Southridge Winter Series #5 – Joe’s Race Report
The weekend started early on ALL counts for me. On Friday I headed to Fontana to pre-ride the DH & Super D course. With only two races left, I am currently in good standings with the overall points for the Winter Series in both – Super D…
Shimano Winter Series #5: RL’s DH Race Report
This race was the 2nd to the last of the 6 part series. You would have to race at least 5 of the 6 to qualify for the overall points. So far, I’m the only one in my category that has raced at least 4 and the next race on the 22nd would make it…
Kim Finch: SRC #4 XC and DH
From the Champ herself, Kim Finch talks about her race experience from the Shimano Winter Series #4 There was not much time for training for this race with all the rain, but I did manage to get a couple rides in. I mostly focused on injury recovery from…
GAMUT’s P30 Chainguide and Bashguard
We just received the P30 chainguide and bashguard from Gamut. The P30 is lightweight unit and is specific to a 36T chainring.  It can be used on all gravity disciplines such as Dual Slalom, 4X, Freeride and Slope Style however we are going to…
Shimano Winter Series #4: RL’s Downhill Report
This was race #4 of a 6 part series at Fontana. What’s neat is we’re starting to see familiar faces of other racers and we’ve made a few friends here and there. On Friday I was able to take one practice run right after the marked the DH course. One…
First Impressions: POC Bone Leg and Arm protective armor
I met the reps of POC at Interbike 2008. New products for 2009 from this Swedish company and makers of snow/ski products are BIKE gear. To be more specific – gear that would cater to the extreme side of bikes, such as Downhill (DH), Freeriding,…
Shimano Winter Series #3: Kim Finch
We are finished with the third race in the SRC winter series! The weather was cold and wet both Saturday & Sunday. I chose to run the Super D race and the Downhill race this week and let the XC race to Priscilla, David & Eric. Saturday morning…
Winter Series Race #3 Race report from The Moe
Well, this weekend was not The Moe’s weekend. The weather played a major factor on my decisions on what to wear. For SuperD, I didn’t think it was going to be cold so I raced with just my Limited Edition Team MtnBikeRiders.com jersey, boy was…
Rain, rain go away…Winter Series #3 Joe’s Race report
This past weekend’s race was needless to say – WET. Our forecast in SoCal called for rain and boy did we get it all weekend long.  Saturday I opted out of the XC race. I decided to take pictures of XC and save my legs for the Super D later in…
MtnBikeRiders.com gets Lucky
A KHS Lucky 7 that is! Our good friends from KHS Bicycles have given us a Lucky 7 to review and race. The Lucky Seven happens to be the KHS Factory Team weapon of choice for the Fontana Series, they choose this bike because of the infamous…