ANNOUNCING THE INAUGURAL OKOLE STUFF CUP MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE
Come Participate in the First Ever XC Race in Orange Counties’ Irvine Regional and Santiago Oaks Parks – Saturday, July 16th Irvine, CA (CFEpr+) May 16, 2011 – – Okole Stuff, makers of the “Worlds’ Best Chamois…
Its Back…
The Jet9 Returns! … and I got to ride it today. No pictures on the ride, but it was a good ride, nonetheless. I spent most of the time fiddling with the saddle height, the rear derailleur and I don’t have the rear pressure dialed in to my…
Sea Otter Highlights
Here are a few of the cool, new and otherwise blingy things that caught my attention at Sea Otter this year. Purely custom had their take on a bashguard. The bashgaurd is covered in a with a rubber/silicone type edge. Not only it this piece support to…
It’s better when you use lube.
Get yourself one of these, its a cable luber (looooober). I found this sucker at a local motorcycle shop for $11. All you do is remove your housing from your derailleur, slide the cable so it’s not sticking out. Place the luber onto the end of the…
Which would you rather?
Check out our poll that’s going on right now on the MtnBikeRiders.com Facebook Fan Page. We’re basically asking which do you like better. Depending on the interest, we may do a run of the more popular jersey. $25+$5 shipping. Not a bad deal…
Sea Otter: Demo Reviews
While at Sea Otter I had the opportunity to demo a few bikes, and as it turns out all of them happened to be 29ers. So here’s just a few quick thoughts on the demo rides, but before I go into the bikes, just a brief explanation of the demo loop I was…
Getting Back My JET9
One of only two pictures of me and my Jet9 before it was stolen Last June my Niner Jet 9, fresh from being returned to me from recall, got stolen off the back of my car in Stockton, CA. I filed a police report and posted an ad on Stockton Craigslist and…
Homemade Rack
Check it out kids, we saw this fella after our ride on Saturday. It’s a homemade bike rack for a motorcycle. We spoke to the owner for a bit and he tells us that he gets people asking him all about it and often finds folks taking a picture of his…
The No you can’t, Yes I can Ride Report
This past Saturday, we decided to round up a small group of friends to ride a local trail called Whiting Ranch. This trail was closed for a while due to some rain damage and it was obvious that the water did a number on the trail. So much so that the…
In Decline Magazine
We touched on this a few weeks ago when we first heard that some of us were scheduled to appear in the June 2011 issue of Decline Magazine. Well I finally tracked down my own copies, one to read and one to save. In the photo you’ll see (from left…