Another successful test with the Series A has been completed as Reed Doerr piloted the bike in the Pro class of the annual Ashland "Spring Thaw" men's downhill. The team came away not only impressed with another trouble-free weekend of practice and racing, but also with the level of competition coming from the local riders. Team Ashland brought quite a few riders and managed to take the overall win with local rider Jared Hobbs setting a new course record!
The weekend was also a success for local rider and long time Function Bikes supporter, Sabine Steichele, who took the win in the sport womens class in her first race ever! What's her secret? Well... she just so happens to be the main squeeze of Function Bikes president, Aaron Bland. Doesn't hurt to have a training partner like Aaron in your corner. Congratulations, Sabine!
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 Well, the first race of the season for the Series A and the Function team is officially under the belt! A killer time was had by all and the bike ran every practice session plus the races in the Expert and Semi-Pro categories with not a single mechanical problem. We met some great people and saw the pros showing us how it's done. Not necessarily a typical downhill course, the Sea Otter event still gave plenty of terrain (and jumps) to get a feel for how the suspension and bike was handling... Function Bikes President, Aaron Bland, had this to say: "The Sea Otter Classic was a great season opener for us to test the new frame design and warm up for the season. The course was a lot of fun, fast and flowing, with great jumps. Reed Doerr raced in the Semi Pro class and really loves the prototype. We plan to build him and our other riders full time test bikes asap." |
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The Function Bikes Series A downhill race frame prototype is headed for its race debut at Sea Otter in Monterey, CA April 17-20. The prototype bike has been upgraded with a Fox 40 RC2 front fork and will be piloted by Function Bikes President Aaron Bland and amateur downhill racer Reed Doerr in the Expert and Semi-Pro classes of the SRAM Downhill race on Sunday. The event will provide the perfect opportunity for the company to evaluate the merits of its chromoly frame and high pivot rear suspension design. |
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Well, well, well. It seems like riders in Southern Oregon are finally getting some respect from the international mountain biking community. We've turned up over at Pink Bike and in the latest issue of Decline, mostly due to these guys...
http://www.ashlandmountainadventures.com/
We haven't met up with them yet, but we hope to take advantage of their shuttle over the summer! If you're feeling like hitting some new trails, come on down to Ashland, OR and give us a call while you're down here. |
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Last week, Function Bikes took delivery of our "first article" race crown parts from our manufacturing partner in Oregon. While these were only the upper and lower clamp for both the Fox 40 and Marzocchi 888, it gave us the opportunity to double-check and fine tune the fit of the clamp on the fork legs. The parts were left in raw aluminum, so you can see how nicely they're finished even before they get anodized. Everything fit together as planned, although we'll make a couple of tweaks to our tolerances to ensure the kits are a breeze for customers to install. Now we're just dying to see the final kits fully anodized and laser etched!
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