My day started at 5am. Excited and couldn’t quite sleep, I tossed and turned in bed. Around this time I received a text message from RL. Apparently he couldn’t sleep either and was surprised when I returned his text message. I started getting ready, getting my things together. Approximately an hour and a half later,…
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I believe it has been 4 years since I raced Mt Sac. I still remember that race, RL, Michael Kellogg and myself got our asses handed to us by the course. Being recreational Mountain Bikers, we didn’t know what we were getting into. This year, I decided to give racing another try. Last month’s race…
The Mt Sac Fat Tire Classic has to be one of the most fun races here in SoCal. It literally brings riders from all over the place in all riding levels the opportunity to try mountain bike racing. The first race of the day for our riders was at 8:45 am. The next race wasn’t…
WOOdman Components sent us their Axis SL COMP headset. This is a lightweight headset made out of a CNC-machined 6061 T6 aluminum. The Axis SL COMP is one of WOOdman’s more popular lightweight and light priced headsets. It has WOOdman’s proprietary C45/45 full ball cartridge bearings. Description: Size:         1 1/8†Weight:       117 grams Materials:     CNC-machined 6061…
This past Sunday I headed up to the San Gabriel Mtns in Los Angeles County. There are several names for this trail, but it is commonly known/referred to as – JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab). From this main trail you can branch out to many segments of the San Gabriels such as the Ken Burton Trail,…
At Interbike we met with YESS. Other than the unit RL featured last month, the ETR-B, they also provided us with their new ETR-D tensioner for full suspension bikes.                               ETR-D, outside view               February of this year I converted my Intense Tracer into a full suspension single speed bike. A Key part of my conversion was…
This weekend I’m really proud of myself. I did good! Yessum, I’ve become a big boy! See this…that’s a 17T cog for my single speed. That’s right folks, I’ve gone from an 18t to a 17t! Now you may be wondering what the significance is of one tooth and why I’m so proud. Well basically…
Recently my coworker gave me an old GT Palomar. It was a 13 inch frame and as soon as I showed it to my daughter Breanna, she fell in love with it. You would think that a World Class Mountain Biking Blogger such as I would have a whole litter of mountain biking kids. Well…
On Saturday morning, Priscilla, Moe and I scheduled a ride at the World Famous Fullerton Loop. While we were waiting for our friend Randall, Weyland one of Jeremy’s regular riding buddies pulls up. Unknown to us, he was meeting two other friends, Kenny and Calvin (avid reader of the site.) Since they were starting their…
Since I started riding my rigid single speed, I’ve become more attached to the harshness of it than riding a comfy full suspension mountain bike. Don’t get me wrong, a nice squishy bike is sweet, especially during technical rides, but for this fella, I’ll be sticking with my rigid for most of my XC rides.…