Month: May 2011

Please welcome the newest member of the race team, Nick DiBlasi. Nick is relatively new to the whole sport of cycling in general. He’s been road riding for the last 2 years with his wife Megan. Nick got into BMX and mountain biking within the last 4 months. He’s been racing at the Orange Y…

Here’s something that I learned from Priscilla. Anytime she goes to some sort of day spa, they serve water with cucumber. I didn’t think anything of it until she made some for the kids and I at home. The cucumber reacts with the water and gives it this magical flavor that is utterly refreshing! So…

We touched on this a few weeks ago when we first heard that some of us were scheduled to appear in the June 2011 issue of Decline Magazine. Well I finally tracked down my own copies, one to read and one to save. In the photo you’ll see (from left to right) team racers, Corey…

I was out of town this week for work, and when I came home I had package waiting for me from Airborne Bicycles. I was planning on meeting up with RL and several other riders first thing Saturday morning for a ride at Whiting Ranch, so I spent some time to get the Goblin assembled…

A Very Special Happy Mother’s Day Greeting goes out to you, cuz’ we all have a soft spot for moms on two wheels. To the moms that are frumpy and don’t do much, we still would like to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day. But its not as special…

We’d like to wish Eric “The Animal” Hunner a very Happy Birthday! So I asked Animal what’s in store for him on this joyous day, he grunted one worded answers such as: food, eat, kill, plunder, pillage, ride, bike, beer. With that being said, from all of us at MtnBikeRiders.com and it’s Race Team, we’d…

If you’re a fan on our Facebook page, then you may have seen me post something about getting a Leisure Suit to race with in the upcoming Golden State Series Race #3. After getting some encouragement from our fans, I decided to order the suite. Here it is for your viewing pleasure. If it’s not…

This Saturday, April 30th was the Project Rwanda ride. This a ride to raise money for Project Rwanda, and they provide bikes for those in Rwanda to be able to transports agricultural produce. According to their website: Project Rwanda is committed to furthering the economic development of Rwanda through initiatives based on the bicycle as…

Earlier this week, I had convinced my youngest to join me for a tandem ride through the Fullerton Loop. After riding 8 miles of the trail, I had asked her if she’d be interested in riding again on Saturday morning at one of my favorite trails, Aliso Woods. It took some convincing, but I was…

Over the weekend we participated in a track rental at the Orange Y that our friends Nick and Megan DiBlasi coordinated. This meant full access to the track and a working start gate. Since I’ve never done anything like this before, I felt a bit out of place and even intimidated. But after my first…