So I recently acquired a new On-One Ringmaster 30t to install onto the Titus Rockstar 29er Alloy. But when I installed it with my existing drive train (chain and cassette), I started experiencing some chain-skippage and as you know, this type of skippage kinda does suck. With that newfound info, I decided to text a…
So here’s a list of great articles we’ve published in the last few years that deserve another look. 1. Build your own bike shop in your garage. 2. How to remove a bicycle cassette. 3.How to strip paint off a bicycle frame. 4. How to polish your crank arms. 5.Lube your shifter cables We’ve got…
Let’s talk about wheel sizes here for a bit. Everyone knows that 27.5 is like the latest rage in mountain biking. The argument is that this size wheel has the benefits of both 26 and 29ers…the best of both worlds. If you didn’t know, I own all three types of wheel sized bikes. I love…
First step to gaining 3lbs on your bike is to get a wild hair up your butt like I did and somehow convince yourself that going from a 3×9 drive train to a 2×10 would be “upgrading.” Second step is to procure yourself a slightly used SRAM X7 2×10 drive train. Step three, install said…
We recently took delivery of the new Airborne Hobgoblin. I actually bought this bike for my wife, it wasn’t something that Airborne Bicycles sent over to be reviewed. But since we have it, we might as well share our thoughts on the bike. As you may have read before, we reviewed the Airborne Goblin, the…
Back in mid 2012 we started to hear rumors and see spy pictures of Sram’s 11 x 1 drivetrain setup! When we first saw this we thought what a great idea to simply do away with the front derailleur and achieve a very similar gear ratio set up by adding an extra large ring to…
During Interbike 2012, we had a meeting with Airborne Bikes Brand Manager, Jeremy Mudd about all the great things that are being planned for 2013. One of the things he mentioned was the new Goblin and he had gladly offered us a bike to test out. Fast forward to the Fall, we received this… The…
Just recently we took delivery of the brand spankin’ new Airborne Goblin 29er. Right out of the box. So what makes this Goblin different from the previous model? Here’s what they have to say: FRAME: Tapered HT with increased rear wheel mud clearance, increased standover clearance on the 16″ frame-size. Tapered Reba RL fork with…
The other night, myself along with Khoala, Lady P and our friend Jonny, were out on a nice evening ride through the Fullerton Loop. About mile 1.5, Jonny noticed he was having some shifting issues. We stopped and noticed that his derailleur cable had snapped at the pinch bolt. I offered to help by setting…