Last month Team NFI had a package arrive at the Imperium home base from On-One UK. I needed to get another tire so I could save the 2.2 Mountain King for the more muddy times of year. But as is always the goal of Team NFI cutting costs is the big deal. And total including […]

I’ve been off the bike for a few weeks now due a fractured metacarpal. This is the third bone I’ve broken within a 1 year time period. After having never broken a bone my good fortune has finally caught up to me. I’m sure most of you can relate, but I personally live, breath, drink, […]

This summer I was lucky enough to land a job at Knapp’s Cyclery in Lawrenceville, NJ. Ever since I got into mountain biking, I would walk through bike shops as an extremely well-behaved child might walk through a toy store. I would find myself touching everything, testing the brakes on display bikes–why does everyone, including […]

My first opportunity to ride legitimate downhill trails on a legitimate downhill bike was in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I rode a Rocky Mountain Slayer 30, which was way more bike than I was used to, and a hell of a good time. I will definitely be hitting up a local mountain in NJ for a […]

Some of my most memorable rides have been endurance cross country rides. I am not exactly sure what the definition of an “endurance ride” is but I would loosely sum it up as a ride that is over 25 miles and over 2 hours in time. Let’s not get this confused with “enduro” racing which […]

Lets just all get it out of our system shall we? Go on, you have a massive urge to let out a loud whinge and have a long winded rant about the relevance of the idea of bamboo bikes and how terrible the whole idea is and how the industry conspires to perpetually find ways […]

Everyone loves adventures, right? After all, what’s the point in picking up a hobby if it’s a boring one? My favourite thing about mountain biking is the fact that all my rides – whether they be the Sunday morning (amongst probably too many others) hangover cures or the Friday marathoners – are adventures. As someone […]

So the perfect night arrives and you get some time to hit the trails. The weather is not hot, but not cold. The trail is dried out, but not too dry. There are not a lot of people or bikers on the the trail to get in the way. All you need is an hour […]

Fifteen seconds was the difference between a podium spot and none at the last East Cup Cornwall. After finishing the race and hanging with buddies and having laughs it doesn’t mean much. At that point it’s all over.. the hurt, the gasping, and the beer tastes good. It is later on at home or at […]