Too Much Bike, or Not Enough? How to Bet on the Over/UnderToo Much Bike, or Not Enough? How to Bet on the Over/Under Media theory giant Marshall McLuhan famously asserted that "the medium is the message." What that means in terms of mountain bikes, is essentially that the bike you choose to ride really determines the nature of the ride more than anything else. If we take this for granted, then...
3 friends, 3 Mayors, 2 Lofty Goals3 friends, 3 Mayors, 2 Lofty Goals The old saying goes that "charity begins at home." Well, sometimes it begins there and ends up far, far away, at the end of a long and winding road. Earlier this year, way back in March of 2020 (seems like forever ago now!), three expedition teammates - Buck Miller, Eric Batty and Ryan...
Quality vs. Quantity Debate – Mountain Bike EditionQuality vs. Quantity Debate - Mountain Bike Edition I once stood in a golf tee box up in the Laurentians of Quebec with three pals, one of whom had been playing this landowners-only course since his family built their modest cabin decades ago, when a question was posed. The question was - Would you rather keep playing one course and...
Assorted NutsAssorted Nuts Fork steerer tubes are generally made from aluminum and use a star nut, which is part of the headset installation assembly. The star nut is pressed into the steerer tube and is used to allow the headset to be compressed or stacked. It’s been used for the last 30 years and to this day, the same system and standard persists,...
So You Wanna Buy a Mountain BikeSo You Wanna Buy a Mountain Bike Online or in-store? There are several good articles here on the interweb with advice on how to buy a mountain bike. They will include breakdowns of the different kinds of bikes, or what you should look for when you're shopping for one. And of course, you'll have to decide whether you'll actually buy...
