Are you working on your own bike yet? Or are you still paying someone to do it for you?
Ok this letter is directed to some of you people that are STILL taking your bikes to you the LBS. Sure there’s valid reasons why you need to take a bike to the LBS for some repairs or services such as “I like to get reamed when paying for a…
See what you can win!?!
Remember that contest that I posted where I asked people to guess what part of my body this photo was from? Well after getting some entries…all with the wrong answer! Chris Arnold, a loyal reader won! I had promised in the contest that I would give…
Where do your dollars go towards Mountain Biking?
In order to serve our readers better, we want to know what it is you are spending your money on towards mountain biking? The reason why we ask, we want to start a weekly “Deal Day” where we bring you information on who’s having a sale…
How to Service a Freewheel
A while back Moe and I were talking about the freewheel on his Single Speed 29er. He mentioned that he was getting some dirt and grit in there and wanted to know how to service it. So after contacting our buddy Vince Rodarte of KHS Bicycles, he wrote a…
Review: Raxter Rack 2 Bike Extension
Who: From Raxter Racks website: Introducing RAXTER – The new standard for value in a wheel mount hitch rack. RAXTER is lightweight, it’s EASY to install, EASY to load, EASY to store! The innovative design of RAXTER gives you the ability to move…
Weight Loss Wager Update End of Week 2
RL: -9lbs, -4.46% Vince Rodarte: -12lbs, -4.96% Total Money pledged: $467 Vince got me this week. The stud is really trimming down fast! He gained some momentum while losing weight! This week is the time where Vince and I are convinced that its going to…
Ride Report: Aliso Woods with a flock of friends
This Saturday’s group ride let us to one of our favorite trails, Aliso Woods. We were joined by some of the regulars as well as some not so regular folks. One of the things that made this ride interesting for Priscilla was the fact that she was…
Stolen Bike Alert
If you live in the Tampa Area, please look out for this bike, it belongs to Jack “Ghost Rider” Sweeney’s wife: Some dirty bastard scofflaw made off with my wife’s Biria yesterday from the employee parking garage at Tampa General…
Avid BB5 Mechanical Disc Brake on Sale
Pricepoint.com has a killer deal on some BB5’s. These normally retail around $60-$70, right now they’re only $34.98! Priscilla and I both run Avid BB5’s on our bikes. In fact this is the same set that I’m using for my…
Some link love…
Our friend Jay (trial n errors) wrote an article over at Evomo about his first xc race. I’ve been able to talk with his wife Cheryl through our myspace accounts. Super great couple and and I was really encouraged to hear that she decided to enter…