Year: 2009

Saw this ad on mtbr and had to share one of the pictures. Seriously, what was the guy thinking?

It’s mega important! One of the benefits of riding in a group or racing in a team would be the cheering and encouragement you get from your friends. During our 2009 race season, our team would do what we can to make sure our folks were getting some love from each of us. It goes…

For the last 4 years I’ve preferred wearing crew socks, black in particular, than I do cycling socks. Here’s what I’m talking about, black socks. I never did like cycling socks because I don’t like their “wicking” abilities. If anything, my feet felt more schweaty with those than they do with their cotton counter part.…

I just found a pack of the Power BarGel Gel Blast in my car. It’s been sitting in my trunk for about a month now and today I got hungry. I know its not the best snack, but its what I had. I grabbed my pack and already it felt all weird and stuff. After…

Team Racer and overall the sexiest man on a bike, David “El Guapo” Sanderson is turning 28! I’m sure you’ve heard us talk about how talented he David is. But we also wanted to say he’s one heck of guy. One of the nicest and most competitive guys you’ll ever meet. So that means if…

We are almost done building the MtnBikeRiders.com Sette Vexx DH Bike. Here are a few pictures of the 98% completed bike: Thanks to Ner for providing the pictures of the Sette Vexx! So what is missing? Turns out that the BB width of the Sette Vexx is 83mm, the Shimano Saint Cranks I got are…

Check out what the Sette Vexx may look like as a complete bike: Although we don’t have specs, it looks like they will be using SRAM, RockShox, Mavic, Kenda and Truvativ. Not too shabby, and check out the price $2,599 for a complete ready to race bike is not bad at all!!! We will be…

Can I get a show of hands of people that do and people that don’t? If you’re not sure how to do stuff, leave a comment asking us what it is you would like to learn, and we’ll do our best to come up with a tutorial for you.

I am a fan of Robb Sutton’s website bike198.com. I have his site on an RSS feed and I enjoy reading his postings. I especially like his content including his well written reviews and pictures. So color me happy when he produced an ebook called: Ramped Riding for $20. Ramped Riding ebook In these down…

If you ride the world famous Fullerton Loop you probably have seen this van: And most likely you know his owner: This is Dave “Crash” Collins, if you don’t know who he is, here’s a little about him: I grew up in the 70’s racing motocross for my father’s Motorcycle shop in Anaheim California. In…