Mick Hannah goes over his new GT Fury DH race bike. The new Fury is full carbon vs. aluminum of the old version.

The carbon fiber is stiffer and stronger than the alumimum version. Check the photos for the damage that the bike sustained to the left side chain stay from a crash in the rock garden from Mick’s second place at the South Africa World Cup race the previous weekend. People are always concerned with how well carbon fiber will hold up to crashes and rock impacts and other such trail conditions. Well, here is real world proof from one of the top DH racers (if not THE top DH racer) on the planet, that the carbon fiber held up just fine.

Besides his second place in the South Africa World Cup, Mick scored the Sea Otter DH win on Sunday and finished 5th in the Dual Slalom. Congrats Mick!

GT Fury Frame (from the GT Bicycles website):
“Full Monocoque Carbon Fiber with forged and CNC fitments, with all new I link assembly and pivot design for 8.65 inches of rear wheel travel with Maxle rear axle QR system”

(note: Mick is a real soft spoken kinda guy and I didn’t have a remote mic for this video shoot. Apologies for the background music which makes it kind of hard to hear Mick.)

website: www.gtbicycles.com

Andrew Cho, GT Team rider and bike tester shows us the new GT Slopestyle bike developed by Andrew and fellow GT Team rider Tyler McCaul. This new bike is based off the Sanction, but with 4″ of rear travel and of course, slacker geometry.

Michael Browne from Trek Bicycles introduces the Trek World Racing Team bikes.

-Team Edition Top Fuel

-Session 88 DH

-Elite 9.9 OCLV hardtail

For more information about the Trek World Racing Team, check out:

website: http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/trek_life/cycling_teams/twr/

Mark from Marin gives us a look at another bike here, the CXR Team a full carbon XC race bike. It is a 2009 model, that will be released this summer. It weighs in at just over 21 lbs (for 17″ size). It will be available with XT/XTR gruppo for around $4800-$5000.

The carbon layup on the frame has a continous weave for the top tube that blends with the seat stays for marathon racing comfort. Yet the CXR has a massive bottom bracket, with boxed-in BB for stiffness and efficiency. The carbon lay utilizes a two band carbon wrap around the head tube for rigidity.

The bike has very clean lines and is simply beautiful. The choice of colors fits perfectly with the intended use.

website: www.marinbikes.com

Brent Foes of Foes Racing shows us a couple of new bikes, some updates to a couple of existing models, and an interesting one off project.

-The Foes 29″ Trail bike is based on the ProLite XC frame, but with 29er wheels and geometry. It is a 4″ rear travel bike with 2:1 leverage ratio utilizing the Curnutt shock, 6061 aluminum.

-The Foes Pasadena is a commuter bike with monocoque top tube, equipped with either carbon or aluminum parts (bar, stem, seatpost, fork). Disc brakes front and rear.

More photos and info on Page 2>>

Here again, Craig from Jamis (aka “Skip” in the Jamis forum on Mtbr) shows us one of the latest and greatest bikes from Jamis. The Dakar Xam II is a 6″ rear travel, aggressive trail bike. It is equipped with the Truvativ Hammerschmidt system and a Gravity Dropper seatpost. It is stiffened and lightened this year and features the Jamis mp3 rear suspension design.

From the Jamis website:
“From the beginning, the Dakar XAM earned a rep as an incredibly plush, efficient trail bike. This year, we reworked it from head tube to rear dropout, making it the best-handling/best-pedaling 6-inch travel all-mountain bike to ever set tread on dirt.”

website: www.jamisbikes.com

Craig Hoyt of Jamis shows us the Dakar XCT, a 5″ trail bike that is very light, but very aggressive.

From the Jamis website:
“The all-new XCT splits the difference between pure cross-country performance and aggressive trail riding. It’s light and fast, with the stable pedal platform of our proven mp3 suspension so it climbs like an XC racer. But it’s also plush and tough, so you can use all 5 inches of suspension travel and plunge down descents like a Dakar XAM.”

website: www.jamisbikes.com

Some more photos of the Dakar XCT and misc. shots of Jamis road bikes:

Be sure to check out the hot new info about the 2010 Fox Racing Shox product line-up including all the hot new forks and rear shocks. Mtbr’s very own Forrest Arakawa attending the exciting press camp, and came back with a ton of photos and info:

Read all about the Fox Racing Shox 2010 Product Launch Here>>

Also, many thanks to Fox Racing Shox for donating two super sweet forks to the Mtbr Raffle at Sea Otter. Fox donated the F100RLC and F125RLC.

Here is a photo of Mtbr forum member and long time site user Hans, winning the Fox Forx F125 RLC from the Saturday raffle.

Here are some photos of the lucky winner of the Mtbr Raffle on Saturday. This lucky young man won the Jamis Dakar XCR Expert, valued at over $3000. Many thanks to the crew at Jamis for their raffle donation!

About the bike (from the Jamis website):
“Our Dakar XCR series was already known for crisp handling with supple suspension action that’s stable and ultra-responsive under power. But we went back to the CAD screen and proto room, tweaking it hard to squeeze just a little bit more from what’s already one of the best designs available.”

frame highlights: Kinesium alloy main triangle, STW optimized 7005 seat & chainstays, 100mm travel mp3 linkage design, Fox FLOAT RP2 shock with 10mm hardware, replaceable derailleur hanger

website: www.jamisbikes.com

Eric from Light & Motion display some of their new bike lights from the Seca, Stella, and Vega product lines.

website: www.bikelights.com