Thanks to Mountain Biking, I can now fit into my Skinny Jeans!
One great thing about mountain biking is that it gets your legs nice and tone. Nothing says sexy than a good looking set of calves, quads and of course, the buttocks!
Sea Otter 2010: Voodoo Cycles
Voodoo has a new bike that they are pretty proud of and I would be too. Voodoo Cycles is making their first foray into mini-link frames. Normally a 4-bar linkage company Voodoo worked with Joe Murray in designing a Floating Pivot Point (FPP) that…
Sea Otter 2010: Titus Rockstar
Titus Rockstar on the XC loop On Saturday afternoon Tim & I took out a couple of Titus’s on the XC loop (about 18 miles and almost 3k feet of climbing). I grabbed a Titus Rockstar. The Rockstar is Titus’s full suspension 29er with 100mm of…
Sea Otter 2010: Ellsworth Enlightenment 29
We stopped in to check out the San Diego based Ellsworth. The big thing at Ellsworth this year is their move to add carbon frames to their venerable aluminum bike lineup and lets just say their carbon Firm Tails, don’t call them hardtails!, are…
Sea Otter 2010: Heather Irmiger
Last year, Tim and I got a chance to ride with Mr. Gary Fisher himself at the Sea Otter Classic. This year, as we were about to return our Kona’s (Abra-Cadabra & Hei Hei 2-9 impressions coming soon) we spotted Heather Irmiger, a Gary Fisher…
What’s the rush?
Do you ever find yourself trying to ride as fast as you can through a trail? I’m sure we all have at one point or another. Though you may be going super fast, you can actually miss out on so many things that the trail can offer such as these little…
Sea Otter 2010: Niner Bikes
I stopped by Niner bikes booth for a few minutes to mainly check out two things: how wide is the downtube on the Air 9 carbon and to see in person the new Jet 9. What I got was a bit of a surprise, and I’ll put it out there at the top so you…
Sea Otter 2010: Redline Bikes
One of our absolute favorite people and bike companies to visit with has to be our good friends at Redline. The Conquest 20 No, your eyes are not fooling with you, this is not a full size mountain bike. It is a kid’s 20″ wheel sized bike that…
MTNBIKER DOWN: RIDE, RAFFLE, BBQ – MAY 23RD
Hi everyone, it's official - Sunday May 23rd we'll be hosting (with the gracious help of The Path Bike Shop) a group ride and BBQ. Funds raised will be going to help out Mtnbikerider Wes Castro as he recovers from a shattered hip. So far the progress…
Spotted: MtnBikeRiders.com Jersey on the trail
I got to take this gorgeous, handsome jersey out on a late afternoon ride yesterday. It looks good. Props to RL for the sweet design. I also saw a dead opossum, but that has nothing to do with the jersey.