Author: Moe Ramirez

I’ve been riding the Loop for over 4 years and I never had the chance to ride it ‘backwards’. Since today I’m taking a personal day, I decided to give it try. As some of you may know, the loop is a busy place, you have hikers, walkers, dogs, horses and fellow mountain bikers. I…

This year, the weather was good at the Sea Otter Classic 2008. We took advantage of the weather to test ride bikes that are out of our budget reach. Jeremy and I took a couple of Titus Racer X on the Sea Otter testing grounds. I’m not an exclusive ’29er only’ rider, but I do…

Specialized will be at the Fullerton loop today (4/24/2008) with their fleet of test bikes from 4:00pm – 8:00pm. Come on down and test ride some the best bikes there is. We’ll also be there to check out some of their new bikes and talk to their rep about what is new at Specialized.

RL, Jeremy and I had the opportunity to test a few bikes on a ‘demo loop’ at Sea Otter, here are the pictures: We test rode the Spot Brand 29er SS, the Titus Racer X 29er, Pivot Mach 4 and a Pivot 429, stay tuned for those ride reports!

I was really intrigued by this bike so I asked Steve to let me borrow the bike for the quick, but awesome product demo route. He mentioned that no one has tested the bike in the US, and I will be the first one to do so. So here is the exclusive quick ride report:…

What: Rudy Project Rydon ImpactX Unifying seamlessly advanced design technology and materials science, the RYDON™ blends cutting-edge ergonomic features with advanced materials (Carbon, Aluminum, Magnesium, Silicium and Titanium) to create a super-lightweight, versatile, high performance sunglass. Rydon™ has been uniquely engineered with a carbonium frame and revolutionary aerospatial aluminum alloy (Kynetium™) temples which combine Magnesium,…

I got up early this morning to meet our buddy Vince Rodarte at Turnbull Canyon or TBC as we often refer to it. Turns out that TBC used to be Vince’s backyard so he knows the trail very well. Vince forgot his bike at work, so he had to borrow one of my bikes. Being…

I picked up this energy spray made by Kickers at my local Wally World for $2.49. The spray is supposed to give you about 80 applications, you simply spray it under your tongue 5 times, hold it for 30 seconds and swallow. What the package doesn’t tell you is the Gawd Awful taste that this…