You may have read Joe’s post about El Moro and how there were trails named by the characteristics of what it could offer. So when Joe and Dan mentioned “I think I can” I had immediately pictured this cartoon. Well if you know me, I HATE climbing…hate it with a passion. I can’t stand the…
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Joining the adjustable seat post revolution is Kind Shock. Their models offer on-the-fly adjustment without the need for tools. They have a patent pending bushing design that self-adjusts which eliminates unwanted side-play. KEY FEATURES: • Proprietary self adjusting bearing, never needs adjusting and eliminates side play present in other seat post designs. This design eliminates…
This weekend MtnBikeRiders.com headed out to El Moro (aka Crystal Cove State Park). Priscilla, RL and I were joined by our friends Dan and Gabe.  We started at the Ridge Park entrance and headed down Redtail Ridge to Rattlesnake. The first part of our ride were primarily descents. There were different levels of downhill…
 Here she is, a few tweaks here and there, soon she will be ready for racing. Some of the tweaks had to happen for me to be willing to enter this rig in a race. The V-brakes did not play nicely when jamming down some regular single tracks that I know like the back…
 Have you ever lost the adapter that lets you convert a Schrader style pump head to fill your Presta style tubes? I did, many years ago. I have not bought any adaptor since, I simply used what ever I had to just get some air in the tube. This is what I did. {Keep in…
Our friends at Kona Bike turned us on to the Dr. Dew Files. These are well produced videos that not only showcase their technology, but also gives the average guy an idea what goes behind a great bike company. Here’s a few of my favorites.
Yesterday afternoon I headed to Santiago Oaks in Orange, CA for a mid-week ride where I met up with Val and Ner. Val is in the process of dialing his new Yeti ASX DH bike. Weather at this time of the year is fairly hot in So Cal. It was well in the 90s mid-day but…
Nothing fancy, but it was really fun. Video was provided by Vholdr. This was the first time I used the Sette Venom.
So I was perusing through the STR* forums and found a thread titled Tapered Head Tubes – Debate. [*STR = So Cal Trail Riders, my handle, dwsand3r] I went ahead and threw my two cents in and decided to share my response here, but I added a sketch for extra dork points! “Most of the…