We’ve all had those days. The clock ticks away with increasing volume, phones ring incessantly, and the hustle and bustle of the office slowly devours creativity. Sometimes you simply need to close your computer and reset. As an industrial designer at Evil Bikes, I’m part of a passionate team responsible for designing and shaping our bikes into what you see out on the trail. As you might expect, establishing and maintaining a steady flow of creativity is a must.
Author: Tomas
The wait is worth it! This definitely applies to Red Bull District Ride, which will, after a five-year break finally return to Nuremberg this summer. On the 2nd and 3rd of September the world’s best slopestyle and freeride mountain bike riders will meet in the Franconian city to battle it out and determine who will follow in the footsteps of Aaron Chase, Cam McCaul, Sam Pilgrim, Brandon Semenuk and Nicholi Rogatkin. Next to high-flyer Emil Johansson, German slopestyle ace Erik Fedko can also count himself among the favorites. Erik Fedko’s career kicked off with a wildcard for Red Bull District…
Leatt announces their partnership with the “coolest kids on the block”, the Pivot Factory Racing team for 2022 and beyond. The South African brand is kitting out the team with apparel, protection, and eyewear. Morgane Charre and Matt Walker will also be riding in the new 2023 Leatt footwear and testing the upcoming models! The Pivot Factory Racing team is managed by the YouTube star Bernard Kerr and he is beyond thrilled with the new partnership: I’ve worked with Leatt for many years in the past, riding their neck brace and when the opportunity came about to get fully on…
Keen eyes in Mexico will have realized that Erik Fedko is sending it on a new rig at Freeride Fiesta this week. YT Industries and Erik Fedko announced they will be teaming up in pursuit of Good Times. YT Industries kicks off the new year with some big news fresh from the press in Mexico. The gravity mountain bike brand welcomes Erik Fedko to the team. The best German slopestyle mountain biker and one of the best tricksters in the world will be riding Dirt Love, TUES, and Co for the years to come. Freeride Fiesta is the perfect kick-off…
DH races, being the mountain biking’s equivalent of Formula 1, always pose serious challenges both to the rider as well as the designer. Although it’s unclear whether course designs changed to accommodate 29”-wheeled bikes, or their relentlessly increasing difficulty naturally suits the larger wheels, one thing is for certain – the rider needs an entirely different steed to what was once enough. The new Darkmatter is built for winning. It’s long and the centre of gravity is low, which assures stability at speed, without sacrificing the responsiveness in the corners. A fully reworked Noster Kinetics suspension platform ensures maximum suspension…
We start the New Year with a bang and a dose of positive energy. Do you think that back pain is the end of the world? If yes, than we present to you Marek – a man for whom the lack of an arm and a leg is not a barrier to cycling. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Marek Turkiewicz, disabled mountainbiker from Poland. Justyna John, 43RIDE: Hello, we should start our interview with the question – how do you do it? Without your left arm and right leg you are able to ride a bike? Marek Turkiewicz: Hi! I must…
Fast. Agile. Sharp. These are the attributes YT Industries associates with their short travel trail bike. The award-winning IZZO Core platform was introduced with regular 130 mm of travel, the limited edition IZZO Blaze was beefed up to 140 mm and now the IZZO has morphed into a 120 mm XC speed machine. The IZZO Uncaged 7 is YT’s lightest full-suspension bike ever with a need for speed and adds another wrinkle to the highly versatile IZZO platform. YT’s so-called Core models represent the consistent foundation of the entire range at various price points, whereas the Uncaged models stand for…
How to create a world for yourself? Jan Kiliński, the founder of the Dirt it More team and the main designer of Dartmoor Bikes, talks about his passion for creating bicycles for his life. Whenever Janek changed the cycling discipline, the Dartmoor bikes also changed. with Janek in the lead, he is testing the new Thunderbird CF in the classic European bikepark Saalbach Hinterglemm. From freeride-inspired jumps to long Enduro stages – the new Thunderbird has a lot to do! Mountain biking is all about your limits. The more difficult trails you ride the bigger fun you may have if…
A little over two years ago the young prodigy from Osttirol, Austria, Gabriel Wibmer, released his biggest project to the date Late for School. After the extremely positive response to his first video and nearly 13 million views, Gabriel is back with part two. Late for School 2 shows Gabriel’s MTB skills in some beautiful Austrian locations. Riding the newly released 2022 Canyon Torque, Gabriel sends it in his own style to get to school on time. Created with his cousin Stephan Wibmer the video takes us through Gabriel’s home region of Osttirol, then onto the medieval city center of…
In nature, evolution is a process that takes hundreds of years, whereas the entire evolution of mountain biking fits within a lifetime. Or Hans Rey’s shed, as it happens! Hans ‘No Way’ Rey has been riding mountain bikes pretty much since they were invented in the late 1970s, and even if the man himself hasn’t changed a lot since then, bikes certainly have. Imagine your favorite trail – whether it’s a steep rooty climb, a technical rocky downhill or a flowy track through the woods – it would be a lot more challenging without suspension. Now, cut those 740mm bars…
The spectacular kick-off edit released in June already showed what the NINEYARD-Team surrounding Fabio Wibmer is about: “Create Playgrounds” – turning urban spaces into riding spots for trials and BMX riders, mountain bikers and all other two-wheeled shredders. NINEYARD is way more than just a lifestyle clothing brand, it’s a riding community united by a passion to explore and ride urban spaces. Therefore, it only made sense for the NINEYARD-Team to head to Paris to introduce their new collection and to meet up with the Wheelie Boys, who embody the “Create Playgrounds” attitude like no others. The new collection is made…
Due to ION‘s New Outerwear Collection you‘re prepared and ready to ride your bike on bad weather days. No matter if it‘s stormy and windy or if it‘s raining or snowing. There is no excuse if you have the right clothes and you‘ll notice. It‘s always worth going out, moving and experiencing the outdoors. Often the rainy and bad weather sessions are the ones you will keep in mind and the ones you make memories in. With high functional and wheatherproof gear for all riding styles, there is no need to put away your bike in the winter season. Go…
The Gravity Card bike parks and regions are looking back on a very successful 2021 season. Like in previous years, the Gravity Card managed to improve on what was already a very successful 2020 season, confirming that the concept of a ‘European bikepark season ticket’ is more than welcome among the mountain bike community. A successful summer in the books and the addition of another bikepark to the club is reason for celebration but not for rest. The Gravity Card team is already working on expanding its offer for the 2022 season and is happy to announce that two more…
As part of its collaboration with the Triple Crown of Crankworx winner Emil Johansson, the German MTB component brand Sixpack has developed the signature EJ Saddle for dirt jumping, slopestyle and freeride, which is now available on the company’s website and in selected bike shops. What to do if the athlete misses a product in the new sponsor’s portfolio? The athlete’s requirements for the product must be identified & combined with the know-how of the company’s internal engineering team. Through the exchange of ideas and sketches from both sides, initial approaches begin to emerge. Numerous meetings between athlete, management and…