Archive for February, 2008

Don’t Be a Yuri

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Meet Yuri.

I ran into Yuri who was riding a mountain bike at Peter’s Canyon yesterday. I was out trying to get in a low intensity ride in preparation for the Counting Coup this weekend and came upon Yuri on the main fireroad.
I tried passing a few different times, but only to find him speeding […]

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Fox and Shimano 15mm E-axle for 2009

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Just when you thought there were enough axle/fork standards for mountain bikes (5mm QR, 9mm T/B, 20mm, 24mm Maverick, Lefty), here comes another.
Fox and Shimano are planning to use a new 15mm standard in 2009 called the E-axle (or E-thru?). Supposedly it’s lighter and stiffer than a standard QR. We’ll have to see […]

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Mountain Bike Log - January 2008

Monday, February 11th, 2008

I’m off to a slow start for 2008. Southern California has been making up for the lack of rain over the last few years. Because of muddy trails, I didn’t get to put in too much time on the bike this month. Most of this month’s stats were from the 12 Hours of Temecula […]

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