The last few months have been very hectic for me. I’ve had minimal time on my bikes as well as not being able to contribute to this site. With the time change and tons of work, it has been a real challenge to get out and ride. Last Saturday December 19th, I treated myself to…
Category: Ride Reports
Sunday rides are a great event for many mountain bikers, a day to get a few more miles in, drive to a trail not quite so close to home and meet up with some more people than the ‘usual’ crew. Usually Kim organizes the Sunday rides, Tony and I follow. When the Finchs’ are busy,…
I struggled for a couple days to write the review of the KHS Lucky 7. I kept transitioning from reviewing the bike to telling stories about the bike. Finally, I’ve decided that’s exactly what I’m going to do. What follows, is the story of my time aboard this bike. The trips, the rides and the…
This past weekend, Priscilla and I had the privileged to head out to Rancho Mirage (near Palm Springs) for a Marriage Retreat that our church hosted. Since this was a weekend-long event, Priscilla and I decided to bring our bikes and see what the California Desert had to offer. Our weapons of choice, the KHS…
So my beloved Jet9 was recalled. Very sad as I liked that bike a lot. It fit my style of riding to a “T”. The first issue I had to deal with was what was I going to do? I had three options which were: 1. Buy a significantly discounted niner frame and wait 6…
Editorial by David Sanderson Team racer extraordinaire Kim Finch qualified for Nationals this year, so a support squad formed and we were off to beautiful Colorado! I’ll let Kim re-tell the story from here… I finally qualified for the US Cycling Nationals, to be held at Sol Vista Bike Park in Granby, Colorado! I was…
This was another fun filled weekend on our fat tires. For RL and I, we’ve had a great weekend riding. On Saturday, we shuttled the Troy Lee trail in Corona, for some downhill fun. A video of our ride will be posted shortly. Sunday morning started off in a bad note for me. I was…
Suffering on the 45 minute climb… I could see Dan enjoying taking this picture of me… watching me suffer Went out with AV Dan on Saturday for a bit of a sufferfest at Chino Hills State Park. This one is a pretty common route I’ll ride if I’m short on time, but want to do…
This past Sunday I headed back to Santiago Oaks, one of my favorite trails in So Cal. Meeting me were RL, Val and our friend Khoa (this would be his first time at S. Oaks). RL was riding his recently built Sette Venom, a 7” travel bike. The night before RL had some reservations about…