Today is “The Moe’s” Birthday! We celebrated his bday at the race yesterday with some cupcakes. We also gave him a nice present! Happy Birthday Buddy!

Ner and I met RL, Priscilla and Eric at the Mt. SAC parking lot just a little after 7AM this morning.  As RL stated on the previous post, many parts of the course were not marked yet.  Prior to running into the Incycle guys, we took a stab at the course and rode approx 3…

This morning the MtnBikeRiders.com crew headed out to the Mt Sac trail to pre-ride the course for tomorrow’s race. When we got there the trail wasn’t marked and since this venue is actually at a college, most of the access to the rest of the trails were closed. We eventually caught up with the SC…

As I mentioned a few days ago, I had graduated from an 18t to a 17t cog on my single speed. Last night’s training ride with the MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team was my first chance to ride with it. One thing I noticed right away was the speed I picked up on the flats. I wasn’t…

This Sunday is the 2008 Mt. SAC Fall Fat Tire Classic.  It will mark my one year anniversary in racing.  This time last year I entered my first XC race.                                   As an avid mountain biker, the Friday before…

WOOdman Components sent us their Axis SL COMP headset.  This is a lightweight headset made out of a CNC-machined 6061 T6 aluminum.  The Axis SL COMP is one of WOOdman’s more popular lightweight and light priced headsets.  It has WOOdman’s proprietary C45/45 full ball cartridge bearings. Description: Size:           1 1/8” Weight:       117 grams Materials:     CNC-machined 6061…

This past Sunday I headed up to the San Gabriel Mtns in Los Angeles County.  There are several names for this trail, but it is commonly known/referred to as – JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab).  From this main trail you can branch out to many segments of the San Gabriels such as the Ken Burton Trail,…

At Interbike we met with YESS.  Other than the unit RL featured last month, the ETR-B, they also provided us with their new ETR-D tensioner for full suspension bikes.                                ETR-D, outside view                February of this year I converted my Intense Tracer into a full suspension single speed bike.  A Key part of my conversion was…

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