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).

Dang I wish we had this option back when I was a kid… CHARLES TOWN â€�? Step into Valerie Dudash’s fitness lab at Charles Town Middle School, and all thoughts of gym being a class to dread fly right out the window. With a climbing wall, skateboards, mountain bikes and Dance Dance Revolution video game…

I saw this picture on the Fezzari website and thought to my self…”Would I do it?” The biggest drop I’ve ever done was at least 5 feet…

The winner of a brand new pair of Tifosi Optics Forza sunglasses is….. “Dondino Digiridoo of Fontucky, California!!!!!” Dondino provided the correct answer of “1400 Bike Dealers that are selling Tifosi Optics in the US” Congrats!!!

Last Friday Moe and I met up at the Fullerton Loop trail head to do some night ridin’. I suited up with my marshmallow helmet along with the Fezzari Alta Peak. Moe had his K2 Lithium to tackle the trails with. It was cotton pickin’ cold that night. I’m guessing around 40 degrees. I only…

I was on the Ibex Bikes website and saw that they are selling the Ibex Classic 3300 for $299! It just doesn’t get any better than that! Here’s the specs: Frame: Double-Butted 6061 Aluminum Fork: Cro-Moly Shifters: Shimano R400 Indexed Levers Front Derailleur: Shimano Sora Rear Derailleur: Shimano Sora Crankset: TruVativ Touro Triple Cassette: SRAM…

I’ve noticed that our servers are getting a number of good hits of people looking for “Sweetskinz Tires.” So I decided to enlighten you folks about Sweetskinz. First of all, these tires remind me of a very pretty girl. Yeah when you first see them your curiosity is awakened. But you’re not so sure on…

I didn’t even realize that they provided all sorts of How-To’s regarding bicycle maintenance. Some of the subjects they cover are: Mountain Bikes * Rear Derailleur * Front Derailleur * Disc Brakes Road Bikes * Rear Derailleur * Front Derailleur * Brakes And here’s the best part for us visual learners, it comes with pictures!!!!!…

Evomo Clothing has to be one of the coolest mountain biking clothing companies out there. Evomo is the most progressive lifestyle clothing brand to hit the mountain bike scene. They are a skate and surf inspired casual clothing line created by mountain bikers. So you know what this means to us mountain bikers? It means…

We’ve had some great entries for the contest so far. But I have to warn you. When you enter the contest, PLEASE give me a good answer. Not like, “my answer is 17” (that was courtesy of Jon Ruiz of Ontario…ssshhhhh don’t tell him I used his answer….). Seriously, the answer is super easy to…

Not only are they great in transporting our bike around. But they are actually pretty useful. For a long time I didn’t own a work stand. So I used the next best thing, my trunk mount rack. All I did was get some hooks and place them on the wall and mount my rack when…