Gear Reviews ‘Lifestyle’

A Little Something to End the Weekend

February 28th, 2010

I hope everyone had a good weekend and the chance to get out on the bike in one form or another. For myself, I enjoyed what certainly turned out to be an adventurous MTB ride on Saturday with MountainBikeRiding.com’s very own Pete. We headed to Sedona and did the old “lets see where this goes” on a trail I had never been on and he had ridden once a while back.  Well 4 1/2 hours later, on the back side of a mountian from where we were supposed to be, some long forest roads, and some mountain road riding we arrived back at the car, a little more worked over than we were expecting.

Here’s a quick ride tip, if your in Sedona don’t ride the Turkey Butte Trail unless you have plenty of time to kill, love epic rubbly climbs and  gnarly baby head descents.  If you like that stuff go for it, if not, Sedona has plenty of  other great single track to offer.

This week we will have a review of the Ergon BA-1 and more great bike touring and adventure riding information.  I leave you with one of my favorite cycling parody videos.  I’m sure many of you have seen this already, but some how it never gets old.  Every ride is an adventure.

How to Survive the Winter

February 25th, 2010

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For many of us across the country who ride, winter is a time spent staring out the window wondering when spring is going to arrive.  The cold and gray seems to push on for ever.  Its hard not to get stir crazy, our poor lonely bikes are just sitting in the garage, depressed and underused.  Our minds and bodies start to feel the same way our bikes do, melancholy and in need of activity.  Well don’t fret any longer. Although winter is plagued with short cold days there are ways to get out and have fun while still getting a work out that wont make that first bike tour or race of the season hurt so bad. » Read more: How to Survive the Winter