White Brothers Magic 29″ 80mm This is just a quick update on the White Brothers Magic 29â€? 80mm fork that I’ve been riding on for the past 2 months. The initial break in period for this fork is said to be about 10 hours. After a little more than 10 hours of riding I either…
Tag: redline mono 9
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…
“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…
My last ride of the year was at Santiago Oaks: Chutes + 3 B’s on the Redline Mono 9. Last week we installed a chainring I had on the Mono 9 so I could ride again. Of course the day after we did the install the chainring + bolts arrived from Redline. I’ll be picking…
Before I answer this question, a little background on my weekend’s ride: Redline Mono 9 enjoying the sun and dirt. Look at the paint sparkle. This ride started out harmlessly enough. It was a nice climb up Marshall Canyon for some fun singletrack at the top of the canyon. Along the way we went through…
Repeat after me, “Speed is your friend. Speed is your friend.” 7 out of 11 in my category. 2 laps, 6 miles/lap = 12 miles with a time of 1:14 minutes. The winner of the sport class, our friend Ryan, won his class with 3 laps in 1:05. Ouch! That dude is a machine. This…
I had a mechanical today on my morning ride. Boo. I was doing pretty well for being so slovenly the last month or so. Right at about the mid point of my ride, I was riding the Redline Mono 9, my chain dropped. This occurred as I was screaming down a wicked downhill while riding…
Who: From Raxter Racks website: Introducing RAXTER – The new standard for value in a wheel mount hitch rack. RAXTER is lightweight, it’s EASY to install, EASY to load, EASY to store! The innovative design of RAXTER gives you the ability to move bikes forward or backward during loading and is independent of wheelbase. This…
Since our server went down a couple of weeks ago, we lost a few of our pictures. Sadly some of those pictures that were lost were of the new Redline Mono 9 (Oh, and Redline’s changed the name to the D460 29er for year 2008). To make up for it, I took a couple more…