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At yesterday’s Poker Ride, New Belgium Brewing was handing out some free stuff. So I grabbed a few things to share with the readers of MtnBikeRiders.com…you know because Sharing is Caring! You can win this! New Belgium sticker, Fat Tire fridge magnet and the creme de la creme…a Fat Tire Amber Ale bottle opener! All…

This weekend SHARE MTB hosted a Poker Ride. The ride was held at EL Moro trail which is in Crystal Cove State Park in Orange County. I didn’t ride the event, but decided to drop in to say hi to some friends of MtnBikeRiders.com. I loaded up my kids and drove down to Crystal Cove.…

Ok, it’s not that old. It’s a few years from its prime but it was really really really neglected. The owner left it on her porch for a year while she lived right next to the beach in Santa Monica. The sun, combined with the sea air took its toll on this Gary Fisher Tassajara.…

Yesterday I had the chance to take the KHS XC204 on the Fullerton Loop. Man, I was blown away! Although I’m not a fan of the SRAM stuff, the SX5 and the X7 derailleurs switched gears with fast precision. The front and rear suspension worked great, I need to tweak the RockShox Dart 2 fork,…

Just saw this on ebay: Motobecane Outcast 29er SS. The Outcast 29er comes in 3 different colors: matt slate, cool white & matt bronze. Here are the specs: FRAME: 6061 Aluminum with horizonal dropouts, 2x H2O bosses, eyelets, rr rack bosses FORK: 4130 Chrome-Moly with etelets CRANKSET: TruVativ Aluminum 42T 175mm with bash guard BOTTOM…

A while back I posted an article about how local schools in Marin County want to introduce Mountain Biking as a school sport. Well apparently some folks don’t want it…and it makes sense. I urge officials in all our public schools to eliminate mountain biking as a school-sponsored sport. They instead should promote activities that…

SRAM too is celebrating an anniversary, its 20th year as a company. To celebrate this milestone, SRAM has redone the X-0 Rear Derailleur making it more compact, stronger and lighter. Here’s Velonews on the new X-0 Rear Derailleur: The new X.0 rear derailleur has a cage modeled after the Force road rear derailleur and will…

Velonews has pictures and a great write up of the refreshed Shimano Deore XT component group. There is some great background information including how Yoshi Shimano started the Deore XT group. Velonews: A quarter of a century is a milestone. It’s real history. When someone or something has been around that long it has had…

Sunday I participated on the City of Angels Fun Ride. I rode my KHS F20-R throughout the city of Angels with a Police Escort. (Traffic purposes, not for protection). Vince Calvillo from KHS Bicycles was also there. KHS is a primary sponsor of this fun ride. They also gave away 5 bikes to 5 lucky…