Thx for this nice clip.
Posted by Ice-T
News over News...The season is starting. We have very good news today. The world famous DIRT Mountainbike Magazine tested the Last Herb DH and said: Small German company engineers race winning downhill machine. Check out the test at the actual DIRT Mag March Issue!
Posted by MK
Heerlen Skatepark edit from Hendrik tafel on Vimeo. westsachsen xD from Marco on Vimeo. "Dirtyflows Season 2009" - First DH Preview from Aguanta Pira on Vimeo.
Posted by MK
After two 2nd places at the first stops Philipp Gerhardt got finally the first place in the amateur class and won a new complete bike.
In the pro class Felix Rosendahl showed nice flip-tt from the spine into the box he got 4th place.
The 3rd goes to Alexander Teschner who is the master of tech tricks like barspin to footjam or whip to manual on the subbox. Marius Hoppensack got the 2nd step on the podium like every time he shwoed a bunch of tricks....just some key words.....540 Transfer, 360 tucknohand or 360 whip transfer.
I was really happy to get the first place after a couple of 2nd places in the last contests.
Posted by Ice-T
Photo Constantin Fiene
Posted by MK
I got the 2nd Place after Marius Hoppensack who showed a lot tech tricks in his run. The third place got Philip Bock. I was really happy cause I did my first Wallride to Whip. My Last team mades Jonas Berndt and Marius Lenders got also very good 7th and 8th Places.
Posted by Ice-T
Photo Constantin Fiene
Good news for all of you, who want to name a Last their own but can not afford it. For our last Raffnix frames we give you a reduction of 25%. The stock is limited, orange is already sold out but white, black and green is still available.
Posted by JH
Words by Tobias Woggon on Last Herb FR:
Looking out of my office-window today, everything is grey and dull. Just some days ago I was looking out seeing the sun, blue sky, beach and sea. A few days before christmas I was on my way to La Palma with two friends for riding the new last freerider and taking some pictures. Unbelievebale but true, the bad weather around the atlantic lead to 3 days unintended break on an island next to La Palma. After 3 days of being shooed around, getting on the plane and off again several times a day, we could finally get on the ship on dec. 24. The troubled sea was not easy to drive on and so not only I felt sick, several people also had to throw up. Merry X-Mess. We finally arrived on dec. 25 and were looking forward to four weeks of biking across one of the most varied islands. The trails curled through virgin forests, where at every blow-out the coppice was rustling like it was announcing a bear. Then lava-streams at which the ground is going to have the effect of a rubber on the skin. Across smooth lava-sand, giving the feeling of a huge flask. All in all a very successful month, 3000m downhill every day, there is no better way to spend the winter! Impressions
Posted by JH
Photo: Tobias Woggon
Posted by Ice-T
Posted by Ice-T
In the pro class Marius Hoppensack got the first place with a lot of massiv tricks like 360 tailwhip, 360 tucknohand, and 540’s. I got a good 2nd place and Felix Rosendahl was on the 3rd Place he showed his new tricks Supermanflip and Frontflip.
Marius Lenders my Last-bikes Teammate got a very good 4th Place he tried some flairs hopefully he will get them soon.
Check out the next Homegrown Tour stop in Aurich 30.1.2010.
Posted by Ice-T
Photo: Martin Donat
In Heerlen(NL) is a great place to ride and here you can see a small video of our last session.
Posted by: Ice-T
My Last-Bikes team mate Jonas Berndt got the first place in the amateure class he showed a lot of big tricks like Truckdriver and 360Tailwhip.
Photo: Ice-T
In the pro class Marius Hoppensack got victory, I got the 2nd place and Martin Kiesewetter the 3rd.
Posted by Ice-T
Photo: Patrick Rasche
"The Last Herb is one of the lesser known brands gracing the pages of this guide, but they have got it spot on with the Herb. With simple, clean lines and a suspension system that offers smooth linear travel through to mid travel and then ramps up significantly to prevent wallowing and heavy bottom out, it tracks the terrain exceptionally well. The Herb comes in at a price point that should raise a few eyebrows, as this is nothing short of a World Cup competition frameset. The frame has been slightly revised through 2009 from the earlier models with a lower bottom bracket further improving the ride of the Herb. A solid bike at a price to make people take notice."
