News From A Few of Our Sponsored Riders

Here's a quick news update from two of our sponsored riders. Both Ken and Markley have been out there hitting the race circuit and we're glad to be able to play a roll.

Ken Shiokari

2009 has been a great season for Price Point rider and all-round dual threat Ken Shiokari. Back in April, Ken stomped his way to an impressive 7th place finish at the Sea Otter Classic cross country race. Just a week later, he hit the dirt again and did one better finishing 6th in the Santa Ynez Valley Classic.

Then Ken decided to give his mountain bike a break and he hit the road finishing in the top 20 in both the Panoche Valley Road Race and Pescadero Coastal Classic. He cracked top 10 in the Leesville Gap Road Race when he escaped off the front with what would be the winning group. The breakaway worked together and hammered off the front for nearly 100k. Unfortunately, cramping got the best of Ken. Knowing he wasn’t going to be contesting the sprint finish, Ken went to the front with a couple miles to go and pinned it with everything he had left to ensure the break wasn’t caught by the hard charging peloton.

Markley Anderson

We used to think once a product went through all the stages from prototype to real world that was it- until we discovered something known as Markley’s world. Price Point rider Markley Anderson is a little different than your typical cross country mountain bike racer. Funny how being a former paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and an award winning power lifter will do that.

In early July, Markley and one of his Team Crank cohorts traveled 6,000 miles to compete in the 7 day BC Bike Race from Vancouver to Whistler via North Shore’s most brutal single track.

Many bikes and competitors were broken during the week but Markley and his buddy both made it to the finish in one piece which in something as epic as the BC Bike Race is the name of the game.

Along the way they put a couple of Sette products through the wringer. Here’s what Markley had to say, "Sette carbon handlebars held up to the rigorous demands the course put on us and absorbed lots of shock, which allowed us to continue pumping away without being fatigued. When we had to get off our bikes and trek a bit, our Sette bike shoes allowed us to do this comfortably and when pedaling they remained firm and effective, thanks Price Point and Sette."