I got me some new shoes…
I recently purchased some new mountain biking shoes from Pricepoint.com. Yes I actually bought them…we don’t get everything for free! Sette Excel MTB Shoes Specs: Sette Excel MTB Shoe – Enhanced Riding Performance The Sette Excel MTB…
Shifter Housing for Brakes…the testing begins
While I worked at a LBS, there were tons of talk that one could essentially use shifter housing for their mechanical disc brakes to make it feel more like hydraulic brakes. You see, sometimes when you’re grabbing for some brakes on a mech set, your…
A Return to Rigid
eXotic Carbon rigid fork Today was a beautiful morning to put in some mountain biking time on the recently installed eXotic carbon 29er fork. I went to my nearby trail while it was still dark and put in a slow paced 8 miles. Carbon weave… oh so…
Tuesday Brews Day: Spaten Optimator
One of the oldest breweries in Germany is Spaten. Rich with history and over 600 years of brewing experience, it began in 1397 but wasn’t officially named Spaten until 1622, when it was owned by the Spatt family(for 80+ years). Spaten has lent…
Bells and Whistles…er…I mean Bells and Bells
A Bicycle Bell is a must on every mountain bike out there! I’ve got one of these bad boys installed on my single speed Sette Reken. Basically I needed a bell and I was also feenin’ to thumb some shifters…so I mounted my bell upside down…
Review: White Brothers Cycling 29″ 80mm Magic
Who: From White Brothers Cycling’s website: White Brothers Cycling is a division of Mountain Racing Products, a performance bicycle component manufacturing company, located in Grand Junction, Colorado. We have been innovating suspension technology…
Why?
A few weeks ago we were at the Fullerton Loop. I pull up to a guy that didn’t have a helmet. But he had a nice bike. As I roll by, I say to him in a nice friendly tone, “You’re going to need a helmet! 🙂 “ Then he says…in a…
Awareness Test
A great awareness test. Write in your results in the comments section. I pretty much failed.
Moustache March Update
Well its been a good week since I’ve posted about Moustache March. I originally had some great big plans for this month. I thought that my moustache would get me more action with the Mrs, improve my riding skills and help me get more organized.…