When you average everything out, most of us have had the same experiences. People come in and out of our lives, events take place that are both good and bad, tastes and trends change over time (I hope you still aren’t rocking the Members Only jacket)…but there are some things that always seem to stick around. As time goes on, these certain things in our lives...

New for 2008, Corsair has come out with a line of mountain bikes that are unlike anything else on the market.  Check out CorsairBikes.com for more info. Here is the lineup. CORSAIR CROWN (DH) From the website: Developed to compete on the World Cup DH circuit with an adjustable headtube, two position primary rear shock and an optional add-on secondary blow-off shock....

Guitar Ted at TwentyNineInches.com wrote an article on the 13th attempting to define the long travel 29er market. Here are my thoughts… Ted’s Article on Long Travel 29ers There is often much debate in the comments section whenever I post about “long travel” 29″ers. Do we really need them? What is “long travel” on a 29″er, and will it even work?...

So “the other half” was pouring hydrogen peroxide on the back of my leg from a pedal stabbing incident at Windrock when she looked at me and said “can’t you ever not get hurt?” I don’t know about you guys…but I thought it was hilarious.  There is some truth to her statement, at least in her eyes.  I do come home with at least...

I posted this question on MTBR.com’s Passion forum over the weekend and it has some great responses so far. I started thinking this morning about how much during the day I actually think about mountain biking…. Turns out it is A LOT! So at what point does passion turn into obsession?? When I’m not riding…I am at work posting to forums, posting...

Honestly…how many different wheels sizes do we need? With the introduction of the 650B (27.5″) wheel size, we are now up to 3 different available wheel sizes for mountain bikes if you don’t include the 24″ variety. The idea is that you get the same rolling power seen in 29″ wheels with the agility of 26″. I am not jumping on the bandwagon...