop and to introduce them to our 2011 Diamondback Podium 6 which they will be selling shortly. Store Manager Jason Awtrey was...
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Monday, February 14, 2011 9:39:00 AM
I'd like to throw a HUGE shout out to Diamondback's Graphics Guru ( and allstar basketball coach) Gene James as he lead his team of 6th graders to the citywide CYO championship. The 6th Grade Holy Rosary boys defeated St. Joseph in a hard-fought...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011 3:30:00 PM
Soon enough you may start seeing many of our Diamondback bikes with the super criptic DB4L acronym on them. They are lock on's for you to rock on!
DB4L Lock On Grip
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011 5:33:00 PM
So, I've been here for a while now and have had the chance to try a lot of product. One of my favorite pieces is probably one that most of you don't know about but is available through all diamondback retailers... the Diamondback Varsity Team...
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:58:00 AM
Jason Bowles can drive... just ask Travis Pastrana who came in 6th behind Bowles at the Pro Series race at Irwindale! When training, Jason rides a Diamondback Podium 6. When driving, he usually winds up on the podium as well. Nuff said!
Bowles...
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Monday, February 07, 2011 4:19:00 PM
This was passed on from a buddy of mine in Vermont who works as the Executive Director for the Vermont Mountain Bike Association.
Nice work Patrick, we're stoked to see such good things happening over there!
Goshen, VT –
The United States...
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Monday, February 07, 2011 1:59:00 PM
On Thursday, February 3rd, I had the honor of attending a summit organized by Luke Talbot of Compass Outdoor Adventures to discuss the future of outdoor recreation in the Snoqualmie Valley. We met at the new DirtFish Rally School facility in...
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Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:00:00 PM
HLC Moab Trip May 2010 from Kevin Philbin on Vimeo.
Kevmo and the High Life Crew put together this little ditty on their trip to Moab. Thanks for the cool shots Kev!
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Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:23:00 PM
Monday, May 24, 2010 1:26:00 PM
Team Penske/Diamondback (ok that's really kind of an inside joke but whatever) had a fantabulous weekend out at the Grand Opening of the Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Skills Park in Issaquah, WA this weekend. For those who don't know, I am the former...
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Monday, May 10, 2010 9:42:00 AM
This video, filmed by Cory Tepp
er starring Diamondback's Billy Lewis, recently acquired Video of the Day status on Pinkbike and has since seen over 14,000 views... SICK!
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Friday, April 30, 2010 7:19:00 AM
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:21:00 AM
Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:50:00 AM
DB Rider Billy Lewis (re-mixed) from Kris Jamieson (Jaymo) on Vimeo.
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Monday, March 15, 2010 11:47:00 AM
It's been two weeks now and I'm starting to settle into the new gig. Paulie's last day with Diamond back was Wednesday the 10th and the DB/Raleigh crew threw him a sweet little farewell filled with ice cream and cupcakes (you'd have thought they'd ...
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Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:54:00 PM
Check out this killer vid of our man Jaymo hitting up the Hide & Seek trail out at Sandy Ridge in Oregon. The NW School of freeride and IMBA have collaborated to create this awesome new trail on BLM land.
This next piece is from Ian...
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Monday, March 01, 2010 10:40:00 AM
Yeah, I know what you're thinking: you think I have a hot date with bacon tonight. Yep, dinner and a movie, yo. Or maybe just dinner. And it all ends with the bacon in mah tummy! Yeah! GET IN MAH BELLY!
Well, the bacon WILL end up in my stomach,...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:28:00 AM
Normally the white Sortie is the Sortie 1 - spec'd with a bit lower-end components and such. But this one is all custom- it's Billy's newest Sortie, set up specifically so it really 'pops' on camera. Sick red bits n pieces all over it, including a...
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Monday, February 22, 2010 3:15:00 PM
So this weekend there was no shortage of film folks out at Duthie Hill to enjoy the weather and get some good footy of the locals zooming about the trails. Mark Brent was out there, too, and you may already know him as the man behind Awesome Land:...
