Industry Outsider

I need someone with better HTML and WordPress skills than me, since the site doesn’t render well in Explorer. Yeah, I don’t know why people still use Explorer, but I’m so flattered that they would take the time to not only visit my site, but write and tell me that it’s not rendering, so I’m … Read more

It can’t be called Bike Week, because for many people, that conjures up images of loud motorcycles and scantily-clad women in Florida. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But the League of American Bicyclists (a name that as a one-time expatriate, I’m not too fond of) is promoting the month of May as national … Read more

I love reading stuff like this. Third place in the DS on a borrowed XC bike! PAYSON, Utah – April 21, 2009 – Geoffrey Montague and Chantel Shoemaker rode the Arantix, Delta 7 Sports’ mountain bike which uses the company’s IsoTruss technology, to top-five victories in their respective 2009 Sea Otter Classic races. Montague, a … Read more

Last month, while on a road trip, I found myself over 700 miles from home, with more stuff than I could fit in my car. Since putting my stepmum on the roof racks was not an option, I checked around at different bike shops, to see if I could score a roof basket, specifically, the … Read more

I haven’t blogged lately because I’m just too damn busy. In between recovering from a car accident and taking care of all the usual stuff life throws at you, there are a ton of press releases and news items to dig through, and I’ve been writing reviews for a bicycle website. But those reviews help … Read more

An upcoming National Park Service (NPS) rule change could greatly benefit mountain bicycling by improving the administrative process for opening trails to bicyclists. IMBA has been asking the agency to revise its policies since 1992, because the current “special regulations” process is needlessly cumbersome and treats bicycles like motorized vehicles. The NPS has said the … Read more