Author: RL Policar

RL Policar is an avid mountain biker and the Editor In-Chief of MtnBikeRiders.com and BikeCommuters.com. Between the two sites, he's published well over 4,000 articles (and growing).

So I recently acquired a new On-One Ringmaster 30t to install onto the Titus Rockstar 29er Alloy.  But when I installed it with my existing drive train (chain and cassette), I started experiencing some chain-skippage and as you know, this type of skippage kinda does suck. With that newfound info, I decided to text a…

So here’s a list of great articles we’ve published in the last few years that deserve another look. 1. Build your own bike shop in your garage. 2. How to remove a bicycle cassette. 3.How to strip paint off a bicycle frame. 4. How to polish your crank arms. 5.Lube your shifter cables We’ve got…

Based on that title alone, you know you’re already jealous. Well let me start of with a bit of a story on how this all went down. You see it all started with a text message that I sent out to The Moe. I said something like this… We ALWAYS abide by the Facebook Rule…

Every time I go into Target or Walmart, I HAVE to check out the bikes. I know that these bikes are crap, but for some weird reason I’m just drawn to them. So my latest Target trip, I was checking out the goods and even looked at the accessories they sell…

Last night Priscilla and I went out to the world famous Fullerton Loop for our weekly night ride. But the events leading up to our ride caused me to cut it short. Well for one, I’ve been eating diet food that has tons of fiber in it. Which in turn makes me get the runs.…

Not sure if grippier is actually a word, but judging from my spell check it’s not. Anyhow so I had this idea come to me because it was something I recently did for my motorcycle brake/clutch levers. I basically wanted more grip on my levers. So you ready? First thing you do is grab one…

Let’s talk about wheel sizes here for a bit. Everyone knows that 27.5 is like the latest rage in mountain biking. The argument is that this size wheel has the benefits of both 26 and 29ers…the best of both worlds. If you didn’t know, I own all three types of wheel sized bikes. I love…