Last weekend my girls and I headed to South Orange County to the Serfas Headquarters for the fall bicycle swapmeet. There were mountain bikes, road bikes, cruisers, tandems, ‘bents, you name it, it was there: We also caught up with some of the Team MtnBikeRiders.com sponsors: Vince Calvillo (the silver fox) working the KHS booth…
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So there’s a few factors that make this time of the year the best time to buy a used bike. 1. It’s winter. The rest of the country is starting to get snow and that means very little riding. 2. It’s the holidays. This works in two ways. People need money and they want to…
For the last 4 years I’ve preferred wearing crew socks, black in particular, than I do cycling socks. Here’s what I’m talking about, black socks. I never did like cycling socks because I don’t like their “wicking” abilities. If anything, my feet felt more schweaty with those than they do with their cotton counter part.…
I am a fan of Robb Sutton’s website bike198.com. I have his site on an RSS feed and I enjoy reading his postings. I especially like his content including his well written reviews and pictures. So color me happy when he produced an ebook called: Ramped Riding for $20. Ramped Riding ebook In these down…
If you ride the world famous Fullerton Loop you probably have seen this van: And most likely you know his owner: This is Dave “Crash” Collins, if you don’t know who he is, here’s a little about him: I grew up in the 70’s racing motocross for my father’s Motorcycle shop in Anaheim California. In…
Save 30% OFF Everything at Evomo! Place your order by Dec 19 to ensure delivery by Dec 24 Use coupon code: SAVE30 during check out to get 30% off all items at shop.evomo.com. This includes mens and womens clothing, t-shirts, jerseys, hats, jackets, calendars, socks, sunglasses and more! I went ahead and ordered a sweet…
One week ago our MtnBikeRiders.com Team finished the SRC winter series and Triple Crown at Southridge. I signed up for the Single Speed 34 and under XC race. At the start of the race I was the only one in my class, so I was convinced that the Single Speeds would be grouped together. In…
If you’re not mechanically inclined or you just don’t have time to to work on your own bike, then the next best thing to do would be to take it to your local bike shop and have one of their mechanics work on your ride. What’s great about a shop working on your bike is…
It seems one of the new big things in Mountain Biking is recording the experience. Whether it’s to relive the rush, to learn and improve or vain self-gratification, it’s a lot of fun. Another great trick is to follow your friend down the mountain and suddenly they’ll be interested in seeing your video too! I’ve…
Rather than boring you with too many details of our weekend, here’s the nitty gritty from my point of view. Camped at Fontana on Saturday night. Got way too cold, won’t do that again. Got about 4 practice runs, on run 2 flatted at the beginning. Walked 35 mins back to base camp. Race day,…