Thursday Tech Tip: Cold Weather Clothing on a Budget
I’m one of those guys that don’t necessarily believe in buying cycling specific cold weather clothing. Heck, just use what you’ve got and save some money. So here’s how my cold weather clothing works. I take a long sleeve base…
The MtnBikeRiders Mobile Was Hit!
On my way home from work, I got rear ended. Right after he hit my car, I signaled for the other driver to pull over so we can exchange information. Then the knuckle head takes off! As soon as he does that I get on the phone with 911 explaining to them…
Playing Hooky
So today I came down with some strange fever…. Snow fever! With over 2 feet of fresh snow in our local Mountains, I couldn’t resist the calling… So I took a personal day off and hit the mountains, snowboarding style! So what does this…
Smaller Bike = More Endoing?
You know I sacrifice for the readers of mtnbikeriders.com. A couple of weeks ago, I rode a Medium sized bike when I normally ride a Large. This is a significant sacrifice on my part and it almost ended up being even more sacrifice than I thought it would…
Win some lights from Pricepoint.com
All you have to do is sign up to win! Easy enough…
Has my single speed made me faster?
From what other folks that I ride with have told me, yes it has. Priscilla, Khoa, and even our very own Speedy Gonzales, Jeremy recently told me that I’m faster on my single speed. Moe, with his new 29er single speed has seen the same benefit as I…
Tuesday Brews Day: Victory, Hop Devil
I’d been sticking too much to the west coast beers recently so thought this one would be a good pick for this week. It comes from Victory Brewing in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. One of our loyal readers(I believe it was Jeremy but I could be wrong)…
Desert Snow
This past weekend I took my kids and dog to my sister’s house out in the high desert of SoCal to a city called Phelan. We’ve had some crazy weather here and occasionally it will snow where my sister lives. Even though she lives in the desert,…
California State Parks Being Threatened
News Alert from IMBA: For Immediate Release 01-22-08 Contact: Drew Vankat, Policy Analyst [email protected] 303-545-9011 Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to combat California’s projected budget crisis includes across-the-board program reductions,…
Butt Hurt: What does it mean?
Usually this term is used for a guy that got his feeling hurt by one of his buddies. This normally happens if a group of friends go out for a ride, but forget to invite one guy…thus the forgotten fella is…”butt hurt.” This happens…