We headed over to the Shimano booth during the show and we met up with Shimano’s most handsome employee, Robert Plumb. He showed use the new ICE technology where it uses heat sinks to cool of your brake pads faster, thus more effective braking and less fade. New sleeker brake lever/master cylinder. Modulation was pretty…
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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).
Redline Bicycles 2012 offerings at Interbike included the following: D610 D620 The classy Monocog in a new color. One thing I may add, Redline’s CX bikes are purdy! Check out this CX team edition with hydraulic brakes! Conquest
Hi folks, Yep, we’re at Interbike, its fun and all that, but we wanted to give you a heads up, Internet here sucks! Our Wifi at the Sands Expo isn’t all that great and its pretty much non-existent at our condo. So that means we’ll be posting our content up when we can. But if…
For the last few months I’ve been talking quite a bit about our famous tuxedo jerseys. In all honesty not everyone can or will wear this jersey. Some folks are a bit more conservative and don’t really want to attract any type of attention to themselves. Some actually think these things are hideous. But then…
We can’t promise you groupies, a salary nor fame. But we do promise you a few cool perks such as Helicopter Shuttles for DH practice, pet monkey, beer at the races (provided by Art), mani-pedicures, and an unlimited supply of peanut butter(1 jar per person). So if you’re interested in joining the MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team…
This evening Priscilla and I ventured out on this super top secret trail that no one really knows about. I’d tell you but then you’ll ruin it because its such a fun place you’ll want to ride there and invite all your friends, then it wouldn’t be secret anymore… Tonight’s ride was a bit different.…
Loyal reader, Cat McKinnon submitted a product review of a set of Wellgo pedals. Scroll down to read a great review. I’ve been needing a new set of pedals for a while now, so I fired up my web browser, checked out a couple online dealers’ websites and looked at dozens of platform-style pedals (I…
Big thanks to the folks who placed an order earlier last month, if you were part of the first batch of tuxedos, you would have received an email stating your jersey is ready. For those who are still on the fence about getting one, here are some convincing photos that you NEED to get a…
If you folks recall, my favorite Iowan is Justin Betz. I received an email from him not too long ago talking about how the blue tuxedo jersey gave him super powers during a race and even won the fashion show.-RL Policar Hey, I was just gonna let you know. A while back I asked for…