Art is planning on writing a full article on this subject, but I wanted to give some teaser shots of a recent project he did with his GoPro. I didn’t want to spoil Art’s article. So I’ll leave you with a final photo.
Category: How To’s/Tech Tips
If you’re familiar with our other website, BikeCommuters.com, then you’ll be familiar with some of the community service projects that I’ve been doing. Back in the Fall of 2012 I got some help from Planet Bike, they donated a huge box of bicycle lights, bells, and locks for me to give away to some of…
I was playing around with the idea of changing things up with Burt Reynolds…again. Here’s some ideas… My favorite color! Green mAcHiNe! Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?! Vanilla Gorilla. The Purple Nurple. If I go with either one of these colors, I’m not sure if I could continue calling Burt, Burt Reynolds…
First step to gaining 3lbs on your bike is to get a wild hair up your butt like I did and somehow convince yourself that going from a 3×9 drive train to a 2×10 would be “upgrading.” Second step is to procure yourself a slightly used SRAM X7 2×10 drive train. Step three, install said…
MAKING WEBSITE MAGIC As you our readers go through the mecca of knowledge on our website countless times and see all the cool footage of test, cool stories, events, and all things mountain biking, you must wonder, “how do they it”. I’m not only talking about the effort and lengths we go to when we…
Nick D. contacted me a few days ago and told me he’s made some progress with the tandem project. He found some tubing that would work perfectly well for our Eccentric Bottom Bracket. You know the saying, “measure twice, cut once.” Check out our Niner EBB in the new shell. Here’s how it looks on…
So, RL and I were riding together the other day when the topic of what I carry on a ride came up. I explained to him that given my fireman/paramedic/search-and-rescue/general outdoorsman/pro bike mechanic/avid rider/all-around-bitchin guy background I carry more than your average mountain biker. It was with awe and amazement that he exclaimed, “The world…
So why am I talking about ear infections on a mountain biking website? The other day I went to the beach with my daughter and her friends. I played in the water and later that day my left ear was aching. I figured something nasty in the beach water got in my ear canal and…
Kids we’ve been blessed by Serfas stepping up to sponsor the Double Banger Tandem Project. This package literally just arrived at the World HQ of MtnBikeRiders.com. What you see is a set of Serfas BURNER tires in 2.35. The Burner has a directional tread pattern that will handle any terrain you throw at it. Multi…
Hey! Don’t think this soft thing means that Burt is a wuss, NO! It just means he got a new-2-him fork! Scheck it out kids, this is my latest acquisition for Burt Reynolds, it’s a Rockshox Reba RL (that part is my favorite, you know, that fact that it says my name, RL). So take…