Author: Moe Ramirez

July 11-12th (2009) several members of the Mtnbikeriders.com team made it out to Southridge Park for the third installment of the California Golden State presented by Rock Shox.  The fourth and final round will be in Mammoth(!) Sep 4th-5th, hopefully we’ll see you there! It was sweltering hot weekend, with temps in the nineties and…

My race weekend started on Friday when I went to scope out the course right after work. I walked to the top and recognized some of the course that Tom had laid 3 weekends ago. Lower rock garden The course was totally different from any previous races,we had a couple of rock gardens and a…

When I first started riding Downhill, I was riding with goggles. After a few races and falls, I started disliking how goggles sort of impaired my riding. Another annoying thing about goggles is that unless you have the multiple lenses (which can be a little pricey) you are stuck with on shade of lens. Not…

Back in January we posted a sneak peek of the Sette Vexx Downhill Frame: Well, the Vexx is finally available, but in black: The frame looks pretty slick, and at $899.98 you can definitely build a decent DH rig for a grand less than a similarly looking Fezzari Windows Peak Deemax which sells for $4,450.…

A few of us headed to Fontana last weekend to do some DH practice runs. We met Donny and Tom as we were walking our bikes to the top and the interim course was already laid out. Anyhow, it looks like some of us are a little rusty: Mike Stoner looking for worms Ian smelling…

Rl and I hit the loop for a quick short ride to “feel” and do minor adjustments to the Soul Cycles Dillinger. After a few quick saddle and seatpost adjustments, we were ready to hit the trail. OK, so let’s start with the geometry, the bike felt “big” as in tall, but I was not…

Besides riding a bike, I find that building a bike is almost as satisfying. I have finally finished assembling the Soul Cycles Dillinger, it is quite a nice looking bike! The bike is greener than my grass! Reba Race with poplock. XTR brake levers, Ergon Grips, Answer CF handlebar, Ritchey Stem, Powercordz Brake cables. Crank…

We just got a heads up from Kim Finch regarding this race: At a base elevation of 6775′ , Rim Nordic Ski Area is located in the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California, U.S.A., on Highway 18 – 5 miles east of Running Springs, across from Snow Valley Mountain Resort on the way to…

Team MtnBikeRiders.com racer Kim Finch sent us some information to share about Ellsworth’s Pink Project Jerseys. This project is very dear to her heart since she happens to be a cancer survivor and an Ellsworth fan. Tony Ellsworth and his crew continue to support the research and development of Breast Cancer by continuing their financial…