Priscilla’s first time downhill mountain biking
After months of persuasion, Priscilla agreed to try DH with me. She was never a big fan of the technical aspect of this genre of riding, but since she’s super cool and a kick butt rider, she figured it was worth a shot. Since she’s never done…
Review: Dainese Raptor Helmet
Dainese provided me the Raptor helmet to test out during the Shimano Winter Series. Specs: Full-face downhill helmet with fibreglass external shell and internal shell in dual-density polystyrene with ventilated structure. Band with micrometric…
Sea Otter 2009: Specialized S-Works Carbon HT 29er Quick Ride Review
Tim “Scissors†was able to get some ride time on the new S-Works Carbon 29er HT from Specialized. Here are his thoughts from the short loop we rode: So here I am on an all new Specialized S-Works Hard tail 29er made from the fiber of the gods,…
Review: Grease Monkey Wipes
Grease Monkey Wipes had sent us some samples to test. Here’s what we found out. I applied some bearing grease to my hand. I can’t stand bearing grease, its hard to get off and even after you wash your hands out, there’s still a bit of a…
How to make your own bicycle themed wall clock.
First thing you want to do is get a clock kit from Walmart. They cost about $5. Then you’ll also need an 8″ rotor (used), and 2 (1 1/2″ washers). I had to drill out the hole of the washer to a 1/2″ diameter so I could get it to…
Review: KHS DH200 Downhill bike
Brief Background:I never considered myself much of a “technical” rider, nor a downhill rider. After RL and I created Team MtnBikeRiders.com, I focused on racing SuperD and didn’t consider downhill, especially since I didn’t have a…
Aliso Woods Ride Report-Finally on the bike after a few weeks…
I had super long week that started with Sea Otter and ended with some business travel to North Carolina. I finally came home on Friday night and was looking forward to some weekend riding. I sent out my usual email telling people about a trail I had…
Trends that we saw at Sea Otter Classic 2009
One if the bigger things to hit Sea Otter this year was the full suspension 29er bikes that were introduced. Last year a handful of companies started coming out with them, but this year it seemed like more of them were showing up from various brands.…
Sea Otter Classic 2009: Ergon GA1 Grips and BC3 Backpack
Ergon just introduced their new GA1 All Mountain/Free ride/Downhill grips at Sea Otter Classic. The GA1 was Ergon’s answer to ergonimic grips for aggressive riding. I’ve been waiting for them to come out with these style of grips for the…
Sea Otter 2009: Rocky Mountain’s New 29ers
Before I get to the pictures I’ve got to give props to the crew at Rocky Mountain. They had a great group at Sea Otter. I got a chance to meet Andreas, Alex & Joanne and they were really good people. Joanne, the super engineer, and I had a…