My Avid Juicy 7’s had an upgrade earlier this week. New pink brake levers from Danger Boy and Speed Goat! Check out my review of the product over at TheBikeLab.com.
The installation of the levers were so easy I wanted to put it down in writing so folks would be even more tempted […]

The more I look around on the trails blogs it seems that there is a hidden species of styling platform riders. Take Kent and Dave for example. Super endurance riders that find their favorite shoes that do NOT clip in are their preference for long distance riding.
It seems that forms of cycling like […]

Bike: ‘08 Trek Fuel EX 5.5
Tester: 23 years old; 151 lbs; “XC” dirt lover.
Where? Charlotte, NC & Pisgah, NC
This past weekend I woke at o’dark 30 and made the drive west to the mountains of Western North Carolina. There was a need to ride something with some type of elevation and the […]

It has been a few months since the last time I put up a ride review on my 1×1 setup. I’ve made a couple changes to the bike and have been riding it about once a week as the training schedule allows. (Pushing a hard gear on a rigid single speed isn’t very […]

As my series on regression and technology will continue this week I want to quickly shoot some links your way to hopefully inspire and inform.

Jesse Lalonde won Chequamegon on a full rigid 29er single speed. Pushing it against a very elite class - he won with out the gears or suspension. In the […]

My goal for the holiday season was to lose weight.
I’m one of those people that love everything that Thanksgiving has to offer. Stuffing, mash potatoes and anything smothered with gravy. The holidays also throw me head first into a short spell of depression.  Not enough to worry about but enough […]