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).

I took delivery of the Redline D600 a few months ago to test it out. Mind you this review is at a view point of an entry-level 29er rider. The test bike I had was a medium, I’m 5’7″ and the fit on this was almost right with the exception of my short arms. With…

Editorial/RL Policar: We’ve assigned the responsibility of reviewing the Cardo BK-1 Duo to one of our Contributing Writers, Dial Tone. Read below see what he thinks of it. So I’ve taken the Cardo BK-1 Duo for several rides now and my initial impression still holds true. I’ve used it on road rides and until recently…

If you recall Cousin Joe and I raced on the 2Fast4You Tandem 2 years ago. Since I’ve been wanting to race on the tandem, I’ve put out the call to the guys on the race team to see who would be my new Stoker. Before I make this grand announcement, I’ll be holding auditions to…

I know I’m not the only one who will raid their hydration pack for food during the day…while at work, right? I mean, you guys do that too, right? Well, I for one, am not ashamed to admit that in the middle of the day while at the office, will occasionally go to my car…

As you all know we just had Labor Day. For us, this meant riding! On Saturday we headed over to Aliso Woods. Being out of shape, I cut my ride short while Lady P and Khoa went on to other parts of the trail to take photos. These two are notorious in taking photos during…

Taking notes from some clever Snickers commercials… Do you ever wonder why there are some days you just feel extra specially-slow? Well take it from me, a guy that can easily be like Betty White or a Diva if I don’t eat. Make sure you have something in your stomach at least 1-1.5 hours before…

SoCal was pretty humid this weekend. So much so that when you sweat, it doesn’t dry out so it can cool you down. Nope, all it did was stay on your body and make you more miserable. In fact, it was so humid that in the course of 2 days I must have showered at…