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Monday, February 22, 2010 2:51:00 PM
Is it me, or are weiners seeming to make a comeback in popularity? Darn food of the flippin' gods! This pizza here just looks hideous, though.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:12:00 PM
So Billy Lewis and I got this bright idea to go pick up Cory Tepper at his casa in Portland and go zooming off to Hood River, Mt. Hood, and Salem over a couple of days - and there was no shortage of nonsense hanging out with those two guys - they...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:50:00 AM
Our friend and HDXC rider Angela Sucich took the 2010 Lux Sport out for some test riding and gave 'er a go around the St. Edwards trails in Juanita - just on the east side of Lake Washington in the Kirkland area. It was really nice to have her grab...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:20:00 PM
It's really nice to see this stuff showing up elsewhere these days - looks like we got some props over at the Black Type Press blog... Check it out:
http://blacktypepress.com/2010/01/28/diamondback-demo-day-and-duthie-sesh/
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Monday, January 25, 2010 3:17:00 PM
So our first demo of the season was hosted this last Saturday at the Summit Rdige Freeride park in Black Diamond, WA. The weather was pretty typical for the end of January - rainy and muddy out. But it wasn't cold, and that's a plus. Plenty of folks ...
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Monday, January 25, 2010 11:53:00 AM
Teriyaki-marinated pork tenderloin with spicy-hot pepper taters and shrooms.... I don't even know how to say how good this tastes. Man, you shoulda seen the "lava" that the marinade turned into while in the oven. That pan is still soaking in soapy...
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Friday, January 22, 2010 11:33:00 AM
Someone recently asked me why I thought it was important to sponsor ladies on our team... This movie trailer explains it better than I can in words:
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 6:02:00 PM
Didja know that Decline Magazine doesn't have issues by month, but just by number? Well, that's how they do it. Yay. And in issue no. 61 our very own local hombre Billy has a full-on interview spread of sorts. Check it out - lots of pretty bikes in...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:27:00 AM
Cory is our photographer and videographer. Not only does he work with Billy and produce some great images and videos for us - he rides, too.
Here are some great images of his nice and muddy ride last week at a pump track down in Oregon. The Mission ...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:57:00 AM
Check out the video of our own tech guru PJ Lauriello riding some incredible trails in Sedona, AZ a couple weeks back. I would have loved to ride those trails! He's riding an '08 Sortie 3 with a Magura Durin fork - sick!
PJ in Sedona from Paul...
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Monday, January 04, 2010 11:31:00 AM
Yeah, he can hike even though he can't ride right now. But when he dropped me line this week and let me know what he thought about while hiking with his injured shoulder, I just had to share his thoughts as a post since I share the same sentiment... ...
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Monday, January 04, 2010 11:24:00 AM
What's that? Veggies actually showed up on MeatCandy Monday? Why, how could you?!
This day is reserved for the observance of porkie nom nom goodness! Well, not always just porkieness, I s'pose. Had a little fun in the kitchen this weekend and made...
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Monday, December 28, 2009 10:34:00 AM
Here's a great way to use MeatCandy - holiday posole! Don't know what posole is? Well, it's a traditional stew made with chile and hominy (we don't put menudo/tripe in it like lots of folks do - that's nasty). Super-popular in places like NM....
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Monday, December 21, 2009 10:16:00 AM
This is EyeCandy..... Green chile and pork toppin' a lovely burrito... This is what I did on Saturday. Hotttttt! Happy MeatCandy Monday.
And this video is rad.... I love the end when Beaker runs into the manifestation!
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:14:00 PM
I haven't ever met a group of folks like those over at VholdR...They are just the coolest and funniest people, and can they ever make videos! DholdR has some great commentary in the vid below here...
So about the contest real quick... This goes...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:38:00 PM
These are the three ladies who came out to ride some new 2010 Sortie Black demos on Sunday out at Dash Point in Federal Way, WA. Some of the best people I have ever ridden with! And it is really great to hear positive feedback from awesome lady...
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Monday, December 14, 2009 10:23:00 AM
Yeah, it's been like a month or something since I posted anything decent for MeatCandy Monday. And boy do I have a good one today... Check it, yo: Carne Adovada. This is a super-yum-yum version of MeatCandy in New Mexico (I am sure you can find it...
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009 7:45:00 AM
Here is the latest collaborative effort in production from our boyz Billy and Cory... Cory captured some great footy here of Billy riding around at Duthie Hill outside of Issaquah, WA and at Windell's down in Portland, OR.
I WISH I could use a...
