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).

The French say he’s juiced up, but Landis says the French are screwed up…. PARIS (AP) – Follow-up tests on backup urine samples by Tour de France champion Floyd Landis found traces of synthetic testosterone, the French sports newspaper L’Equipe reported Monday. The tests on seven “B” samples clearly showed traces of the banned substance,…

Got the word from Vince Rodarte at KHS Bicycles. The new KHS Solo One is here….here’s the details. From the mouth of Rodarte: “Latest Release Aluminum Solo One 29er in Burnt Orange is NOW IN STOCK! Unlike the prototype(seen at Interbike), the actual production bike showed up in a darker Burnt Sienna Brownish color.This bike…

A while back I received an email from Owner/Rider of Woodstock Bikes, Jimmy Rigsby on another way of tunning a rear derailleur. Check it out: Here is another method that might be helpful: Set the left shifter in the middle gear (which will be where the chain is on the middle chain ring of the…

Check out the new trunk mount Saris rack…its pink! Cool huh… Apparently for every pink rack sold, $5 goes to breast cancer research.

You’ve seen our posting about Ergon Grips. Well while we were at Sea Otter, our buddy Steve Boehmke hooked us up with a pair of grips. These are the new 2007 MP1 grips. I installed it on Priscilla’s bike, the Ibex Trophy. Here’s a closer look. Man…I’m a bit jealous! These are the best grips…

Fire XCPro 29er 2.1″ Tire Modeled after the incredible FireXCPro MTB tread. You get the multi-stepped knobs and specially shaped side wall knobs that has helped the 26″ Fires become one of the most popular treads of the last 10 years. * Multi-condition tread * Dual-directional tread….flip the tread to run in the rear. *…

We recently received a new headset for our project bike from IRD also known as Interloc Racing Design. They sent us the Techo-Glide headset to be used on the AM2000. So I spent the morning installing this bad boy. First things first, I greased up the inside of the head tube. Greased the lower cup.…

I received this new hydration pack from PUSH…well basically its the pack that Randy designed and built…by hand! Yup we’ve got a Martha Stewart in our midst and he’s not afraid to use his talent! So I’ve been asking him if I could have it since he was making another one…from scratch! Sho-nuff, he sent…

Southridge or some may call it SRC, is a great place to go riding. It’s has a XC course, Downhill course and 4cross track. NORBA hosts its national events here and you’ll often see pro’s like Eric Carter as well as some of the KHS Downhill team members racing at this trail. Anyhow, Priscilla decided…