As RL mentioned in a previous post, 7 of us made it out to San Juan to ride the bottom half of San Juan Trail. This trail is my cup of tea. The climbing was not fun but it paid off with a nice singletrack descent that had some technical elements in it including lots…
Year: 2008
This whole week a few of us planned on riding a gnarly trail called San Juan. Its near San Juan Capistrano in South Orange County…beautiful place. So Jeremy was our tour guide, his friends Wayland, Dave and Dave along with Joe Solancho, Priscilla and I, drove about an hour to get to this trail head.…
I got up early this morning to meet our buddy Vince Rodarte at Turnbull Canyon or TBC as we often refer to it. Turns out that TBC used to be Vince’s backyard so he knows the trail very well. Vince forgot his bike at work, so he had to borrow one of my bikes. Being…
So this whole week I’ve been whining about doing this ride tomorrow at a trail called San Juan. Here’s why….the trail is about 12 miles of climbing…but that’s only if we can make it up to mile 7 of the climb. Then if we still have enough time, we’ll keep going. 7 miles of climbing….argh!…
Last week I hosted a contest where you the reader had to guess what part of my body this photo was taken from… As gross as it may look, it really isn’t. Well I guess it depends on how you look at it. But its basically my chin from this photo…. The only person that…
I posted my first impressions recently on this Road Rash Repair Kit. If you don’t remember what it looked like initially let me refresh your memory: 1st day with my boo boo. 🙁 Day 4 of healing And here is the final update! Here are my updated pictures. Drum roll please…….. Day 7 of healing.…
A recent press release by the Bicycle Retailer and Industry News website mentioned that Bicycling Mag has decided to move its offices from Burbank to Valencia, California. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Southern California, Burbank is a city just north of downtown Los Angeles while Valencia is a little farther northwest of…
Chuck over at the Natural Lube 7A Development Team sent me this bottle of lube. Here’s what he said about their product: We have an all purpose lubricant that is actually engineered and designed to lubricate regardless of the conditions and is natural , shelf stable and yes , you could eat , drink and…
I picked up this energy spray made by Kickers at my local Wally World for $2.49. The spray is supposed to give you about 80 applications, you simply spray it under your tongue 5 times, hold it for 30 seconds and swallow. What the package doesn’t tell you is the Gawd Awful taste that this…
…and it sure as hell aint easy putting grips on powdercoated bars. If you’re like me and enjoy all these newfangled colored parts(or white) then you might want to read on. Last night I threw my all white Spank Lounge Bar and 1.5 Not One Timer Stem(strange name, I know) onto the Bandersnatch. Everything was…