Trek Demo: Trek Top Fuel 69er Ponderings & Musings
Trek Top Fuel 69er. 29 in front, 26 in back At the Trek Demo this past weekend I got to get on the Trek Top Fuel 69er. It was a size Medium when I normally ride a Large. But that’s OK, because I wasn’t testing out the bike so much as I was…
Trek Demo: Trek Fuel EX 9.5 Ponderings & Musings
The Blinged out CARBON Trek Fuel EX 9.5 This past Saturday, Tim & I rode the Trek Demo and we thought we’d share some of our humble ponderings and musings regarding the bikes we rode. Tim: So I get an e-mail about a Trek demo day at the…
Trek Demo: Gary Fisher HiFi 29er Pro Ponderings & Musings
Matt tuning up the HiFi 29er Pro Here are my humble ponderings and musings on the new HiFi 29er. As a 29er advocate, I’ve been waiting with great anticipation to try out the innovative technology and geometry that Trek & Gary Fisher have begun…
Trek Demo Review
Trek Demo Day! Impressions on the bikes we rode have been written. For our thoughts on the Gary Fisher HiFi Pro, click here. For our thoughts on the Trek Fuel Ex 9.5, click here. For our thoughts on the Trek Top Fuel 69er, click here. Demos are an…
Interbike Demo to the East Coast!
On the topic of demos, Interbike is doing an East Coast Demo! From B.R.A.I.N.: Interbike announced it will host its first annual Interbike Outdoor Demo East Tuesday, October 21 to Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Roger Williams Park in…
Trek Demo at Fullerton Loop
Jeremy rockin’ the Gary Fisher 29er X-Caliber on some nice singletrack at Crystal Cove State Park Some of the MtnBikeRiders.com crew will be at the Trek Demo that is happening this Saturday from 9am to 3pm at the most popular loop in Orange County,…
Cannondale Scalpel Recall
All brands have their nicknames by “haters”. Gary Fisher’s nickname is Gary Fissure. Cannodale is nicknamed “Crack ‘n Fail”. This time, Cannondale is hoping to stop crack ‘n fails before it starts with their…
Rigid or Hardtail?
“Both. Always both.” – Joey Tribbiani, Friends If you’ve been keeping tabs on our test sleds, you’ll notice that one bike has gone from fully rigid to a hardtail over the last few months. As I’ve been able to ride this…
Redline’s Customer Service
After having something really weird happen to the Redline Mono 9 (caused by user error) a couple of weeks ago we contacted Redline and they immediately sent out a new chainring for me. I picked up the chainring a few days ago and my addled brain thought…
Last Ride of the Year
My last ride of the year was at Santiago Oaks: Chutes + 3 B’s on the Redline Mono 9. Last week we installed a chainring I had on the Mono 9 so I could ride again. Of course the day after we did the install the chainring + bolts arrived from…