he LUNA Pro Teams’ motto, “We are dedicated to getting more women into sports and outside to play,” dovetails nicely into the overall vision of the BC Bike Race. As a seven-day epic mountain bike stage race that incorporates some of the World’s finest singletrack, we believe that health and well being are directly related to stress relief and self-actualization.

uff® Headwear, known for their innovative, versatile and multifunctional headwear, is excited to announce the annual sponsorship of the kid’s cycling team from Kentucky, Red Zone Cycling Club and Team, starting December 12, 2008 to kick off the National Cyclocross Championships. Buff® will be providing custom Red Zone Cycling UV Buff® head and neckwear to all team members and coaches.

The winter months are always difficult for riders. The days are shorter, the weather is colder, the weather is more unpredictable…and when you add all of these factors together…that equals less riding. A rider that is not able to ride…is not happy.

Today is the start of a LONG series dedicated to one purpose…turning this seasoned mountain biker into a roadie. For a long time, I have been stressing the importance of cross training to improve your mountain biking skills and endurance.

Cane Creek set over one of their new 100 headsets for review this week. I have been a long time fan of high end headsets for a long time (I currently run the 110 from Cane Creek on my Ventana and I also have some Chris King’s in the quiver), so getting in a new set from Cane Creek is exciting.

The series “How To Become A Better Mountain Biker” has come to a close. Here is the 6 part series in summary. What have you done to “become a bette mountain biker”? I want to hear your thoughts, tips, suggestions, etc. Comment below or send me your article and I will post it on the site!

I have been looking for ways to increase functionality and usefulness of the site, and I concluded that video would be the best way to bring more interesting content to you guys. The idea is to have video footage of all of the product reviews and incorporate it into as many of the riding and maintenance tips as we can.

This week, I received a box of Kenda tires to review. Kenda is known for their signature series line of tires designed by some of mountain biking’s legends. So which mountain bike tires from Kenda came in by box?

After some saddle time on the new 20mm thru axle Rock Shox Reba Team, I thought it was time for an update on how things are going. The overall stiffness of the Rock Shox Reba 20mm thru axle is much better than previous models.