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Not many riders can blow apart a DH race track, a Slope style course and a 4X track and take home medals in each one. We managed to grab Kyle Strait to answer a few questions.

Dobermann is, for lack of a better term, the shit. After bursting onto the scene just a few years ago, they have steadily climbed to a spot where others look at them with respect. And its respect that is deserved. Its that quality that lead us to choose Dobermann for the Dropmachine Park Bike project, now called "Big Dog."

Justin Brown is one of Canada's most successful riders on the National and Provincial race circuit. Justin took some time to talk with Expert James......

Cracker - January 2, 2008
Great questions, keep up the good work James. Good luck Justin.

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Expert James chat's with World Cup Racer and Commencai Super Team rider Cedric Gracia. As many know Cedric is as much a one man side show as he is a World Cup challenger. I spoke with Cedric about Racing, Riding, Products and a few other things that you may have to ask your mom for permission to read.

	grecs08 - November 14, 2007 wow that was nice, he is probably my favourite rider. Lol i like his favourite food!
	alexp - November 17, 2007 haha I can hear him now.... VEN I COME TO CANADA, I FUCK ZEE CARIBOU!!! haha so good.
	QueenDafty - December 1, 2007 Ummm...u'd think Cedric likes women?? I'm not really sure...lol
	Horiz - December 19, 2007 Cedg probably does like women but it sounds to me like that broken wrist has severely curtailed his sex life! poor lonely cedric, Get well soon!

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Brian Lopes is arguably the most successful mountain bike racer in history. Since winning his first double NORBA series titles in 1995 Brian has collected Four World Championships, Six World Cup Championships and Nine National Championships. We sent Brian some questions about on racing, products, and the future of gravity mountain biking. Brian took some time out of his busy schedule talking with sponsors, talking with future sponsors, and getting back to a daily routine that most of us call “being at home”.

	familybikingmusic - October 24, 2007 Great interview. Thanks for that.
	wArden - October 24, 2007 Excellent! DM needs more exclusive articles like this.
	Buck - October 25, 2007 solid interview... hope to see more in future months
	Reaction - November 14, 2007 Great interview. I enjoyed reading that, Thanks

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So, the time came to build a new bike. I wanted something to ride the trails with, that could climb and decend with relative comfort. There are a number of bikes on the market which of course make the claim that they can do it all, but few that can hold up. So, what can Kona do?

	balfaboy - September 5, 2007 Jeff how many bikes do you have ???? Does it ever end?? Have you ever found a bike that is close to perfection???
	intense - September 5, 2007 Mmm....a lot that are close, but none that are spot on. Check that. My old 24 Pornking was the shit.
	Tricky - September 6, 2007 Your old 24 Porn King still is the shit! I love it!
	Atomatik - September 10, 2007 i got to ride it. i felt like jeffy was going to break my legs if i popped a tire...
	balfaboy - September 11, 2007 Right now I'm riding the almost perfect bike. It has one flaw. When I adjust the head angle to where I like it the rear tire hits frame when bottomed. Slow close to perfection!!!!

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WTF? Was that a hardtail?

Those are some of the comments you might hear over the wind rushing by your head and the rocks bashing off the bottom of your BB, and people shouting and cheering you on! You just cleaned a toughest section of the course, that has even plagued the best, most expensive Full suspension race rigs. You’re a hard tail DH racer, and that one moment of nailing down a section and getting a reaction from the crowd, that they will talk about at the bottom after the race, can mean more then getting a medal put around your neck.

	jive turkey - August 17, 2007 great article!! makes me miss the old HT days...
	wArden - August 17, 2007 Awesome article Scarffy!
	JC - August 18, 2007 Great Article Scraffy
	Buh-Nannas - August 24, 2007 Hardtail DH is the bee's knees!
	Calma - August 30, 2007 Great read Scarff. But you are still not right in the head. Congrates on the great results.

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wArden - July 30, 2007
Everyone should be thankful for Pete and SirBikealot Racing for providing the Ontario race series with a quality and reliable timing system.

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