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This morning I got extra early to get in a few short miles before work(this is the hate part). I got out my SS rig and headed to the Fullerton Loop(the love part). Sorry no pics. As I started on my ride, my legs began to get warmed up and then quickly feeling them burn…

Frame: Vassago Bandersnatch Large (Grey) ’07 Weight: 28 pounds(cheesy bathroom scale). The frame could easily be built in the low 20s but this was a budget build Rider: 5’10”, 150 lbs. Enjoy long walks on the beach and back rubs The wonderful people at Vassago gave us this frame to build. How do I know…

While we were at Sea Otter, I got a chance to talk with Jim Wannamaker of Kenda Tires and he provided me a set of the Kenda Small Block Eight tires to review. Here’s some info about the Small Block Eight # Excellent hard pack XC race tire # 8 Nevegal shaped but smaller knobs…

In the words of Grand Master Flash… (Ooh White Lines) Vision dreams of passion (Blowin’ through my mind) and all the while I think of you (High price) a very strange reaction (For us to unwind) the more I see, the more I do (Something like a phenomenon) Baby! (Tellin your body to come along,…

We caught up the folks of Surly and saw the 1×1…mmm singlespeed. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2218/2423121405_4569a60196.jpg?v=0

Last night Moe, Priscilla and I headed to our beloved Fullerton Loop. The Loop is one of the few places where you’re allowed to do night rides and since it was super close to our homes, we hit it about a few times a week. When we got there I quickly noticed the Brian Lopes…

So this whole week I’ve been whining about doing this ride tomorrow at a trail called San Juan. Here’s why….the trail is about 12 miles of climbing…but that’s only if we can make it up to mile 7 of the climb. Then if we still have enough time, we’ll keep going. 7 miles of climbing….argh!…

30 miles qualifies as an Epic, doesn’t it? Well, this past Saturday I was invited on my first epic mountain bike ride! We hit Chino Hills for a nice loonngg ride. 🙂 It turned out to be a good size group of people, about 14 of us started out together. Our ride started out at…

I’ve owned two 29er bikes and so far, I have not really bought the whole “29er inches is overall better” idea. However, I can say that there is one noticeable advantage on owning a hardtail 29er versus owning a hardtail 26er: comfort. KHS Team Alite I posted before that I’m pretty much new to riding…

I received the Chariot Catch’em about 8 months ago. My daughter Aleah, who was 5 at the time helped me test this trailer-bike out. Price: around $250.00 Specs: Number of children 1 Weight capacity 38.5 kg / 85 lbs Starting configuration Bicycle Trailer Weight 8.2 kg / 18 lbs Folded dimensions 104 x 56 x…