Windhamissa käydessä sain tilaisuuden jutella Larsin kanssa uusista TR450stä. Uuden TR450 painon pudotus tullaan toteuttamaan pääosin chainstayn seinän paksuutta ohentamalla ja iskarin kiinnitysten sisäpintoja kovertamalla. Uusia värejä ei vielä suostuttu paljastamaan ja muten runkojen geomteriat ja muu pysyy samana. Runko on käytännössä sama millä Jill, Lars ja Bryn ovat tämän kauden kisanneet.

Sain myös kuulla yllättävän faktan tuotantoerien pienuudesta. Talvella myyntiin tulebva uusi tuotantoerä mukaanlukien, TR450-mallia on valmistettu vain 400 kpl maailmassa. Joten jos olet onnellinen omistaja, sinulla on suhteellsien uniikki pyörä allasi verrattuna suurempien merkkien tuhansien pyörien tuotantoeriin.

Manfredbikes kävi edustamassa UCI cupin viimeisessä osakilpailussa Windhamissa. KIsa oli tiukka ja jänskätti kuka ottaa kokonaispotin kotiin. Onnea Geelle, hieno lasku! Harmittavasti Brynillä (Transun tiimikuski) puhkesi rengas ja mies tippui tulosluettelossa hyvän aika-ajon jälkeen ja Jill (toinen TR racing kuski joka ajoi) veti pahat pannut ja keräili varikolla kun saavuimme paikalle. Onneksi jaksoi vielä nousta ylös kuvaa varten. Alla on muutamia kuvia kisoista, jäipä kennolle historiallinenkin hetki, Peaty sekunttia ennen pannuja! Kiitos kuvista Pyrylle ja Varpulle!

Chillaamassa Jillin ja Larsin kanssa.

Peaty ennen pannuja.

Voittajana on helppo haistatella kisaturisteille =)

Tänään tuli yllättävä maili jenkeistä. Pojat ovat salaa kehittäneet fillarin nimeltään TR250.

Hieman lisäinfoa: http://www.transitionbikes.com

Viime viikolla oli mfb XC päivä johon osallistui paikalliset kaverimme sekä muutama kanta-asiakas. Ajoimme 4h 37min Porvoon metsissä ja siinä ajassa kilometrejä tuli noin 45. Muutama kramppi ja yksi puhjennut rengas oli päivän ainoat varjopuolet eli ei valittamista. Lenkin jälkeen odotti M/Y Mirelle (http://www.mirelle.fi). Alla muutama kuva. Kiitos osallistujille ja ensi vuonna sitten uudestaan.

retkikunta.net edustajat saapuivat minuuttia ennen lähtöä kamat levällään autossa...

Ja taas odotellaan retkikunta.net edustajia... Päivän ainoa haaveri, puhjennut rengas.

Mirellen yläkannella sai vihdoin levätä.

Kuvia yritetään ensi vuonna saada lisää. Allekirjoittanut unohti tällä kertaa kameransa kotiin...

Summer in Finland is so beautiful. Doing some freeriding and race training at midnight.
Photos by: Sami Korhonen

Out in town having fun on my TR450!
Photos by: Sami Korhonen

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A nice dry track, good sunny weather, mosqitoes and technical problems riddled day 1 of the Finnish national DH championships in Vuokatti.
Most of the elite riders are present, with the exception of Aki Ferm who injured his shoulder in practice. Our own riders, Ville Ormo and Kasper Nyman, had a good practice day even though the day started out pretty bad for Kasper. The Fox up front blew it's cartridge, which appears to be a common problem for the new forks. After frustrating moments in the pit we got a set of forks to borrow from the Länsiö brothers, thank you!
The track seems to be a 1:30ish one with a quick section out of the gate, followed up with a steep, rocky and winding section that took it's victims along the day. This section is followed by a fast part with a small double, turning into a short wooded section before the sprint at the end.
The race tomorrow is bound to be good. We wish our boys good luck and cheers!

Hi!
I haven't written any race reports yet so here is this years races so far.

