As I was riding downhill at Chino Hills, my K2 Lithium 4.0 started to make this horrible noise. Turns out the bearings from the Shock linkage basically disintegrated.

First thing I did was contact K2 to see about replacement bearings, they responded by telling me that I couldn’t purchase the bearings by themselves, but I [...]

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Over the weekend I was RPM Cyclery in Lake Elsinore, Ca. While I was there, a customer brought in an old Huffy with a stick shifter. Check it out.

What was cool was, the mom that brought it in said that this was her 10 year old son’s bike.

Sure there are nicer bikes out there, but [...]

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I’ll admit that I’m a huge fan of the lycra. Most lycra shorts have superior chamois pads but since I’ve come across Hoss shorts I’m liking baggy shorts more and more. Well, Hoss baggies at least. Their new Stallion short is basically a board short with a detachable chamois liner. It detaches via the loops [...]

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I just got back from a family vacation in North Carolina. Thankfully my wife has recognized my obsession with mountain biking and set some time aside where she would take care of the kids (along with the help of some family) so I could go out and get in some riding.
The places [...]

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Crashes..lots of them…. enjoy.

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So the other day I was talking to a shop employee who was definitely into bikes. He started talking about the new Marzocchi forks and what not. I don’t even recall what he was saying until he tells me that he “just jizzed” himself when he saw this new fandangled fork.
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With the fires blazing all over the southland in California, the air tastes like campfire all day long. Your eyes and, more importantly, your throat seem to stay dry all day. So I headed down to my local brew provider for a little something to wet the palate. Being a pushover for a good name, [...]

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With the fires going on lately, if you go out for a ride, all you’ll do is make yourself sick. I’m not getting on my bike and I would suggest you do the same.
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Well, the funding for my XC racing machine fell through so I had to come up with a new solution to build the bike: Borrow parts from my K2 Lithium 4.0 bike.

So my specs are as follow:
Fork: Manitou Black Platinum
Wheelset: Vuelta USA StarLite
Brakes: Hayes HFX-Nine Hydraulic
Stem: Ritchey Logic
Crankset: RaceFace Ride XC
Rear Derailleur: Shimano XT
Front Derailleur: [...]

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