One of my dear friends Ana C. owns a small business called Handmade with Love By Ana. She makes handmade jewelry. What’s great about her business is that she takes her profits and puts it towards the charitable work that she does with Hope World Wide as part of the Community Service Brigade that travels…
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Back in mid 2012 we started to hear rumors and see spy pictures of Sram’s 11 x 1 drivetrain setup! When we first saw this we thought what a great idea to simply do away with the front derailleur and achieve a very similar gear ratio set up by adding an extra large ring to…
I’ve been riding with the Serfas Hydra Sunglasses for some may call it Optics for quite some time. Below are the specs: Polarized Lenses Decentered Polycarbonate Lens Technology Polycarbonate Lenses Block 100% of harmful UVA and UVB rays Hand Polished Frame Finish Grilamid Frame Composite Rubber Temple Inserts Furnished with EVA Hard Case and Micro…
I’ve heard it said, “You are what you eat.” I call B.S. I have been eating fast food for years and I have yet to get any faster. After brewing my daily pot of coffee this morning I have come to the realization You Are What You Drink. I like my coffee black, mornings, afternoon,…
We’re happy to announce our team roster for 2013. There’s been a few changes, but the biggest news is that our very own Lady P is back on the XC scene! Lady P will be competing as a Sport Level XC racer. The rest of the team will consist of the following riders: Corey Pond,…
For the most part I can work on pretty much every part of a bike. From shocks, forks, derailleurs and even disc brakes. But when the KHS XCT 556 needed a brake pad replacement, I tried to bleed the brakes myself and found that I had a short attention span because I must have missed…
So the other day The Moe and I went out for our lunch time ride. Rather than taking my 29er, I brought out the Footbike. To some this may look like a scooter, perhaps mechanically it is, but I have to say this thing is a butt kicker. I’ve never had such a great workout…
The other day I was hanging out with Animal. I told him how I inherited a great professional grade Park Truing Stand. I was telling him that because of this tool, I’ve learned how to properly true and etc. Animal looks at me, chuckles and told me to look at the two zip ties in…
During Interbike 2012, we had a meeting with Airborne Bikes Brand Manager, Jeremy Mudd about all the great things that are being planned for 2013. One of the things he mentioned was the new Goblin and he had gladly offered us a bike to test out. Fast forward to the Fall, we received this… The…
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,…