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Thursday, December 03, 2009 1:19:00 PM
What's this - a new concept bike? Hmmmmm.... Pretty stealth looking, no? Kind of reminiscent of an Insight, but it looks just a little different. I wonder what makes this one so special? Are those hydraulic disc brakes, and an internally geared...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:07:00 PM
Wanna see something super stylie? Here is an idea we're kicking around - kind of a "work-in-progress" for 2010 or beyond... A carbon hardtail fully built up to 20.5 lbs. Maybe it could be an XC race bike? Hmmmmmm.... I kinda like this idea. What do...
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:53:00 PM
Jaymo knows Bend soooo well... Check out the Pinch Flat trail he's got right outside his door!
Pinch Flat from Kris Jamieson (Jaymo) on Vimeo.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:19:00 AM
Well, I guess mentioning it wasn't enough - everyone wants to see this hideous spongy gunk loaf.... So here it is.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:33:00 PM
Scott Geeful Mahoganoff Givens recently took a trip over to ol' Germany and toured the finest eateries there in search of the great yum-yums he'd heard about. There's no shortage of awesome MeatCandy sausages in that land. Sooooo, Scott sent me a...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:05:00 PM
Hey y'all - be sure to get on over to the Vholdr website and get involved with the Top 5 Challenge - just submit your best mtb video and you are entered in the challenge to win anything from a DB cruiser to an Avenir cargo trailer - there are 5...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:15:00 AM
David Neiles is our guy out in the Chattanooga woods, and he captured some really cool images of autumn the other day while out on his Sortie Black. The trail there looks just fantastic! Beautiful colors.... If it were only as nice and dry here as...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:24:00 PM
Now I didn't say they were good moves... I am a little embarrassed by it. Nothing else to say, other than: who wants to challenge me to a dance-off?
Candid Dance Moves from Paul Giarratano on Vimeo.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:27:00 AM
Here are some pretty sweet images of Billy jumpin' around at Duthie Hill - out on the Issaquah Plateau here in western WA. Plus here are 10 Q's and A's about Billy you may find interesting...
Billy Lewis - 10 Questions
1. Where are you from?
I...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:44:00 PM
So this is Joel LeFevre. Joel is kind of what you'd call a little crazy, or something like that. I am not sure anyone from Vernal is sane, really. It's a rad place - full of dinosaur fossils and cool geology, but everyone I know from there is...
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Monday, November 02, 2009 4:08:00 PM
Somehow this got eaten off the blog in the last week. Dunno what happened. But anyways, here it is - some sweet footage of Billy in a jump session out at the Greenlake Jumps in Seattle. We are super-excited to have Billy on board and riding for us!...
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Monday, November 02, 2009 9:32:00 AM
Alright - this doesn't look super awesome. In fact, it looks a little freaky - but when you know what it's made of, the whole mental picture changes. This is a Pork Wellington we made in NM last week - a pork loin stuffed with apples and wrapped in...
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Friday, October 30, 2009 1:43:00 PM
So when I went to New Mexico last week I got some footage of a ride near where I was visiting - an area called Placitas. This trail is pretty fast and technical near the top, and just wide-open fast at the bottom. About 20 minutes to descend it from ...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:48:00 PM
Our youngest and baddest racer Hunter captured some rad POV footage from his last 50-mile race. Check out this video he sent! I TOLD you we'd be seeing more of him this season!
Hunter Olivier and the 50-Miler from Paul Giarratano on Vimeo.
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009 8:54:00 AM
Here is the video we showed at Interbike. It's a better version of what we were posted a couple months back, and has better music - which is probably the most important thing.
Knuckle Box Fundamentals 2010 from Paul Giarratano on Vimeo.
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Monday, October 05, 2009 8:38:00 AM
I am bypassing the standard Monday topic to share more about Interbike - it's a busy time of year in marketing with all of the new product that has been unveiled for 2010, and you need to see it. The guys over at mtbr.com and vitalmtb.com have both...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009 12:20:00 PM
Congratulations to Leandro Parada, who is the winner of the 2010 Mission 2 that we featured in our "Dig Out Your Old Diamondback" contest on mtbr.com last month! Leandro got the qualifying question correct... exactly correct...
