A couple months ago, we got an offer from BTB Sunglasses to test out a pair of their sport-oriented glasses. BTB stands for “Be The Ball” – personally, I don’t WANT to be the ball since usually the goal is to HIT the ball, but I agreed to try the glasses anyway! I chose the…
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Strykr SL With summer on the way, and HOT temps already this week, I have been thinking of doing some late night riding to beat the heat. Shannon Scott the Bike Division Director over at Baja Designs sent over a Strykr SL for testing. The Strkr SL is a helmet, or handlebar mounted light system…
WHO IS BIONICON? OK if you’ve never heard of BIONICON Bicycles they make quite a unique kind of mountain bike that is the only bike that I know of that has on the fly suspension adjustment front and rear. Their bikes are good for XC to Freeride with adjustment from 80 mm to 180 mm…
Now available for purchase, our custom Koozies just came in and you can buy them now! Only $5.00 each (+$2 shipping to anywhere in the US). Limited in quantity, so once these run out, they’re gone! It has 2 logos on the Koozie, one is MtnBikeRiders.com and the other is BikeCommuters.com (our sister site).
Well, I have had and been riding the Ibex Maroc 26 hardtail for a few months now. Here is the introductory article with info on the bike. If you listen carefully, you can hear my favorite part about this bike… wait for it. Yes, it is quiet. Sneak attack quiet. It feels quieter than my…
New for 2012 is the Carve 29 from Specialized. The Pro sits at the top of the line up above the Comp, and Expert models. The Carve Pro comes with a good range of components: Shimano brakes and drivetrain, Rockshox Recon Fork, and Specialized everything else. This line of bikes is for the riders that…
Ibex has been a company I’ve been watching for a while. I love their clean style and handsome clothing. Over the past few months I’ve put to the test their Indie Full Zip Short Sleeve Jersey, Giro Short Sleeve Mountain Jersey, Giro Neo Long Sleeve Jersey and the Duo Short. Riding them around all of…
If you didn’t know this, for 2012 we’re now offering all of our Team Issued MtnBikeRiders.com apparel to the general public. Currently you can order your items and we’ll have it hand-made right here in the USA, then we’ll ship it to you! Oh and get this, if you are interested in getting your name…
Get it? Supdate…Like S as in Single Speed Soma…but since Update doesn’t start with S, I threw it in there. But then it makes it like a double meaning, Sup’ as in “What’s up” but combined with Update becomes Supdate as if I was saying “What’s Up, here’s an update!” Aye…nevermind, if I have to…
We headed over to the Shimano booth during the show and we met up with Shimano’s most handsome employee, Robert Plumb. He showed use the new ICE technology where it uses heat sinks to cool of your brake pads faster, thus more effective braking and less fade. New sleeker brake lever/master cylinder. Modulation was pretty…