Chocolate Log

Blake Jorgensen has put together this photo slideshow of an epic trip in the Himalayas with a few ATB rockstars. It doesn't get too much more epic than that, not even on Leith Hill.

Extreme powerpoint: Himalayan bike epic

More words on the matter appear in an old NSMB article here.

The new Collective film Seasons is being premiered all over the place in the next few weeks. Whistler today, London soon.

I'm loving the choice of a 100% Vivaldi soundtrack, too. That's inspired, and a wonderful ATBing homage to one of the great composers.

The clip above is a mashup from Kpeek (apparently named after a Doctor Who alien, the poor lad), and is rather good, although the thought of Darren Berrecloth and his other 299 chums freeriding in just their pants isn't a great image.

The real trailer, that you saw ages ago, plus all the premier dates, are here:

Seasons.

Spring, and then with depressing inevitability, a season that passes for summer, are coming to the northern Hemisphere over the next few seasons.

Accessorising your bicycle and bodily attire with this seasons styles, colours and fabrics is key to maintaining a level of respect among your peers and onlookers alike, and that means getting the right basket.

Finding one to match your new tartan Dakine backpack and Giro Xen Woofta edition, and that'll hold up to the demands of South East North Shore style adventure slopecycling isn't easy, so try here for a full roundup.

You might've seen me field testing an early edition of one of their wicker editions at Aston Hill, which failed to live up to the simple test of carrying an apple from the top of the black run to the bottom.

Look smart.

This weekend we are blessed with the sun donning a hat and the trails will be running unseasonably sweet. But alas, there's loads more wintery pissing rain and mucky trails to come.

This little video reminds me that you can have fun even when the weather's not.

So get out and ride!

Video courtesy of the Baaron, Chaz whoever they might be...

To contrast the ATBing community's collective mourning of bicycle maintenance legend Sheldon Brown - writer of many things bike, but especially for me, the best guide ever on building wheels - I thought it would be good to mention that Ned Overend, one of the oldest men ever, is not dead.

Not now either. Or now. Really quite amazing.

Apologies if you're reading this a little later, and Ned is in fact dead. John Tomac is probably still alive if that's any good to you. Can't be sure about Gary Fisher.

RIP Sheldon.

Lance McDermott wowed the crowds with his front flip antics at Crankworx 06, and the Qashqai Challenge last year, but he had to learn the technique somewhere. The smart money says that our-boy-done-good Vance McDoormat has got himself one of these innovative steel revolvelocitrons in his shed.

It's all about keeping the advantage in modern slopestyle, and hanging an even bigger hanky out of your pocket just isn't going to cut it in 2008, as homegrown rotating Brit underdog Larry McDonald knows better than anyone. Go Larry!

It looks like eventually there'll be more on
the Safetybike here. But so far there's just some empty husk pages.