It is with a heavy heart to announce that our very own Burt Reynolds is retiring. He’s gone from a regular Redline D600 to a rigid single speed, then to a formidable XC riding machine with X9 parts and all that jazz. On his latest rendition he donned a whole new look with blue plastidip.…
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Check it out kids, here’s the most recent addition to Burt Reynolds. I picked up this neat little upgrade from the most recent Fullerton Loop Swap Meet from non-other, Adam “Albacore” Spik. He hooked me up with a killer deal that would be equivalent to 5 large Pho bowls or a dinner for two at…
I was playing around with the idea of changing things up with Burt Reynolds…again. Here’s some ideas… My favorite color! Green mAcHiNe! Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?! Vanilla Gorilla. The Purple Nurple. If I go with either one of these colors, I’m not sure if I could continue calling Burt, Burt Reynolds…
First step to gaining 3lbs on your bike is to get a wild hair up your butt like I did and somehow convince yourself that going from a 3×9 drive train to a 2×10 would be “upgrading.” Second step is to procure yourself a slightly used SRAM X7 2×10 drive train. Step three, install said…
Hey! Don’t think this soft thing means that Burt is a wuss, NO! It just means he got a new-2-him fork! Scheck it out kids, this is my latest acquisition for Burt Reynolds, it’s a Rockshox Reba RL (that part is my favorite, you know, that fact that it says my name, RL). So take…
As you may recall I talked about Burt Reynolds getting a facelift. So after giving it some more thought and double checking with LadyP to make sure I can part out her old bike, I went to town on Burt the following morning. After spending some time to strip the KHS XC604 of its parts,…
As you all know, Burt Reynolds is one handsome bike. For those of you just tuning in, that’s this bike right here. Yup he’s a handsome devil. But then I got to thinking…”Wouldn’t it be fun to mix things up again with Burt?” If you recall, Burt started off as 24speed entry level 29er. Then…
If you’ve been following my updates about Burt ReynoldSS, then you’ll know that I’ve replaced the stock chain to a nice red one, but I still ended up with chain skipping issues. I’ve tried two different types of tensioners and they both sucked. So I figured I’d ask my beloved friend Jack “Ghost Rider” Sweeney,…