Last Friday, Moe and I headed down to Rancho Dominguez to the headquarters of KHS Bicycles to conduct an interview/company profile. KHS Bicycles Hall of Fame. Just to give you an idea who KHS Bicycles is, here’s their bio: “KHS Bicycles Inc. was founded in 1974 as an American-based company distributing the KHS brand of…
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Remember the “How To” I did a few days ago where I removed my daughter’s training wheels and cranks? Well we’ve been practicing for a couple of days and I am very proud to say that my 5 year old Aleah is riding on her own! The whole point of this DIY was to teach…
Here’s another Helmet Cam Productions video from our morning ride through the Fullerton Loop. Please excuse the vulgar language in the song. I like the beat, but some of the words aren’t so nice.
Yesterday I was doing some jumps on my lawn with the K2 Lithium and on my last jump I tried to do a little flair kick thingy and landed it the wrong way…sideways. First I thought I just tweaked the rim, but later I found out I broke a spoke. So I took it to…
We’ve been testing the Woodstock 707 for a few weeks now. I wanted to give everyone an update on how the bike is doing. The Woodstock 707 is packing heat with the SRAM X-7 shifters and rear derailleur. I’m really enjoying the taste and feel of these shifters and have found them to be very…
They say, there’s no other joy in the world than teaching your kids to ride a bike. Sure I hear ya, but my back doesn’t seem to agree. I’ve tried many times to run behind my daughter’s bike while holding her seat but to later feel back spasms from hunching over. While we were at…
The Winner of the VideoBikeRepair.com DVD is none other than……(drum roll) Robert Fleming of Edmonton, Alberta…eh! Congrats to Rob for providing the correct answer to the question…”On the video preview seen HERE, which brand of V-Brakes were they working on?â€�? His answer was, Avid Brakes. Thanks for all of those that participated. We did have…
I was at Wal-Mart this morning getting some stuff for the garage and I over heard a husband and wife complaining to the Wal-Mart (insert sarcasm…right about…..HERE!) “Bike Mechanic” about how her brakes on the new bike she bought…a Pacific something or other…were rubbing on one side. The “Mechanic” or the guy that was assigned…
The guys at KHS Bicycles posted some great info about their Solo One 29er. Check out these pics! Read More HERE.