The C.C.R. bike scene

Today was busy, as tuesday always is a bit more crowded than monday. We test rode the Santa Cruz butcher, norco range, zipp fire storm 808 and 404, Ellsworth epiphany and the Scott 899. 

First off, the Santa Cruz butcher. Very confident on the down hills but the climb was just a touch slower than the genius from yesterday. Not bad for a traditional mtb set up. Very fun to ride.

 The norco range was basically the same as the butcher, almost scary how similar, but way cheaper! Cudos to norco pulling this one off! 

The Scott 899 hard tail full carbon mtb was fast, plain fast! As you would expect a 17 lb mtb to be. This thing could toast most cyclocross bikes! Enjoy! It'll cost you. 6 grand or so. 

The Ellsworth epiphany was somewhat disappointing. Slower than the norco. But the down hills were nice. The bike is heavy. There are better all round bikes out there, but if DH or dual slalom is your thing, check it out. 

Finally the roadie wheels. Zipp's new shape, the fire storm. It comes in a 404 and 808 variety. Very nice! Faster than the fastest wheels out there. In fact the fire storm 404's are faster than the 2010 808's!!! Scary fast and stiff. The 808's were a bit sketchy in the Vegas cross winds, but that's to be expected. A solid improvement on an already awesome product!