Just a quick post with some pictures of the new WTB Dissent 29×2.5 tires mounted up on Stan’s Flow rims on a small Turner Sultan.
These tires are BIG and HEAVY (3lbs 3oz each).  They went on with little fuss and sealed right up with a floor pump.  Mud clearance is a little tight in the [...]

Sean and I rolled out of Austin around 4:50 on Saturday morning, stopping in Giddings from some Whataburger before heading to Bluff Creek Ranch. We got signed up and ready to roll no problems, so the race stared well.
On my first lap, I hammered out of bad habit. I got out in front of a [...]

In a brash publicity stunt, Tender Gooch Racing and F3 Designs have signed-on as sponsors of the 2010 Pace Bend race hosted by the Austin Ridge Riders. In a tin-can and bailing wire telephone interview from his trailhead sanctuary, Pace Bend trailboss and Team Meatweapons grubmlelord Meatball Throwing star said “Yep, it’s realgood that [...]

Let me start of by stating that since I knew what to expect (because of last year), the second EB was much more enjoyable.
The ride started out a little slow because a certain kilt wearing Mojo (bikemojo.com) places bike maintenance last on his list of cycling priorities (I’m noticing a pattern here, with the kilts and [...]

Some mornings when I’m having trouble finding a reason to emerge from my warm cave of wool and sleep, I get the coffee going, rub some embrocation on my chest and take a gander at the wonderful photos from XXC while listening to the melancholy joytunes of Guided by Voices.
Yes, this is an endorsement of [...]