The other night, Priscilla and I set up a time where she would meet me at the trail head for a night ride. I got to the destination and started to get ready. As I was gearing up, she rolls in on her bike. Usually she’s dressed in some sort of cool jersey with a…
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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).
If you need to lay your bike down on the ground, make sure that it lays on its left side. Basically you want the drive train side, like the pic below, to point towards the sky. Cuz’ if you lay it on the right side, your bike will EXPLODE!!!!!Jk, but you can and probably will…
I say not my usual since it wasn’t on the normal night we ride. But on Monday, I came home from work and Priscilla asked if we could go on a night ride. I said, “tonight?” After a small dinner, Priscilla and I got our bikes ready for our little adventure through the Fullerton Loop.…
Here’s a prototype running a muck in the world of the Internet. This is something that’s been in the works at Intense for a while, a downhill 29er…crazy. This first proto is in the medium range 23.5 effective tt. G3 dropout & Head tube 14″ bb in middle, w 64.5 ha @ 0 CS 18.25″…
This past weekend, Priscilla and I had the privileged to head out to Rancho Mirage (near Palm Springs) for a Marriage Retreat that our church hosted. Since this was a weekend-long event, Priscilla and I decided to bring our bikes and see what the California Desert had to offer. Our weapons of choice, the KHS…
We met up with ProTonLocks at Interbike. During our meeting/video interview, their product actually wowed us. The nice gentleman showed us a large poster of a bmx guy with a prosthetic leg doing a crazy stunt while using these pedals. He even demonstrated how his pedals worked and by that time we were convinced that…
We met Charles Jenkins at Interbike and he had nothing but great things to say about the new KHS sixfifty606 bike. Then at the last race, we saw him annihilating his competition while riding the 650b. Here’s what he had to say about it.
So here’s a super cheap and fun way to quickly add some pizazz to your bike. Get yourself some engine or brake caliper enamel from your local auto parts store. I chose a funky green. I would have preferred pink to match the theme of my bike. Then I removed my caliper and rotor. I…
Sunday was your typical Southern California day, dry and warm. Temperatures were forecasted to reach over 82 degrees. In this event we had our Cat2/3 and Single Speed racers. Here’s the current roster: Kim Finch-Cat2 Priscilla Policar-Cat3 David Sanderson-Cat2 Tony Finch-Cat3 Eric Hunner-Single Speed (but racing with the Cat2 riders) Joe Solancho Cat3 Cat2 and…
For the longest time Ibex Bikes was the leading Internet Brand Bike company out there. They sold directly to the consumer, which allowed them to save money since they were cutting out the middle man. Well those days are over since they recently announced that they are no longer in business. So where can people…