RECENT HEAT: So Brian’s Marauder came together after a slight delay on one last part from the good folks at Shimano. Some times things come together nice and smoothly. Some times things take a bit more time with a delay on a part. But they always are worth the wait! But let’s be frank… I …
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“Oranged” Marauder
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“When You’re Older…”
As a kid, I’d hear this line every once in a while: “When you’re older…” Another one was “when you’re ready”. Both basically equating to: “Kris, you’re still too small and you don’t realize that just yet. You just have to wait till you’re a bit bigger and certain things happen at certain junctions in …
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Droppers
So I’ve had a bunch ask me what my opinion was about a Dropper seat post. Ironically my opinion was: I had none. Simply stated I didn’t have an opinion because I had never ridden with one and none of my personal bikes were set up to run one. There were a few things however …
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Rules of the Trail
I was speaking with a good friend recently who I’ve known well over 20 years about trails, trail ethics and trail courtesy. We attended PSU together and met by chance I want to say in one of the dining halls? Both cyclists and both, I would say, not exactly cut from the cloth that made …
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Ideas
So today was or rather still is April 1st. Aptly named “April Fools Day”. The cycling industry has a habit of putting out some fun stuff to honor this, once a year calendar date where no one hopefully takes themselves too seriously. Honestly, Industry 9’s mud pit was pretty hilarious in 2015. I had photoshopped …
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Lou’s Huntsman Catamount
Occasionally I have a challenging build that comes out of the shop. On average, most builds are simple in the fact that there isn’t a fit issue but more to do with incorporating several of the owners bikes, (wants and needs) in to one bike. The biggest challenge lay in the fact that at some …
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JP’s Marauder
JP’s Marauder is signed sealed and delivered. Things have been a bit hectic over here after returning from Montreal to have some corrective surgery… and not for me. For my dog. But I digress! Up above is JP’s Marauder and the spec is something special: Shimano XT M8000 1×11 drivetrain, Race Face Cinch cranks, Thomson …
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History Lesson #44
Gram, my dad’s mother, was a serious record keeper. She had lists. She had everything marked out to perfection on the calendar. She filed stuff away. Organized. Dangerously organized I might add (sometimes too organized so she couldn’t find something…). And coolest of all? She had scrap books and photo albums so well organized it …
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Stable in Review
Every year I dedicate a certain amount of time on the build list to prototype my own bikes to update geometry tweaks, improve handling, try new set ups and overall refine the ride. This past year of 2015 was no exception where I built new prototypes of my Huntsman, my Kid Dangerous 1×11 mountain bike …
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Ancient History
“Over the hill and through the woods…” That saying rang true the better part of my childhood, through my teenage years and well past my 20’s and 30’s. You see, my Grandmom (Mother’s Mother – Anna Mae Malasky), literally lived over a hill and basically through the woods. And you’d go to see Grandmothers house. …
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