Q: What was the name ...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:46:00 AM
Be sure to go to vitalmtb.com and also mtbr.com to catch some videos of the Diamondback Outdoor Demo and also the tradeshow booth - you'll get to see me pointing out cool things about the new bikes as I shoot from the hip - hopefully I don't look...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:14:00 AM
Hi all. Sorry it's been so long since the last irreverant blog post here - no MeatCandy, no cool bike pics, no videos.... Yeah, that has left me feeling a little bummed. But, it's all okay! Why? Because we have a great new web provider that is...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:33:00 PM
Here's kind of a sweet little 5-minute video of a fantastic ride in Santa Fe called Picacho Peak - we took the video with a GoPro Hero camera on 4th of July weekend this year. The descent is pretty fast and technical - true trail riding. This was...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 2:10:00 PM
This is it - the first 2010 Sortie Black. Yeah, maybe you'll see a graphic change or two... but that's just a maybe. But it doesn't matter. This is one hot bike - over a half pound lighter than the 2009!
More cool tech n spec to come later....
By...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:38:00 PM
Uh-huh. We take safety seriously here at the Diamondback Mothership in Kent. Today we all had a refresher course in bicycle safety. The image below shows all us kids out there taking it seriously.
Yep. Nothin' but a bunch of fun-lovin' kids running ...
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Monday, July 13, 2009 9:28:00 AM
Yeah, it's Monday, alright. MeatCandy Day blah blah blah....
Here we have the first lady of Diamondback Race Support, Ms. Megan, enjoying a hammy-jammed samwich in Bellingham yesterday.
Nom nom nom! Ham is MeatCandy.
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Monday, July 06, 2009 11:35:00 AM
Bacon.
Chocolate.
Meat covered in candy.
MeatCandy.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:48:00 AM
The western slope in Colorado offers a ton of different riding options, and the greater Grand Junction area serves up some of the best there is. Check out local Adrian Burke gaining a few more feet of elevation on his Scapegoat. And such a beautiful ...
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Monday, June 29, 2009 1:17:00 PM
"Guess What!"
"What?"
"MeatCandy."
A world made of MeatCandy (pork).... Awesomest pics by Carl Warner.
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Monday, June 29, 2009 9:01:00 AM
The Sortie Black is NOT a trials bike. This is me right before tumbling into a stream at Skookum Flats in WA.
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Friday, June 26, 2009 3:16:00 PM
Ever seen your bro this close to a wild juvenile baldie? Have you ever seen your bro talk to one? Well, I have... Adam Hart of the Diamondback crew ran across a really irate little bird this spring while we were riding in the South Sea-Tac area....
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:57:00 AM
Know your hand signals. Wear your helmet. Know your safety. Get peaceful with BOC.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:17:00 PM
Leavenworth was a great race that featured an outstanding trail and course layout, lots of carnage on the descent with many injuries, and very few photo opportunities from the event area. What do you do then? Well, find some cows! So we got this...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:03:00 PM
Yep, it's enchanted, alright. Elves, Ewoks, mosquitoes shaped like fat little pixies, and little dinosaurs zooming around trying to eat the elves and Ewoks. Plus the token dog to lead us up the hill. Time to go watch "Legend".
The top of the one...
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Monday, May 18, 2009 11:54:00 AM
Hey Everybody, Stop #3 of the Indie Race Series here in the NW took place yesterday on Whidbey Island and Paulie G and company were out there in full force; racing, fixing bikes, serving up coffee and demoing out some amazing Sortie bikes.
If...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:23:00 AM
Hey Everybody, Parts and accesories Product Manager, speedy racer, and all around super nice guy Paulie G and company attended and raced the Tucker Classic up here in Wetter Washington two weekends ago. Below is the report he sent me on the event...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:57:00 AM
The LA Times ran a story yesterday on multi-purpose bikes that included our '09 Overdrive 29er, calling it the "Big Knobby Express".
Click on the Overdrive below to see the whole story as it appears in their online edition.
If you're interested...
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Monday, May 11, 2009 4:19:00 PM
Me again,
The June issue of Mountain Bike Action magazine will be out very soon and in it you will find yet another great review of an all mountain Mission. This time, it's the $2,650 '09 Mission 2. The Mission 2 is in the Jan slot in the Mission...
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Monday, May 11, 2009 2:35:00 PM
The 142nd issue of Dirt Rag is out and features a full-length review of the '09 Mission 3 by Eric McKeegan. Eric has had that bike for a while now and it seems that it's going to take some convincing to get him to put it in a box and send it back to ...
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Monday, May 11, 2009 12:17:00 PM
They say when it rains it pours, but I don't believe that most of the time. Where I live, it often times rains and then just keeps raining until July without anything that could pass as a downpour. Such is not the case today though. After such a...
