Weirdest Thing You’ve Seen While Riding?
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…
The Pedal Smith in Corona
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…
Why a 69er?
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…
Sea Otter Classic moved to MAY for 2008
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…
More LenzSport Lunch Box
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…
Gary Fisher HiFi 29er
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…
Peters Canyon
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…
LenzSport Lunch Box
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…
Sub $350 29er Singlespeed
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…
Some New SRAM Stuff
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…