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…
Year: 2010
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…
One of our absolute favorite people and bike companies to visit with has to be our good friends at Redline. The Conquest 20 No, your eyes are not fooling with you, this is not a full size mountain bike. It is a kid’s 20″ wheel sized bike that can be ridden both on the trails…
I was thinking about what to start with for our Sea Otter 2010 coverage and I thought I’d start with a video Tim took.
MtnBikeRiders.com had a pretty good week. A couple of our guys are out at Sea Otter right now. While they were gone, the rest of the crew did some riding, eating and more riding. On Thursday night, Team Rider, Wes “GQ” Castro paid a visit to the rest of the team so he could show…
Aye, the last few days has been pretty rough for me. I’ve been saved by my night ride yesterday. But again I am faced with a crummy day today. Between stresses of work, taxes and other things, I feel like I need to be reminded on how awesome I am. That’s why I love WhosAWESOME.com…