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  • Earth Day 2008 - Recycle Your Old Innertubes
  • Real World Bike Delivers Real Good Results
  • Dirt Rag Magazine Interview
  • Blue Collar Bike Rack
  • How to Build a Helmet Light
  • They Got Me!
  • The Blue Collar Diet
  • Are you a Hardy or Softie?
  • Mtn Biking on The Affordable Side
  • How to Commute with your Bike
  • Interview: Marla Streb
  • Interview: Surly Bikes
  • Interview: Endurance Racer Jeff Kerkove
  • Successful Riding with your Special Lady
  • How to Buy a Bike, the Blue Collar MTB Way
  • Winter Fat
  • How To Obtain Sponsors
  • The Fear Factor
  • From the Slacker's Journal: Concealed Cardio
  • Chicago Late Ride 2004
  • Mountain Biking... The Poor Man's Therapist
  • Sports and MTB
  • Enchanted Ride
  • Peaks View Park
  • Earth Day 2008 - Recycle Your Old Innertubes

    Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

    In the spirit of Earth Day today, a recycling post seems warranted. What to do with your old innertubes?
    The guys over at BikeHacks have a post titled “1,000 Uses for the Inner Tube”, which links to an Instructables page with 20 uses. Personally I use a tube as a chainstay protector on my […]

    Real World Bike Delivers Real Good Results

    Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

    review by: Jay deBellonia (Admin of CyclingCentralVa.org)
    Overall Rating: 3.5 of 5
    Bang for buck: 4 of 5
    Upgrade Worthy 4 of 5
    Q: So, When is a $350.00 bike (retail) as good as a $3500.00?
    A: When you have to rent one while on vacation and it allows you to get a good mountain bike ride in.
    During […]

    Dirt Rag Magazine Interview

    Saturday, November 5th, 2005

    I recently had a chance to catch up with Maurice Tierney, publisher and boss man over at Dirt Rag Magazine.
    In my oh so humble opinion, Dirt Rag is the best mountain bike magazine on the market. I’ve read a good many of them and Dirt Rag, by far, captures the soul of mountain biking […]

    Blue Collar Bike Rack

    Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

    Disclaimer: We are trained professionals so don’t try to build this bike rack if you’re not trained in the use of the tools we used or if you are stupid.
    So. You’ve got a sweet full suspension fat tire. You’ve got a pickup, and you live 40 miles from the trail. Whatcha […]

    How to Build a Helmet Light

    Friday, July 29th, 2005

    A reader submission from Mike of NC:
    Its that time of year againtime to bust out the headlight for a midweek-after-work-night ride! But, in order to have a fun and safe nighttime mountain bike adventure you need one critical piece of equipmenta bright light to adorn your helmet and illuminate the trail ahead. The only dilemma […]

    They Got Me!

    Thursday, June 16th, 2005

    Yup, the advertisers on MTBR have gotten me. They released a few ticks and they bit me. For some odd reason, I am now convinced that I need a $500 fork and a $300 rear shock for my $450 Giant Warp. I am also convinced that I need a $100 carbon fiber handle bar and […]