Ok kids here’s a little riding tip that I can’t seem to stress enough…ELBOWS OUT. Here’s a perfect example of Art riding with his elbows out. This is applicable when you’re climbing up a hill. It works even better if you’re the driver of a tandem. You need the widest bars you can find and…
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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).
In the times we’re living in, the economy is taking a toll on many mountain bikers. Some are unemployed, while others make squat and so that forces us to save as much money as we can in other parts of our life. Whether its by riding your bike to work, buying generic or having to…
Our recent beer review from our friend Rick Nicholson brings us a season appropriate beverage that is just in time for Halloween. Ahhh, that time of the year is slowly approaching and how appropriate it is that Newcastle has released Werewolf Blood Red Ale as part of their seasonal brew lineup, and just in time…
Not sure if you already know this, but if someone were to say “Ya I’d have a beer with him” that usually means the person in question is cool enough to hang out with. Here’s what I mean by this. There’s people in your life that you would want to spend more time with and…
Not sure if you can relate to this, but if you’re out riding you get to a certain section of the trail where you want to either get a video or photo of you coming down, jumping or doing something cool so you can use it for your next profile picture on Facebook. Ya you…
As I mentioned a few days ago, Torker Bicycles sent over the new Skookum for us to review. After assembling it, I was ready to take it out on its maiden voyage at the wold famous Fullerton Loop. • Lightweight alloy frame in 4 sizes. • Suntour XCT 80mm travel fork. • SRAM/SR Suntour 24…
They just arrived this morning. Big thanks to those that took advantage of the Pre-Order, they’ll be shipping out later this week!
With more and more 5-6″ travel bikes becoming mainstream in mountain biking, using these longer travel bikes for longer rides are becoming easier. Take for example my weekend. Between Dan Burdett, our friend Eric Young and I, we each had 5-6″ travel bikes. We rode up a bunch of climbs just so we can bomb…
Did you know that Torker Bicycles is breaking into the mountain biking game? In recent years, Torker has focused on commuter/utility/leisure bicycles. So it was a great surprise to me when I saw them introduce the new Skookum. Here it is in the box! I’ll be assembling the Skookum in the next few days and…
No matter how much you stay away from it, you still want to go back! I don’t know about you, but as much as I love my 5-8″ travel bikes, there’s just something alluring about a beautifully made steel frame mountain bike. Prime example, a Soma Analog, simple and classy lines has me wanting it…