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Riley and Cody Ready for the Weekend

Posted on May 22, 2013 by maxcolbywill

More big things as usual coming from the team recently. New kits, bike set ups, and good results to cover, all before going into two races that we’re excited about this weekend, the first Oregon Enduro in Hood River, and the Rockhopper Classic XC + Super D in our own backyard.

Riley raced a 2-man team in the Bike Monkey Boggs 8 Hour race we alluded to in our last post, and won. By 25+ minutes. Here’s a video of the start, where he debuted our new kit. His streak continues, and we look forward to seeing what he can do at the Rockhopper this weekend, where he has raced before!

Cody finished up his first year at Lees McRae on the East Coast, wrapping things up with some collegiate DH and DS on his Nomad (getting 3rd and 1st). Photos on VitalMTB.

Soon after getting home, he came to NorCal to help out at the High School State Champs XC race, and then join Max, Colby, and Riley to sample the hot new Tamarancho Flow Trail, and then continue up to Oregon for the Hood River Enduro. Last year he raced it as his first enduro / pro race, and got just outside top 5 on one stage, racing blind on an overweight/falling apart Enduro.

Cody got comfortable quickly on his fresh TRc. Very excited to see what he can do on it at Hood this weekend!

We’re also all jealous of Colby for winning the steeze award as usual and having the badass new Santa Cruz Bronson.

Busting out of one of many rad corners. Rad fresh flow trail + rad fresh Bronson = fun!

Drool. That is all. Stay tuned for news after this weekend!

Sea Otter Kicks Off The Season, Howard going Strong

Posted on May 2, 2013 by maxcolbywill

The whole team made it to Sea Otter, racing all together for the first time, in the stacked 130 person international pro field nonetheless. No one was pulled, yet only 100 finished. To put it in perspective further, the current Olympic XC Champion had an off day and finished 25th…

This happened…Colby stoked on finishing. Cody made the pilgrimage from the lame coast to race. As his first Pro/U23 race of the season, he learned a lot, but is still itching to shred some enduros. Will, wasted (in a sober way at this point…) at the Hive tent. Thanks to their great support all weekend. We visited all our other sponsors as well, and everyone was super rad!
Riley won the Team SCXF race within the race, and finished just outside the top 10 for U23′s and 59th in total. A Cat 1 just last year, he’s riding really strong right now. His race report mentioned eating a total of 6 Roctane Gels that helped a lot, and the stiffness of the 142x12mm Highball rear end really allowing him to accelerate up the final, infamous Sea Otter climb coming back to the venue. Tony melted and decided to save his legs for tandem XC the next day… Still making the most of being out on the bike! The Colbs. Will was our second strongest finisher, feeling stronger than last year on a better race, but in the more stacked field finished 20 places further back in 69th. Cody pops his pro national race cherry.Colby and Ratboy shooting the shit after the always rowdy slalom race. Maybe some of Bryceland’s radness will rub off on Colby if we’re lucky.

The next day Colby and Tony busted out their tandem skills and came 2nd behind some gnarly kids. At least they looked sick doing it….

Since finishing 10 minutes off the leader in an insane field at the Otter, Riley has continued his show of fitness with two strong Summit Shorty Races placing second and then first the next week the past two Wednesdays.

In Riley’s recent STXC race report, “the high school racers were out along with their coaches and the regular trail shredders”. He’s been duking it out with Cannondale/Sho Air’s Taylor Smith (also last year’s Summit Shorty Series Champ) for the top spot, and apparently the 2nd time is a charm!

He’s now returning to the Boggs 8 Hour race this weekend to race in a 2 man team! Over 700 racers will be in attendance, and we’re all stoked to see how he does.

Photos and Words by Max Houtzager (www.maxhoutzager.com)

Introducing Bonetiger and some Fontana Pro XCT / US Cup East Action

Posted on April 11, 2013 by maxcolbywill

If you missed this, we spent some time in Pacifica during Spring Break trying to show Tony Smith, our final new rider for 2013, how to go down a hill on a bicycle.

Very soon we will be on our final bike set ups, including the new Bronson, for 2013 with new kits, so keep an eye out…

Will raced the Fontana Pro XCT for the team, but the combination of melting in the heat and the Fontucky dust led to back cramps, which ended his race early. The debut of one of our team’s high

vis Highball 29er’s looked sweet nonetheless.

On the lame coast (East), Cody hit up the US Cup East in Bryson, North Carolina, and is pumped to get back on the best coast for Sea Otter next weekend. We are quite excited for the team to be all together racing for the first time this season!

Introducing Riley Howard + The Season has Begun

Posted on March 19, 2013 by maxcolbywill

Our youngest new rider, Cody, has been racing the most so far over on the east coast. 2nd at the iCycle Mountain Bike Race in some muddy conditions, a perfect cross over from cross season… He also went on a big expedition to speak out in the name of cycling in the USA, and wrote about it for Mountain Bike Action Magazine.

