I do! I have a Thule and when I first got it I didn’t have the fairing. Well within the first few miles I already noticed that my gas mileage had dramatically gone down. My little Hyundai was getting 24mpg with the new rack. The actual bike holders/trays are made by Swagman. $60 for the…
Year: 2008
This morning I got up around 5:30am just so I can put on the finishing touches on the Sette Reken frame. Magally of Pricepoint.com sent me this frame so we can show our readers that you can easily build a single speed bike for allot less than what people think. First of all this frame…
I was perusing Mtbr and stumbled on this article, here about Chumba Racing signing a 16-year-old freerider named Dakota Dulmage. Besides his stunning young age and talent, I noticed that the second picture on the article looked like a familiar spot. Boy, I need to step it up! We tried this same jump, which is quite…
Not sure what to get your mountain biking wife or girl friend? You can’t go wrong with some Pink Jagwire cables/housing. These retail about $25 at most shops. Yes…I did get these for Priscilla. I’m only posting it because she already saw them. So this weekend her bike is going to be decked out in…
I’ve often heard the term of “Heat Treating.” Apparently this is an important step in manufacturing bicycles. Without it, the material used for the frames wouldn’t be as as strong. So I asked our buddy Vince Rodarte of KHS Bicycles if he knew anything about it. The fella did, and check out what he wrote:…
Magnolia Pub & Brewery is located on Haight St in San Francisco. Every February they and the 21st Amendment(Pub & Brewery) host a Strong Beer Month in February. My beer reviewing compadre went to the 21st Amendment last year and said it had a larger, more mainstream atmosphere. Magnolia was just the opposite so we…
JJ rocking the downhill doubletrack I decided to get in a longer ride this weekend so a few of us went out to ride Marshall Canyon. Marshall Canyon is located in the foothills about 30 minutes north of where I live. It is a beautiful out and back that is basically a climb to the…
As Moe wrote earlier we headed out to Turnbull Canyon this weekend to get in some miles on our bikes. It was beautiful this weekend, it would have been a shame to waste it! Here is a shot of the beautiful LA smog. Mmmhhhmm. Nothing like it! One thing I appreciate about California is you…
RL pointing to Downtown LA This ride report is a day late, but it the days have been so beautiful in L.A. that it would be shameful to be spending them inside in front of a Computer. Khoa, climbing up to the tank. Anyhow, RL, Priscilla, Khoa and I headed to Turnbull Canyon for a…
Over at BikeCommuters, we’re running a poll about what type of frame material our readers are riding on. As of this morning, 62% have answered steel. Even more discussions could be found HERE where readers are talking about how much better steel is compared to any other frame type. Now if steel is such a…