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In the Bay Area? The SF Bike Expo is this weekend

Pre-party events for the SF Bike Expo kicked off last night at Rickshaw Bagworks with a screen of “How Bobby Sees It”, the documentary of legally blind mountain biker Bobby McMullen. Bobby was in the house as well to present the film.

11.11.2011 News Read the full story →

Review – Levi’s 511 Commuter Jeans

Packed with features, Levi’s initial foray into the cycling market packs a ton of value into a jean that only a corporate behemoth like Levi’s can at an incredible price point. A cycling friendly cut, reinforced crotch, zippered back pocket and u-lock holder show that someone at Levi’s definitely rides, or they had one hell [...]

11.09.2011 Apparel Read the full story →

Elk Grove Bike Park … work in progress

The Sacramento area gets another step closer to being a riding destination with the addition of the Elk Grove Bike Park, just 10 minutes south of Sacramento. Technically, this makes a total of three bike parks in the area, not counting BMX tracks. While not yet completed, the construction of the Elk Grove Bike Park [...]

11.06.2011 Elk Grove Bike Park Read the full story →

680 Trail Construction – Marin, CA

Whenever I think of the riding in Marin, I have mixed feelings about the whole place. On one hand, it’s the birth place of mountain biking, and there is fantastic terrain located a relatively short distance from a major population area. However, as we all know, only the smallest fraction of it is legally accessible [...]

10.21.2011 North Bay Read the full story →

Angleset + Carbon Nomad = Sweetness

The Cane Creek Angleset has arrived, and is now in place on the Carbon Nomad. How does it ride? In a word, it’s glorious. Yep- that’s what I said. Installing the Angleset was fairly straight forward, although special care was taken in lining up the top cup with the center of the bike. I started [...]

10.16.2011 Headsets Read the full story →

Tested: Dirty Dog MTB Rotors

Disc brake rotors are one of those parts in the tool box you can never have to many of. Especially when if you like riding extremely technical trails littered with rocks, roots and stumps that all there trying to take a bite out of your derailleur or rotors. Sometimes it only takes one bad line [...]

10.05.2011 Blog Read the full story →

Fresh Gear: Shimano M530 Trail Pedals

It’s been a while since I’ve picked up a new set of clip-in pedals. I’ve tried a number of different pedals in the past, but for some reason I always come back to Shimano SPDs. Having one cleat to fit all the different pedals on all the bikes I own (not to mention the shoes) [...]

09.25.2011 Blog Read the full story →

Fresh Gear: Rockshox Reverb Seatpost

Like many others that have posted critiques of their adjustable height seat posts, I too have a love/hate relationship with the models I’ve run. However, although mechanical issues have ruined a few rides and seriously pissed me off from time to time, I can’t give up on them. Even with their occasional snafus, they’ve enhanced [...]

09.12.2011 Santa Cruz Nomad Carbon Read the full story →

Shuttle Smith Adventures: Aptos to Demonstration Forest and Nisene Marks

Dave Smith runs a business called “Shuttle Smith” which provides a service to shuttle riders from Aptos to Buzzard Lagoon road near the East entrance of Nisene Marks. You can also use his shuttle to get from Aptos to Soqel Demonstration forest. With his converted cube van he can securely carry 9 bikes and riders. [...]

08.30.2011 Santa Cruz Read the full story →

Backwoods Trails featured on FuelTV

Eugene, Oregon has always had a thriving BMX scene, and moving here to go to school at the University of Oregon ended up shaping my future as a rider of bicycles. The BMX track at Autzen Stadium was the center of much of the scene then, (and probably still is) and the place where budding freestylers learned [...]

08.27.2011 Pumptracks/Back Yards/Secret Spots Read the full story →

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