Seasons first race in Laajavuori jyväskylä the track was nearly the same as last year. There had bean some changes to the track and they were working good and made the track a lot  better. Training was good and I was having a lot of fun on the track, making no major mistakes but staling in some corners but knew that I can do god here. Race day was on and I was confident for the race. Qualifying run was good and i was in reach of a top ten finnish. Just before my race run the wether tock a change for the worse and started raining. I wasn't that worried about it and it dint really effect my run. Run went good 2/3 of the track then I banged my pedal on a rock and almost vent over the bars of a jump came almost to a complete stop and had to go around the jump. The rock also broke the spring in my pedal and completely messed up the finnish of the track.

TR450, medium racing stripe yellow for sale.

The bike has a 2010 boxxer team, fox rc4 and Transition's DH parts kit on it, which includes:

Truvativ chain ring (36)
e.thirteen LG1+
Transition temple lite direct mount stem
Transition T-bar 30 wide handlebar
Cane Creek XXCII headset
Truvativ Holzfeller OCT 1.1 165mm cranks
Truvativ Howitzer Team 83mm BB
Avid Elixir CR brakes with 8" rotors
Maxxis Minion DHF 26x2.5 3C tires
Transition Stepdown pedals
Thompson Elite seat post
Traitor diamond stitch saddle
ODI Ruffian Lock-on grips
SRAM PG970 11-23 cassette
TBC Revolution 36 150 wheels
SRAM X0 rear derailleur and levers

The bike has been used once and has a few small nicks from chain slap on the chainstay, otherwise in mint condition.

Price for entire bike: 3600 euro (+ potential airline excess baggage fees)

Price for frame: 1800 euro (+ potential airline excess baggage fees)

The bike is at the moment in the US, but as I will come on vacation to Finland in July I can arrange for the bike to come to Europe at that time. Therefore, act quickly if you want this beauty!

Ville sent me a link to the first video of the year. So here goes.

http://vimeo.com/12089349

I got an email from Sam at Transition Bikes where he said that the current and the
next production runs of TR450's are completely sold out. He also mentioned that
of the whole years production there's only six medium reds left. That means that
if you want a TR450 this year you'd better pre-order one now.

Next bike to get updated is the blindside and it will be available in July:

New hydroformed  toptube and downtube profiles for improved strength. Tapered headtube. One piece ISCG05 chainguide mounts and BB shell. Dedicated 135mm x 10mm dropouts - no more confusing options Adjustable travel between 165mm (6.5") and 190mm (7.5") via a 8.75" x 2.75" stroke DHX RC4 rear shock. Geometry is unchanged from the current model. Designed for 180mm singlecrown forks but compatible with 160-170mm singlecrowns as well as 200mm dual crowns.

Finally, a real test ride with the new TR450. The trails: Otis Airforce Base, Massachusetts USA. This spot has lots of buff singletrack, to be honest, more suitable for my Covert. But, all the big hills up north or out west are still balnketed with snow, so this will have to do. It took 25 minutes to reach the only hill in the area, a 50 second fast ride of nice singletrack with a few off camber turns, but for the most part really easy going fast turns with nice banks to shoot out from.

My TR450 is the stock factory version, just under 40 lbs, a bit on the heavy side, but a very smoth ride nevertheless. Cheap as I am I went with the 2010 Boxxer (substantial save in $$$ compared to the Fox 40), despite all the bad reports earlier last year. The forks delivered by Transition are apparently of a newer production round and I got the fork set up to my liking, even though I run it at a looser setup to what is recommended for riders of my weight.

First impressions are very good and I Like this bike, a lot. Haven't tried altering the geometry yet, I'll have more on that when I get to ride something a bit hairier than Otis, which is however a very nice place! Have good rides and hope the snow goes away soon back home in Finland too! Picture credits go to Zach Bonin, thank you! Over and out.

Well, finally the Tr450 has landed! The bike feels amazing, there is  absolutely no pedalbob, very responsive and smooth. Still waiting to get some more saddle time but the -15 celsius and 50 centimeters of snow is not that inviting. 
Here is some pictures of my race rig for next season.

