Author: RL Policar

RL Policar is an avid mountain biker and the Editor In-Chief of MtnBikeRiders.com and BikeCommuters.com. Between the two sites, he's published well over 4,000 articles (and growing).

A while back our resident Beer Expert, Lance “Lush” Lowry reviewed a stout called Old Rasputin. Moe gave me a bottle of this stuff to try. As I’m drinking it I’m reading Lance’s review and trying to see if I could taste what he’s talking about…Well I don’t know about the sweet oatmeal taste he’s…

Cycle Simplex Tandem Roof Rack Model Tested: One Tandem One Regular Bike Roof Rack Price: $269.00 As stated on their website: CycleSimplex Mountain, Road, Recumbent, Tandem and Children’s Bike Racks for the car, van, SUV or truck The best line of bike racks at the lowest price – our bike racks are perfect for the…

Biking is a great metaphor for life’s ins and outs. Take your trails for instance. If you’re riding the same one for weeks on end it can get dull and tiresome. Not that riding is tiresome but often we just need something different to break up the repetition and revive our minds. Today we’ll do…

This morning’s topic of conversation was referring to your bike as a girl or boy. Lance and Jeremy kept saying “she and her” every time they talked about their bikes. Personally I’ve always looked as my bike as more of an animal. Kinda like horse. But lately my bike has been more like a rebellious…

Check out my new threads from Spectrum Tech Wear. This is the SST Jersey. This jersey is made out of Chitosante Pique Fabric. Chitosante is new fabric that is not only anti-bacterial, but its also certified by the US, Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s what’s cool about this jersey, its made from Crab and Shrimp shells!…

About a week ago my email was hacked. Guess what, this hacker is part of the bike industry.How do I know that, well for one thing he was emailing my bike industry contacts. People that we deal with for reviews, ads and etc. This punk sent an email to some of the major players that…

As you may have noticed, we are big fans of KHS Bicycles. In fact this particular build, unlike Moe’s XC Racer project, is sponsored by KHS Bicycles. The great folks of KHS supplied us this bullet proof DJ300 frame. We’re planning on using this to do some 4X and of course dirt jumping. Here’s the…

There are many times when I’m climbing a steep hill and for some reason I hit a soft spot or a rock that causes me to lose my mojo and eventually needing to stop. What’s frustrating about this is that sometimes getting back on your bike to climb the hill again can be tricky. Heck…

Interbike was about one month ago to the day. As I walked around the Sands Expo, I had heard so many pitches and schpeels about why this and that product was far more superior than the other. I especially love the companies that have a new item where perhaps there really don’t have any competition.…