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 what just happened.…
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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 have to do with Mountain Biking? Well, there’s a mountain involved….…
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 be. Medium sized Trek Top Fuel 69er…
All you have to do is sign up to win! Easy enough…
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 have. Here’s why I think I’m faster.…
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) pointed me in Victory’s direction and I’m glad I listened.…
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, the city is about 3500-4000 feet high. My…
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, including many cuts to the state parks department. The new proposal would close 48 parks, including popular destinations like Henry Coe and Topanga Canyon. California State Parks…
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 quite often with men and bikes especially if they are riding…
I am finding out that the less I ride, the more my knee bothers me. I’ve had knee pains for the last year or so and it was actually starting to get better. Riding my single speed bike made my knees stronger too because I was spinning so much on the flats. I guess that…