KORE equipped Jill Kintner takes PRO GRT win

Transition Factory Racing: Jill takes PRO GRT win, and Lars 7th in mens.
Highland Bike Park, NH-
The Transition Racing crew arrived in NH on Wed evening and hit the venue for setup, a little park riding, and course walk. The course looked to be pretty challenging full of roots, rocks and multiple line choices in many areas. The Highland Park crew did a fantastic job designing the course.
Saturday evening brought the weather the forecast was calling for and before you know it race day arrived with pouring rain. The team qualified really well with Jill in first, and Lars in 5th. After a little break in the racing but not in the rain, it was time for the finals.
Jill came down first and defended her qualifying position, and placed 1st again. This is two victories in a row for Jill who extended her points lear in the series. Next off was Lars who came down a little slower than qualifying and finished 7th overall. The course proved to be a challenge getting slower and slower throughout the day.
Jill commented "I am stoked to get some solid practice in here for the World Cups, and support US racing at the same time!"
Lars said "What a day! The course was pretty hard to guage. There were a lot of places that you were going so slow it felt like you could get off and walk faster. Definitely hard to stay motivated to continue on and charge it. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. Once again proud of Jill. I could tell I was running a little slower than quali's, pretty stoked with the result though and looking to build on it in the coming weeks"




Photo credit: Matt Delorme
The team is now off to the Pro GRT # 3 at Plattekill Bike park. See you there!

Olie Burton World Cup training in San Remo

I have just got back from the Team Abarth MTB road trip in San Remo, Italy. We went to this area in northern Italy mainly because of the quality of the tracks. We were out there as a team to get some time on the bikes and do some testing before the main part of the season kicks off.

I spent the first part of the trip working mainly on bike setup. I tested lots of things from different brakes and handlebars, to springs in my forks and shock. When it got to the middle of the trip I really started to feel comfortable on the bike and was happy how everything was feeling, and from then on I concentrated on going faster, with only small suspension adjustments to help me feel even more confident on the bike.

We were staying in an apartment in the town of San Remo right by the sea. It was a great place to be based as we had easy access to some great road riding along the seafront and it’s very central for all the different downhill tracks. It was also nice to be in the town for the odd meal out and getting supplies.

I met up with one of my good friends, Scott, who was also out there doing some training and he showed us a load more tracks that I didn’t know about, including a new one that Fabien Barel had recently built. It was very fast and rocky but good fun to ride.

Now I’m going to be staying at home for a while. My plan is to try and put in some solid training in preparation for the main part of the World Cup season which is fast approaching. I’m racing round 2 of the Pearce Cycles race series this weekend but my main focus is of course, the World Cup series. I am looking forward to travelling again and getting back into the competitive atmosphere.

Olie uses KORE seats and seatpost on his World Cup quest!