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Monday, April 13, 2009 10:15:00 AM
Hey all. A quick note about how things went for us this past weekend - well, it was wet and muddy! Not many people came out for the race - and understandably so, but those who did make it out there had a great time even though it rained like half an ...
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 2:01:00 PM
That's right everybody. We teamed up with the Madera Bike Shop to kick in a top'o the line $1,350 Sortie Black 5" trail frame to be raffled off at the Big Sandy Point-To-Point mountain bike race in central California over the weekend. The Big Sandy...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:10:00 PM
Our friend Kris is a huge fan of the new Mission 3, and understandably so. He is a true explorer, a pioneer of trails and approaches to things and not someone who was ever interested in coloring within the lines. It's for these reasons that I'm...
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Friday, March 27, 2009 5:37:00 PM
As we wrap up another week here at Diamondback and look forward to spending time over the weekend actually riding these bikes we develop, promote, sell, live and breathe all week; I thought I'd leave you with a glimpse into the average day of a...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:18:00 PM
I'll be the first to admit that when I first visited the site of the Northwest School of Freeride near Mt. Hood Oregon with my friend and visionary Kris Jamieson, I was a bit skeptical. I saw a whole lot of heavily wooded land that was completely...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:01:00 PM
Velo News.com posted a quick little write up on the limited edition Sortie Black today. Check it out by clicking on the image below and be sure to contact an authorized Diamondback Dealer if you'd like to put your name in the hat for one of those....
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Monday, March 23, 2009 11:22:00 AM
We are proud to report that veteran pro mountain bike racer Dave Harrison has signed on to help us test and promote our bikes throughout 2009. Harrison has a long list of accomplishments. He started racing in the 1991 UCI Grundig World Cup at the...
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Friday, March 13, 2009 9:11:00 AM
Thanks to a supportive and understanding boss and an invite from a business associate turning friend; I was able to attend the Olympic Dirt Society's "Spring Shuttler" last Sunday in Port Angeles (WA). Although I've lived in this state most of my...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:53:00 AM
Bicycling Magazine's Chris Cassidy recently tested out our $740 Overdrive 29er and documented some of his thoughts on page 104 of their latest issue.
When I sent Chris the bike, he expressed to me his plan of beating it and beating it much harder...
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Friday, February 27, 2009 11:21:00 AM
Green Day's Billy Joe advises not to pat yourself on the back or you might break your spine. I have witnessed a lot of self-administered back-pattings in my days, but never with that kind of result, but there is no doubt about how ugly and pathetic...
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Monday, February 23, 2009 11:18:00 AM
So I nabbed another one of my co-workers the other day after hearing him tell another how impressed he is with the new limited edition Sortie Black trail bike. Being a copy writer, I either wanted to start recording him, take notes or ask him to...
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Monday, February 23, 2009 7:10:00 AM
Hey there everybody, I went for a ride on my '07 Mission 3 yesterday with one of my many friends named Matt. I borrowed an '09 Mission 3 for Matt to ride that will soon be headed for Danny's Cycles in Scarsdale, NY to be used there as a test ride /...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:33:00 AM
Hey there everybody,
Heading down the back of the hump of hump day here, but I sure didn't want this day to end before I passed along a test report of sorts on the '09 Sortie platform from our very own Adam Hart. Adam's a great guy and recently...
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:07:00 AM
Take a ride with our friend Kris Jamieson on the new Hammerschmidt-equiped Mission 3 by clicking on the image below.
This ride was brought to you by our friend Kris, the Super Sonic Soul Pimps, the '09 Mission 3and the letter D and B.
Thanks for ...
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:12:00 AM
Is it just me or does it seem like we're surrounded by people who are so uncertain about what the future holds that they turn every conversation they're a part of into a ‘we're all gonna die' type discussion about the economy? I know it's just a...
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Monday, February 02, 2009 2:44:00 AM
Good morning everyone, Monday at last! I thought it would never come! Thanks for stopping by this morning and sharing part of your Monday with us.
There will be more news and ramblings to come later in the day, but I wanted to kick things off by...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:34:00 AM
Whattup y'all,
SRAM recently sent Eric Schutt to Mountain Bike Action Magazine to show R.C. and friends how to install their revolutionary Hammerschmidt single ring 2-speed transmission. What bike did he bring along to help showcase ze...
