The sleepy market town of Pickering, North Yorkshire was brought to life on Friday night with the opening event of the Dalby Mountain Bike World Cup. 

This quick article is being presented just to give you a little taste of things to come, because when Rob (team manager) gets back with the team from Houfilaze, Belgium next week he’ll be posting a two-part report on the exploits of the TORQ Performance team at the first World Cup meeting of the year in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire…

This was a huge outing for TORQ, for a number of reasons.  

The opening round of the British Mountain Bike Series at Sherwood Pines saw the first proper team outing for the TORQ Performance squad. 

The 2010 Mountain Bike racing season is now definitely upon us and although this may be the first official word you’ll have had on the all-new TORQ Performance team, a lot has been going on behind the scenes to make this happen. 

One of our generous sponsors, Sport-Torque are a new face in the cycle industry, but have been making much larger torque wrenches for years. 

Team Manager Rob Barker and Super-Charged Tim Dunford give their accounts of a sunny weekend’s racing at Cheddar…

A black and orange blanket was laid over the Somerset hills at the Kona Bikefest in Cheddar and as I have a fondness for his event, I was extremely happy with our set of results (4 first places). 

Mix fairy lights, add a splash of blue glow sticks, some banging tunes, a bridge to nowhere, a bit of duck or grouse, mix for around 12 hours, pour in liberal amounts of dust and a supschon of water, oh and not forgetting the most vital ingredient: 500 lycra clad mountain bikers and you have the makings of more fun than you can shake a stick at – TORQ in Your Sleep was in town and the party atmosphere was bubbling over. 

With the summer season well and truly upon us the next installment for all you hardened enduro fans is the TORQ in your Sleep 12 hour. 

Bontrager Twentyfour12 – TORQ Rules! 

Just a few words of thanks to Team TORQ’s sponsors for 2009…

New Team TORQ boss Rob Barker is on a mission to create the most dominant, consistent, respected and most importantly friendly team Mountain Biking has ever seen. 

With dark night closing in and the weather seemingly forever damp, we can reflect on a last couple of TORQ bursts as the season shakes, shivers and slides to an end. 

During July and August the girls & guys that make up the TORQ/Kona team plus all the other TORQ supporting riders were out in force in a number of memorable events.