Earlier this morning The Moe, Roy (Moe’s bro) and I headed to Tehachapi for the second segment of the Rock Shox Golden State series. Approximately 2.5 hrs away from Corona we arrived at Woodward West shortly after noon. We saw our teammates Kim and Tony Finch along with many familiar So Cal faces. The DH course: …
Month: May 2009
Product Tested: Sette Razzo Sette Razzo 29er frame in size Large (20″) Website’s MSRP: $199.98 Specs: Material Full 7005 Alloy, Double Butted Main Triangle Welding Tig Welding Recommended Suspension Fork Travel 80-100mm Headset 1-1/8″ Standard Front Derailleur 31.8mm Clamp Type, Top Pull/Top Swing Bottom Bracket 68mm, English Rear Hub Spacing 135mm Max Rear Tire Clearance…
This weekend is the Rock Shox Golden State Downhill Race in Woodward West. Our DH crew (minus me) will be out there in full force ready to tear it up. Joe Sizzzle Kim “Champ” Finch Tony “Wizard” Finch Last but not least, the Angel of Death himself…THE MOE! They’ll be showing off the new Team…
Tim Scissors scored a pair of Sette Vexx sunglasses at Sea Otter. He’s been riding with them for the past month and a half. Here are his thoughts: Sette Vexx sunglasses from Pricepoint.com Eye protection is of the utmost importance while doing any type of riding. Could you imagine getting a little winged fellow in…
That’s right, Slayer is The Moe’s favorite band so when I saw this sweet helmet I HAD to have it. Dunno what it is, but as soon as I put the helmet on, I felt like a bad ass. So as you can see, I was showing no mercy on the trails at Fontana. Yeah,…
We gathered up the crew and invited some friends to try out downhill riding at the World Famous Southridge course in Fontana, Ca. We were joined by my former Downhill Race Rival/Buddy Johnny Dow as well as Tim Scissors, Mark West and Val M. This was Priscilla’s second time riding DH and she has remarkably…
At Sea Otter, we met up with our friend Steve Boehmke and while we chatted he gave me a small tub of a new chamois ointment called Okole Stuff, this is endorsed by World Famous Racer,Pua Sawicki and made by Team Mata LLC. How do you pronounce it? Okole (oh koh lay). Hawaiian word for…
MtnBikeRiders.com received several bottles of SportLegs. Basically I wanted to have our race team use them in a real race setting. We had the opportunity to test how these pills worked during the Shimano Winter Series as well as Counting Coup and Traverse. Cost: $26.95 for a bottle of 120 capsules. What’s in it? Here’s…
We received the WOOdman BILL LTI FZQT Hub to test and I recently had it built onto a wheel by our very own Tony “Wizard” Finch (thanks Tony!). Specifications Material : CNC-machined 6061 T6 aluminum anodized in black Includes : V-Cup Q and V-Cup T Holes : 32 or 36 What’s cool about this hub…
Private party transactions are usually the best way to get the cheapest deal. Craigslist, mtbr or ebay are common places to complete these transactions. The tradeoff for the lower price is a brick and mortar, or even online, store standing behind their product. Over the past few years I have had my share of bad…