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If you’ve been keeping up with MtnBikeRiders.com, you’ll remember the name Wes Castro. Just to refresh your memory, a few months ago, during a practice run @ Fontana Wes went down and shattered his hip in 6 different places. The early prognosis was not good. His first doctor told him that the break was pretty…

Saturday morning I assembled a small crew to do some downhill riding. One of the guys that was present was Art Aguilar. Mr. A has been racing downhill since the 90’s and currently he’s an Expert level racer. So when we met up on Saturday we decided to film some how to videos (coming soon)…

Just in time for the weekend, Justin Beerit reviews an Organic Beer! This one is for the tree huggers. Beer: Organic Münster Alt Style: Altbier Size: 16.9 oz. bottle Brewer: Pinkus Brewery Alcohol content: 5.1% I found the Pinkus Organic Munster Alt whilst browsing through the liquor store and thought, “Well, I like altbiers and…

New from Xpedo are their Face Off XMX17AC platform pedals. These are the pedals that I am using with my new Intense Uzzi VP. Check them out… these are sweet looking pedals! The Face Off XMX17AC are aluminum pedals with a cromoly spindle. Although classified in their website under the BMX category, these are fully…

I showed up early Saturday morning for a not-to-be-named boutique bike manufacturer’s demo day. Since my JET9 was stolen three weeks ago, oh how I miss you, I have been perusing the classifieds for a replacement. I have tentatively narrowed down my choices to the following three: Niner RIP9, Santa Cruz Tallboy and Specialized Stumpjumper…

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a weekend of back to back rides. With a busy schedule sometimes getting ONE ride on the weekend is difficult enough. This weekend felt like a treat as on Saturday I headed off to Aliso Woods. I rode with a new group of riders who I met the previous…

This morning I was selling some of my old bike stuff at the trail head and one of my customer was talking about trying to get his wife out to ride. I gave him a few pointers about how I was able to introduce Priscilla to mountain biking and shared that  it’s been 4 great…

Editorial-RL Policar: Justin Beerit does it again with this India Pale Ale. I just love the guy on the packaging… Beer: Summer Grifter Style: IPA Size: 12 oz. bottle Brewer: MacTarnahan’s Taproom Alcohol content: 6.2% Fourth of July weekend is the perfect time for the drinking of beer. I mean, what goes better with fireworks…

As a bike fanatic, I’ve always wanted to make a custom TP holder for one of my bathrooms. I’ve seen similar set-ups at a couple of my local bike shops’ bathrooms and I’ve always wanted to copy it. With old parts laying around I decided to make one. The main part for my bike art…