Eric Hunner’s Counting Coup 2009 Race Report
–RL Policar: Counting Coup has to be one of the tougher races hosted here in SoCal. On race day, it was estimated that over 300 riders participated in this yearly masochistic fest. Once again, our very own Eric Hunner didn’t disappoint us by…
Review: 2009 Kona King Kahuna
Who: The Kona Bicycle Company designs, manufacturers and distributes more than 60 models of purpose-built, high-performance mountain, road and urban bicycles. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Ferndale, Washington, USA, Kona bicycles are distributed…
Ride Report: Aliso Woods with Olympian/World Champ – Jill Kintner
This past Thursday I headed to Aliso Woods. I’ve been dying to try a new route that would take me from Aliso to El Moro. I downloaded the route through Geoladders.com however for some reason from the start of my ride, I could not get the GPS to…
Trek Demo Day, Part II
Gary Fisher Roscoe III Round number 2 was on the Gary Fisher Roscoe. I had to wait a little while for this one as some dude drove from Vegas to test ride it. That’d be 4 plus hours of driving each way! Before we get going on the review, I have to…
Trek Demo Day, Part I
This past weekend, my friend Full Squish Randall & I went out and rode some bikes at the Trek Demo in Fullerton. First off, I got to give props to Matt Gfell of Jax Fullerton. Matt got us started on a couple of matching Gary Fisher Superflys. Full…
Southridge Winter Series #5 – Joe’s Race Report
The weekend started early on ALL counts for me. On Friday I headed to Fontana to pre-ride the DH & Super D course. With only two races left, I am currently in good standings with the overall points for the Winter Series in both – Super D…
Shimano Winter Series #5: RL’s DH Race Report
This race was the 2nd to the last of the 6 part series. You would have to race at least 5 of the 6 to qualify for the overall points. So far, I’m the only one in my category that has raced at least 4 and the next race on the 22nd would make it…
Which side do you crash on the most?
During my practice runs before my DH race, I crashed 2 times in which I landed on my right side. In previous races and practice sessions, I’ve also crashed on my right side. If you look at my impact suit and knee/shin pads, my left side is pretty…
2008 versus 2009?
I’m a cost conscious shopper. In this economy, shouldn’t we all be? To help make your dollar, or whatever currency you use, go farther we’ve talked about a few different things you can do. We’ve previously discussed purchasing gently used…
OURY’s Glow-in-the-Dark Grips
From the makers of one of the most comfortable grips comes something super cool… Glow–In–The–Dark grips. This is new for 2009 in their standard Mountain style grips (non lock–ons).   I’ve been using Oury Grips…
