GT BICYCLES LOOKING GOOD GT Bicycles booth is sporting there latest for all to see. The new Fury DH bike that Team Atherton is using is a bike to be recon with. They will be doing battle on the World Cup circuit. On the Enduro Stage you have the 27.5 Force. Pictured here is the…
Yes it has been 25 years of one of the biggest cycling events to ever be on the west coast and one of the fun things about coming to Sea Otter is the dive up. If you are fortunate enough to be able to ride along the coast, this makes for one beautiful ride up.…
GIANT REIGN 27.5 2 Well here we are a new year and look what we have for one of our first test review, the all-new 2015 GIANT REIGN 27.5 2. If you recall last year we did the review on the new GIANT ANTHEM ADVANCED 27.5 carbon that was one step down from the team…
So Friday night I’m sitting in the living room brain dead, contemplating all of life’s interesting paradoxes, enjoying a nice piece of beef jerky, while having a bowl of Tamalitos, chasing it down with a Lavern (that’s a Pepsi with milk all), trying to think of a way to get out of helping the wife…
You may have noticed that things look different on Mtnbikeriders.com. Well that’s because we’re going through a bit of a redesign. It’s been well over 4 years since we’ve updated the site and we figured it’s about time. But before we can finalize everything, we still need to tweak all sorts of bells and whistles…
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,…
THE LAUF FORK – A DIFFERENT TAKE ON SUSPENSION So are all you Hardtail riders with 29 or 27.5 bikes looking for something different than the standard 80-100 mm fork for your ride, a fork that’s lighter than your standard suspension fork, made of full composite, and still gives you some suspension, a fork that…
G-FORM PULLING OUT THE STOPS ON NEW PROTECTION New shirt and shorts offer protection in all the right places. Check out G-FORM pads and look out for an up coming product review on the G-FORM Knee/Shin pads soon.
Check out the new KHS Enduro sled. 160mm of travel, slack head angel, and 27.5 (650b to them). Suspension pivot give an active feel. Dropper seatpost is a prerequisite for any cool Enduro rig. Shimano XT and SLX parts make this bike a winner. More to come.
ENDURO GEAR WHAT’S THAT With the advent of a new mountain bike discipline called Enduro racing, which is comprised of stages, gear companies are now on the push to design gear suited to the needs and demands of the racer. That being said Enduro racing is a longer distance time race where you are timed…