How to deal with snakes
With summer at its peak, you’ve probably noticed more and more snakes on the trail. For the most part, they’ll leave you alone and pose no specific threat to any mountain bikers. Half the time snakes are usually only 3 feet away from you, but…
Here’s what the Polish Hammer Rides.
I was talking to Team Racer-Mark “The Polish Hammer” Tomas about his new bike. I was surprised to learn that the thing weighed less than left arm. Check out his build spec and you’ll understand why the HAMMER is always flying on the…
EZ Grill, it’s easy!
Sometimes we here at Mtnbikeriders are graced with a Plethora, an agglomeration of unique, inimitable, conspicuous and useful products. Now these products are not necessarily the cardinal of compulsory items but certainly make the fundamental proverbial…
Dirty Dog MTB Sponsors The MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team
Fullerton-Ca: Dirty Dog MTB announced today sponsorship of the MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team for the rest of 2010 and through 2011. Dirty Dog MTB is a rider owned company that manufacturers high quality, high performance bicycle brake rotors, stems and…
Ride Report: Limestone Canyon
Looks to me like the Limestone Canyon train. All pictures courtesy of Dan Burdett Dan & I got to ride another Open Access day this past weekend. This time it was Limestone Canyon. Limestone is also part of the Irvine Ranch Conservatory. It is best…
Team Racer Mark Tomas:Over The Hump Series Race Report
RL Policar-Newest member to the MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team, Mark “The Polish HAMMER” Tomas was on scene to try his hand in the Over The Hump Race Series held in Irvine Lake, Ca. I’m actually not surprised with Hammer’s…
Great things about to come from Sette Bikes
From what I heard,Sette USA (Bikes),distributed by PricePoint.com, is doing a big reveal of a whole new lineup on September 1, 2010. Their current campaign is simply called “Adjust Your Thinking.†Supposedly they have lots of new models and these new…
…all I need are sharks with laser beams attached to their heads…
One of my things I’ve been working on for the last few years is to turn my garage into a small bike shop. Though, messy, I’m sorta on my way. I’ve acquired all sorts of bicycle related tools, air compressor, stereo and even a mini…
Lezyne Svelte Trail Use Review
My first initial review of this bag was published June 18th and since then I have been able to do a few rides with it. For reference you can read my first impressions Here. The bags features are extensive and very well thought out. Lezyne has a knack for…