Nicknames come and go but Moe Ramirez’s “The Moe” nickname has stuck for a while. Moe embraces this nickname sort of as an alter ego but how did “The Moe” originate? Well, we have to thank former MtnBikeRiders.com writer Jeremy Yang for the nickname. Here is his blog post of how “The Moe” came to…
Now that The Moe has all this time on his hands because he does not have to train to race, he has found his new calling: Inspirational Mountain Biker It all came to me after last week’s ride. One of our riding buddies stated that he wouldn’t have ridden if it wasn’t because The Moe…
Well its another year and it’s The Moe’s Bday. We organized a short ride with the usual suspects at the World Famous Fullerton Loop. Here’s a photo of Moe during one of our rest stops. He was explaining the finer points of taking Glamour Shots at the local mall. He said that if you place…
After 6 long months of rehab, I’m finally back racing Downhill. For those of you that don’t know, I suffered a torn shoulder labrum sometime last year during a practice run. I had to go under surgery and repair my back in October (Click here for the video of the surgery, warning, not for those…
It looks like we finally caught up with the infamous “The Moe” in Fontana… but what was he doing over there???? Funny, I don’t memmer “The Moe” being a pachuco….
A few months ago The Moe took a dive during a DH practice run at Fontana. He took a jump, landed but his bike bucked him off and OTB he went. Little did he know that his fall actually resulted in a REALLY messed up shoulder. He knew it hurt but he didn’t know the…
As I type this, I am getting ready to go get arthroscopic shoulder surgery. It looks like I fractured my shoulder on one of my practice DH runs @ Southridge. picture of not actual crash, but of many! I had one heck of a season, I never had so much fun racing like I did…
During the races at Mammoth, The Moe was hard to spot. Some say he was hydrating himself at the local watering hole, others think he was on top of the mountain meditating, yet some saw him in the forests of Mammoth Mountain. MtnBikeRiders.com decided to set out on an expedition to try and locate this…
“Why do you have so many bikes?” That’s one of the questions that I get all the time. My answer is because every bike has its purpose”. So due to my improper maintenance (always check your nuts and bolts before a race), I ended up racing with bike that I was not familiar with. As…
After a hard week at work, I was looking forward to racing again. No matter how much I searched the net, there were a few pictures and few information about the Woodward West races. We hope that with our race reports, we can give future racers an insight about this super fun race. As we…