For the most part, alcohol is fantastic after a great bike ride. Some of the folks we ride with on Thursday nights will enjoy your traditional beer such as Fat Tire, Corona and the like. Priscilla and Kim like to get their drink on with Cranberry Vodka. The Animal can down a few servings of…
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Voodoo has a new bike that they are pretty proud of and I would be too. Voodoo Cycles is making their first foray into mini-link frames. Normally a 4-bar linkage company Voodoo worked with Joe Murray in designing a Floating Pivot Point (FPP) that exhibits anti-squat tendencies in this full suspension frame. Introducing the Zobop…
Need to make your own bike wash? It’s simple…Simple Green! Here’s what I did. I take a spray bottle, fill half of it with tap water and the other half with Simple Green. Spray it on your bike, let it sit for a few seconds, then wipe away clean! The diluted Simple Green gets all…
Titus Rockstar on the XC loop On Saturday afternoon Tim & I took out a couple of Titus’s on the XC loop (about 18 miles and almost 3k feet of climbing). I grabbed a Titus Rockstar. The Rockstar is Titus’s full suspension 29er with 100mm of travel. It comes equipped with all the new stuff…
We stopped in to check out the San Diego based Ellsworth. The big thing at Ellsworth this year is their move to add carbon frames to their venerable aluminum bike lineup and lets just say their carbon Firm Tails, don’t call them hardtails!, are beautiful. The headtube junction is big and looks impressively stiff but…
With the success of the MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team, we’ve decided to expand and create a competitive Hip Hop Dance Team called, “Chain Reaction.” Our team Captain will be Joe Solancho. Joe comes to us with a background in pop-locking and break dancing. He was once part of the Mighty Smurf Crew (competitive dance team). RL…
Today I received my Serfas TRAX that I had won last week. I opened the package and found my new shoes. Oh man they are hot! I tried them on and found that they are mega comfy. I’ve got wide feet and the Serfas Trax fit just fine. I even asked my finger puppet, Barry…
Kona = a quality bike company that conjures up images of coffee, my other favorite hobby. Kona was represented at Sea Otter 2010 in a small way via a booth, not a big diesel rig and huge bike display with a lounge for the employees and guests to hang out. Kona came to Sea Otter…