Adam wall to whip in the San Diego sunset
Taylor stepped out from behind the camera for a minute to ride Home Ave. photo: Carter
Carter at the Home Ave. ditch in SD shot by photobug Adam Hauck
Adam came into town for InterBike and a week of riding anything and everything we can find from So. Cal. to Santa Cruz and then Nor. Cal. We’ll be filming clips and shooting photos for the web. Here’s a few from the first 2 days in So. Cal.
More to come…
Carter being chased by Greg Minnar and Cody Warren into turn 1.
Here’s a quick update with a couple of new things now available at your local shop.
Adam Hauck’s signature grips now available in hunter orange and gray to go along with the orange mobs that are arriving this week.
I’ve also got a limited number of Black Market Pint glasses to enjoy your frosty beverage of choice. E mail for glass Carter@blackmarketbikes.com for info.
The Mob makes the “Big Time” at Shimano… Thanks to Dustin Brady and Chad Roberts
Shanannigans
Proper booth this year…
Bros. broin’ down
Adam’s 09 mob… bright and shiny… 26.2 lbs
Another IBike has packed it’s shit and left the building. It was a damn good show too!!! I had the honor to race in the first ever Arena Mtn-X in front of 300 sort of screaming race fans. Although the race took place on the busiest night of InterBike against the likes of Lance Armstrong racing cyclo-cross and the world premiere of New World Disorder: Never Enough at the Playboy Club with an VIP open bar… the racing was still awesome!!!
I did pretty well winning my first round, 2nd in the 2nd round. I’ve been training for this race for the past 4 weeks and it paid off. I holeshoted a few rounds only to make mistakes in the first turn… over and over again. In my 3rd round I pulled Minnar to the first turn but let him inside and he hit me hard enough to pop me out of my pedals… I hate flat turns!!!
Everyone who attended was treated to fast exciting race action with lots of bumping and passing. The course had a fast technical first straight with a 20′ step up in to a 15′ log double into a 3rd set of doubles landing directly into the first left hand 90 with lots of flat on the inside to protect. As you came out of the turn 1 you hit a tall, tight set of rollers into another semi-flat turn to a wierd roller hump that you used for speed to hit a gnarly rock garden with rocks so sharp they make you want to punch a baby… Many pinch flats were issued here with out warning or prejudice. Just as you exited the mound of razor back rocks we ran head long into 3 12″ logs in “Z” formation sticking 8″ out of the ground for your pluse raising enjoyment. UCI 4 Cross World Champion Rafael Alvarez felt the sting of this particular form of torture on 2 occasions… one of them leaving a welt on his head after the scorpion he performed on the log floom. Then a quick left bank into a 3′ high pile of logs to bump jump you across the finish line to flat. It was pretty cool and looks to be a hopeful addition to gated mtb events in the future.
The show was great… our new products were a hit I think…. the booth looked great… the Mob was voted Best of the MTBR.com by the readers for dirt jump/ 4 crosser. The copycats were out in force… complete with bb mounted bottle openers and lots of Mob inspired geometry and style.
Here’s a couple of links to check out too.
Carter
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/interbikes-ba-6.html
http://www.mtbr.com/cat/bikes/dj-mtnx/black-market/mob-frame/PRD_417422_1575crx.aspx
Thrashbike.com ‘SIN CITY JAM’ – Las Vegas – Saturday, September 27
– Thrashbike.com – Atomlab – Black Market – NJDirt.com – Profile – Hoven – Deity – Dobermann Bikes – Tonic Fab
– with more sponsors to be added –
Questions? contact nbrandreth@gmail.com
We’re doing it again – the Saturday after Interbike! Come ride one of the best skateparks ever. It will be a ‘down-and-dirty’ morning session with coffee and donuts. There will be a ton of cash and swag.
Entry fee is $25 and includes coffee and donuts. Don’t forget to pre-register. Registration will be $30 on Saturday morning. Register for the event at Thrashbike.com or at the Atomlab/Blk Market Interbike booth (#2459) www.thrashbike.com/miregistration
Practice will be 9am-10:45am and the comp will start at 11am. Sorry for the early times, but Vegas gets very hot in the afternoon.
We will have a Pro Class, Expert Class, Womens Class – Women will session with the Expert Class.
Here we go again… Vegas, the Double Down, Circle Bar… you know where we’ll be. See you there.
This is Leo Combee’s 21.5 lb. Mob!!!
straight street here from Cornwall UK
Logan is all about speed
Logan Binggeli’s off duty weapon
I lost the info on this .three57
I’m pretty stoked right now… I’ve been getting some dope bike pics lately and it’s time for show and tell…. Keep em’ coming.
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We just finished the 2009 Black Market Product Catalog and here’s online version for those of you who won’t get to walk around miles and miles of tricycles, fenders and the newest craze from Europe… edible bike shorts, can’t wait to do a few miles in mine… enjoy!!!
sexy new bridges… 
New DT Gussett
The new Mob is here and ready for your shredding. We’ve been slowly making changes over the past few months as materials became available… here’s a list of changes that have already been implemented: