I got a chance to take the Pivot 429 out on a quick haul through the Sea Otter Demo XC demo course. I was out there for less than an hour so this is definitely not a full on review of the Pivot 429 but more of a couple of impressions I got from the…
Month: April 2008
Like fine wine and good music, chocolate has been the subject of affection for people. Many shops all over the world offer fine chocolates such as truffles and the like. But none has combined a something that will bring both connoisseur of fine goods and a redneck together until now….Chocolate Covered Bacon! Breathe…engage your five…
During our first day at Sea Otter Classic, the three of us had a chance to ride Spot Brand Bikes’ belt driven 29er single speed bikes. We rode the bikes through the demo trail, about a 4-5 mile course that included some fast descents and steep climb as well as some super sweet single track.…
While we were at Sea Otter, I got a chance to talk with Jim Wannamaker of Kenda Tires and he provided me a set of the Kenda Small Block Eight tires to review. Here’s some info about the Small Block Eight # Excellent hard pack XC race tire # 8 Nevegal shaped but smaller knobs…
I’m one of the few lucky guys that has a spouse that is into mountain biking as much as I am. I’ve mentioned before that she really wasn’t into it. But I wanted to bring up an old article that Priscilla wrote that talks about how she got into mountain biking. Now that the weather…
The other day I was walking to the garage and I noticed something on the ground, it was an action figure that resembled our friend Bryan Thombs(click here for a picture of him) of Evomo. So I picked it up and called him “Lil’ Bryan.” Then I decided to do something like Flat Stanley and…
As RL lounged at the media center, Jeremy and I were earning our keep. Check out this video of us riding the Pivot Bikes:
Yeah I know its a well worn cliche. But I wanted to let everyone know that the Sette Reken frame is back at Pricepoint.com! Pricepoint.com sold out the last batch and now its back. They even have size as small as 14″ and all the way up to 20″. The price still remains a super…
One of the cools things at this year’s Sea Otter Classic was the Bike Skills pump track. Now in all honesty, I really wanted to try out this track, but I was intimidated by some hardcore kids that were in there tearing it up! But on Sunday we made it our first priority to get…
Syncros makes beautiful stuff. On my mind in particular is what Marshall, the Brand Manager, pointed out to us: an AM wheelset strong enough for Free Riding. Marshall specifically mentioned that some players in the 29er market are picking up these wheels for longer travel design 29ers that they haven’t finished designing yet! 😉 Here…