The 2nd annual Infineon Technologies Cougar Mountain Classic (formerly known as the California Outdoor Sports Championships), announced today their official bicycle, tire and suspension sponsors. The event takes place Sept. 9-11, 2005 and will bring several thousand amateur and professional mountain bikers, gravity racers, road cyclists, trail runners, road runners, vendors, media, and outdoors sports fans to the three-day festival at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA.
Gary Fisher, dubbed the "Founding Father of Mountain Bikes" by Smithsonian Magazine, and whose inspiration for the creation of his mountain bikes came from the mountains and terrain surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area, will be an Official Bicycle co-sponsor for the event. Trek, America's largest bicycle manufacturer since 1976, has signed on as an Official Bicycle co-sponsor for the event. Kenda USA, the event's official Tire sponsor, will be providing 360 pairs of tires to all event category winners. X-Fusion Shox, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance mountain bike suspensions, is the event's Official Suspension sponsor.
