Wooweee! After a cold rain spell the weather kicked up to 80+ last week. And now I’m wondering why I always start this segment with the weather conditions? Guess they call that pillow talk. Foreplay shmoreplay…let’s get some beer. Today we’re looking at a Thai beer called Phuket. Yup. It’s name is derived from a southern island…
Category: Mountain Biking
MtnBikeRiders.com chit chatted with Endurance Racer, Jeff “Mr.24” Kerkove to get an idea what this whole endurance racing thing is all about. Jeff is also a fellow blogger and his site resides on….www.JeffKerkove.net Check out the interview… Please tell us about yourself, who you are, what you do. Geez, where to begin? I grew up…
This Saturday we decided to hit up Bonelli Park in San Dimas, Ca. because Priscilla has a race there next weekend. We sent out our usual email invitation and one of our readers, Joe Solancho decided to join us. On the Ralph scale, Moe and I both agree that this trail is definitely at least…
We caught wind that Fezzari Bicycles will be launching a new downhill bike. I got one action “spy” shot of the beast. I’ll work on getting more info about the specs of the bike…
Spectrum Tech Wear sent me some clothes to try out. The shirt that I tested is the SST. Here’s some info about the SST: SST could stand for several things, but we refer to it as our “Super Simple Tee”. This Chitosante t-shirt brings joy to all who wear it. Simple, solid construction for unparalleled…
Race days comes sooner than you expect. Usually you’ve done quite a bit to get yourself prepared by training, and dieting. You’ve even check out the previous year’s race results to see how close you need to be in order to place or at least not be last. You’ve probably even test rode the course…
We just got in the eXotic Carbon Rigid 29er fork. This version is the disc only version and will be going on our 29er test rig shortly. Here is some information from eXotic’s website: – Stunning flagship carbon mountain bike fork with 7075 Aluminium steerer, carbon fibre tube stanchions and forged 6061 Aluminium dropouts. –…
I got a chance to install the new twenty6 products dualie levers on my Juicy 7’s. Since I took off one of the levers, I decided to take some pictures for your enjoyment. Here is a comparison of the twenty6 levers with the Juicy 7 levers: Side by side: twenty6 lever and Avid Juicy 7…
It’s ridiculously easy. I did this in about 5 minutes. 1. Unthread the lever pivot set screw by using a 2.5 mm allen wrench and turning counterclockwise. Make sure to keep your hand underneath the brake as the screw may fall down suddenly. 2. Unthread the lever adjuster screw by using a 2.0 mm allen…
Not too long ago MTv’s Parental Control Show contacted KMX Karts and asked if they can use the trikes as part of a date during an episode. Since KMX US is based out of Ohio, they contacted me to see if I can coordinate with the MTv producers and provide them a set of KMX…