Controlling mid-air rotation
A reader wants to avoid endos and loop-outs when he jumps his bike. That sounds like a good idea; here’s how.
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Local moto adventures
/4 Comments/in Moto/by leelikesbikesWe have so many amazing trails near Boulder, I have a new mission: Exploration.
Sea Otter deluge
/in Events/by leelikesbikesThis was so traumatic, it’s taken me a month to tell the story.
Hike. Ride. Repeat.
/4 Comments/in Coaching, Downhill/by leelikesbikesThe Fix monkeys and I have been getting strong and ripping [sic] trails.
Yeti Cycles principals establish Bigfoot Productions, purchase Mountain States Cup
/3 Comments/in Events/by leelikesbikesThis is a huge deal, and I’ll explore it in detail. In the meantime, here’s the press release.
Dude, I’m an Escalator!
/7 Comments/in /by leelikesbikesLast week I got an email: “We’re shooting a global training video for Shimano. We lost our mountain bike rider/model at the last minute. We need someone Sat AM for an hour to ride up and down the Marshall Mesa climb a few times, make $100, and be the It Guy for Shimano. Could you […]
Yeti-FOX’s Graves and Leov storm Fort William World Cup
/in Events/by leelikesbikesFort William, Scotland (May 27 and 28) – The weather might have been nasty, but the Yeti-FOX Racing Factory Team found the riding quite tasty.
MSC #1: Madness in Angel Fire, NM
/5 Comments/in Events/by leelikesbikesThe first Mountain States Cup was sick, sick sick! Great courses, nice weather, all the characters, yadda yadda yadda.
Connecting the dots
/9 Comments/in /by leelikesbikesIn a former life I was a newspaper infographics artist. When a plane crashed, I drew the inside of the engine and highlighted the whatchamacallit that failed. On hindsight, it was a cool job, but at the time I was too anguished that I wasn’t a full time bike rider/writer. When I won a Pulitzer […]
Why do full suspension bikes rail?
/6 Comments/in Ask Lee, Tech tips/by leelikesbikesHey Lee, This may be a dumb question, but what’s the physics behind why a full suspension rails better than a hardtail? It intuitively makes sense but I was wondering why it works better. Thanks.
Trail bike for a tall guy
/10 Comments/in Ask Lee, Tech tips, Uncategorized/by leelikesbikesHi Lee, I am helping my friend find a trail bike – the catch is he’s 6’6″ and about 220lbs. While one of the fantastic customs from Lennard Zinn would be great, he can’t really spend almost 4 grand. …
Postmortem: Free clinics at Angel Fire MSC
/4 Comments/in Coaching, Events/by leelikesbikesThis weekend we held four free clinics for beginner and sport XC, DH, 4X and SD racers. I hoped to encourage new racers to try these events, and to help everyone feel more comfortable out there. Some things went well; others can go better.
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