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).

A few months ago The Moe took a dive during a DH practice run at Fontana. He took a jump, landed but his bike bucked him off and OTB he went. Little did he know that his fall actually resulted in a REALLY messed up shoulder. He knew it hurt but he didn’t know the…

Meet my brother Staff Sgt. Randolph (Randy) Policar. He’s in the Army. He’s some sort of Jump Master and he’s also in the HALO programalso known as Military Free Fall.. Part of his daily job is to jump out of big military airplanes high above the skies, around 12,500 feet. He’s been in the Army…

If you’re not familiar with this term, Urban Dictionary defines it as: “craving; wanting-I’m jonesing for some sushi.”. So what am I jonesing for? Anything that has to do with me being on a bike. Being sidelined with a bruised rib has taken a toll on me. I tortured myself by watching the downhill races…

World famous Steve Ellis took a standard rolling pin and modified the heck out of it to make it his own massager. I’m sure you’re wondering how Steve is “world famous?” Well Steve is some sort of big cheese at Honda America and has been all over the US and through out television talking about…

For the last 6 months I’ve been riding with a Ghetto Tubeless Conversion. Yah its called GTC because its a cheaper version of the Stan’s Tubeless Conversion. Before I start, I need to say that if you attempt to do any of this, you’re on your own. We’re not responsible nor do we recommend you…

The WTB Wolverine tires came stock on the KHS XCT 555 that I reviewed. I’ve been riding with these tires for a few months now and I wanted to provide our readers a review in the event they are looking for a new set of tires to roll with. Before we get started, here’s the…

Last Saturday, we met up with Joe,Cons, Gabe “Dr. Thunda”, AV Dan along with The Animal and Lil’ Animal. We started at the lower parking lot of Aliso Woods. To reach the top of a trail called Cholla, we had to ride 2 miles on the main fire rode before ascending another 7-11 mins of…

The Sette Ace was sent to us by the kind folks of Sette USA as a demo bike. Here’s a bit of info before we start with the review. Price: $999 from Pricepoint.com Specs: Frame Aluminum 7005 Size(s) Small (16.5″/42cm)/Medium (18.5″/47cm)/Large (20.5″/52cm) Fork Rock Shox Tora 302 Air (4.72″/120mm) w/PopLoc Rear Shock Rock Shox Monarch…