Ryan Leech performing at Sea Otter, 2008 The very cool Ryan Leech did an interview with Dirt Rag. DR: I read that you changed your style in order to make it more audience-friendly. Tell me more about how you got away from focusing on competitions, since I imagine if someone’s into trials, competition’s sort of…
Year: 2008
Check out Khoa’s newest project bike…21.8lb single speed carbon! Read it here
I finished Priscilla’s new machine and its purdy! Here, scheck it out mang! First order of business with this bike was personalizing it for Priscilla, thus the pink accents. She had the same Jagwire Pink derailleur cables and housing on her last bike, and she loved them. Rather than recycling her old cables/housing, I ordered…
So the question was, which tires would look great on my Sette Reken Single Speed…if you didn’t get the hint that I was going for a black and white theme… But if you did, then you would have sent your answer as this…”SZ-1 Thanks to everyone that entered the contest, but there could only be…
Last week I mentioned that I’ve got another build project going on at the MtnBikeRiders.com workshop. To refresh your memory, we basically wanted to build a bike for Priscilla that she can use for those epic rides that she enjoys, and for it to double as a race machine. So that meant that the bike…
As you all know last Saturday was our official dress ride. This is basically the ride in which Vince Rodarte of KHS Bicycles paid his bet by wearing a dress during a ride at the Fullerton Loop. On Saturday morning we had gathered a group of riders that were there to get a ride in…
As you recall on Father’s Day weekend, I took my friend Val Macatangay for a ride at our local trail – Coal Canyon. Since then, he’s been frequenting this trail. Almost on a daily basis, Val hits the trail at 6 am – rides from his house and climbs a little further than the last. …
After months of conducting studies, polling people, researching different offers from different cities and sitting around twiddling their thumbs, Interbike has sadly decided to stay in Las Vegas. Here is the info via B.R.A.I.N.: After two years of collecting potential host city data and retailer, manufacturer and industry partner feedback, Interbike management has announced the…
Khoa made an in-depth video showing you how to build a wheel. He’s using Mavic 717 rims, American Classic Hubs and DT Swiss Spokes. Since building wheels isn’t something that takes a few minutes, I’d suggest you grab a drink and a snack before you watch the video. By the way, the wheelset he built…
Golden Fischers this past week had a dealer only camp in Fullerton, California. This was to introduce to their vast dealership the three new technological marvels that Golden Fischers has come up within the past few months. These technological advances include: the new E2 geometry, HiLo full suspension bikes and Active Spoke Pivot (ASP) technology.…