Earlier this week, I had convinced my youngest to join me for a tandem ride through the Fullerton Loop. After riding 8 miles of the trail, I had asked her if she’d be interested in riding again on Saturday morning at one of my favorite trails, Aliso Woods. It took some convincing, but I was…
Category: Mountain Biking
Over the weekend we participated in a track rental at the Orange Y that our friends Nick and Megan DiBlasi coordinated. This meant full access to the track and a working start gate. Since I’ve never done anything like this before, I felt a bit out of place and even intimidated. But after my first…
More Redline Bicycles goodness, but this time its their CX models. Check out this Single Speed CX bike. See more (99 total) photos of the Redline CX line by viewing our Flickr Page
A few days ago I posted something about the Night Time XC Races happening at Bonelli Park, in Southern California. The series is called Knobby Time Series. Race Director, Omar “Big O” Almaguer gave me some insider info on the course. Make sure you click HERE to get the GEOLADDERS info so you can get…
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to test out my new 9 speed 36t Shimano cassette. The trail was Turnbull Canyon in Southern California which includes a 2 mile climb to the top down to a trail called the 7th Avenue Loop, then back up again to the top with steep switchbacks that we…
Just got an email from Race Director, Omar Almaguer of Cycle Events Company talking about a new 3 race series to happen in Bonelli Park starting this June. Races start around 6pm on Thursdays. All sorts of categories to race in, from young groms to Expert/Pro. If I can get out of work on time,…
In the beginning of March, we had received a pair of Chrome Kursk Pro-SPD shoes to review. Since then I’ve been able to put some miles on them. My rides have been a mixture of downhill, trail and even bicycle commuting. From the get go I’ve loved the way they looked. I was excited to…
Priscilla and I had the privileged to get in a morning ride with a great group of guys that I like to call the Mabuhay Mountain Bike Club. Our planned route was to ride Turnbull Canyon in Southern California. Steep long climbs combined with fantastic technical single-ish track. Our group consisted of at least 19…
A little picture post just because. This is from my afternoon ride at the Fullerton Loop. I have been riding the Famous Fully Loop for many years and there are still days when I am just in awe of spring’s beauty! Ok…well if you can just look past the smog…it’s really nice out there! 😀…
One thing I saw out and around at Sea Otter was a dh bike that I saw at Interbike and I just knew it would be an awesome bike to ride. It was the new COMMENCAL SUPREME DHv3. When I was running around on the downhill course during sport- beg practice I spotted this beauty and I just…