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Friday, December 26, 2008 10:42:00 AM
So it's the day after Christmas and while a lot of people are still thinking about themselves and their own desires and material possessions, twentynineinches.com's Guitar Ted is looking out for his people (readers) by letting them know about...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:10:00 AM
Men's Health has always done a great job of capturing the attention of men. Such a great job that nearly 2 million of them turn to the magazine every month for tips on nutrition, building and maintaining healthy bodies, and to see pictures of...
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Friday, December 12, 2008 8:35:00 AM
Hey there everybody,
Earlier this week, I had the privilege of flying south to meet up with volunteers from Turning Wheels for Kids and the San Francisco 49ers to build up 49 boy's bikes and 49 Miz Della Cruz girl's bikes to be used to give 98...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:34:00 AM
Heya there everybody,
I just returned from a quick trip to the Silicon Valley where I got to help the San Francisco 49ers and a very cool charity called Turning Wheels for Kids build up 49 girl's bikes and 49 boy's bikes to be used to stoke out...
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Friday, November 28, 2008 6:14:00 AM
The calendar says it's almost December, but that hasn't stopped Aaron Lutze's Summer of Shred from continuing on. If you don't know who our friend Aaron is, he was the O.G. (original Grassroots rider) on the DB Grassroots Program. Aaron used to do...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:46:00 AM
Hey there everybody,
I hope you're all doing well and enjoying life. I've got some thoughts to share with you today as well as some useful information too. If you've read many of my previous ramblings, you know that the two can be very different...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:50:00 AM
Hey there everybody and happy hump day to you. Because we here at Diamondback are not only concerned about the quality of life you're able to live on the bicycle, but off of it as well; we come to you today with a travel tip. The holiday travel...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:25:00 AM
Hi there, Our friend Kris sent me a couple shots and videos today of a rather lengthy couple of rides he did last weekend aboard his new 2009 XL Mission 3. Kris is a big fan of the Mission 3 and has loved it since the first version was produced for...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 4:03:00 AM
Hey there everybody and Happy Wednesday to you,
I was just chatting online (no - not with hot babes nor sickos pretending to be) on MTBR and answering some questions in the Diamondback forum and marvelling at the amazing resource that MTBR is...
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Monday, October 13, 2008 4:27:00 AM
Happy Monday Everybody,
Feedthehabit.com's Jason Mitchell posted a preview of the Sortie Black on their site this morning. It starts off with a trip down memory lane and his fond memories of the Diamondbacks of the past, but the meat of it is a...
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:49:00 AM
Hey Everybody,
Trevor here on 10/09/08 to let you know about a reveiw of an '08 bike I consider a 10 and to remind you that '09's will be available soon. The 'O8 ScapeGOAT was ridden and then written about by whistlermountainbike.com's Chris...
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Monday, October 06, 2008 9:29:00 AM
One of the women who has influenced the Devine Women's line of bicycles is my wife. She has been an avid road and MTB cyclist as long as I have known her. We have been together for over 17 years... yikes!! Only recently in the past 3 years has she...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:42:00 AM
With the help of a Goat (a ScapeGOAT), SRAM's Greg Herbold took a few minutes at Crankworx Colorado to explain the revolutionary Hammerschmidt 2 speed transmission. I could tell you with typed words what makes the Hammerschmidt system so...
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Friday, September 05, 2008 3:39:00 PM
Man. This is starting to become a real problem. I made it until after 4 o'clock today, but for the 3rd time in as many days, I am letting cats out of bags before I really should. This time it's the 2009 Mission family featuring the...
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Thursday, September 04, 2008 1:57:00 PM
Oh babae babae...
It happened again today. I came in with full intentions of sticking to my game plan and focusing on the many things I needed to accomplish today and again, I couldn't resist the temptation to spill the beans on another bike that...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008 10:23:00 AM
It's finally gotten the best of me. I've been biting my tongue and trying to follow the traditional rules of launching a new product and introducing it to the market, but I just can't contain it any longer. Although we'll be loading up all of our...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 3:32:00 PM
A free Saturday, what to do? I woke up a little groggy from racing at the velodrome late Friday night, but wanted to get out in the mountains. The plan? Hit this Esmeralda Basin loop ride that a friend from work has been talking about for years....
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Monday, July 21, 2008 3:52:00 PM
Hey Everybody, Nothing crazy to report today, but I did want to share the photo below of our friend Kris Jamieson (in his own words) "bounding through the woods" on the Glory Days trail at the Columbia River Gorge.
