Just got an email from Kona telling us that they’re adding new bike fleets to their bike parks around the world. Here is what Kona has to say:
This year, we will offer six new adult and three new kids/young adult Garbanzo bikes at our Bike Parks around the world. From dirt jumping to [...]

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Gotta check out the DIYWBC 1.0 (Do It Yourself Wooden Bicycle version 1.0).
As a product designer I work with a lot of limitations. The products should not be to experimental, not to conventional, they should be easy to massproduce yet hard to copy, the materials should be rational and low-cost yet have an [...]

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Trek Demo, Fullerton Loop tomorrow, Saturday May 31 from 9am to 3pm.
Even if you’re not interested in buying a bike, demoing bikes is super fun. My friend Tim & I went to the last demo day here in Fullerton and had a blast riding Treks and Gary Fishers. Tim wasn’t looking [...]

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Courtesy of VeloNews.
A pair of gravity veterans took home the USA Cycling 4X Pro National Championship in Angel Fire, New Mexico on Sunday.
Rich Houseman (Temecula, California) claimed the stars-and-stripes jersey for the pro men, while Melissa Buhl (Chandler, Arizona) won the title for pro women.
Houseman tore through the newly re-vamped Angel Fire 4X course, besting [...]

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Tyte Rack sent over their universal roof top bike rack to us for testing. Here is what Tyte Rack says about their rack:
Tyte Rack roof racks incorporate a unique design, that make them the best rack today to carry bicycles on a vehicle roof. In addition, this rack is very versatile and adapts [...]

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It brings us great pleasure to introduce our newest Staffer for MtnBikeRiders.com, Joe Solancho.

Joe comes to us from a busy mountain bike racing season. He’s competed in and in many occasions placed in races like the Team Big Bear Challenge in San Dimas, Ca., Southridge USA, Fontana, Keyesville Classic, and the Sea Otter Classic. [...]

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Greg “H-Ball� Herbold of SRAM took a few minutes of his precious time to share with us how Avid’s new brake, the Elixir, works.

Moe videoing Elixir

Elixir is sleeker than the Juicys

A cutout of the Elixir to demonstrate the action inside the reservoir
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Our friends at Kona has a Photo Contest with prizes given to the 3rd, 2nd & 1st place winners. Here are the details:

Take shots of your bike, your friends railing trail, hanging out at the coffee shop, as long as it captures an element of the riding lifestyle, we’ll take it.
Send in your [...]

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Mark Reynolds passed away while competing in the Downhill event at Sea Otter. Our great friends at Evomo have been organizing a Memorial fund raiser and many companies have stepped up to offer product donations for this event. Read more about it below:
Los Angeles, CA — A fund raiser is being held [...]

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Tara Llanes a 14 year veteran of the professional mountain biking circuit, with 4 National Championships, was seriously injured while racing at the Jeep King of the Mountain Finals September 2007. She is currently paralyzed from the waist down and her medical costs have been growing.
Because of this Go211.com has decided to [...]

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