About Us

Mountain.Bike198.com is driven by obsessed mountain bikers looking to share their experience and passion with other mountain bikers. The smell of new rubber ripping up singletrack, the sound of suspension sucking up big hits and the desire to push out every last bit of our fitness in search of the perfect ride is what drives mountain.bike198.com. Our goal is to increase your riding ability and bring you up front, honest reviews on bikes, components and other related mountain biking products. Mountain.Bike198.com is your home for everything mountain biking related on the trail and on the web.

Within this portion of Bike198, you are going to find:

• Riding Tips and Tricks to Become A Better Mountain Biker
• Reviews on the Latest Mountain Bikes, Mountain Bike Components and Related Gear
• Assorted News Around the Mountain Bike Industry
• Various Singletrack Exploits

The Mountain.Bike198.com Team

While Bike198.com has a lot of guest contributors and regular visitors, this is the regular team that makes up the content and background management of Mountain.Bike198.com.

Robb Sutton (198)

Robb Sutton is the brainchild behind Bike198.com. What started off as a trail review site has become a full out cycling community based around riding tips and product reviews that are read by thousands of readers a week! With over 14+ years of mountain biking experience, Robb is riding just about anything that pedals in the quest to obtain that perfect ride.

Current Quiver:

• Wolfhound SS Rigid (Custom)
• Turner 5.Spot
• Blue Competition Cycles Nx7
• Mountain Cycle Rumble

You’ll find Robb in the southeast United States riding single track in the North Georgia mountains and Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. With the 5.Spot with a Lyrik bolted up being the typical bike of choice, he is looking for the long climb to the long, technical, fast descent.

Chad Oliver (Flowtech)

Chad Oliver is on the never ending search of the perfect flow. With almost the entire current lineup of Santa Cruz mountain bikes in his stable, he can pull out the Superlight for ultra fast cross country action or start hitting the big stuff with his Marz 66 equipped Bullit. Known locally as the guy who “makes it look easy”, Chad can ride anything anywhere.

Current Quiver (a garage full of single pivots):

• Santa Cruz Bullit
• Santa Cruz Heckler
• Santa Cruz Superlight

You can find Chad anywhere there is a line that one of your friends claims can’t be ridden testing and reviewing products for Bike198.com.

Justin Shattuck (The Shat)

The Shatt is the owner of Just The Web and resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a bike commuter and all around internet geek, this web designer, coder keeps everything running around Bike198.com. He also weighs in on commuter product reviews for Urban.Bike198.com.

When he is not in front of a computer screen or networking in Tulsa, you can find Justin sipping on Tea for ReviewTea.com or commuting around town taking some amazing shots with the aid of Canon DSLR’s.