“Both. Always both.” – Joey Tribbiani, Friends If you’ve been keeping tabs on our test sleds, you’ll notice that one bike has gone from fully rigid to a hardtail over the last few months. As I’ve been able to ride this bike over that time period I’ve noticed how I always initially adopt the “grass…
Month: January 2008
I received another email from our Over Seas buddy, Cheong. He was showing off his new “Sexy Bike” It’s a 2006 Santa Cruz Chameleon. It kinda reminds me of a hard tail version of Lance’s Heckler… Thanks Cheong for showing us what a “Sexy Bike” really means!
Loyal MtnBikeRiders.com reader, Cheong Leong of China, sent me a review he did on the Sugoi Hydrolite Jacket. Day 1: On the hunt for a rain jacket against the Monsoon raining season for the next 3 months. Tried out a few Sugoi rain jacket and finally found the hydrolite. It was in my price range,…
One of the best ways to maintain your cables is to properly lube it. There are many ways to do this and the one that I am most familiar with is to dismount the cable/housing from the braze ons and slide the housing up or down, then apply lube on the cable. But if you…
We had a wet weekend here but boy did we need it. Then again it meant no mountain biking for the weekend which is always a bummer. The rain did stop for a little while, however, so I siezed the opportunity and jumped on the Night Owl. You know, carpe diem and all that. A nearby liquor store stocks…
So tell me, how do you pronounce…”SRAM?” Do you say it as “SCHRAM” or “SsssRRRAAMMM (SRAM)? Personally I say “Slice of Heaven!” Don’t get me wrong, I like Shimano stuff too, but SRAM has grown on me!
Today I was able to set up the Full Suspension Single Speed Woodstock 707 with a SS chain ring, spacers, and a 17t cog in the rear. As far as the chain tensioner, I’m still waiting on the Yess FS/SS gadget, but since I wanted to start riding, I purchased an inexpensive chain tensioner to…
Lance has a good point, being courteous with hikers and horse riders is a must for Mountain Bikers. Here’s what RL and I ride with: A cowbell. This little cowbell alerts hikers and other riders that we are coming. We’ve been praised by both hikers and riders for riding with it. Yes, it can get…
After having something really weird happen to the Redline Mono 9 (caused by user error) a couple of weeks ago we contacted Redline and they immediately sent out a new chainring for me. I picked up the chainring a few days ago and my addled brain thought I had written a post pointing out how…
I while back we reported that there was some butthole making holes in the trails of the Fullerton Loop. The holes were dug in places that were hard to see and some riders almost got hurt. Well, it looks like the bastard was caught!: FULLERTON, Calif. – Police said they arrested a man who acknowledged…