AIRBORNE RANGER’S AND THEIR AIRBORNE Bicycles
Well the year is at a close and our racing is also at a close, so I took the time to go on line and check out my fellow MtnBikeRiders.com teammate’s finishes on Southridgeusa.com and well I was quite amazed at our amount of top ten finishes. We…
So you want to get into downhill mountain biking, but it intimidates you…
You find yourself riding more technical terrain and have toyed with the idea of trying “downhill,” but something about it intimidates you. Hey, don’t worry, first time dher’s have all felt that way before. Eventually you’ll…
Platform Pedals or SPD?
The race team has a mix of riders who like to be clipped in with some sort of SPD style pedal as well as the guys who use platform pedals. Here’s Team Racer Corey Pond using SPD pedals. Team Racer, Joe Solancho using flat pedals. So the question…
Oh You Fancy Huh-Race Report, Shimano Winter Series 2011 #2
On Sunday the Downhill Dept. of the MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team participated in race #2 of the Shimano Winter Series in the beautiful city of Fontana, Ca. For some reason I felt fancy this weekend. Rather than sporting my 2011 jersey that looks pretty…
Tacklin’ Downhill with the Taka
Sunday was the start of the Shimano Winter Series, put on by the Southridge Racing Company here in SoCal. This series includes, XC, Super D, 4X and DH. This is my second year competing as a beginner downhill racer, but it was my first time racing with…
First Time Doing Downhill
My daredevil brother, Randy was in town this weekend. I had offered to take him out downhilling because he’s never tried it before. I figured, he’d do just fine since he jumps out of perfectly working airplanes at 13,000 feet…for a…
Dear Full Face Mountain Bike Helmet Maker…
To whom it may concern, I would like to express my concerns that full face helmets do not offer enough ventilation when it comes to breathing through my mouth. I have used several helmets and they only offer small vents on the mouth/chin guard. I’m…
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…
Shimano Winter Series: RL’s Downhill Report-The Finals
All week Weather Forecasters were predicting that Sunday would bring rain to Southern California. But as you know weather people are always wrong at least half of the time. I got up around 5 am to get the trailer ready to head out to Fontana to do some…
Sette Impact Protective Suit
A few days ago I mentioned the Sette Impact Protective Suit that was available through PricePoint.com for $79. Well after talking to our friends at Pricepoint.com, they went ahead and sent me the suit to review. Now that I’ll be doing more DH…