All-Mountain sizing for a tall rider
You’re a tall fellow, and everyone tells you to get the XL. But would an L be better?
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The shoulder chronicles: Ignorance was bliss
/26 Comments/in Life with a capital L/by leelikesbikesThree weeks ago, I was feeling healthy and strong. I was training hard and looking forward to a great season of coaching and racing. Then I learned the clavicle I broke four years ago never healed. It turns out my right arm is being held on not by bone and ligament as God intended, but […]
Sheldon Brown, rest in peace
/3 Comments/in Life with a capital L/by leelikesbikesThe world recently lost a champion of cycling and a real character.
DH bars: How wide is too wide?
/6 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment/by leelikesbikesOur man Nick plans to step up to the new Deity Dirty 30 bar, and he’s wondering if that might be too wide. Probably not, I say.
Cutting Maxxis Minions for wet/loose
/10 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment, Tech tips/by leelikesbikesSome of you have asked about custom-cutting Maxxis Minion downhill tires. Here’s a trick for your next East Coast national.
Off season 4X training
/6 Comments/in Ask Lee, Racing, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesRob is a snowbound thirty-plus 4X racer, and he’s looking for some 4X training advice. In a nutshell: Consider the essential components. Mix them up to suit your lifestyle.
Which DH tires for Norcal/Downieville?
/4 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment, Reviews/by leelikesbikesThis rider is enjoying his Maxxis DHFs, but he’s contemplating a switch to Specialized meats.
Software for diagramming tracks, Part 2
/6 Comments/in Ask Lee, Trail building/by leelikesbikesHey Lee – The Colorado School of Mines cycling team recently gained permission to build a ds course, pump track, and stxc on a fairly large patch of land owned by the school. I need to present them with a diagram of both the ds and pump track prior to construction. A diagram similar to […]
Titus MotoLite?
/in Ask Lee, Equipment/by leelikesbikesLee, what do you think of the titus MotoLite? Ron
“I want to build the next Whistler”
/5 Comments/in Ask Lee, Trail building/by leelikesbikesLee, I recently moved to a small mountain resort town to work for the local ski hill. The ski area itself is mostly on forest service land. They seem to see bikes as a pest, especially with all the “renegade trails” being built on the hill by riders who are tired of no real access […]
Differentiation: Specialized Enduro vs. Ibis Mojo
/3 Comments/in Ask Lee, Equipment/by leelikesbikesOur man in NorCal wants to expand his quiver, but he needs to know his two bikes are different enough to justify each other.
The importance (and danger) of cross training
/8 Comments/in Ask Lee, Skills/training/by leelikesbikesIt’s been said that the better you get at bike riding, the worse you get at everything else. If your legs are used to spinning light circles, and you suddenly try a more impactful sport, you might be asking for trouble. A cautionary tale:
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