Words to describe a World Cup. Rough. Yanky. Oooooh. Yeah. Scary. Just Cool. Familiar-ish. Those are the words from IFR after track walk in Snowshoe, WV. There was a buzz, especially for Neko Mulally. This is Neko’s home course. He helped design the track. He couldn’t ride a foot of the track without running into […]
Film credit: Knowmad Development Neko’s World Championship Custom Bike Raffle. US National DH Champ. World Cup course build consultant. All-around good guy, Neko Mulally is setting an example giving back to his sport. Last year he raised $26k raffling his World’s bike off, and that money bought 265 kids (in need) a bike and a […]
IFR at Mont Saint Anne World Championships, film credit: Knowmaddevelopment Rain, roots, and rocks make up the classic Mont Saint Anne gnar, the venue for the 2019 World Championships. Jack Moir was switched on to pull a top 10 finish with the seventh-fastest time in a wet and wild qualifier. Neko posted a strong 12th […]
TRP sponsored team’s go all out with new bikes and kit for their rainbow bids. The World Championships are a special once-a-year, winner-take-all event that athletes and their supporting brands always want to show up to. Over the last few years, more and more teams and bike brands have been helping these select few […]
Photo credit: Hefel Photography Athlete autographs and a sneak peek DH7, the DHR 2.3mm brake system and 223/2.3mm rotors. On Friday, July 26th, 2019 TRP Cycling partnered with Hideaway Park Brewery to host a TRP athlete autograph signing and DH7 component sneak peek during the US National Championships. TRP athletes Neko Mulally (IFR) and Luca […]
Photo credits: Hefel photography; TRP Cycling Intense Factory Racing’s, Neko Mulally, successfully defended his US National DH title in Winter Park, CO on July 28, 2019. Mulally retains the Stars & Stripes on his sleeve and continue to represent the United States as the men’s National Champion on the World Cup circuit. As Neko notes, […]
What’s my line, anyway? Watch as the IFR racers talk line choice on one of the fastest courses this year’s World Cup series will see. ‘A race across this parking lot would be super easy at the same time probably the hardest race, because how [can] you be better at that.’ – Neko […]
Photo Credits: Nathan Hughes Photo, Moonhead Media, Nico Brizin, JB Liautard, KifCat World Cup #5 Les Gets, France—by barely a hair—Marine Cabirou cannot wait for the sixth round of the World Cup at Val di Sole, Italy in two weeks. The young French rider was just 0.677 off the winning time posted by Tracey Hannah […]
Photo Credit: Nathan Hughes Photo Stars and bars. Intense Cycles. Aaron Gwin. IFR. What better way to celebrate the Fourth of July at a World Cup in Andorra. Top that with new bikes from Intense and new kits from each rider’s respective sponsor and you’ve got a real World Cup party! While Intense Factory Racing […]
Insync Racing riders Veronika Widmann and Harry Molloy take you along for practice qualifying and racing at World Cup round four in Vallnord, Andorra. Widmann went on to finish a consistent seventh, bettering her place in the overall series to 5th. Harry qualified 38th and finished 59th.
Photo Credits: Nathan Huges Photo, Moonhead Media, Nico Brizin, JB Liautard, KifCat Inching closer—Marine Cabirou placed second at the fourth round of the 2019 UCI Downhill World cup this past weekend in Vallnord, Andorra. The French rider showed amazing composure on the circuit’s steepest course to post her best elite World Cup result to date […]
US National Enduro Champion, Seamus Powell talks riding, braking and defending his title this July. Seamus Powell is TRP’s two-time, and defending, US National Enduro Champion. He’s a five-time US National Champion, with four of his titles earned in elite category racing—two times Enduro and two times Super-D. His fifth title, which was actually his […]