Over on The Bike Lab we are doing a series called “Budget Build” where we are building up a bike from scratch using a tight budget with which to get our parts with. This led me to explore the way of Blue Collar mountain biker and “Take Off” parts.
“Take Offs” are the parts that often [...]

There are many different options in housing, especially with Nokon and Gore cable systems in place.  I want to touch base on the two most used housing with the standard sleeve, metal cables and then plastic casing.
Below you see brake housing, or compression housing.  The metal is spun tightly almost like a slinky underneath the [...]

My local shop is slowly rolling in the new 2009 product, as Trek or Gary Fisher hasn’t released their new 2009 catalogs I wanted to show the bikes that catch my eye as they come in until the catalogs are released in a few weeks.
The first that came in is the Gary Fisher Marlin.  The [...]

If you are attending Interbike 2008 bring your favorite team kit to suit up for the Industry only race.
Las Vegas - August 5, 2008 - Organizers of CrossVegas and the USA CRITS Finals today announced that they will each stage separate bicycle industry only races for the upcoming September 2008 Interbike International Bicycle Expo in [...]

A buddy at work has been complaining aboout chain suck on his race bike and asked for some suggestions.  I gave him a response typical of many shop mechaincs, “just file off the burrs on the teeth of chainrings and you should be good.”  He tried it, and came back telling me he still had [...]

It isn’t often that you plan to sit or walk in the wilderness with your bicycle. Breaking a chain on the trail with out the right tools can be disaster. If you are riding a further distance than you feel comfortable walking you should have a couple key items.
Chain tool [...]