Category: Reviews

Who: From Camera Armor’s website: Made Products engineers great products, patents the unique aspects of our designs, and manufactures quality camera accessories for the photographer who wants interesting and unique products that improve the creative process. We succeed because we are crazy about design, and we care about what our customers say. We believe that…

Gates after the first part of the climb, more climbing to come I started off riding solo on Saturday morning at Chino Hills State Park. For people unfamiliar with CHSP, I always describe it (coming in from the west side through Carbon Canyon Regional Park) as a canyon with trails running along both ridges (North…

I’ve put in about 30 miles riding on the Dirty Dog (Dragon) rotors (yeah, it’s been a slow month) and I wanted to check in with my thoughts on them. They look so trick, it’s ridiculous. Just about everyone I’ve shown them to has commented about great they look. I have to agree with that…

Who: Crank Brothers Product Tested: Crank Brothers Smarty Pedals Website’s MSRP: $ 59.00 Specs: weight 282g per pair spindle scm435 chromoly steel body composite rails high-impact polymer wings carbon steel spring steel standard cleat included shims included release angle 15Ëš or 20Ëš max rider wgt no restriction warranty 1 year About Me: 6’0â€Â? 210lbs, 27…

Who: From Go Pro Camera’s website: GoPro is a Northern California-based manufacturer of digital cameras and accessories for sports. Since 2004, GoPro has been dedicated to making it easy for people to shoot digital photos and video during their favorite sports and activities. Whether surfing or skiing with friends, paddling your favorite river or simply…

Last Saturday we had Nick “Nasty” Null, (he says that was his stage name at Chip N’ Dales) test ride the Motobecane Fly Pro. Here’s what he thought. Oh keep in mind, Nick is super smart and likes to use big words like “svelte” and “trepidations.” Yeah he’s smart alright. So smart that the fella…

Who: From Hoss’s website: Hoss Technical Gear was created to offer the MTB enthusiast stylish, functional and affordable MTB apparel. Hoss was founded by cyclists, each with 17 years of prior experience in the apparel industry. With that insight and experience, Hoss is able to produce functional and comfortable cycling clothing that is also affordable.…

Went out to Aliso Woods with my buddy Ivan this past Saturday. Aliso Woods is a BUSY trail network in south Orange county. It also comes in 2nd (to the Sea Otter Classic) for seeing high end bikes (Turner, Intense, Ellsworth…). I even met a nice guy on a beautiful Turner Sultan. The Sultan (such…

It’s been a while since we’ve mentioned anything about our bike project. Well here’s an update. We received some nice goodies in the past few months so I wanted to show just how the bike is coming along. This is the bike with some of the bare necessities. Fork, wheels bars and headset. These are…

Went riding with my buddy Jake on Thursday morning. Here are two pictures from the Go Pro Digital Hero 3 camera Dahon Fuego ready to conquer the singletrack Jake with the Dahon Fuego & his Giant Check here for more info on the Go Pro Digital Hero 3.