August 22, 2022

Review: Niner JET 9 RDO

The latest bike to join my stable is Niner’s short-travel trail bike, the 2022 JET 9 RDO. I didn’t really expect that it would ride hugely different from the RIP—there’s only 20mm of travel separating them after all. I was wrong.
June 10, 2021

DIY custom-molded Kydex frame protection

For the most part, the standard frame protection that comes stock on mountain bike frames is decent, but it has limits. Here's how to DIY a super durable frame protector.
January 4, 2021

Review: REEB Ti Donkadonk Fat B

I won't downplay it, or be shamed by the rest of the cycling world… I love riding fat! And not just in snow.
December 13, 2017

Using the Wahoo KICKR with a 141mm QR Bike

141mm QR. A new "standard"… just what the bike industry needed! Can you get a bike with this new 141x5mm axle width to work on the Wahoo KICKR bike trainer? This all started for me after picking up a new 2018 Salsa Fargo GX 29er, which features this new hub spacing.
September 14, 2017

Wolftooth ReMote vs KS Southpaw

I have a drive and desire to do things myself, if at all possible. Especially car, house, and bike related. I have a drive and desire to do things myself, if at all possible. Especially car, house, and bike related. For many years, I regarded bicycle wheelbuilding and truing as an unlearnable black art. I would buy complete wheelsets exclusively, and on the rare occasion of a broken spoke or hub issue, I’d take it into the local shop.
April 12, 2017

Mountain Biking with the Garmin Fenix 5X

I have a drive and desire to do things myself, if at all possible. Especially car, house, and bike related. I have a drive and desire to do things myself, if at all possible. Especially car, house, and bike related. For many years, I regarded bicycle wheelbuilding and truing as an unlearnable black art. I would buy complete wheelsets exclusively, and on the rare occasion of a broken spoke or hub issue, I’d take it into the local shop.
April 10, 2017

Wheel Building with the P&K Lie Stand

I have a drive and desire to do things myself, if at all possible. Especially car, house, and bike related. I have a drive and desire to do things myself, if at all possible. Especially car, house, and bike related. For many years, I regarded bicycle wheelbuilding and truing as an unlearnable black art. I would buy complete wheelsets exclusively, and on the rare occasion of a broken spoke or hub issue, I’d take it into the local shop.
April 6, 2017

1UP Bike Rack Mini-Review

I have now owned the 1UP rack system for about 6 months, and I have to say, with some minor quibbles aside, I still very much enjoy and love it. Within two weeks of getting the rack last year, we set off on an epic voyage to Moab, UT for a week of biking mayhem.
April 6, 2017

Strava Elevation Woes

It's a basic principle really... I want to know how far I rode and how much elevation was gained throughout said ride. The realities of several factors combine to make this endeavor more difficult than it should be.
March 31, 2017

The Strava Effect

It’s a strange and slightly pathetic thing when you think about it. Who really cares if I rode 4652’ of elevation on my mountain bike, or if Strava says I only rode 3509’? Strava is one part ego, and one part training.
March 6, 2017

Moab 2016

I love everything about it, and would trade it in a second for the snowy, wooded, fickle Colorado mountains if I could. So when a buddy of mine threw out a comment that we should hit Moab for a mountain bike vacation, I jumped all over it.