Saturday Ride at the Oaks
Saturday morning the group met up at Santiago Oaks for a challenging but short ride. The Oaks makes you climb three considerably steep hills before it pays you back with some entertaining downhills. RL didn’t care for the first ascent so he tried…
Just Throw it up!
Ever go on a ride and you’ve fully exerted yourself and now you feel sick… Well if you feel like throwing up, just do it. You’ll feel way better afterwards.
It’s that time of year…
The leaves are falling now and the wind chill has risen. It’s that time of year when the sun sets a lot earlier, and it won’t be long before we’re heading home in the dark around 5pm here in California. And we all know what that means!…
KHS’ Melissa Buhl is crowned overall champion
Australian Jared Graves (Yeti-Fox) and Melissa Buhl (Chandler, Ariz./KHS) were crowned overall champions of the inaugural USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar as last weekend’s Gravity East Finals in Plattekill, N.Y. marked the…
Thursday Night Ride Report
Priscilla and I headed out for our weekly ride at the Loop. Man ever since she started riding the Motobecane Fly Pro she’s way faster. She was already fast, but on that machine, being 23lbs…she’s like a rocket on wheels! This was my…
Trail Tale
Riding your local trails is always a blast right? The majority of us started mountain biking as trail riders and for good reason. Nothing beats rolling with your friends(or alone) through some sweet, twisty singletrack. But, unfortunately, we live…
Sweetskinz Tires
I was walking around the local Wally World with the familia last night and something caught my eye. I had to take a picture of it to share with you guys. The picture doesn’t do it justice. I took the shot with my cell. But man, did those tires…
Thursday Tech Tip: Having a tough time shifting?
If you’re having to put way too much effort in going from gear to gear, then consider replacing your cable and housing. First step is to get a derailleur cable and housing. Most bike shops sell a cable for about $3-$10 (depending on brand and…
Thursday Tech Tip: How to tighten a threadless headset
First step is to loosen the pinch bolts on the side. Turn it counter clock wise. An easy rule to remember is, “Lefty Loosey, Righty Tighty.” Then tighten the bolt on the top cap clock wise. But make sure you don’t ever tighten it or…
Interbike 2007: Zoic
Ha! And you thought we were all done talking about Interbike, huh? We’ve got more! We promised we would make up the lost days to you. So here you go! Zoic is another great company I ran into an Interbike. Pretty amazing and unique actually. Check…
