Industry Outsider

I love reading stuff like this. Third place in the DS on a borrowed XC bike! PAYSON, Utah – April 21, 2009 – Geoffrey Montague and Chantel Shoemaker rode the Arantix, Delta 7 Sports’ mountain bike which uses the company’s IsoTruss technology, to top-five victories in their respective 2009 Sea Otter Classic races. Montague, a … Read more

Last month, while on a road trip, I found myself over 700 miles from home, with more stuff than I could fit in my car. Since putting my stepmum on the roof racks was not an option, I checked around at different bike shops, to see if I could score a roof basket, specifically, the … Read more

I haven’t blogged lately because I’m just too damn busy. In between recovering from a car accident and taking care of all the usual stuff life throws at you, there are a ton of press releases and news items to dig through, and I’ve been writing reviews for a bicycle website. But those reviews help … Read more

An upcoming National Park Service (NPS) rule change could greatly benefit mountain bicycling by improving the administrative process for opening trails to bicyclists. IMBA has been asking the agency to revise its policies since 1992, because the current “special regulations” process is needlessly cumbersome and treats bicycles like motorized vehicles. The NPS has said the … Read more

Browsing through the news this weekend, I came across this article, about two guys that have started a mobile repair bike repair business. They initially started out just doing repairs on their own bikes, as well as their friend’s. (Hey, didn’t we all?) Now they’re offering a mobile service, which could be just the ticket … Read more

Once again, I am promoting Tara’s Road to Recovery Fund here, and on BikeForums.net. Here’s the short version on my post on the forums: “Every Thanksgiving, we go around the table, and each of us has to share something we’re thankful for. It’s not so much the specific thing we mention, as how hard it … Read more