After my lovely wife cleaned my battle wounds, I quickly suited up to do my first ever Downhill practice. Joe, RL and I took the shuttle to the top and waited for our turn to ride. I was really nervous because I’d seen a few riders really eat it on the course. I didn’t start…
Month: January 2009
This weekend, my role as the Team Manager was sidelined by the fact that I had to take a few practice runs on Saturday and race DH on Sunday. With my absence from my normal job duties during the a race, my fantastic, awesome, and very beautiful wife Priscilla, took over some of the tough…
Tim Scissors & I were able to get out for 2 laps at Whiting Ranch this past Saturday. It was a birthday ride but the birthday boy was a little shy so no pictures of the group. Tim Scissors salutes the beautiful ride, great weather and fun trail We’ve written about Whiting Ranch a couple…
RL Policar-“Here’s a race report from our newest team member, David Sanderson.” I nervously await the start, wishing I had done so many things differently, but I know I did at least one thing right, and that was enter my first bike race ever…but I’m getting ahead of myself, lets start at the beginning. The…
I arrived at Southridge with trailer in tow, Eric, David, Tony and Kim were already there. We formed a little caravan circle with our cars to block some of those fierce Santa Ana winds that plagued us the entire weekend. Registration lines were really long, we waited for about 40 minutes to get our numbers,…
After Saturday’s XC and Super D races, Moe, Kim, Tony, Joe and I did some DH practice to get some feel of what the course will be for the race. After a few sessions up on the mountain, we called it a day. Sunday morning came and the 5 of us went up the hill…
For those that have been fortunate enough to meet single speed phenom, Eric “The Animal” Hunner, they will tell you that Eric is one gigantor of a man. He literally out weighs his competition anywhere from 50-100lbs. To give you an idea on how big he is, check out the following photos. Look at the…
Last weekend MtnBikeRiders.com made a trip to the Dainese store (or commonly known as D-Store) in Costa Mesa to watch the DVD premier of PINNED. When I arrived at the D-Store, I was brought to the VIP room to meet Art Aguilar of Dianese as well as the cast and crew of BNC Productions. …
Team MtnBikeRiders.com will be at the first race of the 15th Annual Shimano Winter Series this Saturday and Sunday. We are pretty excited because most of the Team will be racing DH. This will be my first time and I believe Kim’s first time as well at coming down the hill. I will be doing…
Last Sunday, Priscilla, Joe and our friend David and I went the Pinned DVD Premiere in Costa Mesa, Ca. While we were there we saw KHS Team Director Quinton “Q” Spaulding. I went over to say hi and he returned the favor with a Bro-Hug. We exchanged pleasantries and started talking about what’s new and…