“ALERT!!” “ALERT!!” This just in!! Dainese USA is going to be having HUGE sale this week starting September 9/8 Thursday and Friday 9/9 11AM -7PM Friday, Saturday 9/10 9AM to 4PM. If your a Downhill racer, shuttle rider, Freerider, into Enduro racing, a hardcore trail rider, heck even a Cross Country rider that want’s to…
A RIDE TO MAKE THE MIND RIGHT It’s been that long work week or a long day of work and the pressures of that boss, your bills, family matters, whatever it may be that’s weighing down on your shoulders to the point that you feel like you will never get that monkey off your back.…
SO YOU WANT A DEAL We all look for that ultimate deal; you know the one that’s too good to be true, hard to pass up, if you don’t get it the next guy will and you know that will just kill you. Yeah you just have to get it, even if you know you…
What you see here is Compete Energy Bites. These little chews have 40 calories per serving, 2g of fat but most importantly, 135mg of caffeine. I was excited to try this product because I’m a big proponent for caffeine use during exercise. I believe that it helps your performance during your work out. I recently…
Let me get this out before you all start criticizing me. Cold for Southern California (SoCal) standards typically hovers around 40-50 degrees. So that means many mountain bikers in will be wearing jackets, arm/knee warmers and even ear coverings when temps drop. I’ve had various cold weather clothing but none of them come close to…
I’ve been testing out the No Rinse Shampoo by No Rinse Laboratories, Inc. for some time and I figured it the review was long over due. Some background on why this product would be useful for mountain bikers. Well for starters, I don’t want to be stinky when I’m done riding. Plus we often go out to…
Not sure if you’ve caught on, but we love doing bike projects. In previous years we’d take on extravagant builds where we source parts from various brands. But times have changed and companies are a bit more strict now when it comes to sending out promotional products. So what we’ve devised in our recent projects…
Every once in a while I get caught up in wanting to get a new bike. Lately I’ve been wanting to build up a 29er HT. As I’ve done some Googling on which frame to use, I found that Planet X has the On-One 456 EVO frame available and it’s super affordable at $213.99! What…
Just this last week we had one of our own go down hard while at the RedBull Rampage, Paul Basagoitia. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Paul when he became sponsored through Dainese and he is a genuine great guy. Though we don’t typically do any pro race coverage of any sort on MtnBikeRiders.com, I…
We all know that road and mountain biking offer some great cardiovascular benefits. In fact there are many people that even use cycling as a means of cross training. Take Thomas Graves for example, he is an Olympic hopeful training out of Two Wheels One Planet. He is training for the 2 man rowing boat…