RL, Priscilla, Grace (my wife) and I got together for a pre-mother’s day ride at the Fullerton Loop. Today was a day full of ‘firsts’. Today was the first time I’ve ever ridden off-road with my wife. Usually one stays behind with the kids. The girls slept over Grandma’s house so it was the perfect…
Year: 2007
image from: www.doperssuck.com Man, I’m glad I’m just a recreational rider. If you’ve been following professional cycling, it is in a sad state of affairs. Landis and USADA trading jabs, Basso’s confession to ‘attempted’ doping and Ullrich’s retirement (geez, I wonder why he retired). My guess is that the pressure to perform lead these riders…
Just received word that the 18th annual Sea Otter Classic is being moved to MAY 1-4, 2008 (from the normal mid April date). Here’s the email: MONTEREY, Calif. (May 11, 2007) Organizers for the Sea Otter Classic, a Celebration of Sport, announced today the event dates for the 18th annual event would be May 1-…
Lunch Box (LenzSport), the new all mountain 29er, is being demo’d by Mike Curiak a well known wheel builder/29er rider in Colorado. Here he is taking the Lunch Box out and doing things he has never done on a 29er before. For those who didn’t believe that 29er wheels would ever be strong enough to…
In the past few month we’ve made some great friends in the bike business. Some I’ve known for a few years. But KHS Bicycles has always stood by our side in making sure we know the latest trends and gadgets the industry is coming out with. There are a few key players at KHS that…
Some photos of Gary Fisher’s new HiFi 29er are on mtbr.com forums. This is for Nat Ross, the Gary Fisher racer, hence the different paint job. The medium sized bike weighs in at a very light 24.5 lbs. Race ready indeed. This is not a replacement of the Supercaliber or Caliber (Gary Fisher’s current two…
This evening I spent some time in the garage doing some work on the Woodstock 707. I’ve installed the Marzocchi Bomber fork that has 5 1/2 inches of travel and lockout. I also slapped on this mondo large front tire. What you’re seeing is a 2.6 Kenda Kinetic DH tire. I’ll let you all know…
So which is better, a moisture wicking shirtor a regular cotton t-shirt? In the past few months I’ve been playing around with different shirts. One ride I’ll wear some sort of lycra/spandex jersey and on another ride I’ll wear a regular cotton tee. Heck just last week I even wore my Hawaiian shirt with my…
You guys know how much I love my Ibex/Xtracycle, well Surly Bikes has been testing a prototype called the Big Dummy! I remember seeing this thing at last years Interbike. It’s actually pretty cool. They basically built an Xtracycle bike. First of all, no, the Big Dummy is not yet in production. We have all…
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