Looking forward to tomorrow
This week has been a mixed bag.
Some fall clinic action
This is a great time of year for skills clinics. If you practice your kung fu all winter, you’ll be a master by spring.
Bonus: Yesterday’s weather was perfect.
Coming to Atlanta for Thanksgiving
Hey all, I’m planning some Family Fun Time in Atlanta, GA around turkey day.
I’ll have time for clinics and riding that Wednesday and Friday.
Please email me for either.
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?
Race for Tara 2 Report
This 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?
Sergio 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
Hey 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 10′ across so I’m actually building a wall with some landscaping wood and rebar to support the backside of the berm and save room for the berm itself. …
Pump tracks: Doing good things with bad dirt
Hey 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 few weeks though, with just me working on it for the most part. It’s dug straight into the ground. I’m in Wake Forest, North Carolina. I’ve attatched some pictures.
— Paul
Status #2: Valmont Bike Park, Boulder, CO
Last 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
Two noteworthy developments: 1) Big fundraiser for Tara Llanes. 2) The rescue of the endangered Sand Hill Ranch.
Translate Web pages with Babel Fish
A 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
Speaking 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.