Everyone knows that Friday the 13th is a day of bad luck. So I’ve compiled a list of precautionary steps to ensure that your ride on this famous day is a safe one. Ring your Bike Bell-The sound of bells drives away flat tires because they’re afraid of the loud noise. BLUE To protect yourself…
Category: Nonsense
Random thoughts coming up…. Working at an LBS I run in to quite a bit of people that are the “I Used To’s.” These are the folks that has a story for everything that they USED TO do. One time I was helping a customer and he was looking at a Gary Fisher X-Cal. While…
Recently Priscilla received ad bulletin on her Myspace account about some dude venting regarding people in the local races sand bagging. If you’re not sure what sand bagging means well here’s a definition that will relate to mountain biking. Basically its people that enter races as a “beginner” but really they should be in sport…
There’s a few things I hate in life… 1. Bitter Melon. I don’t care what anyone says, this vegetable sucks! 2. Dog poop….Need I say more? 3. Thorns… Last but not least 4. People that are late. When a ride is scheduled to start at 7am, don’t show up at 7:15am needing to get your…
Yesterday I compared the bike industry to the automobile industry particularly in the realm of the 29ers. I made the argument that different bike manufacturers are equivalent to different auto manufacturers. And just as there are different automobile manufacturers, there will be different bike makers because consumers don’t always want products from the mega manufacturers.…
Ibex Section-29 The Question As 29ers enter into the product lines of mega manufacturers, is this the beginning of the end of boutique 29er sales? vs The Background With Specialized rumored to be coming out with a full line up of 29er bikes and Cannondale filling its 29er lineup with a “race” ready 29er, more…
Just posted on the forums: the back cover of the latest Dirt Rag features the Manitou Minute 29er. 80, 100, 120mm travel options. Standard QR or their Hex Lock 20mm dropouts. 2.5″ tire clearance. More options are always good!
A commentor on a popular 29er site says that Specialized will be coming out with a “full line” of 29er bikes in early summer as 2008 models. If this rumor turns out to be true, this is a great step for 29er bikes. Who is going to reap the benefits of this? All mountain bikers…