What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen while riding? When I was in junior high I went biking in a very small local park. I was climbing a paved hill that paralleled the park when I happened to look over and see a couple of love birds doing their thing. Luckily they were clothed and, for…
Author: Jeremy Yang
The Pedal Smith Bike Shop in Corona is a bit different from most other bike shops. It’s really geared towards mountain biking with just a few other bikes for the everyday rider. The Components wall: saddles, tires, cogs, bar ends… Located on 1216 Magnolia Avenue H103, Corona, CA 91881, the Pedal Smith is owned and…
The new Trek 69er is creating a bit of a buzz in the 29er land. I think it’s mainly because of its ridiculous price, but that’s just me. RL demoing a Trek 69er But why would anyone buy a 69er bike? Well, before we get there, let’s quickly define what a 69er bike is. A…
Just received word that the 18th annual Sea Otter Classic is being moved to MAY 1-4, 2008 (from the normal mid April date). Here’s the email: MONTEREY, Calif. (May 11, 2007) Organizers for the Sea Otter Classic, a Celebration of Sport, announced today the event dates for the 18th annual event would be May 1-…
Lunch Box (LenzSport), the new all mountain 29er, is being demo’d by Mike Curiak a well known wheel builder/29er rider in Colorado. Here he is taking the Lunch Box out and doing things he has never done on a 29er before. For those who didn’t believe that 29er wheels would ever be strong enough to…
Some photos of Gary Fisher’s new HiFi 29er are on mtbr.com forums. This is for Nat Ross, the Gary Fisher racer, hence the different paint job. The medium sized bike weighs in at a very light 24.5 lbs. Race ready indeed. This is not a replacement of the Supercaliber or Caliber (Gary Fisher’s current two…
Got in a ride with Melissa (whose bike RL just restored) RL & Priscilla on Saturday morning. Melissa hasn’t been on her Tassajara (nor any other mountain bike) for years so Saturday was her 2nd maiden voyage on the black and red beauty. But Melissa has been on a bike during her spin classes at…
What a great name for the newest Full Suspension 29er! LenzSport, a one-man company in Ft. Lupton, Colorado, has just added its newest full suspension 29er to their current lineup. The LenzSport Lunch Box is named after local trails (that inspired the bike) called the Lunch loops. Here’s some more information on the bike from…
Just saw this on ebay: Motobecane Outcast 29er SS. The Outcast 29er comes in 3 different colors: matt slate, cool white & matt bronze. Here are the specs: FRAME: 6061 Aluminum with horizonal dropouts, 2x H2O bosses, eyelets, rr rack bosses FORK: 4130 Chrome-Moly with etelets CRANKSET: TruVativ Aluminum 42T 175mm with bash guard BOTTOM…
SRAM too is celebrating an anniversary, its 20th year as a company. To celebrate this milestone, SRAM has redone the X-0 Rear Derailleur making it more compact, stronger and lighter. Here’s Velonews on the new X-0 Rear Derailleur: The new X.0 rear derailleur has a cage modeled after the Force road rear derailleur and will…