Stopped by the Formula booth and got a couple of pictures of Formula’s new brakes. The Formula people were not at their booth so I wasn’t able to get any more information on the brakes other then whats on their “flyer”. Here are Formula’s two brand new brakes. Both are for the downhill/freeride crowd. Both…
Year: 2008
This was the first event that SRAM put on that basically was this race where anyone could enter. We all sorts of people like the toothless Jordie Lund to kids that were 14 years old racing against factory riders from the likes of Specialized. We were hanging out with Mike Thomas and Yanni of Tag…
Check this out…as I was walking out of the FSA BB30 reveal(more on that later), I caught a glimpse of the guys at Evomo. Somehow their truck got stuck.
Most companies that decide to offer 29ers usually start off with a hardtail or fully rigid bike. Pivot, however, decided to come out with a FS 29er using the dw-link suspension design called Pivot 429. The Pivot 429 has 100mm of travel in the rear and optimized for a 100mm travel front suspension fork. dw-link…
One of the booths at Sea Otter was Rock Racing. They had an impressive set up complete with dual flat screens showing off the Rock Racing team. They also had hats, jackets, shirts that ranged from $20-$50. But what caught my attention was the expensive water bottles! So we asked what was so special about…
We were at one of the shows Ryan put on. A fantastic show that lasted about 20 minutes, but somehow I was able to compress everything down to about a 5 minute video. Enjoy!
RL, Jeremy and I had the opportunity to test a few bikes on a ‘demo loop’ at Sea Otter, here are the pictures: We test rode the Spot Brand 29er SS, the Titus Racer X 29er, Pivot Mach 4 and a Pivot 429, stay tuned for those ride reports!
Last night after a full day of “working”, the boyz and I decided to get some grub. So we drove around Monterey until we found “The Grand Buffet!” As you may know, I LOVE buffets! Here’s Jeremy enjoying his “pizza” at the Chinese Buffet….who gets pizza at a a Chinese buffet??? Moe enjoying some shrimp.…
I was really intrigued by this bike so I asked Steve to let me borrow the bike for the quick, but awesome product demo route. He mentioned that no one has tested the bike in the US, and I will be the first one to do so. So here is the exclusive quick ride report:…
Ever since I built up my single speed, I’ve fallen in love with KMC Chains. Great chains, I’ve yet to snap one and just recently, I’ve even personalized my bike with a white chain to accent the white decals on the frame. KMC carries a whole line colored chains to accent any style bike. Unfortunately,…