We had a great time on Saturday (10/31/09) at the Trek / Gary Fisher Demo!
Martin shows off the Fisher Cronus Ultimate
Thanks to the over 60 people who came and ride bikes, and huge thanks Dax and John from Trek for bringing a trailer load of great bikes!
We fed over 100 people lunch off the grill, it was a sunny day with good friends, tunes, and a lots of sweet 2010 bikes!!
Check out photos from the event here, or read more for a list of the bikes we had, including photos and links to the Trek and Fisher web pages for those bicycles. » More »
“Klunkers”, the fantastic film about the early days of mountain biking in Marin, is available on DVD at Sunshine. It even aired recently on KQED-TV’s “Truly CA” documentary series (details here, also hear the podcast of the accompanying KQED Radio interview with some of the stars of the film here).
Voted by Bike Magazine as 2007′s “Best Movie Of the Year”, this is perhaps the best accounting of the early days of Mountain Biking on film, and on par in it’s depth and accuracy (with the fun factor turned way up) with the late 90′s book “The Birth Of Dirt“. Interviews with all the original players – many of whom still live in Fairfax and San Anselmo – are here. Joe Breeze, Gary Fisher, Otis Guy.. they’re all here.
Get your copy of the DVD today at Sunshine Bikes, own your own piece of the local legend, and help support filmmaker Billy Savage all at the same time. Watch the trailer below, and enjoy it over, and over … Klunkerz!
MTBR.com took the ’09 Team Scalpel to task, and came back with some pretty astonishing words. Check out some of these quotes then go read the whole detailed article here.
On the Lefty Fork:“insane XC fork that leaves me drawing blanks if asked to name a fork I would prefer regardless of bike brand.”
On the bike overall:“There’s so much feedback and so little slop anywhere that I’ve not been on anything else that handles like this bike. In fact I’ve been on dual suspension bikes with front and rear locked out that don’t react as quickly as the Scalpel does with its suspension fully active”.
We posted all our photos from the 2009 Tamarancho Invitational on our Facebook page, check them out right now! While you’re there become a Sunshine Fan on Facebook!!
Shop employee Skyler Nilsen and his co-conspirator Nick Faibisch whipped up this cool little documentary om the shop as part of the 2009 Fairfax Documentary Film Festival’s 48-hour Documentary Challenge.. Nice work guys!
Click the full screen button at lower left of the video window for full effect!
Best demo ride ever. It’s a bit funky in the looks department, costs a small fortune and isn’t particularly light but holy snakes what a ride.
I love hype as much as the next bike-nerd but I have to say this DW-link stuff sure is the real deal. How many times have you heard the phrase “pedals like a hardtail?” Well, how about better than a hardtail. That’s more like it.
I loved the way it zips you forward with each pedal stroke and yet stays completely active and plush over bumps. Sure, we’ve heard it all before – from many companies in the past, including Turner themselves. Well, I’ve owned 3 Turners and this beats them all. Along with being backed up by the best customer service in the biz, the 5-Spot is super stiff in the corners and has bang-on geometry. It’s like magic. I want one.
Ed. note: The 2009 Turner 5-Spot has 5.5. inches (140mm) of travel and is available as a frame as part of Turner’s new build kits. http://www.turnerbikes.com/09fivespot.html
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