Foggy Rune Ride!

Our freind Guillaume from France did a bit of self filming of a foggy ride on his Rune... check it out!

Happy Halloween!

Strahan of the dead, brought to you by Aaron Larocque, featunring Strahan Loken, with a guest appearance from Greg the friendly zombie from Straitline.

Strahan of the Dead on pinkbike.com

If zombies attack... grab your Rune and pedal... just hit those wet roots square on!

An Average Weekend in Sheffield

Ruari Hallam bar skimming his Rune courtesy of Duncan Philpott!

Not only a talented ‘Tog, Duncan’s produced this brilliant video of the past weekend in Sheffield featuring Joe and Ruari from This is Sheffield playing in the dusty loam on their Runes.

Cruising Fuzzy Bunny Trail on Teton Pas

Jess Pedersen riding the Fuzzy Bunny trail on Teton Pass during some mid-season downtime. Jess races for the Team Geronimo/Banshee Bikes factory team. - http://www.geronimoracing.net

Cruising Fuzzy Bunny Trail on Teton Pass - More Mountain Bike Videos

Dean Wilkes experimenting with camera angles.

A nice video from Dean riding at the Woodlot on his rune.

A Multi-Angle Video at The Woodlot on pinkbike.com

Custom Grease Gun Adaptors

For an extra easy way to grease the pivots on the Rune, Spitfire, Rampant, and Pyre MkII.

This adapter is designed to be hand thread into the pivots, with the grub screw removed of course, and accept a standard lock on style grease gun.



There's no mess or waste and the total seal makes pushing out the old grease very easy. The adapter is made from stainless steel to prevent any rust or corrosion.



If you neglect greasing your pivots because of the work it involves, try this adapter and you'll see just how fast and easy the job becomes.



Prices: all prices are in US dollars

$24 shipped in the US

$25 shipped to Canada

$26 shipped international



Additional units are $20 each up to a quantity of 4. Contact me with quotes on more than 4 units.



Paypal address is greasetool@cox.net



Contact me with any question at greasetool@cox.net



Thanks,



Steve

Banshee Rune, Rampant, and Spitfire info

Although this is PDF is specifically for the Rune, the information is identical for Spitfire and rampant also since the pivots are the same and require same maintenance and care.

Banshee Rune info

If you know me personally you will know that for the last 10 months I have been with out a big bike. Its been horrible.

It died like many other bikes out in Morzine last summer, and with one thing and another its taken until now to get another one out on the tracks.

The bike in question is a 2011 Banshee Rune in team red, and I for one think its stunning.

I have always had DH bike, ridden mainly DH, but also ride a fair bit of XC...so wanted a bike that could do everything, but was better at going down hills than up them, and this bike ticked all the boxes.

Keith Scott and Banshee helped out a lot, as did the guys Lifer bmx, Dartmoor cycles, Madison and Silverfish, So thanks to all you guys for helping me put together such a sweet bike.

Anyway some photos of it:




















Full build specs are:

Frame: 2011 Med Banshee Rune Team red
Fork: Fox Talas 36
Shock: Fox DHX 5 air
Wheels: Mavics
Brakes: Avid
Gears: Sram x9
Cranks: Truvativ Stylo
Pedals: Straitline
Bars/Stem: Raceface Atlas

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www.JacobGibbins.co.uk

Chilean Rune Riding.

Here is a cool rune video with some nice camera angles from the guys at MBstore.cl
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Here is a video of myself riding the 2011 banshee rune
Locations:
Til til DH tracks, Chile

Huinganal enduro track, Chile
San carlos enduro track, Chile

ENJOY!

Visit: MBstore.cl & be our friend on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MBstorechile

Banshee Rune from Rodrigo Casasempere on Vimeo.

Mish Lightning Bike Check

Artist Morgan Dunnet made a trade with Banshee ... a series of illustrations for a Rune. To my knowledge Morgan has never owned a mountain bike. Here is his bike check ... enjoy.

Mish Lightning Bike Check from Mishter Dunnet on Vimeo.

