Tag: mountain biking

I love to steal rides. I love to scope the ride and think about how fast I’ll have to be if the authorities are closing in. But I especially like to steal a ride and take it slow knowing that I’ve got time but not too much! I love enjoying the feel of the bike…

Trek Top Fuel 69er. 29 in front, 26 in back At the Trek Demo this past weekend I got to get on the Trek Top Fuel 69er. It was a size Medium when I normally ride a Large. But that’s OK, because I wasn’t testing out the bike so much as I was testing the…

Our buddy David “Crash” Collins of Crash Innovations sent us an announcement of an event he’ll be hosting… EVENT HIGHLIGHTS • Bootleg Canyon, Boulder City, Nevada (a designated IMBA Epic site) • Super-D & Downhill Racing – Open to the public • Crash Innovations (presented by) • Complete event insurance (MCKAY Insurance Co) • Saturday…

Matt tuning up the HiFi 29er Pro Here are my humble ponderings and musings on the new HiFi 29er. As a 29er advocate, I’ve been waiting with great anticipation to try out the innovative technology and geometry that Trek & Gary Fisher have begun to apply to the 29ers. Gary Fisher is an innovator when…

Trek Demo Day! Impressions on the bikes we rode have been written. For our thoughts on the Gary Fisher HiFi Pro, click here. For our thoughts on the Trek Fuel Ex 9.5, click here. For our thoughts on the Trek Top Fuel 69er, click here. Demos are an extremely fun event to do as a…

On the topic of demos, Interbike is doing an East Coast Demo! From B.R.A.I.N.: Interbike announced it will host its first annual Interbike Outdoor Demo East Tuesday, October 21 to Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Roger Williams Park in Providence, R.I. … Manufacturers who have already committed to exhibit at…

Jeremy rockin’ the Gary Fisher 29er X-Caliber on some nice singletrack at Crystal Cove State Park Some of the MtnBikeRiders.com crew will be at the Trek Demo that is happening this Saturday from 9am to 3pm at the most popular loop in Orange County, the Fullerton Loop. Here’s the official word from the Trek Demo…

All brands have their nicknames by “haters”. Gary Fisher’s nickname is Gary Fissure. Cannodale is nicknamed “Crack ‘n Fail”. This time, Cannondale is hoping to stop crack ‘n fails before it starts with their Cannondale Scalpel. Here’s the info: Cannondale Recalls Scalpel Mountain Bikes; Frame Failure Poses Crash Hazard The following product safety recall was…

“Both. Always both.” – Joey Tribbiani, Friends If you’ve been keeping tabs on our test sleds, you’ll notice that one bike has gone from fully rigid to a hardtail over the last few months. As I’ve been able to ride this bike over that time period I’ve noticed how I always initially adopt the “grass…

After having something really weird happen to the Redline Mono 9 (caused by user error) a couple of weeks ago we contacted Redline and they immediately sent out a new chainring for me. I picked up the chainring a few days ago and my addled brain thought I had written a post pointing out how…