June 23rd 2009 Dummy Jam
Marius Lenders and Marius Hoppensack will be hosting the Dummy Jam on June 4th 2009. The format of the Jam will be unique because nobody has tried the Jumps before that day. Everybody with some trails ethos will be welcome to ride at this event. The entrance fee will be 5 sausages... Posted by JF.
June 21th 2009 Last European Champion
Yes, I won the European Masters Championship. My first international title ever. After Semmering and a small visit on the WC track in Maribor, the track in Kranjska Gora felt easy but fast. Fast berms on top, some open fast corners, two steep sections, jumps and a hell of paddling at the bottom. Harry Molloy, our UK junior team rider did also well. A respectable 5th place for him. Posted by JH.
Photo: Ekki
Photo: Ekki
June 13th 2009 Jonas on LAST
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
June 8th 2009 DH Semmering/Austria
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
June 5th 2009 Dirt Masters Gallery
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
June 1st 2009 Marius Lenders - Playground Building Session
I have mentioned Marius Lenders riding at the T-Mobile Playground Dirt Session in Duisburg/Germany before. Now we are happy to show you the video of one of the late night building sessions. Video edited by Marius Lenders. Posted by JF.
May 26th 2009 Mario Koch Team Profile Online
May 19th 2009 Mario Koch - Osternohe DH Race
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
16th May 2009 Aurélien Berne & Stephane Karle
Some new video stuff from the French connection. Posted by JF.
23rd April 2009 HERB DH now available
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
21st April 2009 T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds
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
28th March 2009 Maxxis Cup Vigo / Spain
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
12th March 2009 Co-Factory DH Team
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
6th March 2009 Preben Nokleby (UK) - Sideways
Preben Nokleby´s gets sideways for our UK Distributor Twenty26 Distribution. See his profile in our team section.
Posted by JF.
Photo: Twenty26
Feb 19th 2009 Homegrown final victory for Ice-T
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.
Feb 17th 2009 Marius Lenders new ride
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
13th Feb 2009 Ride The Mountain, Ride Wicked Woods
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.
11th Feb 2009 Ride The Stairway
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.
8th Feb 2009 Hendrik takes another 1st place
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
1st Feb 2009 Cord Limited Edition
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.
25th Jan 2009 Ice-T on Freecaster
Freecaster has some videos of last weekends Homegrown Tour stop in Wuppertal/Germany. See Hendrik Tafel aka Ice-T and the other Pro class podium riders in the video below. Posted by JF
18th Jan 2009 1st Homegrown Tour
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
3rd Jan 2009 Mario Koch joins Team LAST
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.
Photo: www.joelandrade.com
22nd Dec 2008 Ice-T // New Team Pics
Check out the new pics of LAST team rider Hendrik Tafel in our team section!
Photo: Jochen Forstmann
Photo: Jochen Forstmann
31th Nov 2008 Canazei DH
It´s been a couple of weeks ago, but we don´t want to hide Jörg´s race victory in Canazei any longer. He has been riding on one of the 2009 series HERB DH prototypes to victory in Master Class. You can see the photos of the final production version in our products section.
Photo: Thomas Dietze
Photo: Thomas Dietze
23th Nov 2008 Specs online
For all of you that were waiting to read the details about the revised geometry of the new HERB DH frame for 2009: Now it is online! In the products section you will also find information on all our frames in detail. Just click on the specification links on the product sites to open the PDF files.
16th Nov 2008 New website
Here it is finally. We hope you enjoy it. First up, we have the latest Team clip with Marco Baumann riding in Mülhausen. Filmed and edited by the guys from ridethemountain.de.
15th Nov 2008 Impressum
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Bruchstrasse 148
45468 Mülheim
Germany
phone +49 (0) 201-507 83 97
fax +49 (0) 201-507 83 94
www.last-bikes.com
info[at]last-bikes.com
Directors authorized to represent:
Joerg Heydt, Jochen Forstmann
Registered in England and Wales.
Niederlassung Deutschland: Amtsgericht Duisburg HRB-17 980
IHK zu Essen
Ust. ID: DE245072910
Responsible author, § 6 MDStV: Jochen Forstmann. Concerning external links the author distances himself from their content and refuses any responsibility.
