Often overlooked, you bike’s cockpit components are crucial. Interloc Racing Design (IRD) provided the Headset, Headset Specs: * Tange Sealed Cartridge Bearings * Precision CNC-machined 7075 Aluminum Cups * O-ring seal * Stainless Steel Race * 6 anodized colors: black, silver, red, blue, gold and titanium * 110 grams, stack height 26mm, 1″ & 1-1/8″…
Month: October 2007
Biking is a great metaphor for life’s ins and outs. Take your trails for instance. If you’re riding the same one for weeks on end it can get dull and tiresome. Not that riding is tiresome but often we just need something different to break up the repetition and revive our minds. Today we’ll do…
This morning’s topic of conversation was referring to your bike as a girl or boy. Lance and Jeremy kept saying “she and her” every time they talked about their bikes. Personally I’ve always looked as my bike as more of an animal. Kinda like horse. But lately my bike has been more like a rebellious…
Who: From Raxter Racks website: Introducing RAXTER – The new standard for value in a wheel mount hitch rack. RAXTER is lightweight, it’s EASY to install, EASY to load, EASY to store! The innovative design of RAXTER gives you the ability to move bikes forward or backward during loading and is independent of wheelbase. This…
Check out my new threads from Spectrum Tech Wear. This is the SST Jersey. This jersey is made out of Chitosante Pique Fabric. Chitosante is new fabric that is not only anti-bacterial, but its also certified by the US, Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s what’s cool about this jersey, its made from Crab and Shrimp shells!…
About a week ago my email was hacked. Guess what, this hacker is part of the bike industry.How do I know that, well for one thing he was emailing my bike industry contacts. People that we deal with for reviews, ads and etc. This punk sent an email to some of the major players that…
As you may have noticed, we are big fans of KHS Bicycles. In fact this particular build, unlike Moe’s XC Racer project, is sponsored by KHS Bicycles. The great folks of KHS supplied us this bullet proof DJ300 frame. We’re planning on using this to do some 4X and of course dirt jumping. Here’s the…
There are many times when I’m climbing a steep hill and for some reason I hit a soft spot or a rock that causes me to lose my mojo and eventually needing to stop. What’s frustrating about this is that sometimes getting back on your bike to climb the hill again can be tricky. Heck…
RL and I hit the Fullerton early today. This was my first ride on the KHS Alite Team. Although I’m not much of a hardtail bike rider, I built this bike for XC racing purposes. Being used to riding the KHS AM2000, I thought that the transition from a 6″ travel bike to a hardtail…
The KHS Team Alite is done! Although I was not able to install all the parts that I wanted, the bike still weighs a respectable 25 lbs. That just means that I can still upgrade!! Big thanks to Vince Calvillo and his crew for helping us finish the bike on time.