As a full on nerd, I enjoy playing with numbers. How much faster is a bike with lighter wheels? How much do heavy tires slow you down? If I’m leaning this far in a turn, how fast am I going? That kind of stuff. If you’re into this sort of thing, you’ll dig these calculators.
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Our friend and pull-up rival Brain Lopes made Velonews’ short list. Other nominees include Dave Zabriskie, Levi Leipheimer, Bobby Julich, George Hincapie and some guy named Lance Armstrong.
Vote for your favorite mountain biker (I mean male cyclist 🙂 on the lower right corner of www.velonews.com
Hey, I was looking over your site and saw the story about legalized dirt jump parks, and then saw there was one in Pleasanton, California. I was wondering if you had the address of that place, because I looked online and couldn’t find it. Thanks!
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Lee Likes Sponsors
Thanks to everyone who’s supported my riding and this site. Without you I’d be working at Hot Dog on a Stick!
Full Bros – in alphabetical order
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Fate Clothing
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The Fix/Rhythm Cycles The Fix is a downhill/freeeride/dirt jump shop in Boulder, CO. Home to the Mountain States’ top gravity team as well as some sweet dirt jumps. Rhythm Cycles is their online operation. www.rhythmcycles.com |
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Fox Racing Shox The first name in high performance suspension
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Maxxis Tires A quality tire for every purpose I run Minions and High Rollers for downhill. Usually 2.5 Super Tacky. Minions are hard to beat in most situations; High Rollers work a bit better in loose conditions, and they make a fast rear tire. Oh, and I’m using the Maxxis rim strip with some Stan’s goop to make my tires tubeless. |
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Specialized Bicycle Components High end bikes and components Primary fleet
Secondary fleet
Shoes
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WTB – Wilderness Trail Bikes Tires and parts with that NorCal trail-riding soul
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Also in my corner
Fox Racing – Clothing and protective gear
Full Tilt Cyclery, Castle Rock, CO – Pro shop with bro’ vibe (site by me)
Gamut USA – Light, simple chain guides
Montara Design – Universally drilled bashguards and the versatile 3Guide
Oakley – High-end eyeware and nicely done riding clothes
SMBA – Singletrack Mountain Bike Adventures – Youth mountain biking programs in Boulder, CO
Sportworks – The best bike racks, period. Now owned by Thule.
Trail Head Cyclery, San Jose, CA – NorCal’s best shop (site by me)
If you’d like to get major exposure for your products — or just help a biking bro’ — let’s talk!
My orthopedist and I are becoming good buddies. He re-attached a ligament on my right thumb in mid July, and that has healed nicely. It’s sore and not very mobile, but right now it’s my good thumb.
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I (Lee McCormack) am an experienced journalist, information designer and kung fu master (figuratively) who loves bikes. I started leelikesbikes.com four years ago as a way to share stories with my bros — now I have bros all over the world.
Lee Likes Bikes celebrates the stoke of the ride. That includes all sorts of topics: skills, training, events, adventures, people, motocross, skiing, Life with a capital L and whatever else I find interesting.
Here’s my corporate and personal mission:
“I will use my talents, skills, passion and relationships to help people improve their lives through bike riding.”
Lee Likes Bikes is growing like a weed. A tasty little weed.
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– Traffic is building like crazy. In February I got 25,000 unique visitors; in May I got 38,000!
– The average visitor comes by twice a month (rabid readers check several times per week).
– The average visitor reads three pages per visit (rabid readers read everything that’s new). That doesn’t count clicking on photos, refreshing the pages, etc. Some sites count all that stuff, but not here.
– Readers come from all over the world, but most are concentrated in the United States, especially California and Colorado. Which makes sense, because that’s where most American mountain bikers live.
I hope to partner with companies who serve my readers with great/unique products. Advertising can be an important part of the overall leelikesbikes message, and I want to put good information out there.
Because my traffic is very targeted, I will help you spread your message in an efficient, cost-effective way.
468×60 banners
Where: The same unit will appear at the top and bottom of the page.
How much: $15 per thousand impressions
Hold a spot for a month: $2,000
Rotate half-time for a month: $1,125
Rotate one-quarter time for a month: $600
125×125 buttons
Where: Unit will appear in the rail on the right side of every page. Multiple buttons may appear here.
How much: $8 per thousand impressions
Hold a spot for a month: $1,000
Rotate half-time for a month: $550
Rotate one-quarter time for a month: $300
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Email me, and we’ll make this happen. First come first served.
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Don’t worry: I won’t bug you unless it’s worthwhile.
Thanks for supporting the cause!
Braaap!
— Lee