Month: September 2011

Before Sea Otter 2011, FSA mentioned they were coming out with an angled headset to rival the very popular Cane Creek Angleset. Unfortunately, they didn’t have the prototype available in spring but at Interbike they had them on display. Scheck it out mang! The Orbit comes in 3 different angle sizes, 0.5º, 1.0º and 1.5º…

We’d like to invite you to a birthday ride this Wednesday to help celebrate our dear friend and staff writer, Khoa Nguyen’s birthday. After the ride we’ll be heading over for some grub at Roscoe’s (not the same as chicken and waffles) in Downtown Fullerton. We’ll be meeting at the Fullerton Courthouse at 6:30pm, hope…

Met up with our friends at KHS Bicycles. Got to see the new bikes they are offering for 2012. First up is the SixFifty609. Specs: This bike has some pretty lines. Can’t go wrong with American Classic. Then we have the SixFifty656, a full suspension version. The newest bike for KHS is the new Saguaro.…

POC Sports is now offering a large variety of colors to choose from when it comes to their protective gear. Check out what we saw… Artie demonstrates that the new POC Pink helmet to compliment the Pink Tuxedo. Trail helmets that reminded me of Easter Eggs. VPD 2.0 Body Armor in green.

I was stopped by Mr. Phil during Interbike. He is a loyal reader and hails from a state that I completely forgot right after he told me. But I wanted to make sure we had a picture together even if it was blurry. If you thought that photo of Mr. Phil and I was blurry,…

We headed over to the Shimano booth during the show and we met up with Shimano’s most handsome employee, Robert Plumb. He showed use the new ICE technology where it uses heat sinks to cool of your brake pads faster, thus more effective braking and less fade. New sleeker brake lever/master cylinder. Modulation was pretty…

Redline Bicycles 2012 offerings at Interbike included the following: D610 D620 The classy Monocog in a new color. One thing I may add, Redline’s CX bikes are purdy! Check out this CX team edition with hydraulic brakes! Conquest