Vigilante Justice, Anyone?
not that I am promoting this or anything like it… A financial manager for wealthy clients will not face felony charges for a hit-and-run because it could jeopardize his job, prosecutors said Thursday. Martin Joel Erzinger, 52, faces two misdemeanor…
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…
Check out my new-to-me tandem
I recently picked up this Diamondback Wildwood Tandem off an ad from Craigslist on Tuesday. Team Racer, Joe Solancho and I had discussed entering the Mt Sac Fat Tire Classic XC Race in the Tandem Category. Only problem was we didn’t have a tandem…
How The Hammer Does it.
Last Sunday, (10/17/2010) the Triple Crown Series began with a race at Bonelli Park, San Dimas. Though Team Racer, Mark “The Polish Hammer” Tomas has been racing for us since mid-summer, this was the first event that we actually got to see…
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
I was talking to Team Racer, Mark Tomas this morning about something I had heard about him through another friend. Rumors had it that when T Mark lines up at the races, and the buzzer goes off, he instantly turns into something he’s normally…
Are you an Ugly Mountain Biker?
If you are, and you have trouble making friends, meeting a girl or getting married, then you better listen up! If you ride quite a bit and are facially challenged, then start pimping out your other assets rather than your face. Here’s where…
Inner Tubes, Why you gotta be so expensive?
Recently I had to purchase 2 tubes for Priscilla’s bike (this was before Ghetto Tubeless Conversion). We went down to the local sporting goods store to get 2 presta tubes. When I saw the sticker price, I nearly crapped my pants! $5.99 EACH! What…
Is it possible to make a Dirty Dog Rotor Better?
The answer is a yes and no…As is, Dirty Dog Rotors are pretty fantastic. But with a bit of magic, you can make them just a TAD (pun intended, but you’ll get it later) bit better. Here’s what I did. I took Priscilla’s tad pole…
Pickle Juice, Not just for Pickles anymore!
Not too long ago, I had gone on a short turn around trip to Mammoth Mountain. That meant we left @ 2am and once we got to Mammoth, we rode until 4pm. Keep in mind, we were riding in 9,000 feet elevation, so we made sure we were plenty hydrated.…