Bikes
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
The other morning my blog feeder spit out information about the Aherns full suspension bike that has been in the works for a very long time.
It seems that Mike has teamed up with Devise Solutions to help build his brand and network out. This has also caused some back time (but long term up time) […]
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Could a 5″ full suspension bike really roll like a big wheeled step brother, but handle like it’s smaller older step brother?
Yes! After 4.5 months of logging saddle time on this Ventana El Bastardo I can simply say yes. From there is the complicated details. I’ve spent some decent time on 5″ travel bikes. The […]
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Kogswell has an awesome deal right now on 59cm 650B P/R frame sets. The reason is that the tubing is a bit wider than standard, which means stiffer.
The framesets come in two packages at $339 or $449. Visit their site for more details (you need to scroll down towards the bottom.) Or give them […]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Mark Slate from WTB and was on hand at the Outdoor demo yesterday and confirmed many things. Tires and rims will be a seperate post but the thing I want to touch on is the new OS Bikes Blackbuck 650b frames!
The purpose behind designing a 650b frame is when Mark was trying to design a […]
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Today was one of the Outdoor Demo days at Interbike 2008. Taking 30 minutes out of my day to ride the Haro Beasley was a must. I missed my chance at Sea Otter this past spring due to scheduling and not a full supply of demo bikes. For Interbike Haro was ready with many 1×9 […]
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Rawland Cycles have been busy little beavers lately. Three new products and all looking beautiful. I hope to catch up with Sean at Interbike and take more photos of these beauties.
The Drakkar - Disc brake, fixed gear machine.
What Sean from Rawland has to say :
“Named after the most feared Viking longship, the Drakkar is a […]
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