Can you give us some background on who you are, name, where you live, married, kids, profession? My name is Matt Gilman. I live in Baltimore, Maryland, I am married to a wonderful person who has supported me through everything that has happened to me with my vision. No kids as of yet, though the…
Author: RL Policar
RL Policar is an avid mountain biker and the Editor In-Chief of MtnBikeRiders.com and BikeCommuters.com. Between the two sites, he's published well over 4,000 articles (and growing).
This weekend I packed the cooler full of my new favorite drink. No, its not some fancy beer, but its a new flavor from Capri Sun, Mountain Cooler. I love this drink only because it has a 80’s style mountain biker on it! Other than that, the flavor isn’t as good as Pacific Cooler, or…
All week Weather Forecasters were predicting that Sunday would bring rain to Southern California. But as you know weather people are always wrong at least half of the time. I got up around 5 am to get the trailer ready to head out to Fontana to do some practice runs. Fellow team mate, David Sanderson…
RL Policar-The Animal has been a great asset to the team and continues to deliver great results in each race. Read his report below and enjoy his race experience for yourself. I had a great day to say the least. I arrived early in the morning at Southridge to get settled in, I got myself…
This has nothing to do with mountain biking, but I wanted to share a funny video that I saw originally from the Swobo Blog.
–RL Policar: Counting Coup has to be one of the tougher races hosted here in SoCal. On race day, it was estimated that over 300 riders participated in this yearly masochistic fest. Once again, our very own Eric Hunner didn’t disappoint us by racing this event with his single speed. The results of my last…
This race was the 2nd to the last of the 6 part series. You would have to race at least 5 of the 6 to qualify for the overall points. So far, I’m the only one in my category that has raced at least 4 and the next race on the 22nd would make it…
During my practice runs before my DH race, I crashed 2 times in which I landed on my right side. In previous races and practice sessions, I’ve also crashed on my right side. If you look at my impact suit and knee/shin pads, my left side is pretty clean, no gouges or obvious signs of…
I have decided to call it quits. That’s right, no more mountain biking of any type for RL. I will begin my new career into body building since it doesn’t require any type of conditioning, all I have to do is lift weights… I will hang up the cleats and the bike only if I…
On last Saturday’s ride through Sycamore Canyon, I was miserable. Worn out and dehydrated, I was jacked up. But I looked great! How? It was only possible with the help of my new glasses… My new sunglasses says “ride like a rock star.” Just match it up with a white helmet, and you’re ready to…