Season of SAVINGS at WRENCH SCIENCE!

The Ultimate Look 695 Mondrian - LOOK!

Hello again computerized people! This is Cal at Wrench Science with an art exhibit on wheels! Tom from Modesto came to me one glorious Berkeley day - with true artistic flare, and a little wildness in his eyes - demanding the perfect build to compliment his Look 695 frameset in the classic Mondrian paint scheme.

A little education! Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter, famous for his primary colors on white backgrounds inside horizontal and vertical black lines - if you are a road cycling fan you would recognize the style from the logo of the LOOK Cycle brand. The powerhouse La Vie Claire cycling team of the mid 1980s also featured the Mondrian style on their team kits - both Bernard Hinault and Greg LeMond took the colors to Tour de France victory.

Knolly Podium: Get prepared to go fast.....REALLY fast!

Coming back from Interbike this year I was greeted with a shiny new Knolly Podium frame. I knew that this frame was coming for a while and had assembled all of the parts for the build, but was elated to see that the day had finally come to build up this amazing downhill machine! Thanks a lot Noel and Kevin from Knolly!

Reminiscing on the "Grave Digger" monster truck I decided to go with a black and green theme. I knew that the bike was going to build up pretty light for a DH rig, but I wasn't expecting 36.8 lbs. with pedals on a large frame! Oh yea, did I mention that it looks great as well! Noel Buckley's attention to detail shines on this frame. From the titanium frame hardware to the unique shock mounting hardware that integrates into the frame to the one piece chain stay that makes a U-shape which dramatically increase rear end stiffness. This frame is packed with well thought out details that make this one of the finest downhill frames I have ever seen.

Magura MT-8 review

Magura MT-8 review by Wrench Science Flow Team member Brian Robinson

The Wrench Science Flow Team tears up Northstar over the labor day weekend!

A number of the members of the Wrench Science Flow Team rallied to Northstar at Tahoe for an action packed weekend of racing and representing.

The weather was perfect and the team had great results (see recap below).  There are only two races left in the Northstar Free Radicals Summer DH Race Series, the last of which is the famous Tara Llanes Classic Fundraiser.  A 12+ minute Mega DH Race that many of the Flow Team racers will be competing in.  http://www.northstarattahoe.com/info/calendar/calendarevent.race4tara.item.asp  We encourage you to come on up to race and ride and support a great cause.

Over the two races every Flow Team member (Chad Gallagher, Cody Drake, Juan Catano and Andrew Peters) made it on the podium. Way to go guys!

Sunday September 2nd 6th Annual Livewire Classic:

Juan Catano took 2nd place in Cat 1!