Red Bull Rampage, Budget Bikes Ridden & Rated, Suspension Tech, and More

[View this email in your browser]( This year's Red Bull Rampage was no less spectacular and impressive than previous years, despite a new location. Brett Rheeder walked away with the well-deserved win, riding one of the cleanest and most precise Rampage runs in recent history. Hot on the heels of Brett Rheeder was Andreu Lacondeguy who was riding a wave of confidence with a return-to-Rampage-form, landing him second place. Ethan Nell picked up third place, and as local to the Rampage site, he couldn't have been happier. We saw a young, eager and incredibly skilled Adolf Silva ride hard and send himself at lightning speed off some of the biggest drops on course to earn himself the Peoples' Choice Award. And, unluckily for Brandon Semenuk, his two runs were foiled by the impressively ambitious cork-720 mid-run that he failed to land, twice. We also saw Brendan Fairclough take on The Rock to pick up the Kelly McGarry Spirit Award. With so much action over the last few weeks, you might have missed out on some of the best bits—so check out the videos, tech, photo epics and more we've been feasting our eyes on. -Alex Evans European Content Manager EDITORS' CHOICE Our favourite stories from the past two weeks Finals Photo Epic: Kickstart My Heart - Red Bull Rampage 2018 Mind-boggling drops, massive jumps, and sketchy run-ins. Don't miss this incredible photo epic. [Read More]( Interview: Martin Maes Discusses His Plans for 2019 GT Bicycles just announced that Martin Maes will be riding for them again in 2019, so we sent the Belgian a couple questions to find out what he's got planned for the upcoming season. [Read More]( Time Capsule: 2006 - Pinkbike's 20th Anniversary It's time for another trip in the time machine, to the era of Sam Hill and his Iron Horse Sunday. [Read More]( Video: The Huge New Hits at Red Bull Rampage 2018 - Outside the Tape Brett Tippie takes a look at the wild new lines that have been sculpted into the Utah desert. [Read More]( PROMOTED Fox Racing Releases New Autumn '18 Collection Fox's Fall range of kit includes a new Flux lid and a comprehensive range of out tough all-weather riding gear. [Read More]( Now THAT Was a Bike: 1993 AMP Research B2 Horst Leitner - the man behind the "Horst Link" - made the first production dual-suspension bike to bring the fight to the elite cross-country hardtail crowd. [Read More]( Interview: Carson Storch Talks About the Pressures of Rampage Before Carson headed down to Red Bull Rampage we caught up with him to talk about everything from injury to career path and how to manage the pressure that comes with competing in an event like this. [Read Mor]( Review: Devinci Troy Carbon 29 With 29" wheels and 140mm of rear travel the new Troy has plenty of competition - how does it stack up? [Read More]( Interview: Cam Zink - Red Bull Rampage 2018 We chat with previous Rampage winner Cam Zink about his approach to a fresh venue, how he's managing his injuries, and what his goal is for Friday. [Read More]( Review: Orange Stage 6 RS Is Orange's longest travel single-pivot 29er good enough to mix it up with the new-wave of Horst Link, VPP and multi-link bikes? We find out. [Read More]( Bike Check: Brandon Semenuk's Trek Session - Red Bull Rampage 2018 Semenuk's Session is prepped and ready for sending it at Red Bull Rampage. [Read More]( Check Out: Wet Weather Onesie, Custom Fenders, Apparel & More - October 2018 See what made it into this month's Check Out, including fenders from Ground Keeper, a wet weather onesie and shorts, a Sombrio women's jersey, and more. [Read More]( Bike Check: Kurt Sorge's Polygon XQuareone DH - Red Bull Rampage 2018 Sorge is hucking Polygon's latest Xquarone DH bike at this year's Rampage, but keeping things old-school with 26" wheels. [Read More]( Review: Troy Lee Designs Stage Helmet The Stage is the lightest DH-certified full face helmet on the market. [Read More]( Going Deep: Inside Fox's GRIP2 Damper You're about to find out how Fox's clever Variable Valve Control high-speed rebound works inside their new GRIP2 damper. Levy takes one apart with Fox and gets schooled on how it affects the fork's performance. [Read More]( Thanks Pinkbike, You Raised $93,603.99 Thanks to all of you generous readers, a staggering total of over $93,000 was raised for cancer awareness during the Custom Evil Wreckoning LB fundraiser. All winners listed inside. [Read More]( Ridden & Rated: 4 Trail Bikes Under $3,000 Learn how to pick the best affordable trail bike & find out which of the first four in this continuing series came out on top. [Read More]( Copyright © 2018 Pinkbike, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Pinkbike PO Box 610 (37749 2nd Ave) Squamish, BC V2P 4S3 Canada Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.