Tag: mountain biking blog

Way back in 2007, my brother lived in PA where it would snow like a mofo. I told him about an making some bicycle tire chains for the snow. Yep, snow chains or however you Snow Birds call them…but for bicycles. Here’s where you can see how he did it. CLICK HERE.

Hello everyone, This is RL Policar, I’m the founder of this here mountain biking website. In the last year I’ve had some personal challenges that I’ve been dealing with. Don’t worry I’m not dying, at least I don’t think I am. Anyhow, I’ve been going through some major life changes and remaining strong. However, mountain…

Based on that title alone, you know you’re already jealous. Well let me start of with a bit of a story on how this all went down. You see it all started with a text message that I sent out to The Moe. I said something like this… We ALWAYS abide by the Facebook Rule…

Did you know that we started MtnBikeRiders.com 8 years ago! Yep! We sure did and I have to be honest with you, we’ve had our better years and as each year passes, it’s become a bit harder to maintain this website. Not that it’s hard to manage it, but it’s because life changes. For starters,…

Check out the new Sette Derro 2.0. In my opinion, this is a great deal, the fork alone can retail as much as $700 and the rear shock up to $300. So for $500 more, you get the rest of the bike! Frame 7005 Aluminum Size(s) Small, Medium, Large & Extra Large Fork FOX 32…

Greetings from the happiest place on earth, nope its not Disneyland or your mom’s bedroom. But we are at Monterey, Ca. to celebrate the sport of cycling. We made our early morning trek through the heart of California and arrived safely to our destination. Intoxicated on unhealthy levels of caffeine and sugars, we have been…

Wow, talk about being busy riding. Over the weekend the MtnBikeRiders.com Crew were hard at work riding bikes. Yeah we were testing products and all that jazz. So here’s a recap. Early Saturday morning I met up with one of our readers who only goes by the name of “Dial Tone.” He never did explain…

You just crashed…now what? First thing you need to do after crashing is to not do anything. That’s right, lay still. No need to be macho and try to get up right away. There’s a few things you will need to do before you get up. Ready? 1. Lay still. 2. Take an inventory of…

I’m hoping that’s not the case but check out what happened to my pinky finger over the weekend. It started of as this…I bought a countertop wine cellar/cooler from a lady off Craigslist and I was excited to get it set up for Priscilla. On Saturday I took it out of my car and carried…

During the last 4 years that we’ve been in business, we’ve used an awesome slogan, “Dirt is Good.” Though this is a timeless saying, I thought to myself…“Gee RL, you’re so fantastic and smart, but wouldn’t it be great to come out with a new slogan?” I wanted to make sure that whatever slogan we…