NiteRider SolMate First impression
Light, mount and battery I needed a helmet mounted light and since I was really impressed by my NiteRider MiNewt Dual, I decided to purchase their NiteRider SolMate light. Here are the features from NiteRider.com: 4:00 HR Regulated Run Time Helmet Mount…
Sette Ryde ST-850 Suspension Dropper Seatpost: First Impressions
The Pricepoint people were nice enough to send us this Sette seatpost to review. I’m not sure how you pronounce that. Set-tay? Set? It looks like this is meant to be a cheap but effective version of the higher priced Gravity Dropper seatpost…
Tuesday Brews Day: Widmer Brothers, Snow Plow
New Year’s Day I found myself on a tough ride that started with a 6 mile climb. The wind was blowing hard all morning so my buddy and I were tuckered out when we got back to the trailhead. Luckily, I brought along a nice brew to end the…
Happy New Year!
Since we had a day off to celebrate 2008, we decided to organize a group ride with some of our best riding buddies. Scott and Jen Finch of RPM Cyclery, along with their two sons, Alex and Evan drove all the way out from Temecula, Ca to hit the Fullerton…
Top Ten Things of Two Thousand Seven
The Editors of MtnBikeRiders.com (that’s me and Moe!) have chosen our top 10 favorite things for the year of 2007. These are in no specific order… 1. Sea Otter Classic was by far my favorite bicycle event we went to this year. 2.TAG Wheels.…
Ride Report: Aliso Woods
As you may remember, we’ve been to Aliso Woods in more than a few occasions. What can I say, we love this trail! This week, MtnBikeRiders.com was a bit short handed due to the holidays, but that didn’t stop us from organizing a ride with some…
Thursday Tech Tip: How to Remove A Crank Arm…or two
This week’s Thursday Tech Tip was proudly presented by Jeremy Yang. He needed some help with the Redline Mono9’s crank arms. So rather than giving the boy the fish, I taught him how to catch a fish…and placed him in front of the camera…
Cold Weather Cross Training: Nirve Night Owl
Nirve Night Owl I was up in Nor Cal for Christmas this past weekend so I decided to bring the Nirve Night Owl for some pavement pounding or what I’d consider cross training. I got out at 7am in 30 degree weather with some wind… not the most…
P. Bush’s Crew
Picture from Washington Post People may not like President Bush because of his policies (and his popularity numbers bear this out) but we can not deny that he hasn’t raised public awareness and perception of mountain bikers. The Washington Post…
How to build your mountain biking confidence
The best way to build up your mountain biking confidence is to start working on your own bike. Working on your bike isn’t rocket science….well truing and building wheels might be. But having the knowledge and skills to repair your bike on the…