It wasn’t a mountain bike, but it was 100% mine. I suppose that in the truest sense of the word, it wasn’t really my first bike. The first bike I remember riding – the one I learned to ride on – had a banana seat, something that sparkled, some pink and purple bits, and ape-hanger […]
Growing Our Sport with Trips For Kids
As mountain biking has seen growing popularity, riders everywhere are struggling to create diversity within the sport. Not only does one need a fair proximity to “mountainous” regions, but a bike, too. Yet, the personality type of a mountain biker generally wants to broaden the sport and welcome new riders. So how can we give […]
My First Cross Race
Last weekend I competed in my very first cyclocross race. For those of you that don’t know, cyclocross is basically a cross between mountain biking and road biking. The typical bike used is a heavy duty road bike made for off road use. There is also parts of the course where you must get off […]
Interbike 2013!
This is a live blogroll of coverage at Interbike 2013, the largest North American Bicycle Tradeshow. Our man on the street, Shawn McAfee from Texas Mountain Bike Trails, is covering some of the hottest new gear and bikes and giving us updates on what we will see coming our way soon! Starting today at the […]
Fixing the Creaky Crankset
Ever wonder why they changed the design of bottom brackets so much over the last 10 years? What was wrong with the good old square drive axle? As it turns out a lot was wrong with it. The new through axle cranksets and bottom brackets are very rigid and require very little maintenance. Best of […]
One Does Not Simply Ride 100k
Some think that riding 100k off road is a simple affair. Like getting in the car and driving for a couple of hours. If it was only that simple as these types of people think. But reality is that this does take a wee bit of thinking when it comes to bike set up. No […]
Getting Back to my Roots…and Rocks
Recently I have have rediscovered one of the main reasons I love mountain biking. It was after a ride at the Holyoke Range Trails in Amhearst, MA. but it wasn’t until I went back to ride a particular local trail network that I realized not only how much I missed the type of riding there […]
Review: Fizik Gobi XM Braided Carbon Saddle
I was quite impressed with this saddle while I was riding on it in BC. I’ll admit I always worry about the carbon components on my bike breaking with a big hit, but as of yet they haven’t! The Gobi stood up fantastically, even though it got hit hard enough to leave me a couple […]
Thou shalt not ride for Strava alone
Hello, My name is Damian and I am a ride data geek, it’s been almost a week since my last fix……. Its a very small, very digital world now-a-days. Facebook allows us to have virtual friends (seriously do you really ‘know’ all your Facebook friends? I know I don’t…) Twitter allows us to follow a […]
MTB versus 4X4
Often when I’m riding the MTB far from home, I encounter friendly 4×4’s. My standard greeting these days is “If you need a tow, just let me know”. They usually laugh – although some of them take me seriously and ask how a cyclist could tow a heavy motor vehicle. So when you have to […]