It’s Raining…
It started raining around 10:30 this morning and it hasn’t let up as of yet. So right now we’re sitting in the Redbull Media Center eating lunch and uploading some photos as well as videos for all you folks to check out. Give us a few moments…
We’re here!
We arrived this morning at Monterey, Ca. around 4:30am. We got something to eat and tried to rest in the truck but we’re too excited and filled with caffeine to even get a few winks. We stopped off at Denny’s to get some Grand Slam breakfast…
Getting Ready for Sea Otter Classic
Yeah I’ve done my laundry, and even started to pack my stuff. But from what everyone has been telling us, bikes is the way to get around Laguna Seca. So I’ll be bringing my Ibex/Xtracycle, Moe will be mounted on the Woodstock 707 and Jeremy…
Trail Etiquette
I’ve been wanting to come up with an article chock full of trail etiquette reminders for our readers to benefit from. So far I’ve got a few good ones. But I wanted to add a few more. Feel free to leave a comment to add your own. 1. If…
The “I Used To’s”
Random thoughts coming up…. Working at an LBS I run in to quite a bit of people that are the “I Used To’s.” These are the folks that has a story for everything that they USED TO do. One time I was helping a customer and he was…
Poison Oak…nasty!
The Sea Otter Blog that MTBR is hosting has as great post about poison oak…. Monterey, California is one of the best places on earth. To balance out the good, a higher power created poison oak! On the XC course, poison oak is rampant on the…
SRAM Fan
RL and I were out riding the other day and he was mentioning how one of his bike’s derailleur hanger was bent. He was saying that it needed to be adjusted. I mentioned to him that I had read somewhere about how most SRAM stuff is great because if…
Turnbull Canyon & Helicopter?
My friend Ivan & I went to ride Turnbull Canyon this past Saturday in the city of Whittier. I again used geoladders to find this route. Even though it’s only a little over 8 miles, it was a great workout that took 1 hour 45 mins (resting time…
How To Tune a Sram X7 Rear Derailleur
The Woodstock 707 is equipped with the Sram X7 rear dérailleur and shifters. Tuning the dérailleur is a bit different from Shimano dérailleurs. One might notice that the X7’s don’t have adjusting barrels on the dérailleur it self.…
Bike Barbeque Beer Turnout
Yesterday was the Bike Barbeque Beer Ride. We had a lot of fun despite the low numbers of riders. I find it funny how a lot of people say that they would go out for the ride but only a couple of guys actually make it. From left to right: Alen, Shawn, and…