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His friends call him “Short Arm” Steve because he’s got short arms. He’s had a hard time finding a mountain bike that has a short top tube and a short stem. He’s been known to use a 25mm stem to help his reach problem. Here’s Short Arm with his lady friend who doesn’t seem to…

Let’s cut to the chase. Here’s my busted frame. This was my Titus Rockstar 29 Alloy. The unique part about this bike was it had a carbon rear triangle. I thought it was sorta cool and stuff, but I’ve always been weary of carbon parts due to them breaking. As you can see the brake…

“HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!” What is Thanksgiving? Well according to Wikipedia, this is Thanksgiving. “Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.” Wow never knew Thanksgiving was…

Well this will be the last year in Vegas and day 1 was great, big crowds, great products to see, and it looks like the E-Bike crazy is still big here. So sit back and check out INTERBIKE 2017 at a glimpse. ROTEC CYCLES IN THE HOUSE John Sullivan is one guy who has kept…

Last night Interbike had the Media Product Preview Dinner. This is where you get invited to see some new stuff and vote on the thing you like the most. New innovative things from electric bike products, protective gear, security locks, just about anything. Dinner was great, beer with a good meal, in all this was…

DIRTDEMO Well we are here again and we kick it off with the Dirtdemo in Boulder City NV. So take a look at what was around from all the vendor’s that were outside on this nice 80’s sunny day. E-BIKES Still they seem to be the big thing this year. HAIBKIE had the biggest wait…

TRAIL AWARENESS Have you ever been on your local trails and you’re coming around a blind turn and suddenly you have hikers or horseback riders. Both hikers, horseback rider, and you have your eyes bugging out of your heads like Large Marge from “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”. Hopefully yelling doesn’t start from the hikers, horse…

A few months ago I posted a little heart to heart article on me saying that I won’t be riding for a while and etc. Well things have gotten better. Not to air out my dirty laundry, but what I mean by getting better is I’ve grown from the whole experience. I remain grateful for…

LET THE FUN BEGIN Well the Sea Otter Classic has come and gone for another year and we were there again. What could you say about the SEA OTTER CLASSIC other than it’s one of the greatest bike festivals any avid cyclist could ever attend. Held at the Mazda Raceway [Laguna Seca Raceway] in Monterey,…