OTB
Singletrack this morning, before going OTB I went Over The Bars (OTB) today. Not much fun. You’d think that after breaking a finger having gone OTB that I’d learn not to brace myself for my fall, but you can’t teach this old dog new…
San Juan continued…
As RL mentioned in a previous post, 7 of us made it out to San Juan to ride the bottom half of San Juan Trail. This trail is my cup of tea. The climbing was not fun but it paid off with a nice singletrack descent that had some technical elements in it…
Final Review: Road Rash Repair Kit
I posted my first impressions recently on this Road Rash Repair Kit. If you don’t remember what it looked like initially let me refresh your memory: 1st day with my boo boo. 🙁 Day 4 of healing And here is the final update! Here are my updated…
Southern California: Best Mountain Biking Locale in the World?
A recent press release by the Bicycle Retailer and Industry News website mentioned that Bicycling Mag has decided to move its offices from Burbank to Valencia, California. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Southern California, Burbank is a city…
Ride Report: My First Epic
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…
Fat Cyclist… April Fools Jokes for Cyclist
I’ve been a huge fan of the Fat Cyclist for years now. The best way for me to enjoy his blog is by having it sent to my Google Reader whenever something new is posted. For those of you who don’t know about the Fat Cyclist he used to be kind…
High Volume, Low PSI
I’m returning to my higher volume lower psi days on the rigid 29er. With no upcoming races to train for and just fun riding on the horizon I’ve decided to go with increased comfort and grip at the expense of more weight, more rolling…
LA Times: 5 Inch Bikes
The all mountain Trek Fuel Ex 9.5 Every once in a while, the Los Angeles Times does a short feature on some mountain bikes. This time the author, Roy M. Wallack, did a short write up on some 5 inch bikes including the Cannondale Rize, Trek Fuel EX 9,…
My First Spin Class
The fogged up mirrors should have been my first clue as to the punishment that was to come I took my first spin class this weekend. It was early on a Saturday morning and the pervading thought I had during the class was: “I’m glad all I had…
A Return to Rigid
eXotic Carbon rigid fork Today was a beautiful morning to put in some mountain biking time on the recently installed eXotic carbon 29er fork. I went to my nearby trail while it was still dark and put in a slow paced 8 miles. Carbon weave… oh so…