Part#1: First Look! 

SIXSIXONE has always been one of my favourite helmet brands due to their stylish look, awesome shell and proven fit & safety. So each year I'm always curious to know what the Team at 661 have pulled out for the upcoming season. I was lucky enough to be at the Sportz warehouse yesterday to see the all new Evolution Helmets and Knee/Elbow pads be unloaded from the international shipped container.

At Soul-Riders we love Rockstars as much as riders, so why not try and track down mountain bike's version of a rockstar? So we did! Cedric Gracia would have to be MTB's most stand out character and a bloke I'd love to get smashed with at a titty bar somewhere in Europe. Andrew decided to throw the G-man a few Q's to see what makes this guy tick.

Soul-Riders.com is the proud online supporter of the upcoming Yellomundee Grand Prix. We urge all riders to get off the couch and make your way to this exciting killer event. All riders of any level are welcome to partake in this fine race. SR members will even get a discount on entry, so be sure to dust off your lycra, put some air into the tyres of that XC/All mtn rig and give up the cigs!

We’re always keen to check out a new flic here at Soul-Riders, so today we kept it local and had a bit of a chat to Sam Davies from SLD Productions to ask a few questions about his new upcoming Film “This is Australia” which will be premiered in August at the Canberra World Cup Round.

Today Soul-Riders decided to send Andrew on his bike to pedal over to W.A. and have a quick chit chat with Launch Helmet Cams head honcho Markland O'Connell. We all know how slow Andrew is, so by the time he got there, he basically asked a few Q's then had to start his return journey. Here's what the team at LHC had to say.

The BMC 100KM Classic was held at The Wombat State Forest, Woodend on the 20th April 2008 in perfect conditions. The whole mood of the day was great and it began with a nice fresh morning offering the clearest of blue skies so we all began to realize we were in for a thriller day out on the saddle.

Never underestimate your how important it is to have grip especially while racing. It can decide whether you win or lose so when it comes to picking the correct tyres for the conditions come race day, you will be fooled not to look into the Schwalbe Tyre Range. Offering tyres for all conditions, compounds and options, you will always be able to find a tyre to suit the track conditions. Today we looked into Schwalbes Specific Downhill Tyres and after running a few ourselves, we'd recommend you also check them out yourselves, whether or not you are a keen racer or a local punter.

Today Soul-Riders spoke to Mr. MS Racing himself, Markus Stoeckl while he was in an airport waiting for his flight. In September last year Markus attempted to break the Land record for a Mountain Bike in Chile and did he break it, he smashed it by 23 km/h to set a new world record of 210.4 km/h.

Feeling guilty for wasting large amounts of water washing your bike regularly? Well I have the perfect solution…

This years Victorian State Championships was held at Mt.Buller to race the infamous International track which is known for smashing everything and anything up, man or machine. As the weekend went on though practice the track began deteriorating more and everyone was beginning to realize fitness was going to make a huge influence when race time came around.

We've just got word that Rouler Imports here in Australia are importing and distributing one killer suspension brand BOS. Who the frick are BOS you ask? We'll here's a breif rundown of European engineering at it's best.

Soul-Riders realises how important your rig is to keeping the excitement of riding alive, and most of us can't afford to buy a new bike whenever we like because it just doesn't fit into the budget. Well, there's a new site floating around the internet that got us here a little excited. How about brand new spanking rigs at killer prices? Complete with FULL shop services to boot? Sounds too good to be true really, so we thought we'd go all Maxwell Smart on this rumour and check it out ourselves.

Today Soul-Riders.com teamed up with Greg from Straitline Components for an in depth look into their precision company.

Many cycling companies might claim to be ‘precision this’ & ‘precision that’ but I doubt any can maintain it as much as Straitline Components can with what they have achieved over the past 12 years in Precision Engineering. With their very own hearts in the right place, now Straitline Components have entered the cycling industry fuelled with passion for riding.

A chickens' body temperature normally runs at 102-103 degrees F.

A rooster takes 18-20 breaths a minute, a hen 30-35.

There are over 150 varieties of domestic chickens.

Chickens are not capable of sustained flight.

It takes a hen 24-26 hours to lay an egg.

The latin name for chicken is Gallus Domesticus.

Chickens come in an infinite variety of colors and patterns.

Chickens lay different colored eggs, from white, to brown, to green, to pink, to blue.

A chicken can have 4 or 5 toes on each foot.

Grocery store chickens are 5-8 weeks old.

A chicken takes 21 days to hatch.

Chickens were domesticated about 8000 years ago.