Month: June 2008

Both Saturday and Sunday, I had a chance to ride the Sette Reken 69er conversion bike. Here’s a few thoughts. Riding the Sette Reken as a 69er was definitely a great experience. This frame has proven it self to be versatile and reliable. The frame has been my single speed rig for about 6 months…

I took a note from our very own Jack “Ghost Rider” Sweeney’s article about home made tools. But rather than following his steps whole heartedly, I kinda ghetto-fied it and just used this 2″ PVC pipe cut to about 10″ long. I needed to set a crown race on one of my forks this morning…

MtnBikeRiders.com set up a last minute ride at the Fullerton Loop. Priscilla, Moe, I as well as our friend Anthony decided to get a quick ride in for Father’s Day Weekend. I normally send out a weekly ride invite and one fella said that he’ll try to make it. Well what do you know, the…

It’s a shame to see this… Sorry Folks! But we have to shut down Woodstock Bikes! After 4 fun years, as of June 13th 2008, due to various reasons, most of which we had no control, we are regrettably going out of business. So we hope that everyone that bought a Woodstock Bikes 505 or…

Being an internet celebrity that I am, thanks to MtnBikeRiders, BikeCommuters and the rest of our sites, I constantly get bombarded by fans and the media. So on that note, I took a lesson from many gansta’ rappers and started riding with an entourage for protection as well as prestige. So here’s the first rule.…

The Ibex Ignition 3, Emerald Sand color, had been previously reviewed by two other staff members (Lance & Jeremy). As we are all individual riders and have different riding style, I’ll share my first impressions of the Ignition 3. I’ll try not to be redundant and rehash any of the previous reports on this bike.…

Need to learn how to fix your bike? Well let MtnBikeRiders.com show you. Did you know that we have over 100 How To articles and videos…most of them are staring…ME! That’s right, not only do you get to learn how to work on your bike, but I make it look guud! About 98% of our…

That’s right folks we’ve got another project in the works and its going to involve this bad boy…the Spinner Suspension REASON Fork. Specs: Specifications Wheel (inch): 26 Stanchion (mm): 32 Alloy Travel (mm) : 100 Steerer: Alloy Crown: Alloy Pitch (mm) : 130 Lowers (mm) : Mag Weight (g): (w/o Steerer tube) 1800 Features: Rebound…