To whom it may concern, My name is RL Policar, I love wearing bibs but my husky figure makes them not look so hot on me. Is there any why you can help me out and make me look way cooler and be hot(hot as in daaang that looks good) by combining the two things…
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Last Saturday was the first time I took out the newly built Sette Reken out for a ride. We rode on a trail called Turnbull Canyon in Whittier, Ca. This is a super fun trail, not as friendly to single speed bikes, but still wicked fun! The ride starts off with a 2 mile climb…
We recently took delivery of the new GR2 Magnesium grips from Ergon USA. I installed them on the newly built Sette Reken Single Speed. Here’s the specs: Originally developed for racing using the experience of riders at the Transalp Challenge, the grip body is the same as the GC2. The light 100% magnesium 3 finger…
Saw this headline: Wis. College to Give Bikes to Freshmen: A tiny liberal arts college here hopes it has found an answer to a nagging shortage of campus parking: a bicycle giveaway. If incoming freshmen promise not to bring a car to campus for a full year, Ripon College will give them a Trek 820…
Most of you who frequent the site may have noticed that I am almost never involved in the “How to�? sections of mtnbikeriders.com. That’s because I have no “how to�? knowledge at all. I actually am quite helpless when it comes to working on my bike so much so that when I bought my bike…
Product: Rubena Harpie Tires Specs: Harpie 26×2.25 780 grams comes with the Cut Enemy casing. This allows us to use a stronger lighter material in preventing flats. Cost is $45USD per tire. Compound is a Natural 55 This is what the Czech home page says, by the way, Rubena is made by the Czech Bicycle…
KHS is sending us a new test bike to umm… test. Here’s a hint of it: I can tell you that the bike’s name is based off the name of a city in the AZ but it’s not Glendale where Super Bowl XLII is being held at University of Phoenix Stadium. Hmm… am I allowed…
Tuckerman Hatchback XT Bike Carrier/Rack Last night I swung by RL’s to pick up our newest piece of test equipment, the Tuckerman Hatchback XT Bike Carrier/Rack. RL and I proceeded to install the rack on my Honda Pilot and with a little finagling we were able to find the sweet spot for the rack on…
White Brothers Magic 29″ 80mm This is just a quick update on the White Brothers Magic 29�? 80mm fork that I’ve been riding on for the past 2 months. The initial break in period for this fork is said to be about 10 hours. After a little more than 10 hours of riding I either…
I’ve had these shoes for over 1.5 years. Long story short, they have never torn, broke or malfunctioned on me during that time. What first got my attention about these shoes was its style. They look like a pair of skater shoes or like Vans. I wasn’t a big fan of traditional cycling shoes that…