Month: June 2007

BB7 in Black for 2008 Bikemag.com has a picture of the new 2008 Avid BB7. Here’s the writeup: Avid BB7 – The BB in BB7 stand for “ball bearingâ€Â? and anyone who has used them knows how smooth and simple these mechanical disc calipers are to use and set up. This was the disc brake…

Since all of us are employed full time and have families of two kids or more, it is not often that we all get together for a ride. This Saturday was the exception, Jeremy, RL, Priscilla and I all got together and headed down to Aliso Woods for an early morning ride. So here’s our…

One of the skills I’d like to solidify is truing. I’m ok at it, not quite that great. But in order for me to become da masta at it, I need to practice. So I’ve been checking out a few truing stands and they all range from $50-$250. So I decided to Google up a…

Trek Fuel EX Cyclingnews.com has a preview of the new Trek Fuel EX. Last year’s ‘R1′ evolution of Trek’s simple-but-proven single pivot suspension designs was certainly a step in the right direction. However, those improvements probably should have been made years ago, and the upgrades essentially just brought Trek up to about even with its…

RL and I headed out for our weekly Thursday night ride at the Fully Loop and my co-worker Alan joined us tonight. He hasn’t been out riding on the trails in over 10 years! So props to Alan for coming out and giving it a another go! As we were gearing up to head out…

Who: Crank Brothers Product Tested: Crank Brothers Smarty Pedals Website’s MSRP: $ 59.00 Specs: weight 282g per pair spindle scm435 chromoly steel body composite rails high-impact polymer wings carbon steel spring steel standard cleat included shims included release angle 15Ëš or 20Ëš max rider wgt no restriction warranty 1 year About Me: 6’0â€Â? 210lbs, 27…

In response to Moe’s attempt to intimidate me with his posting about indoor training…no I’m not threatened at all…NO I’M NOT…OK! Anyhow, I just wanted to post some pictures of my progress…Yeah I’m pretty happy with my results too. I’ve also started running. In fact I’m going to the gym today to run on the…

Grace and Priscilla had been taking spinning classes, I usually use my commute as training. Unfortunately, my work hours changed and my 20 mile commute was sadly reduced to 9.6 miles. Also, one of the spinning classes was rescheduled to an earlier hour making it impossible for Grace to attend that session. We need to…