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Wyn Masters – Kenda Playerbike Video

Posted Tuesday 25th May 2010

Wyn Masters – Kenda Playerbike Video

Wyn and the Playerbike team at 2010 Maribor World Cup

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Maribor 2010 World Round 1

Posted Wednesday 19th May 2010

Maribor 2010 World Round 1

If you look up the word Maribor in the English Dictionary you will find the definition of the word is Road trip. As driving to Slovenia ain’t no picnic

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Burgtec USA Distributors on vitalmtb.com

Posted Monday 15th March 2010

Burgtec USA Distributors on vitalmtb.com

Take a look at Bugrtec US distributors on vitalmtb.com

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Burgtec does Boom Boom

Posted Friday 12th March 2010

Burgtec does Boom Boom

Scott Beaumont will be rocking the Mk3 Penthouse Flats on the race scene this year. Scott who is most famed for his 4X also races downhill and this is where he will be using the Burgtec pedals.

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Stay Strong Camo

Posted Wednesday 25th November 2009

Stay Strong Camo

For those of you who hasn’t heard the story of British BMX legend Stephen Murray. stephen suffered a career ending injury, crushing his spinal cord and vertebrae on the Dew tour.

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I-Cycles Camo goes one step further

Posted Wednesday 25th November 2009

I-Cycles Camo goes one step further

Don’t adjust your monitor I-cycles camo has made it to stems, bars and linkages. Steve @ I-cycles was tricking out his custom built handmade DH frame and we were only…

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Worlds 09 Pedals

Posted Saturday 21st November 2009

Worlds 09 Pedals

The Worlds is a good time to be a Burgtec rider. It’s the Worlds this weekend and it wouldn’t be complete without a custom spray job from Burgtec and this year is no exception.

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Alpine Bikes Winter Race

Posted Thursday 19th November 2009

Alpine Bikes Winter Race

What is the measure of a man? Why it’s the Alpine Bikes winter race series of course! In which case i’am the 19th most manliest man of the 185 that had the strength of will and wallet…

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Flat Pedal Thunder From Down-Under

Posted Thursday 19th November 2009

Flat Pedal Thunder From Down-Under

The living legend Chris Kovarik has just taken ownership of his new Intense M6 decked out with Burgtec Penthouse Flats. Chris’s 2008 season has been awesome so far with him winning…

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Austrailian National Championship

Posted Thursday 19th November 2009

Austrailian National Championship

Nathan Rennie has won the Austrailian National champs putting beating his closest rival Bryn Atkinson into 2nd place. We’ve not managed to get hold of Rennie to get the low down but when we do we will keep you posted.

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Sneak peak of the Burgtec Seatpost…

Posted Thursday 19th November 2009

Sneak peak of the Burgtec Seatpost…

Here is a spy shot of the new Burgtec seatpost. As you can see its made of carbon fibre with a cnc’ed top clamp. This carbon is strong enough to withstand anything which downhill pinners…

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Maribor World Cup Finals 2007

Posted Thursday 19th November 2009

Maribor World Cup Finals 2007

Maribor is a classic race venue and its absence from recent World Cup calendars has been missed by all the riders. To hear that we would be going back there for the Final this year brought a grin to everyone’s face!

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The World Championships, Fort William 2007

Posted Thursday 19th November 2009

The World Championships, Fort William 2007

Good old Fort Bill played host to the 2007 World Champs and boy did it go off!!! This year had to be our strongest chance of scooping some Gold. The Junior Field was stacked with the new school pinners…

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National Championship, Rheola, South Wales 07

Posted Wednesday 18th November 2009

National Championship, Rheola, South Wales 07

The one day championship, who ever goes the fastest takes the glory and the national champs jersey for 1 year. The forecast for this weekends weather was grim, heavy rain and showers…

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Tracy Hannah Joins Burgtec

Posted Wednesday 18th November 2009

Tracy Hannah Joins Burgtec

The 2006 Junior World Champ has taken her first World Cup this weekend in Schladming. Tracey has been steadily moving toward the top of the leader board with each race. 6th in Vigo…

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Schaldming Day 3

Posted Wednesday 18th November 2009

Schaldming Day 3

Wow what a day, Sam Hill did the business by just over 5 seconds from Gee Atherton, Greg and Matti ended up 3rd and 4th Peaty had a nice long sit in the hot seat and ended up 5th…

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Schaldming Day 2

Posted Wednesday 18th November 2009

Schaldming Day 2

Today the track has dried out a lot and all the riders are pretty much running dry tyres. The weather has been true to the forecast and has been hot and sunny. We walked the track this evening…

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Schaldming Day 1

Posted Wednesday 18th November 2009

Schaldming Day 1

After lots of rain over the last few days coming into this race conditions were pretty damp this morning. Many riders were using spikes, cut down spikes and swamps. Rennie was running full spikes…

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World Cup Round 2 Champery, Switzerland

Posted Monday 16th November 2009

World Cup Round 2 Champery, Switzerland

When god created Champery he must have been on the crack pipe! It is one hell of a gnarly place. The track was sooo steep it was near impossible to walk up and you were in for some blisters walking down.

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AE Forest, NPS 2

Posted Monday 16th November 2009

AE Forest, NPS 2

AE Forest has been rested for a few years as an NPS venue and it was welcomed back by all the riders with its popular mix of all the vital ingredients needed for a DH race.

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Nathan Rennie signs with Burgtec

Posted Monday 16th November 2009

Nathan Rennie signs with Burgtec

The Aussie powerhouse Nathan Rennie has signed a deal to see him ride on Burgtec Penthouse Flats. As well as being one of the fastest guys in the world Nathan is also one of the most stylish.

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So it begins… the 2007 Uci Downhill World Cup season

Posted Monday 16th November 2009

So it begins… the 2007 Uci Downhill World Cup season

Now the plan was to truck on down to vigo spain the journey was to be in three legs 4 hours down to Plymouth, an 18 hour ferry journey to snatander spain and then last part an 6 hour drive down to vigo.

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Burgtec RideWide Bars

Posted Wednesday 18th November 2009

Burgtec RideWide Bars

The Burgtec RideWides are the original wide handle bar. Inspired by wide open World cups tracks riders were looking for more control and stability at higher speeds.

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X-press Post

Posted Tuesday 17th November 2009

X-press Post

The X-press post is a carbon post from Burgtec

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Limited Edition MK3 Penthouse Flats

Posted Saturday 21st November 2009

Limited Edition MK3 Penthouse Flats

As per usual at Burgtec when we release a new product we like to make sure we do something extra trick. So we done some special colours for good customers. These are just a sample of a few we have had done.

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The Burgtec Grill

Posted Saturday 21st November 2009

The Burgtec Grill

The Successor to the Stanchion Mansion has arrived the Burgtec Grill. The Grill has been designed for the Fox 40 and 888 suspension forks. It allows the fork user the ability…

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MK3 Pedal Production

Posted Saturday 21st November 2009

MK3 Pedal Production

Just thought I would update people on the progress of the new Burgtec Penthouse Flat MK3s. As you can see we are in full flow production of the pedal at the moment.

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