After a lot of missed deadlines and work, Ramped Riding is released to newsletter subscribers!!! A lot of work has gone into putting together this eBook and I am really happy with the result so far. Ramped Riding takes you from bike setup all the way to cross training as you continue your quest to [...]

You might have already noticed, but there is a new advertiser in the sidebar of MTB198. A buddy of mine, Michael Karfakis, recently launched a new mountain bike specific t-shirt line. Spoke Apparel offers some kick ass designs aimed directly at the mountain bike population to fill our need for all things dirt related.
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With so many different options for mountain, road, commuter or other specialty forms of bikes out there, cyclists now have the luxury of owning 2 wheeled machines that can be different horses for different courses. Remember when there only used to be one option? A bike! Now…with technology constantly evolving…I have more than “just a [...]

It’s Thanksgiving in the US! Time to sit around with friends and family, eat more food than we could ever possibly digest and then sit in front of a TV and try not to fall asleep. It is also a time where we give thanks for the past years experiences and the good things we [...]

A couple of months ago, we got in a set of the GORE RideOn Sealed Low Friction System shifting cables in for review. This premium shifting cable has been around in the mountain biking world for quite sometime, but I never picked up a set to try out. Now was the time and here is [...]