John Collins headed up to Eriksen Cycles to pick up his new titanium ride. Thankfully, while he was there, he was able to grab a couple of questions from Kent Eriksen and snap a couple of shot for us. The following article is John’s recap and interview with Kent Eriksen. In a very non-descript building next to the Yampa River, The Titanium Master works relentlessly. ...

This is the first guest post by Clint Adams. Clint is going to be checking in from time to time on bike repair, maintenance and tool reviews. As a pro bike wrench…he is good at that kind of stuff! Park Tool Company is the most recognizable bicycle tool manufacturer on earth. The PRS-15 is Park’s most versatile bicycle repair stand in their lineup; it can clamp...

It hit…that perfect ride where speed just seemed to power through your legs and every bit of singletrack flew by with ease. You got the taste, the taste of what it would be like if you were a faster and stronger rider than you are today. If only every ride could be exactly like that one with power on tap, heart rate controlled and speed at your figure tips. It is...

Offroad Century Mountain Biking - Grizzly Adam Grizzly Adam – epicriding.com – Attempting an off-road 100-mile bike ride can be a daunting prospect. One hundred miles is a long, long way, especially when that distance traverses over mountain passes, steep canyons, rocky singletrack, and deep forests. An off-road 100-mile race can mean spending anywhere from...

Yesterday afternoon, I received an email from a reader who was unsubscribing from this blog. Normally, I would not post up these kinds of rant emails (its actually the first I have received…so we must be doing something right!), but I just had to share this one with you guys. Adam writes: I am unsubscribing because your website is just another commercial website....

Mountain biking forums have become a place for mountain bikers all over the globe to hang out, converse on mountain biking topics and share rides/pictures. Across the web, mountain biking forums are actually some of the most successful online forums surprisingly enough. Looks like we all like to share the stoke and get into philosophical arguments about things that don’t...

Review of the Hayes Stroker Ace mountain bike disc brakes is by Chad Oliver. Chad has been running these brakes since we got them in and has put them through some serious abuse during DH races and destination trips (Moab pic below). Unfortunately, all of the adapters we got n for these brakes were IS to Post and – by the time I got the right ones in – he had...

Early last week, I threw up the question “How Many Times Do You Ride A Week?” to get an idea on how much spin time you guys are getting in these days. The results are just about exactly what I expected to see out of a group of mountain bikers, so let’s take a look. As you can see by the graph, almost half of you guys are getting out on the bike 3-4 times...