Month: November 2010

At the last race of the year, the Southridge Annual Challenge, Kim Finch (Team Racer) showed us a little trick that she learned from her husband, Tony on how to keep mud off your bike. Her secret? A can of Pledge Furniture Polish!

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I saw something that triggered some angst within me. It was a basically this logo… Not sure why but I HATE that word. Especially when its spelled incorrectly. For starters, XTREME or EXTREME is such a dated word. Do you remember in the late 80’s and early 90’s when EXTREME started…

We built the “Ultimate AM Bicycle” back in July of 2007 with a KHS AM2000 frame, XT/XTR components, Spinner Cargo fork, Vuelta Wheels and IRD parts. This bike has served me well, it is tough as nails and a blast to ride. I’m planning to go back to SuperD racing for the 2011 Winter Series…

A few weeks ago I posted a video that I found showing some kids drag racing with their bikes from way back when. Watch the video and check out :40 seconds…the dude with the long hair had a drag chute on his bike! I thought to myself, that having a drag chute to slow me…

Frank Logan of Atmore, Alabama won by answering the question “What color is the skater helmet in the Tunebug Shake website. “ The answer we were looking for was BLACK. Congrats Frank and I hope you enjoy your new Tunebug Shake! By the way, we’ll be announcing another contest in a few days. But this…

So a few weeks ago I received a pair of new sunglasses to test, the were made by Bolle, a 120 year old optics company from France. Although the French language is hard to speak and sometimes it is hard to communicate with our friends across the pond (see video) they seem to have perfected…

Two weeks ago, RL and I raced at the Mt. SAC Fat Tire Classic on a tandem bike. What was interesting about this race is we were the only ones in our CAT with a tandem bike. Traditionally Mt SAC has had a class for tandems however since they are now aligning with the other…

Wednesday night we organized a night ride with some of our closest riding buddies @ the Fullerton Loop to celebrate Priscilla’s birthday. Cousin Joe, Brian Bolt,Arnie Alvarado and Cameron Mac Daddy (neon jacket). Jodi, Kim and Priscilla. Check out Priscilla’s bike, its been a tradition to decorate the birthday baby’s bike. On the trail. After…

I’m not necessarily speaking in terms of selling bicycles out of your garage, but a place where you can wrench on your own bike and perhaps a few of your friend’s bikes. For those that have been to my tornado torn garage, they’ll know that I’ve got a pretty messy set up, but it works…