Fire XCPro 29er 2.1″ Tire Modeled after the incredible FireXCPro MTB tread. You get the multi-stepped knobs and specially shaped side wall knobs that has helped the 26″ Fires become one of the most popular treads of the last 10 years. * Multi-condition tread * Dual-directional tread….flip the tread to run in the rear. *…
Category: 29er
When people hop on any bike I ride, I always get the same question: Why are your brake levers setup at a downward angle? This setup is even more pronounced now that I have the Ergon grips installed on my X-Caliber. My buddy Jake, who hopped on it this morning, found the positioning a little…
Coyote Point, Area 51, Hogan Trail… trails names for this South Sierra Nevada Beauty I spent this past weekend in Stockton, California (half hour south of Sacramento) with the family. Stockton is where the wife is from so we visited family and spent a lot of time eating! Knowing that I would be stuffing my…
Jenson USA is offering 29er RST suspension fork for $86.75. Why is this significant? This is actually very significant to 29er fans because it now lowers the barrier of entry for non-29er riders to get onto a 29 inch bike. Having this low end fork available allows manufacturers to spec out cheaper (think sub $500)…
I went with some of my buddies to Chino Hills State Park for a ride this weekend. We did a 16 mile loop that included a mixture of fire road and singletrack. One of my good friends got to try mountain biking for the first time (he rode about 12 of the 16 miles, go…
Last night I stopped by RL’s place and picked up the new Sette Sierra 2 Bike Hitch Mount Rack sent by pricepoint. Here is pricepoint’s blurb on the rack: Reach your destination with ease Much like its counterpart the Sette Sierra 2 Bike Hitch Mount Rack features all of the same qualities of the Sierra…
Jax Bicycle Center in Fullerton helped put together a picture tutorial on how to increase the travel on a Rock Shox Reba fork from from 80mm to 100mm by removing the internal spacer. Wayne Kudol has performed this procedure many times over so he is extensively familiar with the ins and outs of this process.…
I’ve got to tell you, we’re getting some great weather here in Southern California. A group of us took advantage of the weather and went out riding this morning. We chose the always fun Fullerton Loop. I rode my X-Cal while a good friend of mine got to try out the new KHS Tucson. He…
Most 29er riders believe that it’s more difficult to endo on a 29er than it is on a 26 inch bike. They claim that because 29er bikes have a longer front axle to bottom bracket distance, you are less likely to endo. Others claim that because the 29ers have a longer wheelbase than a 26″…
The chatter coming out of mtbr.com forums confirms that Rock Shox is coming out with a different offset for the Reba fork. Not to get too technical, but the current offset is at 38mm while the suspected new offset will be 47mm. Increasing offset by nearly 10mm means quicker handling through the tight stuff. More…