Every morning I always have a cup of coffee. I’m a bit of a coffee snob or perhaps just addicted to it so I make sure I drink the best(IMO), Starbucks. I usually will have my standard 1 cup in the morning. But on morning rides, I’ll go wild and crazy and drink…1 and a…
From the desk of Vince Rodarte Ok…as many of you have heard or read…or both; RL Policar of Mtnbikeriders.Com and myself are competing against each other in a weight loss challenge for the next 8 weeks. This past Tuesday night I received a phone call from a good friend, Juan Diaz. (He is the SoCal,…
We hooked up with Dirty Dog MTB while out at Sea Otter 2008 again to check out some of the new stuff they had going on. If you don’t know, Dirty Dog makes some of the best looking rotors out there. Not only do they look killer they also perform as well as if not…
Back in the day when I was a young pup, my dad would always drink this stuff. I never understood it because it basically tasted like tomatoes. I’ve always associated V8 as an “old peoples” drink. Well now that I’m older and way fatter, I think this drink has sorta grown on me. It’s kinda…
On our last day at Sea Otter, we packed up our bags and loaded up the truck to head to the show. But before that, we wanted to get some coffee to help wake us up. But we weren’t satisfied with just regular coffee, we wanted Bad Ass Coffee! We actually found a place that…
So this is the end of week 1 and as we promised we are going to give you our weekly progress reports. So here they are: RL started off at 202lbs, as of this this morning he weighs 200lbs, a total weight loss of 2lbs for week 1. Vince Rodarte started off at 241.5lbs, as…
I got a chance to take the Pivot 429 out on a quick haul through the Sea Otter Demo XC demo course. I was out there for less than an hour so this is definitely not a full on review of the Pivot 429 but more of a couple of impressions I got from the…
Like fine wine and good music, chocolate has been the subject of affection for people. Many shops all over the world offer fine chocolates such as truffles and the like. But none has combined a something that will bring both connoisseur of fine goods and a redneck together until now….Chocolate Covered Bacon! Breatheā¦engage your five…
During our first day at Sea Otter Classic, the three of us had a chance to ride Spot Brand Bikes’ belt driven 29er single speed bikes. We rode the bikes through the demo trail, about a 4-5 mile course that included some fast descents and steep climb as well as some super sweet single track.…
While we were at Sea Otter, I got a chance to talk with Jim Wannamaker of Kenda Tires and he provided me a set of the Kenda Small Block Eight tires to review. Here’s some info about the Small Block Eight # Excellent hard pack XC race tire # 8 Nevegal shaped but smaller knobs…