When I look back at all my years of mountain bike riding and racing I have done, then come across something I have kept as a memento from my early days, it makes me think just how far we have progressed with bikes, parts, and riding gear. While reorganizing my mountain bike area of my…
TIME FOR CELEBRATION March 31st was full of milestones, new looks, and great business relationships made stronger. Mike Franze owner of Fullerton Bicycle was celebrating his 15-year anniversary of ownership. Mike purchased the store back in 2003 then shortly after he purchased Buena Park Bicycle in 2005. Family owned, Mike treats his customers just like…
Happy Easter MtnBikeRiders.com readers. We hope all have a great day riding with friends, having fun with family, doing your Easter egg hunt, and of course that big dinner. Be safe and ride on.
“HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!” What is Thanksgiving? Well according to Wikipedia, this is Thanksgiving. “Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, the United States, some of the Caribbean islands, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.” Wow never knew Thanksgiving was…
So, a few months back when we were having all this rain, yeah SoCal had “RAIN”!! Can you believe it… With all this rain we had it was hard to get out for one good day? You have to hit it before the rain came. I was able to do some CX riding (Cyclocross all)…
Well this will be the last year in Vegas and day 1 was great, big crowds, great products to see, and it looks like the E-Bike crazy is still big here. So sit back and check out INTERBIKE 2017 at a glimpse. ROTEC CYCLES IN THE HOUSE John Sullivan is one guy who has kept…
Last night Interbike had the Media Product Preview Dinner. This is where you get invited to see some new stuff and vote on the thing you like the most. New innovative things from electric bike products, protective gear, security locks, just about anything. Dinner was great, beer with a good meal, in all this was…
DIRTDEMO Well we are here again and we kick it off with the Dirtdemo in Boulder City NV. So take a look at what was around from all the vendor’s that were outside on this nice 80’s sunny day. E-BIKES Still they seem to be the big thing this year. HAIBKIE had the biggest wait…
TRAIL AWARENESS Have you ever been on your local trails and you’re coming around a blind turn and suddenly you have hikers or horseback riders. Both hikers, horseback rider, and you have your eyes bugging out of your heads like Large Marge from “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”. Hopefully yelling doesn’t start from the hikers, horse…
LET THE FUN BEGIN Well the Sea Otter Classic has come and gone for another year and we were there again. What could you say about the SEA OTTER CLASSIC other than it’s one of the greatest bike festivals any avid cyclist could ever attend. Held at the Mazda Raceway [Laguna Seca Raceway] in Monterey,…