Posted by JF
Photo: DIRT
Photo: saddam
Posted by MK
Photo: Cyen Bicycles
After some weeks without riding cause of a broken rib and a squeezed toe, I visited a Downhill-Race in Albstadt (GER) this weekend. The new Bikepark in the south of Germany promised a great race cause of a new race mode. Training on Saturday and two race runs on Sunday. One race run on the Freeride track and one race run on the Downhill track. The weather forecast was not too bad. Some small rainfalls on saturday and no rain on sunday. But forecast is forecast and reality is reality...it was pissing like hell on saturday which made the track pretty scetchy, especially all the turns on the grass. I had a pretty good feeling cause usually I am good rider in wet conditions and I liked the track too. It was a lot of fun and after a ROCKBAND contest on Saturday night, we were all stoked to get back on the track on sunday. But I had huge problems in my first race run. After hugging a tree, I could not carry enough speed and my wheels collected so much grass and mud that my wheels stopped spinning due to an overload of mud and grass on my frame and my fork. I had to stop and fiddle the mud out of my frame and fork. That cost me way too much time and when I crossed the finish line, the clock said a gap of a minute to the first rider and over 30 seconds to the Top3. I knew that I could not catch up with those times if there will not have an overload of luck! But I was still hoping the best and gave all. After a pretty scetchy run, the clock said that I am the second fastest rider (3seconds behind number 1 and 20 seconds to the number 3). That was pretty good but not enough to get back into Top3. Sad but that is racing! I still had a lot of fun and great season!
Posted by MK.
Photos: Chris Raff and Michaela Estler
I changed black into a nice and flashing green.
Now Last came out with a limited green Cord frame as you can see below.
Photo: Ice-T
I have build up my new bike with a new Fox 36 Float fork, Easton bar and stem, KHE parts and for sure the Last hubs in combination with Alex Supra Rims.
Ask your local Last dealer for the new limited green Cord frame.
Posted by Ice-T
But it was worthwhile cause I got the first place, a cup and some $$$.
There where a lot of riders even some czech riders come over, it was much fun and I will come back next year.
Posted by Ice-T
Photo: Jonas Berndt
First, there was the "Dirty Dreams Festival" slopestye comp at the Bikepark Sauerland/Kallenhardt.
Flow team rider Jonas Berndt got the 2nd place in the amateur class and
I got the 3rd place in the pro class.
Photo: Constantin Fiene
One week later at the "Highway Jam" in Eltville I had a good day and won not only the best trick with a "Truckdriver to Barspin" my line was also the best with a run consisting of Tailwhip, 360°, Nohandflip and Truckdriver.
Posted by Ice-T
Photo: Maximilan Mittelbach
Photos: JF
It was the 17th year for the Downhill race in Tabarz. Riders from all over the world came to compete each other on the "Inselsberg".
Last-Team was there and Joerg Heydt could lead the times again in the Masters Class! He blew the class and had a gap of 4seconds to the next rider. That was a massive run and a great win for Team Last.
Mario Koch also had a good run in the Elite class, so he could make an 8th place in the semi-finals but with just some tenths of a second, he lost some places in the finals and ended with a solid 11th place!
Posted by MK.
Photo: Tom Schafferhans
Last team rider Marius Lenders joined the King Kong team! He will be representing their protection gear and clothing line. Posted by JF.
Photo: Timo Lenders
After having our Team Rider Mario being the Photo of the Week on the German Bike Forum "IBC" in April, now you can see our European Champion Joerg Heydt on the main site of the forum as Photo of the week! Check out www.mtb-news.de to see the great shot of Joerg with the prototype of the Last Herb FR in the suisse alps. Posted by MK.
Here you see the new 4140 steel drivers for our Zakk hubs. They are very wear resistant and offer a great performance-budget ratio. They use the same engagement system like our 7075 Aluminum drivers and are 100% backwards compatible. We also offer them as complete hubs, see our product section. 11 and 12T only! Posted by JF.
Photo: Sabrina Neef
The Dan Black team profile is up! He is riding for our UK distributor Twenty26 Distribution. Welcome on board! Posted by JF.
Photo: Ben Richards
The best riders from Germany were fighting for the title of the German Champion last weekend! The course in Bad Wildbad (Black Forest) is technically the most challenging course in Germany and with a last sprint section of about 30 seconds also one of the physically most challenging courses.
Last Junior Kevin Setzer had a pretty good weekend on the rough track and even after a crash, he was second with just 1.4 seconds behind the winner. Congratulations to Kevin, 2nd in License Junior!
