Author: Art Aguilar

NEW PROTECTION COMPANY SEVEN?? I haven’t seen anything new come out to really impress me when it comes to protection, but when I was told about SEVEN iDP at the ROYAL both I had to check it out. I ran into Jason Schippers and he was kind enough to go over the new line. TACTIC…

  DIRTDEMO 2113 Well were at the 2013 Interbike DirtDemo and it’s time to show you all the upcoming 2014 gear, bikes, funny stuff, and all things mountain biking or cycling, so lets show you all the cool thing for your Christmas list.         Well more to come, so stay tuned here…

TALKING WITH TRAILRAIL We at MtnBikeRiders.com have been doing some extensive testing on and a couple of goodies from a company know as TrailRail Inc. from Easthampton, MA. How I came upon Trailrail was at Interbike just this last year and what impressed me was the quality in which their products are made. What they…

KOALA BOTTLE & CAGE I know why test a water bottle, its just a water bottle. Well you may say its just another water bottle, but that’s just a little far from the truth here. This is a whole new twist when it comes to a water bottle and its not so much the bottle,…

          THE AMXC NO SLIP GRIPS While at Sea Otter we ran into Loaded Precision Inc. If you have never heard of them they are a precision bicycle component manufacturing  company based out of San Diego California. They make everything from handlebars, stems, headsets, seatpost, wheelsets, and hubs. This is a…

WHAT’S IT MEAN TO BE BEST IN SHOW Well I thought hard about this, asked my editor and chief RL Policar, “should we do a best in show” and he said sure why not, this would require  tons of hours combing Sea Otter for a best in show bike and what would be the criteria,…

OK this being one of the biggest cycling festivals in the US and on the west coast this is a time to see the bikes that will possibly be out for 2014, so the cameras are poised and on the ready, also you will see the oddities, or cool crazy bikes, ideas that may never…

While At Sea Otter I ran across the Atlas Brace Technologies booth and legendary motocross, mountain bike racer Sue Fish and she was kind enough to go over the full range of neck braces from Atlas. All four in the cycling line are all CE rated for safety. Atlas has a carbon fiber brace, high-strength…

AIRBORNE TOXIN’S HIT SEA OTTER As all you fans know we at MtnBikeRiders.com have been running the Airborne TAKA’s for the last two seasons with great effect on the local downhill circuit and I know all you fans of the site who fallow our FaceBook fan page (if your not like it now) as well…

FOR FUN AND LOVE I know we don’t do pro race coverage and we do cover our MtnBikeRiders.com’s team racing. We do believe in the amateur riders and racers. These are the guys and gals who go form race to race or just do one race they have saved for all year. The younger kids…