Category: Mountain Biking

Rather than having to go to multiple locations on Turkey Day, my family opted to meet this weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving. So Randy, along with his wife Soraya and kids drove in from Yuma, Az. last night. Having forgotten his portable bar, we rode the bikes down to 7-11 to get some life essentials…beer for…

The day after Thanksgiving will be Le Tour De Tryptophan here in Fullerton Ca. This is a 24hour event…not really a race but who ever can get the most laps around the Fullerton Loop wins some really cool prize. Here’s some info on the event that our buddy Steve Boehmke is putting on. Ride and…

I was given an old rim by Jax Bicycles of Fullerton. Immediately I thought about making a coat hanger with it. So here are some basic steps. This originally was a complete wheel. But I snapped off the spokes and saved a few of them for a later project. I took a regular plastic hanger…

It’s been a while since I’ve even mentioned rebuilding my old Giant Warp frame. But I’ve been slowly been piecing it together and today I was finally able to complete it. So here’s the tale of the tape: Sram X7 shifters and rear derailleur Spinner Cargo Fork Avid BB5 Disc Brakes WTB Wheelsset WTB Saddle…

Normally I delete all those stupid emails with goofy stories but I couldn’t pass this one up when I saw the title. With RL’s recent post about how people get excited over their bikes I thought this would be appropriate. Well maybe appropriate is a bad word. This gentleman(I use that term loosely) was caught…

I’ve always been an advocate for helmets. But for some reason I’m hearing more and more stories of mountain bikers not wearing them while riding. I don’t have a clue why anyone wouldn’t wear one on the trail…things can be unpredictable out there. Check out this clip, the dude does one stunt with out a…

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