Don’t have a thick skin?
If you’ve been riding for a while, joking with your buddies is a natural occurrence. In fact, if you’re friends like you, they mess with you. I know it sounds dumb, but its true. I’ll give you an example. Moe and I have been friends for…
Padding the Bike Fund-Bike Flipping
As I peruse the classifieds section on my local board, mtbr and craigslist, I typically have really bad tunnel vision. I know what parts I want to purchase to put together my next bike and I only have eyes for them. Occasionally I’ll see a nice…
WANTED: Custom Bicycle Jersey Maker
MtnBikeRiders.com is taking bids from jersey makers for the 2010 XC style jerseys that we want to come out with. We’re looking for a club fit, not race fit jersey. So if you are a vendor or know of one. Please reply to our Marketing Person via…
Truvativ Holzfeller Stem Review
Let’s start this review of with some formalities. Truvativ did not pay me to write/publish this review. Now that we have that out of the way, let’s get some history. I’m 32 years old, male (a sexy one), I ride XC, SS, and race Downhill.…
Sette Razzo 29er-Complete Bike Now available
Overview: The moment we started offering the Sette Razzo 29er frame requests started pouring in for a complete bike. Sette USA heeded the call and they came back with a complete Razzo outfitted with a killer parts spec. It reads like a who’s who of the…
The Moe’s season is officially over
As I type this, I am getting ready to go get arthroscopic shoulder surgery. It looks like I fractured my shoulder on one of my practice DH runs @ Southridge. picture of not actual crash, but of many! I had one heck of a season, I never had so much fun…
Santiago Oaks Shuttle
One of my favorite trails this year has to be Santiago Oaks. For the last 3-4 months, I’ve frequent this place more than I have any other trails in So Cal. Not only is it local, but totally fun! You get both worlds – the workout from…
Thank you Dainese of Costa Mesa
Last Saturday Dainese hosted the Freedom Riders Video Showing. With the help of the kind folks of SDG, Sette, Pricepoint.com, and ODI, we had tons of stuff to raffle. MtnBikeRiders.com also donated about a dozen shirts for the event. DB Media Group…
Long Distance MTN bike Training / Cross Training
   How do you get ready for those long distance bike rides, I often hear my coworkers ask me? I say to them I just ride. Well actually I just push myself a little harder every time I ride. Lately I have been putting a little time in on the stair…
Race Across The Sky-Movie Review
Last night the MtnBikeRiders.com Crew set out to go see the biggest mountain bike movie ever produced. Moe, Khoa, Romanian Thunda’ (Gabe), RL, Priscilla and Randall. Jeremy was there last night, but met us at the movie theater. I say the biggest…