Last Friday I met up with one of my old coworkers, Dondino Dirige. He recently got into mountain biking and have not had a chance to ride since buying his bike during the Holidays. So Dondino and I decided to take a short 8 miler trip on the Fullerton Loop. I know we mention the…
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Check this out, the Sigma Sport BC 500 is on sale at RPM Cyclery for only $10.99! Here’s the specs: Sigma Sport’s BC 500 is an attractive and inexpensive cyclo-computer that features: speed, ride time, trip distance, odometer and clock. Plus, you can choose a scrolling display that automatically rotates through the functions or you…
So KMX Karts told me that they were sending us another KMX Kart, the ST Class to review. This time it was coming from a Santa Barbara, Ca. location. SB is about a few hours away from where I live. When I got the tracking info, it said that I should have had it here…
My favorite man in brown came today on his brown truck, that’s right, Mr. UPS Man dropped of the newest addition to the Ultimate All-Mountain Frame Build Up. Yup, you read it right. Hayes El Camino Disc Brakes. We’re setting up the AM2000 with a 7″rotor in the front and a 6″ in the back.…
A few days ago, Moe and I decided to go on a night ride. Moe was riding the Wonderful Woodstock 707 and I was riding the Ibex B-Series. Moe has been testing out the PrincetonTec Switchback lights that we received a few weeks ago. The last posting he did with them shows the light mounted…
Not too long ago, I decided to swap out the Rock Shox Tora fork that came stock on the Fezzari Alta Peak. I replaced it with a Marzocchi MX Pro with ETA. Here’s the specs on the new fork: TARGET WEIGHT (without steer tube) Travel 105mm: 1795 g. Travel 120mm: 1825 g. DAMPING SYSTEM Dual…
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MtnBikeRiders.com is always finding ways to be in the forefront of bicycle information. We’re happy to announce that Moe Ramirez will be heading up our newest initiative by tapping into a market that is has not been saturated by blogs/bicycle news sites and etc. Our newest site will cater to the Spanish speaking cyclist! El…
One of my favorite things to do is build up bikes from the frame up. So after we did the Ibex B-Series Build up, Moe and I got to thinking…”We need to build the best bike there is!” So we came up with the name, “The Ultimate ALL-Mountain Bike Build Up.” We figured we’d get…
To follow along with Jeremy’s Helmet Question. I figured I’d throw this out there. Now I rarely see a person not wearing a shirt while mountain biking, but it happens especially during the summer months. I guess if I have a figure like Biker Fox over here (pic above), then yeah, I’d ride without a…