Tuesday Brews Day:Duchesse De Bourgogne
Biking is a great metaphor for life’s ins and outs. Take your trails for instance. If you’re riding the same one for weeks on end it can get dull and tiresome. Not that riding is tiresome but often we just need something different to break up…
Is it a Boy or a Girl?
This morning’s topic of conversation was referring to your bike as a girl or boy. Lance and Jeremy kept saying “she and her” every time they talked about their bikes. Personally I’ve always looked as my bike as more of an animal.…
Review: Raxter Bike Rack
Who: From Raxter Racks website: Introducing RAXTER – The new standard for value in a wheel mount hitch rack. RAXTER is lightweight, it’s EASY to install, EASY to load, EASY to store! The innovative design of RAXTER gives you the ability to move…
Spectrum Tech Wear
Check out my new threads from Spectrum Tech Wear. This is the SST Jersey. This jersey is made out of Chitosante Pique Fabric. Chitosante is new fabric that is not only anti-bacterial, but its also certified by the US, Environmental Protection Agency.…
Victims of our Own Success
About a week ago my email was hacked. Guess what, this hacker is part of the bike industry.How do I know that, well for one thing he was emailing my bike industry contacts. People that we deal with for reviews, ads and etc. This punk sent an email to…
KHS DJ300 Build Update
As you may have noticed, we are big fans of KHS Bicycles. In fact this particular build, unlike Moe’s XC Racer project, is sponsored by KHS Bicycles. The great folks of KHS supplied us this bullet proof DJ300 frame. We’re planning on using…
Climbing a Hill after washing out
There are many times when I’m climbing a steep hill and for some reason I hit a soft spot or a rock that causes me to lose my mojo and eventually needing to stop. What’s frustrating about this is that sometimes getting back on your bike to…
Ride Report: XC Racer
RL and I hit the Fullerton early today. This was my first ride on the KHS Alite Team. Although I’m not much of a hardtail bike rider, I built this bike for XC racing purposes. Being used to riding the KHS AM2000, I thought that the transition from…
Project XC Racer: Done
The KHS Team Alite is done! Although I was not able to install all the parts that I wanted, the bike still weighs a respectable 25 lbs. That just means that I can still upgrade!! Big thanks to Vince Calvillo and his crew for helping us finish the bike on…
I am a sucker for good marketing
Interbike was about one month ago to the day. As I walked around the Sands Expo, I had heard so many pitches and schpeels about why this and that product was far more superior than the other. I especially love the companies that have a new item where…
