Slowly I am riding more and more commuter and road miles than dirt.  It is simply that time of year when the trails aren’t ridable do to hurricane’s aftermath, days of rain and trail coordinators that don’t want to build weather resistant trails.
Commuting on the 650b Ala Carte has been an exciting adventure.  As I […]

Over the past few weeks I’ve been able to churn out some decent miles on this little steed. Commuting (52 miles round trip) a couple times, a level “C’ group ride and a couple longer rambles out in the boonies by myself and camera.

The ride is much different but much the same as my all […]

For roughly 2.5 months I’ve been throwing all that I can at the Stans ZTR 355 that came to my door step for a review. Check out my Out of the Box article for the spec and weight of these wheels.  As a wheelset they have always had a NeoMoto in the front and a […]

There was so much great news and rumors at Sea Otter that I want to put it all in one good post.
Rubber: 650b tire rumors or visuals were leaking out from almost every large manufacture present.

WTB - Check
Schwalbe - Check
Kenda - Check
Maxxis - Didn’t want to say. (Now what does THAT mean?!?)
Intense Tires - Was […]

While spring has sprung in Charlotte, NC this means lots of wet trails. Wet trails and an injury meant no riding for a few weeks in March and April. Everything is healed now and trails are drying up. I’ve finally ridden these tires a good 75-100 miles in various conditions, on multiple […]

This afternoon I spoke to a source inside of Manitou/SUNRingle and shared my hope for them to jump on the 650b movement. Feeling that it would benefit them greatly as many manufactors would use there forks as OEM on the 650b bikes they create around that fork. OEM (Originally Equipment Manufacture) means guaranteed […]