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I grew up right across the street from what is now the Sherman Branch Mountain Bike Trails. Back when I was a kid, the land belonged to a fellow who had a flower, bush & tree nursery near the lake loop of the trail. I use to slip back on his property with an old cane poll and go fishing and swimming in his lake. Many times he ran me off and he eventually gave up trying after I kept coming back for the entire summer. I remember he actually sneaked up behind me one day while I was fishi... Read More
Cycling has always been a big part of my life. I want my daughter to enjoy riding the same way that I have. While we also try to get out as a family, riding gives us a chance to get out together for some father daughter time too. At 9 she's still pretty cautious on the trail, but is getting better every time out. I really want to encourage her to ride more and to continue to try more challenging things on the trail, but don't want to push so hard that it turn... Read More
When you start getting into single speeds, the first thing that you will notice is how clean the drive train is. When you pay close attention, you may notice that some cranks do not have a spiderarm which the ring mounts to, this is called a spiderless crankset and is considered by most SS folks to be the bling or icing on the cake for a nice SS ride. The spiderless crankset/ring setup can created using an old school XTR M957 This is what an XTR Old School M950 Crankset looks like... Read More
About 8-9 years ago, I had LiteSpeed Pisgah Geared 26 MTB. When the SS craze started getting some visibility online and in several publications, I was admit I was curious. Right after I purchased my Seven Sola 26 geared MTB, I was like ok I need to try this. I purchased a SPOT singulator and converted the bike to an SS. I rode the SS conversation off and on and after 2 yrs I found myself mostly riding it so I purchased a Curtlo, one of the best deals around for a cus... Read More
There’s a lot of history and information floating around about the origins of mountain biking, some that’s recognized and some that depends on who has the best public relations firm. Mountain biking would have happened somewhere and it did. Did it begin with the Buffalo Soldiers, a turn-of-the-century infantry who customized bicycles to carry gear over rough terrain? It was August 1896, the riders, black enlisted men and a white lieutenant, rode from Missoula, Montana, to Yellowstone an... Read More
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