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Sea Otter Classic, one of the best mountain biking events of the year (if not THE best), is offering a 15% discount for those registering for the races. Click here to watch the video and get the promotion code for 15% off. By the way, the Sea Otter Classic is going to be held on…

In case you didn’t see the video yet, I just want to say that “YEEEEA, YEEEEA, YEEEAH…I WOOOOONNNN!!!!!!!!” 😀 I am so excited about this weekends race. Southridge is one of the most technical and difficult trails for me to ride so I am so happy to have barely made it out of there in…

A little off topic but it is biking related. I purchased a cheap commuter through bikesdirect.com. It came with a little dent, 3/4″ by 1/2″, on the seat tube about 6 inches up from the bottom bracket facing forward. The dent does not affect the structural integrity of the bike but it is ugly. The…

As most of you know the Team MtnBikeRiders has been representin’ strong in our first few races. The team has been training hard these past few months and we’ve been having a great time out there! RL has done a great job with setting us up with some of the best companies out there for…

The moon was still out. After the shuttle, we rode a short fireroad climb to the drop in for the singletrack While most of the mtnbikeriders.com crew was doing some pre-riding of the Fontana race course, a few of us decided to head out to the San Gabriel mountains for some wicked good riding. Even…

For over a year and a half, Priscilla has been taking spin classes. Sometimes she’ll go as many as 2 times a week and do her own spin session at home. So after many months of false promises that I’ve made telling her I would go, I finally did. Our local gym has a Monday…

Jax Bike Shop owner, Dave Hanson, is featured on Bicycle Retailer and Industry News website. The interview took place on BRAIN’s dealer tour. Hanson is a gregarious man who speaks in a booming voice and gestures excitedly as he describes his business practices. He prides himself on honesty and shares the shops’ financial figures with…

Just ask Steve Peat and Nathan Rennie… they’ll tell ya!  But seriously, I have to give props to RL Policar for all of his hard work these past two races.  As a Team Captain/Mgr role he has been more than supportive for the entire Team.  He’s provided everything for us from a tent (shelter from rain),…

We recieved the Selle Success RTM saddle recently. The RTM is a sweet looking red saddle with titanium rails and a carbon fiber under. It weighs in at a pretty competitive 206 grams. Selle Success RTM Red Saddles are a very subjective piece of equipment. My background in saddles are all WTB. I started off…

Recently my coworker gave me an old GT Palomar. It was a 13 inch frame and as soon as I showed it to my daughter Breanna, she fell in love with it. You would think that a World Class Mountain Biking Blogger such as I would have a whole litter of mountain biking kids. Well…