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Bike Magazine does Crankworx
Bike magazine has been stepping it up in the past few months with some great product reviews, in addition to coverage of events like Crankworx and the Transrockies Challenge.
That being said, the current Crankworx summary on the Bike website is a little, well, uninspired. While the included photos are of good quality, the article is stiched together from numerous press releases and gets the details on the Air DH mixed up with those of another race. I understand that Crankworx isn’t the be-all-and-end-all for the industry and that a number of factors influence coverage of a specific event (ie. budget, time, location, etc.), but I was hoping for a little more insight from the magazine.
If you’re looking for an in-depth review of the events that took place at Crankworx 2005 I’d recommend moving on over to NSMB.com. NSMB has a great recap of the Slopestyle event that’s worth looking at if you’re into this type of thing.
1. Posted by Riding the other trails at Whistler » The Biking Hub | 3:54 pm, 14 December 2005
[…] Every August, Intrawest hosts the Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival, an event that draws the attention of plenty of industry folks, racers, and spectators. What’s often forgotten in the mix is the fact that Whistler and its surrounding area is studded with other world-class trails like Comfortably Numb and A River Runs Through It. […]