From all of us at MtnBikeRiders.com and BikeCommuters.com…

Merry Christmas!!!!!
You like our Christmas card that we sent to all of our friends in the bike industry?

We’re taking this time to take a breather and spend time with our families and enjoy the holiday. We hope you do the same…HOHOHO!
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I got this Swobo Sanchez Frame set for Father’s day from Banning’s Bikes in Fullerton. I had been riding the Raleigh One Way, but unfortunately the frame was a tad too big for me. I transferred the wheels, crankset, chain and pedals from the One Way to the Sanchez, I installed a shortened MTB flat [...]

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So do you still think that riding your fixie with no brakes in town is a good idea?
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Tuesday it rained most of the day here in Southern California. The next day I decided to ride the local Santa Ana “River” Trail from Angel’s Stadium down to the beach. This is actually a river that begins in the San Bernardino mountains and makes it’s way down through the city and eventually empties between [...]

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A coworker and I got into a debate about hybrid cars. He wants to spend 30k on a hybrid or electric car. His reasoning behind it…”I want to save the environment.” Naturally I said, why don’t you just get a bicycle. He lives close enough to commute. But here’s what he said…
“That is not practical, [...]

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I know this is old news, but it is on my mind and I would like to know what bike commuters think of the following:
Back in 2004, a cyclist riding the RAGBRAI was thrown from his bicycle after hitting a crack on a county maintained road and unfortunately died from his injuries. The family of [...]

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Khoa, our friend and newest member of TheBikeGeek.com used an old halogen light housing to make his own LED light. Click here to read how he did it.
Check out these shots, his DIY LED light is as bright as a NiteRider Enduro HID!! (more shots here)

Khoa’s DIY LED Light

NiteRider Enduro HID
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What’s a Douche Bag you ask? Is it a feminine hygiene product?

Well yes and no. In this application, we’re using it to describe…”somebody who you think is a complete retard and doesn’t know anything about what they’re talking about.” (thanks to the Urban Dictionary).
In my commuting adventures, I’ve dealt with so many douche bags on [...]

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As many of you may have realized, the Bikecommuters.com staff is pretty militant about wearing helmets while bicycling — and while many folks may disagree with whether or not helmets make any difference in safety, we believe if there is anything between your two ears that you care about (fond memories, facts, pop culture trivia, [...]

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We’d like to congratulate our third winner in the Bikecommuters.com/SweetskinZ raffle, which was held at this year’s Bicycle Bash by the Bay.
Meet Dorian Sage of Palm Harbor, Florida — he won a pair of 26″ “Nightwing” tires. He came over to my house to pick them up and to talk about bikes. Here [...]

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