Archive for October, 2008
The Art Of Being Smooth
When you are out riding your bicycle on a trail or across town, it pays to be “smooth”. “Smooth?”, you say. Yes….smooth! If you can’t afford to be buying the latest tough parts, or afford throwing new parts on your bike constantly, this “art of smoothness” will reap you dividends.
Smooth can mean a lot of things, so I’m going to break it down…
Comments are off for this postNight riding season begins this weekend
Last weekend the mountain bikers in Wenatchee, WA held the 9th annual Darkside nighttime MTB race to mark the unofficial end of the riding season. Sure, the days are getting shorter and we’re about to switch the clocks back an hour but look at it this way: it’s not the end of mountain biking - it’s the beginning of night riding season!
Yesterday we hit the Big Creek trails in Ro…
Win 2 tickets to Klunkerz screening at Boulder Film Festival Nov. 7
Just a quick heads up: We’re giving away two tickets to the Klunkerz screening at the Boulder Film Festival next Friday - check the forum for details!
Original post by trek7k
Comments are off for this postFull suspension vs. Hardtail Mountain Bikes: Regional Differences
The other day a question popped into my head: Are there regional trail differences that make one mountain bike type a better choice than the other? To answer this question I hit the spreadsheets to crunch some numbers from singletracks and the results are a little surprising.
First off, this study isn’t scientific by any means. The numbers come from registered singletracks members who have …
Candidates as bikes
Here’s something I ran across the other day and I thought I’d share it here. I’m disappointed none of the candidates was equated with a mountain bike - too bad dubaya isn’t running this time around, he’d definitely be a mountain bike Who’s a mountain biker to vote for?
Original post by trek7k
Comments are off for this postRetro Riding, or Mountainbiking for Luddites
Our entire sport was founded upon the Klunkers, which were fashioned from scrounged bits from other bicycles, motorcycles & ice-cream carts. The founders of mountainbiking’s scavenging p…
Interbike ‘08 : Tool Heaven
This past Interbike saw many tool companies putting new tools on the market. We have already spoken about the IceToolz but the big players were there too. Park and Pedro’s were both out in full force showing (often competing) new tool lines.
Many of the tools that were new this year I hope to order soon to get into my collection. The single speed tool from Park, the “…
Comments are off for this postMountain bike news: Off-road triathlon, New Tahoe dirt, MTB race in South Africa
A few mountain bike news items to peruse this morning:
Mountain biker wins Xterra off-road triathlon World Championship: 24-year-old Spanish mountain biker Ruben Ruzafa won the Xterra World Championship off road triathlon in Maui this weekend besting the second place finisher by just 34 seconds. Ruzafa was relatively unknown amongst the field of competitors and he’s one of the youngest winne…
MTB Racing Tips
Every sport requires power, endurance and stamina. The same rule is applicable to sportsmen who are into cycling. It is believed that an enhanced stability of their upper body, powerful legs and above all their ability to counter local fatigue are the key to their success.Original post by Arleigh Jenkins
Comments are off for this postJeep 48Straight Finale: Results from San Luis Obispo
The Jeep 48Straight mountain bike series wrapped up this weekend in San Luis Obispo and the overall series winners were announced. For those of you planning on watching the race on television Nov 1 (CBS) this is your spoiler alert - winners are listed below.
Nice pic - notice the mountain bike shadow on the ground
Banked turn on the dual slalom course
The overall men’s series winner and p…