Out riding
I’m out of town riding my bike and spending time with The Wife. Double hurray! Stay tuned for a full report. In the mean time, I’ll be posting gems from the archive.
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Improving traction on wet wood?
/12 Comments/in Ask Lee, Trail building/by leelikesbikesHi Lee, Here’s a question for you or other readers out there. What do you recomend to make wooden surfaces less slick in a damp environment? I’ve seen chicken wire but I worry about sharp edges puncturing tires and people, especially after some rusting. Tjaard
Is my Mavic rim dead?
/16 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment/by leelikesbikesShort answer: Yes.
140mm travel fork too tall for dirt jumping?
/6 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment/by leelikesbikesLee, I really dig your website and all the solid advice and especially all the good pump track action. I recently built up a new dirt jumping bike with an azonic steel head frame which has classic dirt jumping geometry. I got a great deal on a new fox vanilla rlc 32 fork. This bike […]
20 vs. 24 vs. 26 for BMX riding
/15 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesLee, The city I live in just opened its first skate/bmx park. I really want to learn some bmx riding, I have been a mountainbiker for about 12 yrs. I never had the opportunity to try bmx when I was younger, I am 44 and have never ridden a bmx bike. Which style of bike […]
BMX rhythm slalom
/5 Comments/in Coaching, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesI’ve been coaching Terminal Velocity Racing, a new developmental team mainly comprised of monkeys from The Fix Junior Team. Yesterday morning we wanted to rock some BMX, but the Dacono BMX track was unrideable except for the main rhythm section. What to do? BMX Rhythm Slalom!
A fresh lump of clay
/6 Comments/in Coaching, Life with a capital L/by leelikesbikesI just started working with a new rider, and this one is important for a few reasons.
Definition of braaap?
/12 Comments/in Ask Lee/by leelikesbikesLee, Please define for me, “BRAAAAPPP!” Maybe because I’m 39, I missed that… 🙂 Dave
Bad idea: Long travel fork on trail hardtail
/14 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment/by leelikesbikesHi Lee, I just got myself a 2008 GT Avalanche 2 2 months ago and now I’m planing to upgrade the fork. I’m looking into 2008 Marzocchi 55ATA2 and 2008 Fox 36 Talas for all mountain and DH rides. Could you kindly advise which fork is more suitable? I heard FOX have issue with the […]
Cornering: Why are their butts out?
/16 Comments/in Ask Lee, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesLee, I never thought I could learn so much from a book about mountain biking! My cornering has improved incredibly after reading (and re-reading countless times) the section on railing. There’s something I’m trying to figure out, though. If you watch Andrew Shandro and others in The Collective and Roam you’ll see the riders cornering […]
Tires for Sea Otter DS?
/2 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment, Racing, Reviews/by leelikesbikesHey Lee. What tires would you recommend for the dual slalom course at Sea Otter? I’m using a pair of Maxxis High Rollers in a 2.3. I was using these at Sand Hill this weekend and when I started to braap; I was losing traction in the rear a little bit. I was running about […]
Specialized asymmetrical rear end?
/7 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment, Tech tips/by leelikesbikesHi Lee, Love the book, it’s really helped me progress. Since I visit your site and see you have the inside line with Specialized I was hoping you could answer the following question. The 06 and up Big Hits are said to have an asymmetrical rear triangle. I’ve noticed the wheel that came with the […]
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