Helmet Hair. The dreaded look of helmet hair has plagued mountain bikers as long as mountain bikers have had hair and helmets to wear on their aforementioned hair. After much research, though, I have found a cure and the cure might be much simpler than you think. But first off, we must understand the misnomer…
Author: Jeremy Yang
There’s been some recent discussion within our circle of riders about bike weights. How important is a low bike weight to you? When does a bike become too light and the parts too weight weenie that reliability is compromised? What tricks would you consider implementing and which would you stay away from? Extralite’s 17.26 lbs…
Ryan Leech performing at Sea Otter, 2008 The very cool Ryan Leech did an interview with Dirt Rag. DR: I read that you changed your style in order to make it more audience-friendly. Tell me more about how you got away from focusing on competitions, since I imagine if someone’s into trials, competition’s sort of…
After months of conducting studies, polling people, researching different offers from different cities and sitting around twiddling their thumbs, Interbike has sadly decided to stay in Las Vegas. Here is the info via B.R.A.I.N.: After two years of collecting potential host city data and retailer, manufacturer and industry partner feedback, Interbike management has announced the…
Golden Fischers this past week had a dealer only camp in Fullerton, California. This was to introduce to their vast dealership the three new technological marvels that Golden Fischers has come up within the past few months. These technological advances include: the new E2 geometry, HiLo full suspension bikes and Active Spoke Pivot (ASP) technology.…
Riding a unicycle on mountain biking trails. Mountain Unicycling Unicycling is great and all, but isn’t it just a little too easy? You can barely turn your head without seeing someone who scoffs at bicycles in favor of going everywhere on a single wheel. Such would seem to be the logic behind mountain unicycling. The…
Who: Ryders Eyewear on their “Chill” Collection sunglasses: When the adrenaline isn’t pumping, we like to talk about the times when it was, or the next time that it will. This collection has been designed just for those times and developed with fashionable style in mind-something that is often compromised in high-performance eyewear. Some styles…
Our bikes atop Cocktail Rock A few friends and I went out to San Juan this past weekend to hit the out and back trail. I was and am still nursing a cough and sore throat, but since I really enjoy riding San Juan, I decided to go against my body, mind and wife and…
Saw this and had to share it with you. Has the increase in gas prices changed how you get to the trail? I’ve found that I’ve been carpooling more often and have even ridden straight to the trail, if it’s close enough. I’m also using the car that gets better mpg to drive to the…
I just wanted to boast about how great it is to have massive amounts of discipline in my life. As some of you may know I have massive amounts of discipline in my life but I really don’t like to show it off. I may boast about it but to put it out there for…