Kris is a guy who is always in...
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Monday, July 07, 2008 10:24:00 AM
If you are one of the many people on the outside of this industry looking in, there's a good chance you've never heard of the Symposium that H3 Publications puts on at Whistler Mountain every year. As one of the individuals who is fortunate enough...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:19:00 PM
Hi everybody,
I hope you're enjoying your Tuesday. I just wanted to blog up an event that took place on the 14th down in Bend Oregon. Our friend Kris Jamieson was at it again and proved that Bend is not only a great place to shoot a Diamondback...
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Monday, June 23, 2008 10:31:00 AM
Guys with guitars have sang many times that big wheels keep on turnin' and that they're great for carrying me home to see my kin and for singing songs about the southland among other things. But twentynineinches.com's Guitar Ted recently found a few ...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 12:31:00 PM
I got my 2008 Mission built up last week, which was nice because riding a hardtail from the 90's just ain't the same as 6 inches of plush hard-charging travel. I've been in Crested Butte, CO all weekend preparing for the Mountain States Cup race. On ...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:50:00 PM
Hi Everybody,
It has been said many times that if you want to get someone's attention and in a way that causes them to change the way they're going about something, you "hit them in the pocketbook." I personally don't know anyone who uses anything ...
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Friday, May 16, 2008 1:52:00 PM
Happy Bike to Work day everybody,
And what a beautiful day it is here in the NW for riding (even riding to work)! We don't often get days that look like it does here today, but it's a great reminder for us as to why we endure so many rainy days the ...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:35:00 AM
Kevin Madzia and Ray Query from Century Cycles of Ohio will be using two Diamondback Transporters to transport themselves and a lot of gear from Cleveland Ohio to the Southern tip of South America in an effort to raise awareness of Melanoma as well...
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Friday, May 09, 2008 3:03:00 PM
The music collection of Diamondback VP of Product / Marketing Chris Speyer includes a CD called Back on a Mission by a band called Cirrus. The title track of that CD is a catchy techno kind of number that is probably best-known for being one of the...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 3:28:00 PM
If you are one of the 1.7 million women who read Shape Magazine, you'll know before too long not only how to get ‘bikini abs' in 4 weeks, but also that riding a Diamondback Insight 1 is a great way to "tone your butt and legs and burn up to 700...
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Friday, April 25, 2008 1:56:00 PM
If you are one of the 1.45 million who saw one of our mountain bikes in the April issue of Health Magazine, and you also wondered what it was and where you might find one; read on.
The bike was an '07 Diamondback Sorrento women's recreational...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:49:00 PM
We are thrilled to announce that a bike we only intended on being a concept dream bike for the Interbike show last year has become a reality. To inspire and to show our dealers other ways we'd been making great use of our Mission platform, we put...
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Monday, April 14, 2008 4:16:00 PM
If you're in the San Diego area (or will be late next month) and looking for a good time, be sure to hit up Zumwalt's Bicycle Center's Demo Day and Poker Ride. The event will take place on the 18th of May between 9 a.m. and 4 in the p.m. at...
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Monday, March 31, 2008 8:50:00 AM
Hello and welcome to the new Diamondback Bicycles website! We appreciate you stopping by and we hope you'll enjoy your stay. Please - have a look around, stay as long as you'd like, and make yourselves at home.This site is a place where you can not...
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Sunday, March 30, 2008 7:32:00 PM
Spring is here! OK, so the weather may not seem spring like, but you know you're going to need a new ride when temperatures rise and the trails firm up. Thinking about heading out to test ride a few bikes? Need a new t-shirt? How about a trial...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:29:00 AM
It turns out that not only is Diamondback celebrating an anniversary in 2008 (our 30th! see out Jan 1st blog posting), but two of our favorite magazines are also celebrating anniversaries this year.
BIKE magazine is celebrating 15 years and just...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:51:00 PM
Free Stuff!
That's right; FREE STUFF!! Just for test riding a 2008 Diamondback Mission or Sortie bicycle at an Authorized Mission/Sortie Test Center (see below for a list of dealers). But you have to act fast and make sure you get to an...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:00:00 AM
It's official, the calendar year 2008 has finally arrived and 2008 marks the Diamondback Bicycles Thirtieth Anniversary! Yup, Diamondback is thirty years old! We had a little fun with the whole turning thirty thing when we wrote the introduction...
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