Like many XC-oriented guys, I’ve been riding clipless pedals for a long time (about 12 years in my case) – switching over as soon as I could afford the pedals, and with the expectation that riding clipless would make me a better rider. Lately I’ve been questioning that – and also feeling like I wanted…
Month: October 2012
Continental has provided us here at MtnBikeRiders.com with a set of 26″ tires for evaluation and testing. They sent us the Race King (2.2) and the X-King (2.4) which according to their website is pronounced Cross-King. These tires are a large volume low tread type of tire which I think is great for cross-country riding…
A few months ago we were sent the LifeProof iPhone Case to review. This product claims it’s water, dirt, snow and shock proof. What better way to test a product than by going mountain biking and giving it to the hands of a teenage girl. I’ll get more into that later. One of the items…
Technically we didn’t ride for 5 hours, it was more like 2.5, but I did drink a bottle of 5 Hour Energy and I was so energized! Love that stuff, way better than Monster, Rockstar and all that jazz. By the way, I have to warn you that this is going to be photo-intensive. If…
A few months ago, I turned one of my mountain bikes into a commuter. Yeah, I know. It’s kinda embarrassing. But I had a bike available, and WTB sent over their Freedom Cruz 29er tires for review, so I felt obligated. For the full review, head on over to BikeCommuters.com – but in short, these…
A GREAT RACER OK so we all know that the truth of the evidence has come out about the Lance Armstrong doping allegations and Lance Armstrong was released by Nike and he stepped down as chairman of his LIVESTRONG foundation. Something I believe he should not have done seeing that his cancer recovery had nothing…
Just recently we took delivery of the brand spankin’ new Airborne Goblin 29er. Right out of the box. So what makes this Goblin different from the previous model? Here’s what they have to say: FRAME: Tapered HT with increased rear wheel mud clearance, increased standover clearance on the 16″ frame-size. Tapered Reba RL fork with…
In these past few InterBike’s I have found myself looking at lighting systems more and more. After doing the test on a prominent light company known for it’s baja light’s I was impressed with the 900 lumen set-up they had and as we all know the big boy companies are always pushing the envelope, but…
The other night, myself along with Khoala, Lady P and our friend Jonny, were out on a nice evening ride through the Fullerton Loop. About mile 1.5, Jonny noticed he was having some shifting issues. We stopped and noticed that his derailleur cable had snapped at the pinch bolt. I offered to help by setting…
I know that we’ve seen photos of Obama riding a Trek Hybrid with his family, but what if he and Romney were seen doing some cool stuff like downhill, Super D and etc? I know when George W. was mountain biking, people loved the fact he seemed relate-able and heck he wasn’t half bad at…