AIRBORNE TOXIN’S HIT SEA OTTER As all you fans know we at MtnBikeRiders.com have been running the Airborne TAKA’s for the last two seasons with great effect on the local downhill circuit and I know all you fans of the site who fallow our FaceBook fan page (if your not like it now) as well…
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FOR FUN AND LOVE I know we don’t do pro race coverage and we do cover our MtnBikeRiders.com’s team racing. We do believe in the amateur riders and racers. These are the guys and gals who go form race to race or just do one race they have saved for all year. The younger kids…
KIDS ON THEIR BIKES Sea Otter is one of the biggest bicycle festivals in the US let alone the the west coast and every time I attend whether it be as a athlete, vendor, or media person it never fails to amaze me that Sea Otter is also about family. All the athletes that race…
DON’T THROW OUT THAT TREE STUMP YET! As I was walking by I noticed these shiny helmets, but what caught my eye was the fact that they were made of wood, that’s right “WOOD”. The person behind this beautiful creations is Dan Coyle of Coyle Designs. What Dan does is he gets your measurements…
Our first geocache contest yielded a winner in less than 1.5 hours! Congrats to Paul for finding the cache. So for the next contest, the following items will be hidden: Genuine Innovations Seal N Flate, Sockguy Planet Bike Wool Socks and a bottle of Finish Line Wet Lubricant The prize package was combined into a…
NUMBER ONE IN SAFETY Dainese USA is at the Sea Otter classic and they have been coming out with new stuff these last few years. It was the Boa system knee and elbow last year. Its good to see them back into the mountain bike industry where they pushed safety gear design farther then most…
SEA OTTER TIME Well its that time of year again where all the new teams get to show off the new duds and their new colors. We will be covering a host of products, some racing, fun stuff, and some of our team racers will be in attendance to race the downhill. So stay tuned…
MAKING WEBSITE MAGIC As you our readers go through the mecca of knowledge on our website countless times and see all the cool footage of test, cool stories, Ā events,Ā and all things mountain biking, you must wonder, āhow do they itā. Iām not only talking about the effort and lengths we go to when we…
Nick D. contacted me a few days ago and told me he’s made some progress with the tandem project. He found some tubing that would work perfectly well for our Eccentric Bottom Bracket. You know the saying, “measure twice, cut once.” Check out our Niner EBB in the new shell. Here’s how it looks on…
So, RL and I were riding together the other day when the topic of what I carry on a ride came up. I explained to him that given my fireman/paramedic/search-and-rescue/general outdoorsman/pro bike mechanic/avid rider/all-around-bitchin guy background I carry more than your average mountain biker. It was with awe and amazement that he exclaimed, “The world…