Colby and Will have been helping out with the Norcal League Camps, paying back the organization that raised them!

Bonelli Pro XCT

Finally, we are proud to announce the 2nd of our 3 new riders, Riley Howard. Read about him on the team page, or just watch him blasting down a trail in Marin below. He also just raced his first pro race, a stacked National Series Pro XCT in brutally hot and dry weather at Bonelli Park. A top 30 was nothing to complain about!

In other news, Santa Cruz has a new bike coming out, and we are itching to ride in some new kits and on some new set ups!

Cody Phillips finishes CX Season, ready for Mountain

Posted on January 20, 2013 by maxcolbywill

As mentioned in our previous post (and updated TEAM page), we introduced Cody, 1 of 3 new riders on the team. We will introduce the next two very soon, so stay tuned for that. While Will and Colby

suffered through the Grasshopper Race in Occidental for good times and base training, Cody went to go freeze his butt off at CX Nationals, but has also been doing some mountain shredding. See below:

“After we got out to the venue early, I got dressed quickly to get out on the course, check conditions, and do some warm up laps. The entire course felt like riding through a rock garden. The only place you could break from the rough terrain was on a short pavement section near the start/finish. For the collegiate Division 1 race, the temperature peaked out

around 20 degrees. I was lucky enough to get a 3rd row call up. After a pretty good start, I moved up inside the top twenty. Unfortunately on the first corner I hit a patch of ice, shooting off the course and through the tape. As I tried to get back I watched nearly the entire field go by. As soon as I got back on the course I began making moves and passin

g riders, managing to work my way up to 12th with two laps to go. With nobody else in sight behind me or in front of me I simply rode two smooth laps and held onto 12th. Kerry managed to win the race which placed Lees McRae as a school into 3rd place.

Now that cross nationals is over I am racing full time for Team Santa Cruz/X-Fusion Presented by Frontier. I can’t wait to get my hands on my new team issue Santa Cruz Blur TRc, fully decked out with top notch X-Fusion suspension. My coach is having me hit the gym too in order to build some much needed upper body and core strength to get ready for the quickly approaching race season. I can't wait for my first pro event at the Sea Otter Classic.”

See Cody's full blog at http://cody-phillips.net/

2013 Team Santa Cruz-X Fusion Presented by Frontier

Posted on January 2, 2013 by maxcolbywill

2012 started well with solid results in New Zealand and regional California races, but the 2nd half was plagued by injury. We look forward to 2013 with the announcement of the California Enduro Series, and 3 new riders joining the team.

This video introduces the first of the 3 riders, Cody Phillips. Hailing from SoCal, 2013 is Cody’s first year as U23-pro. As a junior he mixed it up between beating top junior xc racers as well as testing his strengths in the pro field of the

Oregon Enduro Series. Will and Colby showed the new comer the ropes on their home turf, Upper Campus in Santa Cruz, California. Stay tuned for more!

Peter Lucas Fill In Rider and Racing at Kirkwood

Posted on August 2, 2012 by maxcolbywill

A short break from racing after Natio

nals led into the Kirkwood Super D and XC races in South Lake Tahoe. We are excited for Peter Lucas, a local Marin shredder to fill in for the rest of the season to make up for Max and Will’s

temporary inability to race.

First came the Super D, a time trial-best of two runs format on fast trails perfect for a Tallboy or TRc. After one run, Colby and Peter were sitting 2nd and 5th. Being quite a physical and technical race with lots of line choice going down, heading up for round two was no easy feat.

Peter and Colby switched places after the second run taking 2nd and 5th! Then it was time to rest up for another huge elevation effort the next day with some more strong locals in the XC.

Colby has been feeling good after nationals and pulled out a strong 3rd place finish! He was also super amped on racing the TRc for the Super D and Highball for the XC. Next up Downieville!

Napa Skyline XC

Posted on June 12, 2012 by maxcolbywill

While Max opted to prepare for the upcoming

Ashland Enduro and chase KOM’s in Marin on the Nomad, Will and Colby braved the heat at the classic Skyl

ine Park XC Race. This 3 lap 21 mile race with 3600 feet of technical and steep climbing contains only the most fun dry rocky descents one can imagine. Mark Weir (Team WTB) and Glenn Fant (Bike Monkey/Norcal Bike Sport) even built special 29er full suspension lightweight but adept descending race bikes and made a $100 wager for who would beat who. Weir won. But Will finished ahead of him in 3rd, and Colby a few minutes back in 11th, both on the highly capable

Higballs with Nano 29 TCS tires.

Will knows how to flow even while spending all his time exclusively on the Nomad.

The race was stacked with the likes of Jason Moeschler and Mark Weir from Team WTB, Kevin Smallman (Incycle/Cannondale), Tony Smith (Whole Athlete) and Norcal Bike Sport/Bike Monkey Elite members Michael Zanetti and Glenn Fant. Local Dad and all around XC bike slayer Jim Hewett (Summit Bikes/Santa Cruz) took the win.

