Category: Mountain Biking

So why am I talking about ear infections on a mountain biking website? The other day I went to the beach with my daughter and her friends. I played in the water and later that day my left ear was aching. I figured something nasty in the beach water got in my ear canal and…

This morning I was graced with the presence Staff Writer, Albacore. Some actually know him by his alias, Adam Spik. So we met up at the Fullerton Loop after his shift where he plays with big hoses and revives dead guys…yes all at the same time. Here’s Albacore telling me how he holds his hose…you…

Those words were said to me the other day as I had a conversation with who I consider to be one of the most highly informed 29er guys I’ve ever met in this whole universe. That person is none other than Jeremy Yang. For as long as I’ve known Jeremy, he’s been riding 29ers and…

Kids we’ve been blessed by Serfas stepping up to sponsor the Double Banger Tandem Project. This package literally just arrived at the World HQ of MtnBikeRiders.com. What you see is a set of Serfas BURNER tires in 2.35. The Burner has a directional tread pattern that will handle any terrain you throw at it. Multi…

Last week I headed over to the JensonUSA headquarters in Riverside, Ca. for 2 reasons. 1) was to try out the Rocky Mountain Altitude 770. 2) to meet with my buddy Wilt K. Rocky Mountain was onsite allowing people to demo their high end 29ers and 650b mountain bikes. The first thing Wilt and I…

Back in 07 I published an article showing how I stripped the paint off a bicycle frame. Fast forward a few years, I have another project that requires me to remove the paint off the frame. I took the the Airborne Skyhawk frame that we are using for the tandem project. Notice the beautiful burnt…

The folks of JensonUSA has something called The 3 Million Dollar Bicycle Clearance Sale.Some items are discounted by as much as 58% Here’s a glimpse of what’s on sale. To check out all the deals, CLICK HERE.

The last time we talked about the full suspension tandem, we were still figuring out the final details on what it’s going to take to build this tandem. I headed over to Nick D’s shop and we did some measuring and some cutting. One of the things Nick D wanted to do was measure our…

I’ve operated MtnBikeRiders.com for over 6 years. The bicycle industry has been good to me. I’ve made some new friends and even lost a few in the process. I’ve even had the privileged to go on some biking related trips like Mammoth,Sea Otter, Interbike and many more. However, all this goodness has to come to…

Good question, perhaps you can give us some tips! Haha. I’m just messing. But something exciting is about to happen for MtnBikeRiders.com. You may recall that we were in the process of building our own tandem mountain bike to do super cool stuff with like eating tacos and drinking diet sodas while riding down a…