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Review: Funn Soljam Viper Pedal
This monstrous pedal has a nifty “friction grip” area in the middle of its platform. Cool, but how does it work?
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Wheelie-dropping Santa
Our friend Dan has a caboose in his yard (already cool), but his Santa makes it rock. Hang on little piggy!
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Knobbies on snow
Here in Colorado, cold is settling in and snow is settling down. It seems like time to hang the wheels and wax the skis, but — no! — not yet.
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Drops: Calculating landing force
A mechanical engineer wants to know how I calculated the impact forces for a bike drop. Yikes, here goes …
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Software for diagraming tracks
A reader wants to know which software I use to create my snazzy track diagrams. It’s the same one I’ve used to create award-winning newspaper infographics.
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Requirements: upgrading to semipro
I was wondering what you need to do to advance from expert to semi pro? I couldn’t find the information anywhere in the norba book. I know in BMX you have to place 1-10 nag.
By the way your site is great. keep up the good work.
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Trail building info
I live in a town where just about nobody bikes. I was wondering if you could give trail building tips.
– Aaron
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The IMBA site has tons of info. Check it out.
I hope to post stories about building jumps, rollers and berms. Stay tuned.
— Lee
4X and slalom start questions
Hey Lee, how do you know what the rules are for mt cross & dual slalom gate starts on what is legal and not legal. I couldn’t find any info on the usacycling website.
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Grand Junction and Moab, moto style
If you’re a bitter person, don’t read this. It’ll only make you angry. For the rest of you, behold three days and three adventures.
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Getting into dirt jumping
A young reader needs advice on picking a dirt jump bike and becoming confident enough to enjoy it.
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Off to Fruita and Moab
I hope you had a great Thanskgiving. I have a lot to be thankful for: my Smootchie, a great place to live, two awesome puppies, sports I love, a career that’s fulfilling my dreams, blah, blah, blah.
This morning the Watts and I rode XC for 90 minutes then hit a local freeride spot. What a great day: sun, speed, corners, drops, food, family, friends, doggies.
Tomorrow morning I’m going on a moto adventure — Friday in Fruita; Saturday and Sunday in Moab. We’ll hit Slickrock, Porcupine Rim and all that stuff, probably at a pretty good clip. Add that to the thankful list. Stay tuned for a full report.
Porcupine Rim on DH bikes: href=https://www.leelikesbikes.com/Stories/042704/index.html