-Kappe
Photo by: Sami Korhonen

I got an update from Ville who is one of the riders we support. He told me he now belongs to the Finnish Downhill Team and has been following a new training program in order to get in better shape.

He competed in the Messilä TalviDH, won his own class and finished 5th in the open class.

Expect to hear more from him in the future.

The TBC wheelsets are going through some changes. New models, new names, new specs as stated below. In addition I got this from Sam:

All front hubs can be converted from 20mm to 15mm or QR. All 135mm rear hubs are shipped with our oversize QR axle; nutted 10mm thru axles can be installed and a 12mm thru axle conversion is available.

Revolution 25

• New name for theRevolution AM wheelset
• 25mm wide, 32 spoke, NEW 15g spokes, alloy nipples
• Colors -  black or white rims with black hubs. 
• Alloy cassette body
• Coming in March
• Pricing and more details to come

Revolution 28

• NEW middle weight wheelset for trail, enduro and light FR
• 28mm wide, 32 spoke, 14/15g double butted spokes, alloy nipples
• Colors -  black or white rims with black hubs.
• Alloy cassette body 
• Coming in March
• Pricing and more details to come

Revolution 32 wheelset

• NEW Color - polished rims with black hubs and spokes.
• NEW alloy cassette body
• Updated versions available in March
• We will continue to offer our 32 wheelset, in all Black, and with White rims and Black, Blue, Red, and Gold hubs.

Revolution 32 150mm wheelset

• Colors -  black or white rims with black hubs.
• 150mm rear spacing
• ETA – Middle of march

Hey!

Got a very nice e-mail from Joe at Traitor Cycles, the long waited lineup update is here and these are the final protos. We take pre-orders NOW and the product should be in some time in April.

The Ringleader and Luggernaut have seen updates, and they are looking very sleek and lugged in deed. New forks are in too. The all new race bred SS CC Crusade latest protos also arrived. You can find more info on the new bikes here. Further, expect later in the spring an all new entry level SS/Fix frame, the Cutlass, which will be the lineups most affordable bike.

As happy an owner of the TR450 as you can find. The bike feels incredible (based on a short pedal down my street in the middle of the freezing night). Very solid, no racket or wiggle, just sold smoothness!

The only difficulty in putting it together was the attachement of the rear shock. The swingarm had to be opened in order for the spacers to fit inbetween. A small setback that took 10 min.

I <3 this bike!

This is the factory TR450 in progress. No changed parts, and I'm quite happy with it as it is. It comes with Elixirs, Holzfeller Oct 1.1 dh cranks, e13 LG1+ guide, Thomson elite seat post a sweet Traitor seat and two Minion front tyres.

The parts kit is impressive and fitted with Transitions own tough and affordable 36 hole Revolution rims this bike is truly worth every buck straight out of the box. I'll post pics when I'm done with it, after that it's off to the woods where it belongs.

Cheers.

Here being Boston =) You just gotta love the details on this bike.

Hope you get your bikes to Finland soon too!

It's now confirmed that we are going to be at Fillari 2010 (5-7.3.2010). Our stand is 6e30 and we will bring at least the following bikes: TR450, Blindside, Covert, TransAM. The TR450 and ToP will also be on display by Messilä Racing.

Uusi hardtaili tulossa:
Kuva

Specsit:
4130 Double Butted Chromoly Frame
Transition custom dropout that can run singlespeed or gears

~The headtube angle is 68.5 degrees with a 140mm fork. It is okay to run anything from 120-160mm fork travel.
~The seat tube angle is 72.5 degrees.
~BB height is about 12.25” with a 140mm fork (25mm drop from axle height).
~Chainstay length range is 16.65”-16.85” (16.65” w/ geared hanger in place).

Small    16.5” ST    22.25” TT
Medium    18” ST        23.25” TT
Large    19.5” ST    24.2” TT

The frame uses a Campy size integrated headset, and takes a 30.0mm seatpost. It does not have ISCG tabs.
The frame does not have the welded on clamp; that was a prototype error. It will take a standard QR collar for on the trail adjustments.
Production colors for the first run are; Black, White, and Orange