At about 35lbs, the KHS AM2000 needed some good stopping power. Enter the Hayes El Camino Brakes. Specs: Power Adjustment Dial Tool-free lever reach adjustment Mono-block caliper Concealed fluid reservoir Hayes phenolic pistons Weight:420g for the entire system My observations: I have owned 3 different types of hydraulic brakes and nothing feels like the El…
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RL and I hit the Fullerton early today. This was my first ride on the KHS Alite Team. Although I’m not much of a hardtail bike rider, I built this bike for XC racing purposes. Being used to riding the KHS AM2000, I thought that the transition from a 6″ travel bike to a hardtail…
Good rubber can make a world of difference when riding off road. Pick the wrong tire for the wrong terrain or the wrong conditions and it may ruin your ride. Maxxis sent us a pair of the ADvantage tires to slap on our Ultimate All Mountain project, my first impression of the tires was “What…
: Being a holiday and all, I called up Moe late last night to see if he’d be interested in doing a short ride at Turnbull Canyon in Whittier. Priscilla and I loaded up the Trek Remedy 5 (her ride) and the Woodstock 707 (my ride) then we swung by this morning and picked up…
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…
We recently received a new headset for our project bike from IRD also known as Interloc Racing Design. They sent us the Techo-Glide headset to be used on the AM2000. So I spent the morning installing this bad boy. First things first, I greased up the inside of the head tube. Greased the lower cup.…
You might say All Mountain or XC? This would be Beer… and this would be Wine… What am I getting at? Simple, there are a few different styles of riding. There are some guys that can do epic rides (not me) but are affraid to do a bit of jumping, DH action. Then they would…
My favorite man in brown came today on his brown truck, that’s right, Mr. UPS Man dropped of the newest addition to the Ultimate All-Mountain Frame Build Up. Yup, you read it right. Hayes El Camino Disc Brakes. We’re setting up the AM2000 with a 7″rotor in the front and a 6″ in the back.…
One of my favorite things to do is build up bikes from the frame up. So after we did the Ibex B-Series Build up, Moe and I got to thinking…”We need to build the best bike there is!” So we came up with the name, “The Ultimate ALL-Mountain Bike Build Up.” We figured we’d get…
Last Friday, Moe and I headed down to Rancho Dominguez to the headquarters of KHS Bicycles to conduct an interview/company profile. KHS Bicycles Hall of Fame. Just to give you an idea who KHS Bicycles is, here’s their bio: “KHS Bicycles Inc. was founded in 1974 as an American-based company distributing the KHS brand of…