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‘Ketchup’

head_Goat — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:33:57 +0000

I have been neglecting this site for awhile as life was getting in the way and now its time to catch up. I now have a bunch of material to add and will once again be posting to this blog on a regular basis. I will be passing on my stories of training, racing, parts, ...

Slackers Droputs for Intense Uzzi’s and SoCom’s

head_Goat — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:57:24 +0000

Slackers, made by Vince, the guy who machines parts for Intense Bikes, is a new product designed to take your Uzzi and Socom and make them a little more downhill friendly. What they are exactly is replacement dropouts that bolt on to your bike. They are very simple to install and if you understand how they are bolted to the rear triangle you will have no trouble with the install.

Robbie Maddison in Vegas

head_Goat — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:53:44 +0000

This was just insane. You have to see it to believe it. He did this last night, New Years Eve ’08

Gravity Dropper Seat Post

head_Goat — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:00:28 +0000

For those of you that don't know what a Gravity Dropper is, it is a seatpost that you can adjust while riding. If you get the version with the handlebar mounted thumb switch (which I highly recommend), you can change your seat height at any time, while riding. At first the uses might not be as obvious as you would think. Normally you have to raise your seat to climb, and lower it to descend. This is what this product was designed for. For this it works perfect.

Yeti 575 Suspension Talk

head_Goat — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:27:44 +0000

I’ve had my Yeti 575 since July ’08. It has undergone quite a transformation from when I purchased it at Jenson USA. I bought it with the Enduro build kit which is basically the cross ...

Weights of Things

head_Goat — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:15:10 +0000

Crank Brothers Mallet 2 Pedals – 8.4ozs (238gms) each Crank Brothers 5050X Pedals- 11.2ozs (317gms) each Crank Brothers Candy SL Pedals – 5.1ozs (144gms) each Stans No Tubes Rim strip – 2.1 ozs (59.5gms) Kenda Nevegal 26×2.1 – 21.3ozs (604gms) Maxxis Flyweight Tube – 4.2ozs (119gms) Continental Mountain King Supersonic 26×2.4 – 20.1ozs (570gms) Maxxis Minion DHF 26×2.35 Kevlar bead – 27.6ozs ...

Continental Mountain King Supersonic 2.4 Tires

head_Goat — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:16:14 +0000

Specs: 26″x 2.4″ Actual width 2.3″ Weight 1lb. 4oz. (570gm)

These are just great, all around tires. They are very light, so light in fact that you need to baby them a bit. The side walls are very thin and the ...

Kenda Nevegal 2.1 Tires

head_Goat — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:36:18 +0000

Specs: 26″x2.1″ Actual width 2.1″ Weight 1lb. 5oz. (603gm)

I would like to say that I could agree with MBA magazine that these are the best tires ever. Problem is I cant. Granted I don’t have 127 different tires to compare to each other, ...

Crank Bros 5050 Platform Pedals

head_Goat — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:21:48 +0000

A few weeks back I tried some very technical terrain that was beyond my current ability. At the time I had the pedals installed on the Yeti and found that I never ...

Crank Bros Mallet 2 Pedals

head_Goat — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:56:26 +0000

There have been plenty of reviews about the Mallet, so I wont be breaking any ground here. These are good solid platform pedals if you want to be clipped in. They are lightweight, very well ...