Review: Santa Cruz Butcher
This Sunday morning Santa Cruz Bikes was holding a demo ride for their bikes @ the Luge, a local trail. The night before I double-checked the start oRead More…
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).
Winter SSeries FinalSS:
This past weekend was host to the fifth and final race of the Southridge Winter Series. The weather however did not get the message that this was stiRead More…
FÅ«l Cargo Hydration Pack Review
Recently I have gotten the chance to use & review the FÅ«l Cargo hydration pack. The pack comes with a 2 liter bladder (a little smaller tRead More…
Winter SSeries #4: Winning the War of Attrition
This weekend was host for the 4th installation of the Southridge Winter Series. Heavy rain had preceded the race both the day and night before, even Read More…
Winter SSeries #3: One Gear, Four SSpeeds.
I came across this description of SS riding in the last few weeks. Single speed riding is riding with one gear and four speeds: standing, sitting, wRead More…
I Hate Hike-a-bike racing
The second race of the Southridge Winter Series was this weekend. The weather was a significantly warmer than the previous race two weeks ago by almoRead More…
SSouthridge Winter SSeries Opener
The first race of the year and the beginning of the Southridge Winter Series started this weekend in Fontana, CA. I was lucky enough to double-check Read More…
SSteel is Real… Heavy
Well, I completed my SS build just after Thanksgiving and have managed to log a over a hundred miles on it already. The frame is a Niner SIR9 with a Read More…
Funkier Update
So I’ve had some Funkier items for a few months now on a long term test. You can find their website here. The guys at Funkier were kind enough to seRead More…
Riding with MTNBikeRiders.com racers
So I had the rare fortune to ride with a couple of local heros Monday afternoon. I got to ride with Mark “the Polish” Hammer and Dan “Super B” BurdetRead More…