Mario Koch had a pretty solid run in his final and could finish with a 23rd place in Elite class which is a solid result after 4 weeks sitting at the desk and studying hard for his exams.
Posted by JH.
Photos: Ulrich Berghäuser und Mompere
Photo: Ekki
Jonas Berndt, may not be a well known name to most of you, but this young guy is definately a talented one on the bike. Besides this he is one of the young locals at our trails spot and spents a good part of his time digging. Also he has his personal trainer/motivator Ice-T. Welcome on board! Check out Jonas team profile! Posted by JF.
Photo: JF
This weekend was the 16th race in Semmering in Austria to find the hero of the Zauberberg. With a weather forecast that did not tell a lot of good things, Jörg and me, Mario, arrived in Austria on Friday and inspected the course. I was in Semmering last year and knew that this course istough! The riders need to be fit technically and physically! Friday was very sunny and with a really fast lift, we made a lot of runs to get the flow of the track. Saturday was very windy but still dry. We made the qualifying run on Saturday afternoon. We were all pretty happy because the weather was still pretty good, Jörg was on 1st position in the Masters class and I was on a solid 12th position with a smooth run. That was really good in a race with riders from 13 nations! But the weather changed saturday night and we had a lot of rain. Sunday morning was a little sunny and the course was not too bad. A little sketchy but not really wet or muddy. With just 2 possible warm-up runs, we had to wait until the first race run was. Jörg came down the track and was not really happy. He made some mistakes and was 3rd after the first run. But the best out of 2 runs counts! I also made some mistakes due to some slippy sections on the track. But with a time of 3mins and 22 seconds, I was still on 15th position in the Elite class with just a half second to the Top 10. But the weather changed again and it rained so hard that we knew, we could not improve our times in the second run! Not perfect but I think we can be pretty happy with the results! Posted by MK.
Photos: Reini and Bikestore.cc
This year´s Dirt Masters Festival in Winterberg/Germany was a massive event with 1.400 participants, 140 exhibitors and more than 30.000 spectators. Hendrik Tafel finished 11th in Pro Slopestyle and Jonas Berndt finished his first competition 16th in Amateurs. Besides this I need to mention Patrick "Bengel" Rasche who cleared the big drop during the slopestyle competition. Jörg Heydt won the team intern competition in Downhill. Hope this motivates the young guns. Click here to see some pictures of the event. Posted by JF.
Photos: JF
This weekend, we had a Downhill Race in Osternohe, close to Nürnberg (Nuremberg). The Bikepark is pretty new the race track is short but it is sooooo much fun! It was the Bavarian Championships but a lot of good Racers came to have a great weekend that started with a lot of rain but ended with 28°C and a dry and really fast track! After a good but safe first run, I was on 6th position after some other fast guys like Erik Irmisch and Nino Antic. But I knew that I can go faster in the second run. But right from the beginning I had some problems in sections where it is really important to carry speed. That was the end. The bottom part of the track was fast and good but I couldn't improve my time and had almost the same time again. But the others could do a better 2nd run and after a "Best out of 2 Race Runs" Modus, I was on 10th position which I am still happy with. I know that I would have had a really good time without mistakes...But that's racing! ..Posted by MK
Some new video stuff from the French connection. Posted by JF.
Finally the HERB DH frame is available right now in Germany and a few more countries. Within short time the frame will also be available in the UK. For large people we have added a bigger size of the frame this year. We also kept the small size which will suit smaller riders and most of our female customers. The most important tech news about the 09 version of the HERB DH frame is the slacker head angle, lower bottom bracket, new finish and decals as well as more CNC work on the linkage and swingarm. To see the full details visit our product page. Posted by JF
Photo: Jochen Forstmann
This week end the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds Dirt Session was held in Duisburg, Germany. A huge croud was attracted by the dirt competioion and the band playing at the end of the event. Maybe some of the older riders remember a band called NOFX. Hendrik tafel was lucky to be one of the 14 qualified riders for the comp, which featured riders like Paul Bas, Sam Pilgrim, Lance McDermont, Marius Hoppensack, ... Unluckily Hendrik hurt his foot before and again during the week end, so that he could not ride to the level you know of him. After missing the second round he spent some easy time hanging around with our second team rider that was involved in the event: Marius Lenders. Marius helped building the jumps and rumours were going around about the ease whith which he was riding the jumps before the comp. Hopefully we can show you some captures of this soon on this site. In the meantime you can watch the finals on Freecaster.
