As I type this, I am getting ready to go get arthroscopic shoulder surgery. It looks like I fractured my shoulder on one of my practice DH runs @ Southridge. picture of not actual crash, but of many! I had one heck of a season, I never had so much fun racing like I did…
Month: October 2009
One of my favorite trails this year has to be Santiago Oaks.Ā For the last 3-4 months, Iāve frequent this place more than I have any other trails in So Cal.Ā Not only is it local, but totally fun!Ā You get both worlds – the workout from climbing the 3Bs and the reward of a…
Last Saturday Dainese hosted the Freedom Riders Video Showing. With the help of the kind folks of SDG, Sette, Pricepoint.com, and ODI, we had tons of stuff to raffle. MtnBikeRiders.com also donated about a dozen shirts for the event. DB Media Group provided the audio visual support by setting up a projector and screen for…
Ā Ā Ā How do you get ready for those long distance bike rides, I often hear my coworkers ask me? I say to them I just ride. Well actually I just push myself a little harder every time I ride. Lately I have been putting a little time in on the stair machine at my work’s…
Last night the MtnBikeRiders.com Crew set out to go see the biggest mountain bike movie ever produced. Moe, Khoa, Romanian Thunda’ (Gabe), RL, Priscilla and Randall. Jeremy was there last night, but met us at the movie theater. I say the biggest because I’ve yet to see a movie/film/video go through a “National Showing” of…
Earlier last week I talked a mean game about how the MtnBikeRiders.com Race Team had been working hard in preparation for this years XC Race at Bonelli Park. Some of our riders have been doing some cross over training by implementing the P90X work outs, others have been using bags of cement in their hydration…
So my beloved Jet9 was recalled. Very sad as I liked that bike a lot. It fit my style of riding to a “T”. The first issue I had to deal with was what was I going to do? I had three options which were: 1. Buy a significantly discounted niner frame and wait 6…
Come join us this Saturday at the Dainese Store in Costa Mesa, Ca. at 1pm on October 24th. Proceeds will benefit IMBA Donation of $5 for the movie would greatly be appreciated, proceeds to benefit IMBA. Raffle Tickets Available so you can win some cool stuff!!!! The show starts @1pm. D-Store 1645 Superior Ave Costa…
Last week MtnBikeRiders.comĀ took possession of the spankinā brand new KHS SixFifty 606.Ā We have been featuring this bike prior to Interbike 2009.Ā For those that are not familiar with this bike, it sports the 650B tire size, a *new size that places itself in between the established 26ā and the revolutionary 29er. (*new in…
Kim and Tony Finch have often joked how David Sanderson is their “adopted son” because how much time they all spend together. In fact David has even started calling Tony and Kim “mom and dad” or sometimes “Joanie and Chachi” Recently I noticed that David has a small resemblance to Tony. I mentioned to David…