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).

Good question. We were once part of CommuteByBike.com. Yeah, the three of us, RL, Moe and Randy decided to breakaway and start our own initiative towards mountain biking. Don’t get me wrong, we have nothing but love for CommuteByBike.com and we all love to commute still. But mountain biking has been our passion for a…

From all of us here at MtnBikeRiders.com… Happy Holidays! You like my ornament? I got it a few years ago for Christmas.

Get on the Ibex Zone FR-1. I’ve mentioned this bike already this week on the site and the reason why I bring it up again is because I still can’t beleive that right now, Ibex is offering the Zone FR-1 for $999! Here’s the specs just incase you forgot. Frame: 6061 Aluminum – 7″ Travel…

Randy wrote this tutorial for CommuteByBike.com a while back. He wrote another DIY sewing project for KNICKERS. I was needing a saddle bag of the Paratrooper. I knew that they range anywhere from $20 – $30. I thought to myself, why not save a couple of bucks and make one. Today was a slow day…

I wrote this for a different commuter site. But I figured you all might enjoy it. For the most part putting Slime into presta valves was a bit of a mystery for most consumers. But you’d be surprised to know that you could actually get it done for half the price it would have cost…

No I’m not saying the Tifosi Optics products are just for the ladies. I’m just saying, Tifosi luvs the ladies as much as I luv my special lady. They dig chicks so they offered eyewear just for the hunnies. This is the Quam. This is the Czar. They actually have a pretty good line up…

So I sit here at my desk thinking what would I like little baby Jesus to bring me for Christmas. I kept thinking and thinking….so I finally got it! No it’s nothing bike related at all. It’s actually something I haven’t seen or have had in a few years… Yeah…its fruit cake. What? I don’t…

Courtesy of Dirt Rag Magazine. The Bullit may have disappeared from the Santa Cruz lineup for a few years, however the reports of its demise were premature. The rugged single-pivot Bullit is returning to the 2007 Santa Cruz lineup, and will be appearing on showroom floors by mid-April. When I asked Santa Cruz to sum…

It’s pronounced: “LOW-KAH”…I think… This sweet looking women’s jersey is offered by Loeka. Loeka – Women’s only mountain bike and lifestyle apparel. Ladies, Loeka is for you! Helping you take the bite out of fall and those cool spring evenings, our long sleeve jerseys paired with our tech shorts give you the added warmth needed,…

Fedex just dropped of our first project on MtnBikeRiders.com, a brand new B Series Frame from Ibex Bicycles. Though the B Series bike was discontinued for 07, but it will be back on 08, we liked the frame so much that we asked Mr. J of Ibex about building one. He even threw in an…