650B wheel on Yeti 575 ?!?
Aaron wants to build a sweet new Yeti 575 with a 650B front wheel. This brings up some issues. Let’s have a look, shall we?
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Race for Tara 2 Report
/5 Comments/in Events/by leelikesbikesThis report of last weekend’s benefit race come from Stu’s Giant Newsletter, by Mike Stewart, an account executive at Giant Bicycle. Pretty sweet.
Which stem on Giant Trance?
/8 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment, Skills/training, Trail/by leelikesbikesSergio is ripping a technical singletrack in Brazil called Dircuito das Pontes, and he’s wondering about his cockpit length. With video …
Pump tracks: Building a tight 180
/2 Comments/in Ask Lee, Pump tracks, Trail building/by leelikesbikesHey Lee, I’m in the early stages of building a backyard track with thanks to inspiration from your site and the awesome e-book. Over the weekend I started the process with building a 180 berm that is confined in a tight corner of our yard. The space between a fence and shed measures only about […]
Pump tracks: Doing good things with bad dirt
/5 Comments/in Pump tracks, Trail building/by leelikesbikesHey Lee, I just wanted to show off my first pump track to you. It’s a real small track, not too fast, but loads of fun and actually really difficult. It has a short uphill and two berms aprox 180 degrees. I didn’t keep track of how long it took, a built it over a […]
Status #2: Valmont Bike Park, Boulder, CO
/7 Comments/in Trail building/by leelikesbikesLast night was the second of two public reviews of the bike park plans. IMBA’s Pete Webber gave his spiel at the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance meeting at Rocky Mounts. Keep reading for the latest schematic.
This Saturday: Race for Tara 2 at Sand Hill Ranch
/3 Comments/in Events, Trail building/by leelikesbikesTwo noteworthy developments: 1) Big fundraiser for Tara Llanes. 2) The rescue of the endangered Sand Hill Ranch.
Translate Web pages with Babel Fish
/7 Comments/in Equipment/by leelikesbikesA clever reader mentioned an article in a German magazine about the effect of tire choice and terrain on rolling resistance. We can all read it using this free online translator.
How to rail a road bike
/7 Comments/in Events, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesSpeaking of VeloNews, here’s a story that ran in the February 2006 issue. The Red Bull Road Rage, held in Malibu, CA on Nov. 5, 2005 showed us all how road bikes are meant to be ridden. Featuring Myles Rockwell, David McCook, Brian Lopes and Mark Weir.
Are freeride tires faster than XC race tires?
/34 Comments/in Equipment, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesDisclaimer: I wrote this story three years ago for VeloNews, and it was so intricate and demanding to read that even they wouldn’t run it. (Heck, I didn’t consider running it until I posted this story.) The VeloNews editor also didn’t like the idea that, on a long trail ride, freeride tires might be faster […]
BMX book status
/5 Comments/in BMX/by leelikesbikesPeople have been asking about Pro BMX Skills, the BMX how-to book that was supposed to be finished by now. This pains me to say, but Life (capital L) has gotten very hectic, and I’ve had to put the book on the back burner.
Large-platform SPDs vs. small ones
/14 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment/by leelikesbikesHi Lee, I’ve been riding large platform clipless pedals (DX resin cage etc) since I started riding clipless way back when. I quite like them, however push is coming to shove and I’ve had enough sand kicked in my face etc etc, to cut a long story short, I have found myself needing to shed […]
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