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…
Month: May 2011
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…