MtnBikeRiders.com, awarded the Tripbase Awards for 2011
So I get this email today… Tripbase Awards 2011 I am pleased to inform you that your site has been chosen to receive a Tripbase 2011 Blog Award. This year our panel of judges reviewed hundreds of sites from across the Internet before hand-selecting…
Could mountain biking become more expensive?
Staff writer Tim Cutters first posted about this on his Facebook page and it made me thing about mountain biking in general. Truth be told, mountain biking can be expensive. So with the threat of inflation in the near future, could our sport be severely…
Unboxing the Airborne Taka
Last Friday, we received a shipment of Airborne Taka Downhill Bikes (more on that later) and since some of you have never seen how these babies are packed, we decided to show you the un-boxing process. With the help of Cousin Joe, we documented this…
You know you want one…
Dude, what are you lurking around on the site for, just enter the darn contest and you can win a 2011 team jersey. It’s pretty simple to win. Just be funny, creative or even factual (is that a word?) and if we like your answer, we’ll send you…
It’s Friday!
The Downhill Dept. of the MtnBikeRiders.com race team us mega excited about this coming weekend. Friday is the start of the California Golden State Series, Presented by Kenda. First stop is Fontana, Ca. This particular race is typically more technical…
This little piggy stayed home…
I’m hoping that’s not the case but check out what happened to my pinky finger over the weekend. It started of as this…I bought a countertop wine cellar/cooler from a lady off Craigslist and I was excited to get it set up for Priscilla.…
My favorite riding photo, on canvas!
Check out what I got, its a Canvas Print of a recent race where team mates, Corey Pond and Art Aguilar are cheering me on as I ride through the course. The colors came out super vivid, unfortunately, my camera fails to capture the true quality of the…
You know you’ve gone big if a manufacturer is using your photo
Check it out kids. Team Racer, Art Aguilar’s photo was used by Airborne Bicycles to feature the Airborne Taka. That photo was taken from the Airborne Taka Review that Art published a while back.
We’ve gone International man…
Scheck it out suckas. Here is our Australian friend, Brock “creme de la creme” Cremer. He’s the fella that won our contest for the MtnBikeRiders.com T-Shirt. I had asked him to send a photo of him wearing the shirt, and only the shirt.…
Ride Report: GMR Downhill
This past weekend my friends and I headed up to Glendora Mountain Road aka GMR. We would be descending down a trail called Monroe Truck Trail or GMR East. There are several names for this trail but it’s commonly referred to just as “GMRâ€. I myself…