While you’re out riding the trails today, take the time to hug a tree. Photo courtesy of 9gag.com
Month: April 2010
Santa Cruz has gone carbon with their new Nomad. With the success of their Blur & Tallboy models, it should be no surprise that the Nomad was next. Some pictures for you. Sana Cruz Nomad Carbon One current Nomad rider was oggling this beauty. I was too. Check out the compression molded carbon links. upper…
Thomas Paatz of Mtb-News.de at Sea Otter 2010. Uber cool guy Thomas, see previous post on Thomas from Sea Otter 2008, had flown in from Germany and was set to rent a mid-sized car. But when we saw him in the parking lot at Sea Otter, he & Jenz (sp? I apologize if I am…
Don’t you want to be cool and well accepted by your mountain biking peers? If the answer is yes, then make sure you order a MtnBikeRiders.com T-Shirt. It’s only $15+$5 shipping. What? Are you that cheap? C’mon you can splurge $6K on a new bike, but can’t spend $20 for a shirt that can literally…
Being a father of 2 and not being a spring chicken, racing downhill with protection is paramount for me. The good folks from EVS Sports sent us the RC-EVO neck protector to race with. I put it on last night to see how it would fit around my neck. The RC-EVO is an XL, it…
Eric “The Animal” Hunner was kind enough to let one of our riding buddies try out the Redline Monocog. Dan’s bike was in the shop getting some fork work done. This was Dan’s first experience on single speed and on a 29er. Read his first hand experience with the Redline Monocog. Let me begin by…
Sea Otter Twenty Ten presented Jer and I with a world of carbon framed bikes. One striking design was the Titus Racer X Carbon with its “X” shaped frame and its modified four bar suspension design. Designed as a pure XC race bike designed for those racers not looking to get beat up by the…
I stopped by Niner bikes booth for a few minutes to mainly check out two things: how wide is the downtube on the Air 9 carbon and to see in person the new Jet 9. What I got was a bit of a surprise, and I’ll put it out there at the top so you…
One reason that I love mountain biking would be the post ride meals. In fact, that’s what I look forward to on our Thursday night rides. I’m sure you can tell, but I am a major FOOD fan. I love food and food is inFATuated with me, emphasis on FAT. So here’s what I enjoy…