The other night LadyP and I were riding and a small neighborhood butts against the trail. As I was climbing I started hearing some one yelling angrily. I head back down the hill to check on LadyP to make sure she was ok. By that time she had already stopped and busted out her phone…
Every now and then you’ll need to bleed your brakes. One thing I would recommend, when you have this procedure done or when you do it yourself, it’s a good idea to get a new set of pads. Why? Sometimes when you bleed your brakes you’ll end up having to inject more fluid in your…
Betting on Moto GP – Ghost Rider TEXT: The Moto GP season ended with a very exciting race at Valencia which was won by Dani Pedrosa after the new world champion Jorge Lorenzo had a mishap as he was trying to overtake a back marker. He wasn’t helped by the fact that despite a wet…
This past weekend I attended a church retreat to learn a butt load of stuff about the gospel. During our break, my buddy Officer Ben and I decided to hit the local trail. We ended up riding part of the Santa Ana River Trail (SART). We had some great views and once we got into…
Check it out kids, I took some old grips that I was about to throw away and used them for something else on the bike. Filet it down the middle. Cut the ends off. You can now wrap it around your chain stay and zip tie it for the perfect fit. Since you have 2…
As you may recall I talked about Burt Reynolds getting a facelift. So after giving it some more thought and double checking with LadyP to make sure I can part out her old bike, I went to town on Burt the following morning. After spending some time to strip the KHS XC604 of its parts,…
As you all know, Burt Reynolds is one handsome bike. For those of you just tuning in, that’s this bike right here. Yup he’s a handsome devil. But then I got to thinking…”Wouldn’t it be fun to mix things up again with Burt?” If you recall, Burt started off as 24speed entry level 29er. Then…
Normally I’m not a big fan of using ear buds while riding for the obvious reasons of being distracted or not hearing things around you. But I recently received a set of Open Ear Headphones by Aftershokz So the whole idea with Aftershokz is that the speaker/driver is placed outside of your ear canal and…
A friend of mind gave me his old Silca pump that no longer worked. He’s had this thing since the early 80’s. If you’re not familiar with Silca Floor Pumps, they’re considered to be higher end and if you were to buy one now, the price ranges from $70-$100. Silca makes their pumps to be…
I need to get this off my chest. The word is PEDAL, not PEDDLE. Please get it right. Too many of you on facebook keep saying it like this…”I just peddle on…” or “I peddle hard…” Just to help you out, here’s the definition of PEDDLE: ped·dle /ˈpedl/ Verb Try to sell (something, esp. small…