First Impression: Selle Success RTM
We recieved the Selle Success RTM saddle recently. The RTM is a sweet looking red saddle with titanium rails and a carbon fiber under. It weighs in at a pretty competitive 206 grams. Selle Success RTM Red Saddles are a very subjective piece of equipment.…
Who built the First Mountain Bike?
The very cool Billy Savage, producer/director of Klunkerz, interviews the late John Finley Scott who happens to have just been inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. For Klunkerz’s website, click here.
Bike Handlebar Camera Mount
All new bikes come with reflectors in the spokes of the wheel, on the handlebar and on the seatpost. Most people take off the reflectors and toss them thinking that they’ll never use this functional piece of plastic again but I think there is a lot…
Felt’s Complete 29er HT Lineup
Felt’s 2009 website is showing off a complete 29er HT lineup including 3 new carbon hardtails. They are a must see, especially enlarged. These bikes don’t “say” fast, rather they SCREAM fast. The top of the line bike is the Felt…
To Music or Not To Music?
I was able to get in a solo ride this morning before work. Normally, I’m riding with friends, but 6:20am weekday rides are not the preferred time for most people. I can’t understand why. Anyway, since this ride was a last minute decision, I went…
Got Mine
I got to wear my brand new mtnbikeriders.com jersey this weekend at Knott’s Berry Farm. I guess I was feeling a little left out since Moe wore his at Sea World San Diego a couple weeks back. Size, by the way is XL. I’m 6’1″ and…
Mountain biking a destructive activity?
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: I thought the media were supposed to present a complete picture, not a biased one. In its Sept. 16 edition, the Tribune-Review, in a story titled “Pittsburgh becoming destination city for outdoors…
+1 for the Littler Guys
A few years ago I bought a Gary Fisher X-Caliber. That year’s Orange was the color I really wanted, but they ran out of that bike in my size. This was a bit of a bummer but the following year’s bike, a bland silver, was already on the showroom floor…
The First Annual, Quarterly Lift Assisted Ride Report, Part IV
Exposure also allows for some sweet views! In the middle of the valley, you can see the fireroad we climbed. The day before, we were on the other side of the mountain riding the slopes Just a few lessons learned from this past weekend of riding, plus…
The First Annual, Quarterly Lift Assisted Ride Report, Part III
The bikes: ready to rock the SART… or is it ready to be rocked by the SART? We soon find out. We jokingly considered buying lift tickets again for Sunday morning’s ride, but riding some of the best singletrack in So. Cal. was too tempting. After…