With the onset of wintry weather here I am in preparation to break out my winter commuter, a 2003 Surly Karate Monkey. You can see more about that here I love commuting on big wheels, especially since parts of my commute are over unpaved trail and a grassy field.
How many of you are commuting [...]

The pics tell most of the story. Just waiting for a suitable post before it sees the dirt. It`s a coffee bike for the time being.
Jeff

Here we have my first impressions of the WTB Stout 29″er tires. I first decided to mount these up to Salsa Delgado Disc rims since they have a reasonably wide profile and would get that casing spread out to it’s best advantage on dirt.
The tires mounted up like about any other 29″er tire on [...]

Titanium frames for the masses? Yes. The metal once thought to be reserved only for the finest frames and the well heeled mountain bikers amongst us are now being offered at prices that are less stratospheric and a bit closer to earth than before.
To be sure, titanium at budget prices has always been around. [...]

Niner Bikes recently introduced a new color for their E.M.D. 9 (Eat My Dust 9) and it is a yummy looking hue called A&W Rootbeer Brown. The E.M.D. 9 is Niners budget aluminum frame but it has a lot of great details. Now it even makes you think of frosty mugs of brown goodness!
In other [...]