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 folks of KMX Karts sent us another kart to perform a review on. This baby is known as the ST Class. Here’s the specs: ST-Class Kart* 7-speed Adult Sports Trike with all-terrain wheels & tires A Quality New Adult Sports Trike At An Amazing Price The ST Class Features Award winning Winzip disk brakes…

The Woodstock 707 is equipped with the Sram X7 rear dérailleur and shifters. Tuning the dérailleur is a bit different from Shimano dérailleurs. One might notice that the X7’s don’t have adjusting barrels on the dérailleur it self. The adjusting barrel is actually located on the shifter pod. First step is to shift it so…

Evomo will debut new 2007 designs and give away an iPod at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California April 12 – 15. The new Evomo clothing designs include Braincase, MTB Agent and Flight which is multimedia composite of traditional screen printing, embroidery and stitched fabrics which, when combined, create a very unique and one…

DirtRag Magazine posted an article on making your own 29er/26er. This project aims to squeeze a 29″ wheel in the space of a 26″. By replacing a suspension fork with a shorter rigid fork, you’ll be able to utilize the space that the telescopic shock required and replace it with the larger wheel. It’s vital…

During my busy day at work today, I stopped to rest on a hill that I was climbing. As I was drinking water and catching my breath, a man rolls up in his fancy bike. This fella started to point out all my weeknesses as I was climbing the hill and began to give me…

Yup another hard day’s work for this mountain biker. Today I HAD to go ride the Fezzari Alta Peak to see how the Purple Extreme Chain Lube is holding up on the drive train. So I figured that I’ll take some pictures of my adventure. Sheep! The local high school apparently has some sort of…

Priscilla and I have an affinity for night riding. We got at least once a week and always have a great time. This week I wanted to mix it up a bit. So I brought out my Ibex Alpine with the Xtracycle attached. Xtracycle with my neon light, just for kicks. Using the Ibex/Xtracycle got…

We got bitten by the upgrade and decided to pimp out the Woodstock 707 with a fancy 120mm Manitou Black fork. Just a quick note, the steerer tube was previously cut to the same size as the old fork and the star nut was already installed. The current fork on the Woodstock 707 is a…

This morning was actually the first time that I got to throw a leg over the KHS Tucson. Well first of all, this bike is waay too big for me. Moe has a small Gary Fisher Cobia that I’ve ridden before which fits me just fine. The Tucson is a Medium and with my short…