Have you ever desired to be sponsored? Be honest. In my adolescent years I was a ‘fruit-booter’. If you are unfamiliar with the term likely you didn’t spend the late 90’s hanging out at your local skate park. ‘Fruit-booter’ was a derogatory term used for aggressive inline skaters. To this day I maintain that aggressive […]

“Knowledge is power!” It definitely can save you a ton of money and time too. The internet is such an outstanding resource for almost every kind of information on mountain bikes. On top of that, in the MTB community there just doesn’t seem to be a shortage of great folks that are willing to help […]

There are the nearby go-to rides that are the bread-n-butter of what we do. Our quick-hits and close-by’s that are convenient and satisfying and serve the popular purpose. However, there must always be bigger rides on the horizon. Our reach must exceed our grasp. Narrow lines stitched together on unexplored maps. A hopeful sea of […]

Just in time for my next blog post, VP Components took over China Peak Mountain Resort to host round number 2 of the California Enduro Series. China Peak is like any other bike park in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range, rocky and dusty. I have been looking forward to the bike park races for quite […]

Over the past year I have been paying more and more attention to the world of professional road racing. Don’t worry, I still primarily consider myself a mountain bike racer, but I like to immerse myself into different aspects of the sport. Road racing is hard sport to watch because on the surface it is […]

Richmond, VA We’ve been doing these Sunday evening bike rides.  The kind of thing you look forward to all week after (hopefully) busting your ass for the $$$ and wearing yourself out on training rides.  These Sunday evening rides are nothing but fun.  No one is keeping track of cadence, meters, hell, some people just […]

We all know that we need riding gear that is tailored for the types of riding that we love to do. Sure cargo shorts and cotton t-shirts work well enough on shorter or simpler rides, however, there is no denying the advantage that purpose driven mountain bike clothing gives us. After a few seasons of […]

The South Chilcotins of British Columbia that has provided many years of back-country alpine riding adventure is at risk of being shut off to mountain bikers. Formerly known as the Spruce Lake Protected Area, the South Chilcotins was given provincial park status by the provincial government in 2010. The outdoor lover in me applauds the […]

The history of the bicycle is a long one. Bikes have come a huge distance from their push bike ancestors, all the way into the full suspension, carbon fiber, fully geared terrain-flattening bikes that they are today. With all the innovation constantly going on with bicycle drive trains, why is is that so many people […]

As much as I love to hang bling bits off my bike, it comes at a high cost that most times I just can’t justify. I feel that we often get caught up in upgraditis, most of the MTB media that we see are pushing a sexy new carbon piece of this or a shiny […]