Mountain biking a destructive activity?
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: I thought the media were supposed to present a complete picture, not a biased one. In its Sept. 16 edition, the Tribune-Review, in a story titled “Pittsburgh becoming destination city for outdoors…
+1 for the Littler Guys
A few years ago I bought a Gary Fisher X-Caliber. That year’s Orange was the color I really wanted, but they ran out of that bike in my size. This was a bit of a bummer but the following year’s bike, a bland silver, was already on the showroom floor…
The First Annual, Quarterly Lift Assisted Ride Report, Part IV
Exposure also allows for some sweet views! In the middle of the valley, you can see the fireroad we climbed. The day before, we were on the other side of the mountain riding the slopes Just a few lessons learned from this past weekend of riding, plus…
The First Annual, Quarterly Lift Assisted Ride Report, Part III
The bikes: ready to rock the SART… or is it ready to be rocked by the SART? We soon find out. We jokingly considered buying lift tickets again for Sunday morning’s ride, but riding some of the best singletrack in So. Cal. was too tempting. After…
The First Annual, Quarterly Lift Assisted Ride Report, Part II
The morning trails were not what we were expecting when we decided to come up and do the lift-assisted riding. At least it was not what 3 of us were expecting. The two who had driven up for the morning are definitely on a different level of riding then…
The First Annual, Quarterly Lift Assisted Ride Report, Part I
Cabin sweet Cabin This past weekend three of us went up to the local mountains for one day doing lift-assisted riding and the second day riding the Santa Ana River Trail (SART). We drove up on a Friday night and stayed at a cabin that had a front porch…
Don’t be stupid
Don’t be stupid and pet mountain lion cubs… PORTOLA HILLS, Calif. (KABC) — A hiker was injured by a mountain lion after allegedly petting one of three cubs near Portola Hills in Orange County. It happened when the hiker was out for a…
Reminiscing about the newbie days…
Priscilla and I were up late talking about the video I posted with the Vholdr. I was explaining to her that as a beginner, parts of Rockit and Lynx I was terrified. I had only really been mountain biking less than a year when we headed out to this trail…
Ride Report: Chino Hills State Park, Earthquake Epicenter
The sign to Rolling M Ranch was obscured by weeds. A foreshadowing of the actual trail 3 of us woke up early on Saturday morning to ride some trails that I was unfamiliar with at Chino Hills State Park. CHSP stretches east to west from the City of Chino…
Pronghorn PR6
Back at Sea Otter 2008 our good buddy Steve Richey from Promologic gave Moe the first ever ride on the Pronghorn PR6. Pronghorn PR6 on the Sea Otter Demo Track Moe enjoyed the short ride immensely and it seems, so did Bike Magic which had many praises…