A Little Enduro A Little XC

Posted on June 5, 2012 by maxcolbywill

On Saturday Will and Colby headed to the Bike Monkey Marathon XC Race, SoNoMas. One of the hardest races in Norcal, they took 4th and 13th racing for 34 miles and 7000 feet. Ouch.

Weir seemed to not like the heat, hardtail, or marathon xc, or all of the above?

Will on the other hand made the most of it!

Colby killing it also!

At the same time Max headed North with Pro Women’s winner Mary Moncorge, and Marshall Eames of Santa Cruz/Fox/WTB to race the first stop of the Oregon Enduro Series and North American Enduro Tour.

Dropping a rock on stage 1 (Funner Trail), Max took consistent runs across the weekend mid pack to finish inside the top half in a very stacked pro field of nearly 50 riders. He chose to race the light TRc to suit the race’s endless corners and healthy dose of pedaling, while still managing the occasional high speed rock drops/gardens no problem. And get rad on the jumps.

Here’s some follow cam footage from practice on stage 3, with a proper edit soon to come.

“There was so much pedaling, but not the kind you do in any XC. It’s like doing a million out of the saddle sprints. You really had to know the length of the stages and your strengths to know where to pedal and where to conserve. I killed myself halfway on the climb on stage 5 but then took forever to recover.” (The first place guy on this segment is a glitch)

It was a success and tons of fun, but a definite learning experience to improve upon. With some more respectable finishes the Oregon Enduro Series and North American Enduro Tour Max should be able to finish well in the overalls. We are real excited for the next

stop in Ashland, but first the Skyline XC!

Ashland Spring Thaw

Posted on May 24, 2012 by maxcolbywill

This past weekend Max headed North to Oregon for a first time experience with the Ashland Spring Thaw, racing the XC on Saturday and DH on Sunday (although not many do both and there’s unfortunately no all mountain category). It was his first race back after a mid season break after a painful Sea Otter Classic XC. A big thanks to Kyle Macaroni for many TRc and Highball shuttles on Friday (and a place to crash Thursday night), and Austin Riba for a place Friday/Saturday night.

“I lined up in the front row knowing it would be crucial to stay towards the front to get into some of the faster groups pacelining up the gradual but never ending climb to long flat traverse. The pace was a little slow at first so I rode in 2nd for a bit at my own pace and continued to ride my own race as that settled me around 12th by about 1/2 way up the hour long climb. I knew gearing up to stay with Carl Decker and a few others would not be sustainable as I was already tapped out at 189 HR for 30 minutes. The race felt real long for only 1.5 hours since the singletrack descending was only the last 19 minutes, but said 19 minutes sure was rad while it lasted! The

top flat section of the course 3 other 29er’s and I pacelined averaging 25 mph, but only 1 other and I knew how to descend the ripping single track down, so we pulled away immediately. Fortunately, I was quicker on corners while he was quicker on rough sections and fireroads (partially due to bigger tires and a Kona scandium fully), so as we took turns leading I got by on the last trail, BTI, a downhill pumptrack to the finish with too many berms to count! This put

just inside the top 10 in front of some other really fast guys so I’m stoked on this result as my first race back.”

The Highball was perfect for the course, flying on the uphill and flats with it’s big wheels and low weight, and pinning the last descent with it’s playful geometry and Nano 2.1 TCS Tires absolutely hooking up AND rolling fast (Ryan Condrashoff even decided to race them on his TR to 5th place in the DH as well the next day-not something I could get away with)!

Sunday brought more shuttle-fun with the DH race. That didn’t go as well but was still tons of fun! ~4 minutes of HIGH speed single track with lots of switchbacks, 1 rock garden and a jump. Not quite gnarly enough for a DH but definitely not long enough for a Super D (the xc race went down it). This made for some close racing, the top 5 all within one second.

“My first DH race in 2 years, and first time racing the course (seemed like everyone else had done it for years). I can make a lot of excuses for why I didn’t go super fast like everyone else, but when it comes down to it I need to work on my higher speed riding and lay off the brakes. I rode smooth and pretty damn fast, but more of a 10 minute + race pace, not a 4 minute balls out one.”

“The TRc is still amazing me as it was so light, pedaled so fast, and railed corners/switchbacks no problem. It was especially fun ripping behind Nathan Riddle on some slalomy upper trails afterwards!”

Check out more photos in the Gallery.

Meanwhile back in GnarCal, Colby took a sweet top 5 with a 4th place at the Lake Sonoma Ricochet. You could see more of him riding in this video of the race, but he was too close to the front, so it’s mostly the start.

“I just wanted to test my fitness after Sea Otter and was riding relatively strong. Lake Sonoma is one of the more demanding and physical XC courses on the local scene and the Highball was descending just as good as all the fully 29ers out there. Races put on by Bike Monkey are always a rad experience”

That makes two successful races for the Highball for us this past weekend and next up is the first Oregon Enduro and first race of the North American Enduro Tour in Bend Oregon!