Design Physics Racing

Year 7 in the books! Over 300 kids on bike, it was an awesome night. Thanks to everyone for coming out and letting us share our local trails with you. See you next year!

Magical night in Richmond, Virginia. Big thanks to Jason Hopkins and Design Physics Architecture for orchestrating another terrific event! Thanks Jack Looney for sweet photo!

Tom Richeson placed first yesterday at Conquer the Hill in the men's 50+ category. It was also great to see Jason out there.

Our Tom Richeson and Erik Bleecher took the podiums yesterday at Chimborazo, Tom got first in the men's 50+, Tom got first and Erik got 2nd in the men's 3/4.

Yeah man, it doesn't get much better!

Made With Love // Industry Nine Most people might know Industry Nine by its wheel’s signature buzz, and while the internals that create the noise are impressive, the process and community b...

So devastating to see this. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jay Cullen's family. Thanks for being a great teammate and friend. Rest in peace...

Let us honor the lives of Virginia State Police PILOT-LIEUTENANT H. JAY CULLEN and TROOPER-PILOT BERKE BATES. Both officers were in the helicopter that crashed in response to the Charlottesville protests. Lt. Cullen and Trooper-Pilot Bates are heroes, who served courageously and honorably. They each leave behind a wife and two children. Please pray for their families and loved-ones. .1.17

Congratulations to Erik Bleecher who placed an impressive 11 out of 44 in the men's 4/5 state road race today.

Check out VAHS if you want to get your child involved in mountain biking. We are stoked to be involved with such a great movement!

VAHS MTB Series 2017 State Championship: Blue Ridge A short recap of the final race of the season. vahsmtb.com jackandersonvideo.com

Jimmy Fisher rockin it out at MSA!

Virginia High School Mountain Bike Series VAHS MTB Series Online Registration BikeReg.com - online cycling event registration

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You no longer need an air compressor! Inflate your road or mtb tubeless tires quickly with Giant's all-new Control Tank Tubeless Inflator. Discover more at https://goo.gl/PPxE2r.

So excited to host our VAHS MTB Series race at Forest Hill Park for the 6th year!

Welcome Virginia High School Cycling League promotes interscholastic mountain bike races

Remember when Mason Hopkins was 9 or 10 years old hanging out with her dad at the races? Seems like yesterday... From the Design Physics Racing family, we wish you good luck in in college Mason!

Warren Wilson College Athletics - Cycling Team Gets First Commitment for 2017 Class The Home of the Warren Wilson Owls

Cannot say enough about our awesome sponsors! If you are in the market for a new bike this Holiday Season, head on over to Coqui and they will have whatever bike you are looking for. Bonus is that you will be put in the mix to win this sweet new Giant 27.5+ SS. Keeping it fun for everyone!

Coqui Holiday Giveaway... OK , so here's the deal. Anyone who purchases a bicycle from Coqui Cyclery between the dates of 11/25/16 and 12/25/16 will get a free entry into the drawing for a free Giant Advanced 27+ SS bicycle. Valued at $2600. This is not a gimmick ! We are really giving this bicycle away! Just another way that we thank our clients for being a part of our success! Good luck everyone!!!!!

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Congratulations to our teammate Tom Richeson who placed first yesterday and second today in the Richmond Festival of Cross, and first in the weekend series! Thanks to our team sponsor Coqui Cyclery who helped put on the races and had beverages and hot dogs, and to our sponsor Giant. Mike Delano our Giant rep gave Tom a sweet loaner bike until his new one comes in.

Once again setting the bar! Check out I9's latest offering, you won't be disappointed.

The Matchstix is finally here! We showed this to the world at Interbike last year but we knew we could make it better. So we went back to the machine shop and did it. The Matchstix carries all the tools you need for a trailside repair neatly inside your front axle. The handle is the star of the show serving as a wrench that holds a number of different tool bits, a spoke wrench and a chain tool. We provide 6 different bits and you decide which 4 you want to stash inside the axle. The other end of the axle works in conjunction with the 4mm bit to be the handle of the chain tool. There is also a handy little place to store a quick-link.

