Not the sound I wanted to hear as I was grinding my way up a hill. The pedals immediately started spinning freely which meant I had snapped my chain. I stopped, looked down and saw that the chain had broken right at the power link area. I thought to myself: no problem, the power link…
I got an email from Tim Scissors bringing to my attention pricepoint.com’s two brand new carbon 26″ frames. I wanted to share them with you: The Sette Impulse: a 26″ carbon mountain bike frame for $499.98 From pricepoint.com: Impulse? Impulsive! Whip-crack fast, turn on a dime… and sprint? Sprint ALL the time! Featuring a beautiful…
My Saturday started with a practice DH run. I hiked up to the start since I like to stop and check out some of the sections of the DH course. As I was walking up the hill, I also noticed the Yellow signs with the blue arrows, these are the signs that marked the SuperD…
This weekend I packed the cooler full of my new favorite drink. No, its not some fancy beer, but its a new flavor from Capri Sun, Mountain Cooler. I love this drink only because it has a 80’s style mountain biker on it! Other than that, the flavor isn’t as good as Pacific Cooler, or…
All week Weather Forecasters were predicting that Sunday would bring rain to Southern California. But as you know weather people are always wrong at least half of the time. I got up around 5 am to get the trailer ready to head out to Fontana to do some practice runs. Fellow team mate, David Sanderson…
RL Policar-The Animal has been a great asset to the team and continues to deliver great results in each race. Read his report below and enjoy his race experience for yourself. I had a great day to say the least. I arrived early in the morning at Southridge to get settled in, I got myself…
First Impression by David “Mini-Mal” Sanderson. The world famous Moe has been tasked with the envious duty of performing in-depth reviews on the KHS DH200 downhill and Lucky 7 freeride bikes. Due to the technical difficulties associated with attempting to ride two bikes at once, I did Moe a favor and spent some time…
This has nothing to do with mountain biking, but I wanted to share a funny video that I saw originally from the Swobo Blog.
The product: Bellwether Switchback short Specs: Durable and stretchable Exo-Flex outer shell Adjustable waistband, Belt loops Gusseted design removes seams under chamois Removable inner shorts with chamois Ergonomic non-transparent mesh inner short Two large cargo pockets with zippered closure Two front hand pockets About me:I’m 5’7″ 165lbs. I do all sorts of riding, from singlespeed…
This month we are featuring the Aatma helmet from Kali Protectives. The Kali brand is based on the lore of Kali, the Hindu goddess of chaos and destruction. AATMA, means – The Soul. Based out of San Jose, this company utilizes a patented technology called “Composite Fusion” in their protective gear. What is Composite Fusion?…