Though Tony, Tim and I went to the U.S. Nationals in support of Kim Finch on her XC efforts, you didn’t think we weren’t gonna ride did you? Oh, also Johnny D was in attendance for a bit of work/play. Sol Vista is a lift accessed mountain bike park with several DH and XC routes…
Month: July 2009
July 11-12th (2009) several members of the Mtnbikeriders.com team made it out to Southridge Park for the third installment of the California Golden State presented by Rock Shox. The fourth and final round will be in Mammoth(!) Sep 4th-5th, hopefully we’ll see you there! It was sweltering hot weekend, with temps in the nineties and…
I spoke to a few industry leaders and found out which color(s) of the rainbow they are going with for 2010. White continues to be hot color in the bike business. So that means you’ll see the white wave flow into 2010. Some 29er colors would range from White and Red. Some single speed 29ers…
My race weekend started on Friday when I went to scope out the course right after work. I walked to the top and recognized some of the course that Tom had laid 3 weekends ago. Lower rock garden The course was totally different from any previous races,we had a couple of rock gardens and a…
The whole MtnBikeRiders.com crew would like to wish Kim Finch the best of luck as she heads out to Sol Vista Basin in Granby, CO. Kim qualified for the 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships scheduled for July 16-19, 2009. Kim is escorted by her super cool and fantastic husband, Tony Finch along with…
 Today I tried a new product, it is called Trislide. Trislide is a skin lubricant, at first I was thinking do I really need something like this? Well that question was answered during tonight’s ride. I just came off an extended vacation starting at the Colorado River and ending yesterday at Dog Beach In Surf City, much of…
Just got this from Matt, check it out. I’m soooo wickedly impressed that he could do all that.
From left to right: Moe wearing the “V Stripe”, David Sanderson wearing “OG”, RL wearing “Stealth”, Joe wearing “Old School” Just in case you haven’t seen the Stealth Jersey, here it is: back sleeves Depeding on the demand, we’ll soon be offering a “custom made” V Stripe or “Stealth” jersey with YOUR NAME in the…
When you are doing a seated climb up a steep trail, do you ever feel like the front end of your bike is wanting to pop up? This is really a result of a couple of things and can be easily thwarted by making an adjustment. There are a few adjustments you can choose from.…
When I first started riding Downhill, I was riding with goggles. After a few races and falls, I started disliking how goggles sort of impaired my riding. Another annoying thing about goggles is that unless you have the multiple lenses (which can be a little pricey) you are stuck with on shade of lens. Not…