02/18/12
Congratulations to Head Mechanic Barry Levoir for his 10 Year Anniversary here at Hardcore Bikes. Ten years ago he was a tattooed kid who wandered in here straight from taking his Barnett's mechanics course. His first bike build took 8 hours but several thousand later he is a lot faster now. Barry keeps the service department running smoothly even in the face of a Groupon onslaught. He can fix any bike and specializes in those tough jobs that no one else can figure out. Need your bike fixed in a hurry? Just bring a 12 year old or older scotch and he'll hook you up.
Barry and His Baby
01/23/12
Let's face it 29ers are taking over the (mountain bike) world and Niner Bikes is a company that saw that coming earlier than most. Niner, as the name suggests, only makes 29-inch wheeled mountain bikes and some pretty sweet ones at that. The first model to arrive here at Hardcore Bikes World Headquarters is the SIR 9. Niner is big on acronyms and all of their bike's names are 3 letters, in this case it stands for "Steel Is Real." Yes this bike is real; real nice in that the tubing is Reynolds' lovely-riding 853, real versitile because with its eccentric bottom bracket it can be set up with gears or as a singlespeed, and real fun to ride with its 29 inch wheels that flow over everything on the trail. Click Here to see the details on the SIR 9
Niner has a solid lineup of hardtails and full suspension bikes. Check it out by Clicking Here
Niner SIR 9 X7 Kit
In Case You Forget
Made from Reynolds 853
Detail of Eccentric BB
01/06/12
It's been a long time coming but we have received our first Ibis Mojo SL-R. To celebrate the occasion we had to order it with the top-draw XTR "WTF" parts kit (it's called WTF because you lift the bike and go "WTF!"). The SL-R is 3rd in the evoloution of Ibis' Mojo 140mm travel trail bikes (4th if you count the 140 HD). This bike is state of the art in mountain bikes with its 142x12mm Maxle rear axle, its integrated bottom bracket, tapered headtube, direct mount front derailleur, and the proven DW-Link suspension system. Many of the design features are carried over from the Mojo HD, Ibis' 6 inch travel, burlier trail bike and the SL-R will be almost as stiff. It took so long to come out because Ibis was perfecting a new carbon lay up system to make the frame and didn't want to release it until it was foolproof. This frame is a large and weighed in on "The Heartbreaker" scale at 5.3lbs--pretty amazing for a 140mm travel all-rounder. This bike is one of those "have your cake and eat it too" bikes in that it has trail bike travel and durability but race bike weight.
To read all about the Mojo SL-R Click Here to go to the Ibis website.
Mojo SL-R Exploded View
Mojo SL-R Complete
SL-R, meet XTR
Sl-R Tapered Head Tube
01/05/12
Winter is the time to work on the Shop and get it looking and working better. With all the new bikes we're getting we decided to get some new racks so we could fit more in. We think it looks good. Come and tell us what you think.
Renovations
More Reno's
Shop in Winter 2012
12/14/11
Hardcore Bikes is now Edmonton's exclusive BH Bikes dealer. Since 1909, BH Bikes has made some of the finest bikes on the planet. Based in Spain, their bikes have won six Vueltas as well as numerous Tour and Giro stages.
In recent years, through their sponsorship of Pro Tour teams such as Liberty Seguros, Astana and AG2R they have developed a line of high performance bicycles that are lighter, stiffer and more ergonomic. BH manufactured the first monocoque carbon frame weighing less than 800 grams, placing their frames among the lightest and most efficient in the world and creating a new category – Ultralight bicycles.
Why BH? In North America, BH and Pivot bikes share distribution so whenever we went to the big bike shows like Interbike or Dealer Camp, BH and Pivot always shared the same booth. We were already a Pivot dealer and would check out the new bikes from them but we invaribly ended up wandering through the BH side in the same way children wander through candy stores. Personally, what grabbed me first was the RX1 cross bike; when I first set eyes on that (in the Hardcore Green colour of course) I just had to have one. Being a self-confessed weight weenie, my second favourite is, naturally, the Ultrallight but the G5 is also on the fantasy quiver list.
Drop by the shop and we can show you what BH has to offer.
For more info, Click Here
Here's some of the bikes that just arrived:
BH G5
BH RX1 Cyclocross
2012 BH Prisma