Month: May 2007

This weekend SHARE MTB hosted a Poker Ride. The ride was held at EL Moro trail which is in Crystal Cove State Park in Orange County. I didn’t ride the event, but decided to drop in to say hi to some friends of MtnBikeRiders.com. I loaded up my kids and drove down to Crystal Cove.…

Ok, it’s not that old. It’s a few years from its prime but it was really really really neglected. The owner left it on her porch for a year while she lived right next to the beach in Santa Monica. The sun, combined with the sea air took its toll on this Gary Fisher Tassajara.…

Yesterday I had the chance to take the KHS XC204 on the Fullerton Loop. Man, I was blown away! Although I’m not a fan of the SRAM stuff, the SX5 and the X7 derailleurs switched gears with fast precision. The front and rear suspension worked great, I need to tweak the RockShox Dart 2 fork,…

Check out this 25er… Click image for a bigger picture. Courtesy of Bike Community The first 25″ bike was presented on last weekends Bike Festival at Garda Lake / Italy (Europes biggest bike festival). Over 18.000 visitors of the festival had the possibility to check out the new “UXC” bike. The initiators want to bring…

Last night Moe, Priscilla and I hit the trails at the Fullerton Loop. Here’s Moe with the new KHS XC 204 Climbing… A view of the city from the top of the hill I ended up getting a flat on our way back. Luckily Moe had the super bright NiteRider MinNewt lights to help me…

Tom, one of our readers from Germany sent us this great picture that was sent to them by a reader of their site, BikeCommunity.net The rider strapped his nikon D50 to his chest, used a superwideangle lens and switched the self timer on

Just saw this on ebay: Motobecane Outcast 29er SS. The Outcast 29er comes in 3 different colors: matt slate, cool white & matt bronze. Here are the specs: FRAME: 6061 Aluminum with horizonal dropouts, 2x H2O bosses, eyelets, rr rack bosses FORK: 4130 Chrome-Moly with etelets CRANKSET: TruVativ Aluminum 42T 175mm with bash guard BOTTOM…

Our good buddy Kevin Bergman from State College, PA just informed me that Spring Gobbler Season is on and that it might hinder the Bike Barbeque Beer II ride. The turkey season affects any state forest or game lands in PA. Therefore the Bike Barbeque Beer ride’s intended route through Michaux State Park would have…

Ever wish you were in the industry so you could check out Interbikeâ€â€?North America’s largest cycling industry trade showâ€â€?and ogle all the new product before it hits the shelves? We figured as much, as we sure enjoy the cool (and sometimes head scratching) product that makes it to the show. So we’ve teamed up with…