Archive for the 'Gear' Category

My 3 Favorite Words…

… ok, not my favorite favorite, but they’re up there: “OUT FOR DELIVERY”. I saw that this morning when I hopped online to check the status of my shipment. I expected to see these three words and I was not disappointed.

C’mon. You know you like seeing those words too
Of course [...]

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Deal of the week: Manager’s Special

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Ibex Ignition Update

I’ve been able to get in a few rides the last couple of weeks on the Ibex Ignition 3 and have a few thoughts/impressions for you. They were all night rides so no action pictures of the bike yet. I have to admit that it has been a while since I’ve gotten a [...]

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GORE RideOn Cable Systems

While at Sea Otter, we came across the GORE tent and began talking to a nice lady that went into great detail why their product is superior than other brands out there.

Here’s some info from their site:
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Completely protected from the elements by
continuous liner and GRUB™ Seals. Patented cable coating technology designed for low friction and [...]

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Perfect Mountain Biking Mother’s Day Gift

For the mother of your children that ride or for your mom or for any mountain biking mom in your life here’s some suggestions for presents…remember Mother’s Day is next week, so place your order now!!!
Nothing says “I love you mom!” than a set of carbon bars and seat post from Pricepoint.com.

Easton Monkeylite XC Carbon [...]

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Kenda USA Small Block Eight

While we were at Sea Otter, I got a chance to talk with Jim Wannamaker of Kenda Tires and he provided me a set of the Kenda Small Block Eight tires to review.

Here’s some info about the Small Block Eight
# Excellent hard pack XC race tire
# 8 Nevegal shaped but smaller knobs across the tire [...]

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Once you go black…you never go back…

Yeah I know its a well worn cliche. But I wanted to let everyone know that the Sette Reken frame is back at Pricepoint.com!
Pricepoint.com sold out the last batch and now its back. They even have size as small as 14″ and all the way up to 20″. The price still remains a super [...]

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More Evomo Bad-A$$ne$$!

The Evomo crew are basically the bad boys of mountain biking. Rock Racing may hold the bad boy image for road racing, but for mountain biking, no one captures it like Evomo. So what makes Evomo so B/A? Well it starts off with some pretty sweet product and a couple swigs of JD. You may [...]

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Hate the rubber smell of tires?

If you do, you and Kenda Tires have something in common. While at Sea Otter, we heard about how Kenda didn’t like the rubbery smell of their tires. So what’s their solution for that problem? They made the tires to have a nice soapy, clean scent!

Ya, I’m dead serious! These tires smelled good, almost [...]

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Sea Otter Classic 2008 Test Grounds

RL, Jeremy and I had the opportunity to test a few bikes on a ‘demo loop’ at Sea Otter, here are the pictures:

We test rode the Spot Brand 29er SS, the Titus Racer X 29er, Pivot Mach 4 and a Pivot 429, stay tuned for those ride reports!
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