Check it out kids, we saw this fella after our ride on Saturday. It’s a homemade bike rack for a motorcycle. We spoke to the owner for a bit and he tells us that he gets people asking him all about it and often finds folks taking a picture of his rack, much like I…
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This past Saturday, we decided to round up a small group of friends to ride a local trail called Whiting Ranch. This trail was closed for a while due to some rain damage and it was obvious that the water did a number on the trail. So much so that the entrance didn’t look familiar…
Please welcome the newest member of the race team, Nick DiBlasi. Nick is relatively new to the whole sport of cycling in general. He’s been road riding for the last 2 years with his wife Megan. Nick got into BMX and mountain biking within the last 4 months. He’s been racing at the Orange Y…
Here’s something that I learned from Priscilla. Anytime she goes to some sort of day spa, they serve water with cucumber. I didn’t think anything of it until she made some for the kids and I at home. The cucumber reacts with the water and gives it this magical flavor that is utterly refreshing! So…
We touched on this a few weeks ago when we first heard that some of us were scheduled to appear in the June 2011 issue of Decline Magazine. Well I finally tracked down my own copies, one to read and one to save. In the photo you’ll see (from left to right) team racers, Corey…
A Very Special Happy Mother’s Day Greeting goes out to you, cuz’ we all have a soft spot for moms on two wheels. To the moms that are frumpy and don’t do much, we still would like to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day. But its not as special…
We’d like to wish Eric “The Animal” Hunner a very Happy Birthday! So I asked Animal what’s in store for him on this joyous day, he grunted one worded answers such as: food, eat, kill, plunder, pillage, ride, bike, beer. With that being said, from all of us at MtnBikeRiders.com and it’s Race Team, we’d…
If you’re a fan on our Facebook page, then you may have seen me post something about getting a Leisure Suit to race with in the upcoming Golden State Series Race #3. After getting some encouragement from our fans, I decided to order the suite. Here it is for your viewing pleasure. If it’s not…
Earlier this week, I had convinced my youngest to join me for a tandem ride through the Fullerton Loop. After riding 8 miles of the trail, I had asked her if she’d be interested in riding again on Saturday morning at one of my favorite trails, Aliso Woods. It took some convincing, but I was…
Over the weekend we participated in a track rental at the Orange Y that our friends Nick and Megan DiBlasi coordinated. This meant full access to the track and a working start gate. Since I’ve never done anything like this before, I felt a bit out of place and even intimidated. But after my first…