Year: 2010

Art Aguilar is an Expert Level downhill racer who has been racing since the 90’s. We had asked Art a while ago to help us create a series of tutorial videos that shows basic downhill techniques that would be helpful for any level rider. Here’s what we came up with: Section 1 Section 2 Section…

If you’ve been keeping up with MtnBikeRiders.com, you’ll remember the name Wes Castro. Just to refresh your memory, a few months ago, during a practice run @ Fontana Wes went down and shattered his hip in 6 different places. The early prognosis was not good. His first doctor told him that the break was pretty…

Fullerton Loop Swap Meet 7am-12pm Save the Date-July 31st, 2010 Get there early to get a good spot From 7am-12pm-Fullerton Loop Swap Meet. Bring out all your old or new stuff you don’t want anymore BRING CASHOLA! Located HERE View Larger Map

Saturday morning I assembled a small crew to do some downhill riding. One of the guys that was present was Art Aguilar. Mr. A has been racing downhill since the 90’s and currently he’s an Expert level racer. So when we met up on Saturday we decided to film some how to videos (coming soon)…

Just in time for the weekend, Justin Beerit reviews an Organic Beer! This one is for the tree huggers. Beer: Organic Münster Alt Style: Altbier Size: 16.9 oz. bottle Brewer: Pinkus Brewery Alcohol content: 5.1% I found the Pinkus Organic Munster Alt whilst browsing through the liquor store and thought, “Well, I like altbiers and…

New from Xpedo are their Face Off XMX17AC platform pedals. These are the pedals that I am using with my new Intense Uzzi VP. Check them out… these are sweet looking pedals! The Face Off XMX17AC are aluminum pedals with a cromoly spindle. Although classified in their website under the BMX category, these are fully…

I showed up early Saturday morning for a not-to-be-named boutique bike manufacturer’s demo day. Since my JET9 was stolen three weeks ago, oh how I miss you, I have been perusing the classifieds for a replacement. I have tentatively narrowed down my choices to the following three: Niner RIP9, Santa Cruz Tallboy and Specialized Stumpjumper…

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a weekend of back to back rides. With a busy schedule sometimes getting ONE ride on the weekend is difficult enough. This weekend felt like a treat as on Saturday I headed off to Aliso Woods. I rode with a new group of riders who I met the previous…