Bike Spec:

Medium Banshee Rune (Custom Mish Lightning Yellow and Purple)
Fox Talas 36 - 180mm
Fox DHX Air
Straitline Stem
Race Face Atlas Am Bar
ODI Ruffian Grips
Avid Elixir CR Brakes
Sram X9 shifters
Sram X7 Front Derailleur
Sram x9 Rear Derailleur
Race Face SIXC Cranks
Straitline Pedals
Race Face Next Carbon Seat Post
Geax Sturdy Tires
Mavic EN 321 Rims on Banshee Hubs

Have to say thanks to Straitline and Race Face for the upgrades.

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

A little ride on my Rune, My First GoPro Edit by Pedalhound

A buddy who does not bike found a GoPro 960 floating at the beach a few months back, he turned it into lost and found for a month or two and then after he got it back decided he had no real use for it...but he offered it to me....not knowing I have been wanting one for a while now, it came as a total surprise. To say the least I was super stoked, I just wanted to get out and start some filming, but I have no other mounts...so I go out and pick up a tripod mount and my little gorrillapod and go out filming, this is the result.

Self edits are kind of hard..it's a lot of drop the bike...run down the trail to find a good shot, turn the camera on and then run back to your bike to get the shot, now as I don't have a chesty, frame or helmet mounts I had to do the whole thing like this, when all you want to do is flow down the trail it makes it a bit hard, but I think it came out OK for my first try.

In the future I will edit it a bit tighter and make a few other little changes, but I had a lot of fun doing it....so expect more videos in the future.

The Fat Butchers Club! by Niko

Last Saturday!

I took off for a little ride and ended up finding a lost trail!

I spent 3 hours pedaling up to the top and after 5 hours found myself home late for dinner!

The Rune has a great balance between xc like climbing and DHing!

Fat Butchers MTBing! from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

Thank you Mate!
The Fat Butchers shirt is feeling awesome!
RidEOn!

I was commending a buddy who sent me a T-shirt from his home team, The Fat Butchers!

RidEOn! SamJam!!

Niko!

A New Adventure by Niko

A morning ride in the back country!

As the snow is still melting on the top of the mountains,

I took my Rune out to explore the lower half of my local trails.

Entering the temple's gates to my surprise I found a new little path way.

I rose the saddle on my Rune and started pedaling away.

With a decent climb and the Runes awesome suspension,

I was able to grunt up the newly discovered single track most of the way.

Then the trial got steep and rocky.

Here in Japan most of the trials are steep, twist and lots of fun!

Perfect for the Rune!!!

RideOn,

Niko

The Rune by Niko

2011 is here and as winter passes a new season will appear!
I just pick up a new Banshee Rune ...

This is a short video of my new 2011 Banshee Rune build!
The frame build came together great!


http://vimeo.com/18392854

Rune banshee 2011 from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

Just before the build I had a bad crash smashing 3 ribs.
So, I was out for a short while and finally got out for my first ride on,
January 20,2011!
RidEOn.


http://vimeo.com/19057127

Jodoji hour from Nicholas Poetker on Vimeo.

RideOn,
Niko

Back on the bike

Words and video from Jared Wilson:

Pretty pumped to be back riding again after breaking myself. Got the all clear from the surgeon for 'light riding' and ill be good for the winter in a few weeks time as well. Been really bored, so took the gopro out, check it out if you have a few mins to spare.

Coming back from injury Riding in the fall from jazza wil on Vimeo.

jared

Jayme White on her Banshee Rune

Hey Keith,

The pics I sent have two set ups for the bike. The recent DJ pics are with a DH set up, but the BIKE pics have an all-mountain set up. That's one of the things I love most about the Rune -- you can descend AND pedal, no problem. And the lighter weight on the DH set up is nice for me because it makes the bike more maneuverable. I can ride XC, dirt jump, and downhill all on this bike.


Getting my Rune reminded me of the first time I ever tried downhill or rode a full-suspension bike. You can never go back. After that experience, you'll never have that kind of fun doing anything else or on any other bike.


