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 almost 20 degrees. Not so much winter weather for the winter series. After the results from the last race…
What Makes You Fast?
I guess its different for everybody. Some guys train non-stop, some have crazy lite bikes, and some shave their legs. Well, I wish I had the time to train like crazy. Lite bike are super expensive. And I like having hair on my legs. So I looked to guys…
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 the weather the night before which showed high temperatures for the day in the high 50’s. It was not…
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 Fox 32 F29 fork and Industry Nine XC 29er wheels. Niner touts this frame as demonstrating that…
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” Burdett. Both Mark and Dan are great riders and all around good guys to hang with. I…
How NOT to Change your Chain
you HAVE to see this A great how to on How NOT to change your chain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7VDIKNWGlk&feature=player_embedded I think its Dave Turner. j/k
Ride Report: San Juan
San Juan Trail… We started at the bottom of the valley Dan & I headed out to San Juan this past Saturday for some riding. Dan was on his new Niner SIR9. I was on my Voodoo Canzo 29. The ride was cool, but not cold for the most part. Our version…
Redeeming my hour
After an exhausting day on Saturday, I got to bed early on Saturday night with absolutely no thoughts of riding on Sunday morning. Before drifting off to sleep at 10:30 (9:30, if you account for turning the clock back for Daylight Savings time) I woke up…
Ride Report: SART
It was a wet and cold morning as we started our SART Birthday ride In the rain on Saturday morning, Tim, Dan, Weyland & I headed out to Angelus Oaks for Tim’s birthday Santa Ana River Trail (SART) ride. The day started off a little weird for me as…
Fair Wheel Bike’s Titus 29’er Di2
Another successful trip to Las Vegas! This time the excuse was Interbike 2010. I planned my trip so that I could also attend the Outdoor Dirt Demo. After a few laps on the dirt I wanted to try something different. So I walked up to the Trek Road…