During the final Hendrik helped out as flash operator with great patience, thanks! Below you see the result: Marius Hoppensack clicked 360 table. Posted by JF
Photos: Jochen Forstmann
After getting his new ride and being absolutely happy, Mario Koch took the plane to Portugal and did some test riding and photo shoots around Porto. He combined the trip with the Maxxis Cup in Vigo / Spain to compete with the best riders from Spain and Portugal and even some World Cup Teams. He felt in love with the Herb DH and felt really good on the track. The track was very gnarly and very hard for the rider in a physical way. After being 48th of the Elite class in the qualifying, he had a flat tire in his race run and finished with a time of over 6 mins. Bad luck but the pictures are awesome and we can see that he is still in good physical shape, even with just a small winter training. Cause bicycle training at -30°C in Canada is cold!! We wish Mario good Luck for his next race in Barr around the easter weekend! Posted by JH
Photos: www.joelandrade.com
We would like to introduce our Co-Factory Downhill program for 2009. With this program we would like to give back some support to the racing scene. The program is adressed exclusively to racers that regularly take part in Downhill competitions and have a license. Participants will receive a HERB DH frame and team jerseys and benefit from reduced pricing. If you are from Germany, Switzerland or Austria, please follow this link to get further information about the programm, which is organized by our distributor Mangasports. You will also find the form which you need to complete together with your local bike shop. Racers from other countries, please contact your local LAST Distributor for information on sponsoring options. If there is no distributor in your country, please contact us directly. For all applications we recommend you send COMPLETE information about the results from last season, your plans for this season, a few pictures or links to videos and your full contact details. Posted by JF.
Photo: JF
Preben Nokleby´s gets sideways for our UK Distributor Twenty26 Distribution. See his profile in our team section.
Posted by JF.
Photo: Twenty26
Once more Hendrik Tafel finished the Homegrown Tour with a first place overall. For the first time he managed to do this with three victories at the three tour stops. Respect! The Freecaster video features the final round in München´s Tretlagerhalle. Posted by JF.
Here you see LAST team rider Marius Lenders new ride. The bike is built around a LAST Cord frame using some new parts from our side that are tested right now. You may get a glimpse of his bike (and the new parts) during the T-Mobile Local Support Dirt Challenge which will be held in Halle 5, Mainz/Germany on march 28th. On this occasion we want to thank Marius´local support Watzup Duisburg. Posted by JF.
Photo: Björn Stork
The Ride The Mountain crew made a visit to Wuppertal´s Wicked Woods skate park. See what happened when they were left alone with Hendrik Tafel, Marius Hoppensack and Till Overwien. www.ridethemountain.de. Posted by JF.
Hendrik Tafel won best trick at the Ride The Stairway contest in Graefrath/Germany. The jumps were build using 100 tonns of snow on Graefrat´s descending market place. In the regular comp Hendrik finished second after Martin Kiesewetter. Congratulations! Posted by JF.
The second stop of Germany´s winter skatepark tour was held at the infamous skatepark in Aurich. Hendrik "Ice-T" Tafel continued with another victory in the pro class. LAST trail riding expert Marius Lenders rounded up the result with an impressing 8th place. Congratulations! The final event of the series will be held in Emmering on Jan 14th. Posted by JF.
Photo: Carlos Fernandez Laser
Zakk (for all of you that were wondering where the name of our rear hub has it`s origin) shows his all new bike with the Cord frame in the limited edition colourway that perfectly matches Eclat`s purple pedals. The edition of 25 pieces is only available in Germany and Russia. Luckily some riders had something with them to wipe out the snow and water, so we could ride a bit in Essen`s new concrete bowl. For more photos check the Media section. Posted and photo by JF.
This saturday the first stop of the Homegrown Tour 2009 has been held in Wuppertals new Wicked Woods skate park. Hendrik has ripped the competition and secured the first place. Congratulations! Posted by JF.
Photo: JF, Background Photo: Carlos Fernández Laser
After getting LAST infected by our Rufus, he needed more. The craving ends now. Mario joins Team Last on our new �09 Last Herb DH. First rides on our prototype have proven his decision, in choosing what he thinks is the best DH frame available. Expect to see some nice shots from him, if photographers are fast enough. More info soon in our team section and on www.mariokoch.com. Posted by JH.
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