I needed a pink bike, so our friend Art Boy (Crazy Concepts) painted it with pearlized pink flake -- giving it an iridescent finish that makes the Rune logo look navy blue. So I'm spoiled on Banshees (I also have a black ano Pyre), and everyone here in the Re:cycles crew has at least one. Y'all definitely have an unofficial bike team in North Carolina.


By far my favorite thing to do is to take my Rune downhilling at Snowshoe in West Virginia, which I've done with this bike for about three seasons now.I also like to take it on shuttle trips with my friends up in the North Carolina mountains, Wilson's Creek area. It's hard to see the pink most of the time for all the mud, but I guess you have to make sacrifices.


DH: Hope brakes, goodridge lines, I-9 wheels with pink hubs and two pinks spokes around the valve, race face atlas cranks, Marzocchi 888 air fork, XT shifter and derailleur
All-mtn: Everything's the same except I had Hayes brakes, a Marzocchi all-mountain fork, and my lucky pedals

Let me know if you need any more info or missives. It's so cool my ride is getting posted!!

I'll never ride any other bikes, that's for sure.

Thanks,

Jayme


I'm pretty sure the guy in some of the photos with Jayme is her husband Merritt (correct me if I'm wrong), and action photos compliments of Robert Seth with Kinetic Images.

Aaron and Strahan

Aaron LaRocque (Larock for you pinkbike 13 year olds) rides a Banshee Rune so basically that means everyone should ride a Banshee Rune. For Rune information see your local dealer or call Aaron direct (250-881-1542) he will be happy to answer your Rune related questions and talk about the perfect lighting.






Pictures are poached from Strahan Loken who also rides a Banshee Rune and a Banshee Legend. He is a Legend in his own right ... I actually think he was knighted last year. His direct line is a little harder to come by ...



This video was made my Scott Secco and I poached it too ... Scott is into cross country running and has the Rune logo tattooed on his right thigh ...

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

Jared Wilson wins Enduro DH on his Rune.

Crankworx Canadian Open Enduro 2010

Hey everyone,
Keith asked me to do this ages ago, but a broken left wrist has had me a little preoccupied the last month so better late than never!

Just a quick race report aboard my 2010 Banshee Rune, which I raced in the Whistler Crankworx enduro DH.

Weighing up the bike options coming into this event wasn't to hard. Do I take the Dh bike, as the majority of the course was gnarly downhill, and loose out on the up hills or take the trail bike that could easily hammer uphill without really compromising the downhills? The Rune was the bike for the job and with the addition of some dh tubes, 2.5 minions and a very last minute home made chain guide (garden hose and cable ties!) the night before things stayed pretty much stock.

The race saw us mass start at the top of the Whistler Bike Park just behind the Chic Pea building straight into a short uphill to the top of the Gabanzo chairlift then funnelling into what ended up being the majority of the Garbanzo race track. They through in a heap of punchy uphill fire road climbs that made you want to cry then back into more gnarly downhill. Some people opted of their full DH bikes, others on shorter travel trail bikes, the Rune had the best of both worlds. This race was only 2 days after I raced in the Garbanzo Downhill, where I just missed out on the top 10 with 11th on my Banshee Legend mkII. Trust me there was a lot of times I forgot I was on my Rune coming into sections wayyyyy to hot, only to remember mid air tighten my butt cheeks and hang on. I came out of every section with a smile I was having so much fun on it. Apart from a wrong turn and having to run back up the hill, thanks to some missing course making tape and a screaming Marshall, not one bike drama to be had, everything worked out really well. I finished in 1st place in Senior Men's with a time of 23:03, 33seconds clear of 2nd place. Stoked!! Two days later with the xc tires back on, it went back to its normal duties as my daily trail bike, easy as that!

Looks like I wont be riding again till next summer thanks to the wrist, so make the most of whats left of the awesome fall conditions and ill see you all next summer!!!

-Jared Wilson