Up above the clouds. We think the mountain seen on the top left of the picture is Catalina Wow, what a beautiful Saturday it was above the clouds. As it is many times in Southern California in June, we were experiencing a bit of June gloom. I woke up on Saturday morning and left the…
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Boy I tell ya, if I had a nickel for every time some one says that to me while I’m on the 2Fast4U Tandem…I’d have enough for a 20 piece box of Chicken McNuggets! Without fail as soon as my daughter and I are on the trail, some guy has to make a crack about…
One thing I learned while hanging out with Mike Kaelon of KHS Bicycles was this…Boeshield works best as a polish. He explained that all the years he’s worked Interbike, Boeshield works best in making your bike look good and get rid of finger prints. So I decided to try it, sure enough, he was right!…
Justin Betz is a loyal eader of the world famous MtnBikeRiders.com and BikeCommuters.com. I had received an email from Justin about a week ago that read something like this…. Dear MtnBikeRiders.com, My name is Justin Betz, I love your site so much that I have saved up all my money for a plane ticket to…
Unfortunately we’re not talking about balancing on your bike, you should already be good at that by now. But the balancing I’m talking about in this article has to do with 2 of the most important things in your life, family and riding. We all know that making those two work together is essential to…
Just today I went over the the USA HQ of KHS Bicycles. I had contacted one of our good friends, Vince Calvillo regarding an issue that I had with Priscilla’s KHS XC 604. I noticed a bit of play in the rear triangle and asked if Vince could take a look at it. Fortunately I…
This here thing is what they call a Northrock Bicycles XC6 mountain bike. It has a 24spd drive train, front suspension and retails around $299. Oh and they’re only available through your local Costco. The problem with buying a bike from Costco is that the guys who assemble these bikes have never been properly trained…
The Jet9 Returns! … and I got to ride it today. No pictures on the ride, but it was a good ride, nonetheless. I spent most of the time fiddling with the saddle height, the rear derailleur and I don’t have the rear pressure dialed in to my liking yet but I got to ride…
One of only two pictures of me and my Jet9 before it was stolen Last June my Niner Jet 9, fresh from being returned to me from recall, got stolen off the back of my car in Stockton, CA. I filed a police report and posted an ad on Stockton Craigslist and other than some…
Within the MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team, we have given each other nicknames based on characteristics that person has. So when it was time to give Art Aguilar a nickname, we felt that YODA fits the bill just right. Let me explain why we chose that name. For one, Art and Yoda are about the same height.…