I took the wrong PATH
Last week while riding the Fullerton Loop, I tore the sidewall on my Bontrager XR Jones tire which caused a flat. Although this was a bit of a bummer it did give me an excuse to go buy some new tires! I had been wanting to try out the very popular…
Ride Report: Chino Hills
Gates after the first part of the climb, more climbing to come I started off riding solo on Saturday morning at Chino Hills State Park. For people unfamiliar with CHSP, I always describe it (coming in from the west side through Carbon Canyon Regional…
“How to build a pump track�
Lee Likes Bikes has a great article on how to build a Pump Track in your own back yard! Pump track mania is sweeping the globe. Mountain bikers everywhere are building endless loops of rollers and berms, and the riders are getting smoother, fitter and…
Dirty Dog Rotors Update; Reaper Skull Stem
I’ve put in about 30 miles riding on the Dirty Dog (Dragon) rotors (yeah, it’s been a slow month) and I wanted to check in with my thoughts on them. They look so trick, it’s ridiculous. Just about everyone I’ve shown them to has…
It’s disgusting!
Jeremy found out a while back that I shave my legs…and then he starts shaking his head and says “That’s DISGUSTING!” I say…”So? What’s the big deal?” I then turned to one of the guys at the LBS I work at…
KHS Tandemania Alite
I recently got this awesome KHS Tandemania Alite. It’s comes with a rigid fork which will soon be upgraded to 100mm Marzocchi fork and the wheels will get pampered with a set of off road tires. Priscilla felt that the rear flat bar was too low, so…
Dirt Rag’s Demo Tour Finder
For those of you interested in demoing some bikes this summer season you should definitely check out Dirt Rag’s Demo Tour Finder. Dirt Rag has linked each manufacturer’s tour information to this one webpage. What a great idea. Here’s…
BB7’s Going Black
BB7 in Black for 2008 Bikemag.com has a picture of the new 2008 Avid BB7. Here’s the writeup: Avid BB7 – The BB in BB7 stand for “ball bearingâ€Â? and anyone who has used them knows how smooth and simple these mechanical disc…
Working Overtime
Since all of us are employed full time and have families of two kids or more, it is not often that we all get together for a ride. This Saturday was the exception, Jeremy, RL, Priscilla and I all got together and headed down to Aliso Woods for an early…
Yeah I’ve been working out too…
In response to Moe’s attempt to intimidate me with his posting about indoor training…no I’m not threatened at all…NO I’M NOT…OK! Anyhow, I just wanted to post some pictures of my progress…Yeah I’m pretty…