The Matchstix are available in the same 11 anodized colors as our hubs and spokes. We are starting off with 15x100mm and 15x110mm lengths for Fox and RockShox forks. (More to come!)
102 grams for 15x100mm


*Pre-orders start today (here https://goo.gl/qMV9fE) and Matchstix will ship by late October

Such an awesome new tool from one of our awesome sponsors! Go ahead and order up a pair or two... you will not be disappointed.

INDUSTRY NINE :: Custom Wheels

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Great guy doing some cool things!

Shift Your Life A new bike shop focuses on getting families on two wheels

Pivot unveils Switchblade long travel 29/27+ MTB, introduces Super Boost + hub spacing - Bikerumor Since launching the brand in 2007, Pivot has added a lot of different models to the line up. Ranging from 26 to 29, even to fat bikes, Pivot has had a bike for just about anything – with one exception. While Pivot has offered a number of bikes with 29″ wheels, a “long travel” 29er …

Note the time change for Varsity Races!

RACE 5 Virginia High School Cycling League promotes interscholastic mountain bike races

RACE 4 POSTPONED

Dear Riders, Coaches, and Parents:

Due to the high chance of thunderstorms in Orange County tomorrow, RACE 4 has been postponed to the following Tuesday, May 10.

Please spread the word to your team, parents, and other coaches!

Peter Hufnagel
VAHS MTB Race Director

Design Physics Racing with Plassmido kicking it live at the Pisgah Stage Race.

2016 Pisgah Stage Race - Riders Eye - Stage 5 Stage 5 of the AWESOME 2016 Pisgah Stage Race from a riders perspective!

**IMPORTANT**RACE 3 Venue Change!

RACE 3 has been moved to Miller School of Albemarle due to high chance of rain in Harrisonburg. The trails at Hillandale Park become extremely slick when it rains. These conditions would prevent us from running the race as scheduled. Please share this and spread the word to your teammates. The Miller School of Albemarle, Blue Ridge Cyclery, Woodberry Forest School, Blue Ridge School, Collegiate School, Cutaway Bike Camp, Cutaway Clothing, Reynolds Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC Truck Subaru Inc, Rocktown Bicycles, Shen-Rock Composite High School/Middle School Mountain Bike Team, The Bike Lane, Endorphin Fitness,

RACE 1 Virginia High School Cycling League promotes interscholastic mountain bike races

Love these guys!

So, the final results came in, and two RCC youth cracked the top 20 yesterday at Monster Cross...with nearly 600 people on the course, and over 100 in the 25-mile race, the counting was..um..really hard. But, the best result came from a message we received this morning...posted below.

"My husband said the Legacy Team was really really fast at Monster Cross. Like, one after another they all passed him. On the climb at the end, he'd caught up with one of your riders and the rider said "Finish Strong, man" to him. That meant so much to my husband, on many levels. Anyone would appreciate the encouragement from a fellow rider, and having it come from a kid made it extra. And then on top of that, from a kid who didn't have to say anything but chose to voluntarily. Your encouragement of these kids sunk into the psyche of that rider for sure. 'Finish strong, man.' Its our new motto." - Jennifer

When you work with kids--and in our line of work, we lead with tough-love-- it's easy to become overly focused on all of the behavioral wrinkles that your trying to iron out. You try and see everything. You try and hear everything. You're always ready to stand firm, austere, and correct a kid's mistake. Truth is, we often become myopic in our constant scanning, and don't see or hear of all of the 'ironing' our youth have already done. It's easy for a kid to do good things when they have an audience to appease-- but to do good things, even when exhausted, competitive, during a race, just because-- that's real character. Sincerely, thank you Jennifer for passing this note along...

Northbank Trail Work Saturday, January 16, 2016 Trail work this Saturday will take place on the Northbank Trail at the Texas Beach trailhead.  We'll be doing some needed tread repair and if we get enough volunteers