Carbon off-road wheels by Bontrager. The 29er wheelset, as reported by Velonews, is weighing in at 1570 grams. Called the Race XXX Lite, these wheels are Tubeless Ready. As with all things carbon, weight (or lack thereof) is typically the most discussed feature. The new Race XXX Lite wheelset weighs in at 1,450 grams for…
Month: July 2008
As most mountain bikers know, carbon fiber has been used in building frames, forks, levers, cranks and just about anything you can think of. But when I recently took a job at TAI Sports, the world of softball and baseball opened up to me. First of all, I haven’t played softball since I was in…
Bikepedia.com has some 2009 bike pictures up. Since I’m a 29er guy I thought I might share the new 29er I saw on there, the Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Comp 29er. Last year, Specialized came out with the Stumpjumper FSR Expert 29er but for 2009, they’ve added a lower spec’d Comp version. The 2009 Stumpjumper FSR…
Well I am sure you all heard things were rockin’ here in California today. RL and I are about 10min from Chino, (the epicenter). Today’s earthquake is one of the strongest ones we’ve had in a long while. There’s lots of videos circulating out there but this one caught my attention. Happy to know that…
As promised I created a video of our adventures in Temecula, specifically at the Wellington Ranch. Alex, the little fella in the video is so much fun to watch. That guy can ride, and he’s only 13!
Just recevied from American Mountain Classic & Sho-Air International: Press Release July 29, 2008 Sho-Air International is pleased to announce a “Go-Green” entry fee incentive/relief program for all competitors in the American Mountain Classic Stage Race in Brian Head, UT set to run August 21-24. In light of the recent escalating prices at the gas…
The great people at Kona have hired a new Sports Marketing Guy. Hot off the presS: Avid Mountain Biker And Pro Freeskier Shawn “Smiley” Nesbitt Joins Team At Bike Company: Riding bikes equals fun – that’s what Kona Bicycle Company’s new Sports Marketing Guy Shawn “Smiley” Nesbitt says. And, soon Smiley will find out that…
Interbike is happening on Sept 24-26, 2008. That’s pretty much right around the corner. If you remember last year’s Interbike coverage, we had a blast bringing you some of the newest and greatest products out there. But at the same time we went as regular folks. We still oooh and ahhh at some of the…
All of us lucky enough to go out and ride Turnbull Canyon on Saturday got to see one of the most elusive, stealthy animals on the planet… The Moe. The Moe is very similar to the mysterious cougar who prowls the bars of Orange County searching for the unsuspecting young buck. Wait, wait, wait… I’m…
We just received some pictures of Redline’s 2009 mountain bikes and they are quite the looker. No worries, these aren’t all the mountain bikes that Redline is offering in 2009. All pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them. Monocog Flight D460 D660 I am particularly smitten with the blue/grey paint job on the D660.…