(WAS: Time to build some new wheels - opinions sought) The bottom bracket argument isn't much of anything, since bottom brackets only cost around $30...

Seems like bar ends and sweep are a bad combination - like the sweep will angle the ends outwards so as to catch brush even easier. Are there bar ends whose...

Well I got out on my Bullit with the 02 Jr T's setup right for about 15 minutes tonight! I had to head back because of a massive rain out of nowhere. The...

Well, I'm feeling pretty peevd off. Had a high speed crash yesterday & broke my wrist in three places.......no MTB for 6 - 8 weeks, and just as I was up to...

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JD Are you going to be around the week of July5th? I am going to be on the Front Range that week but can zip across the state if you are up for...

Well, it has now been 6 months, but I was allowed back on the bike again today (recurrence of old illness... lack of intestinal fortitude). I am happy...

I thought carbon fiber headset spacers were a great idea. Cool looks, feathery light. I've come to find out, however, that these things aren't made to the...

Greetings, As I've previously posted here, I've just taken delivery of a Giant VT3. I thought I'd post my thoughts as a newbie to full suspension bikes. *...

How much of a scam does this look like? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=7297&item= 3680999556&rd=1 £5.50! and payment must be...

Can anyone recommend a travel case for a full suspension mountain bike. I'd rather not have to dissassemble (seat, handlebars, etc. ok, but no fork/shock...

HI Looking to buy some not clipples shoes. Any recommendations? Is it a bad idea to use just running shoes? thanks jazu

OK, so now that we know not to buy Mavic rims or Shimano hubs, this wheelbuild becomes a little bit of uncharted territory. I have not yet decided which hubs...

Hello all, I seem to have ripped the soles off the second set of shoes in less then a year. Does anybody have recommendations for something that will last? ...

Went out riding Sunday. When we got there it was the freeriders shop ride. Lost it on the narrowest trailhead I've ever rode on. Went over the...

Hi, I'm selling my manitou SX fork and I think that it can interest someone. glance my eBay...

Will a 26 x 1.5/2.0 work in a 26 x 2.1 ? Thanks

I bought a new bike a few weeks back and whilst riding it today I noticed a very unusual noise from the rear of the bike. After some investigation, I could...

We sold a set of XT 9s rapidfire pods today, then set about ordering their replacement. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY we do business with had them in stock. Some...

Hey all, I'm looking at picking up new road and XC bikes in the next six months, and am trying to decide on the best pedal / cleat system, ideally such that...