Vehicle

There is a new ride in my quiver. It is a bit of a departure for me and is all about bang for the buck. No spy shots to post yet but those should be coming soon.






We needed more music and this is one of the best covers ever.

j.rider out

Dark Horse

Nothing like getting to work only to find an odd shaped package on the corner of you desk. I could tell by it's silvery plastic what was held inside... that's right. the long awaited 'Black Death' test pressings.

Getting to do things exactly the way you want is pretty awesome and having someone else who enjoys your design and aesthetic choices is even better. I feel a black plague coming on.

Snow Blind

Since the ice man has cometh I was at a bit of a crossroads of what to do today... I wasn't really feeling the idea of some trainer time, so I took off to sneak in a snow ride before the freeze/thaw cycle hits later today or tomorrow. Way more fun than sitting on the trainer for sure, but it still didn't make me a lover winter. I was on a solo mission today, J.Rider had other obligations.  I took along the old MP3 player and had her  pumping a pretty nice set of classic east coast youth crew jams. Somehow I kept hearing Black Sabbath in my head...Oh the irony.

Black Thunder

Test pressings of the official Death Riders 'Black Death' kits are on the way. I am super excited to see the finished product, should be here in a week or so. We are still refining the 'Gray Matter' aka summer kits... Both kits should be pretty awesome and deliver some serious heaviness...

Ghouls Night Out

I got out and rode at LV last night. 24 miles in just under two hours. Good times and the trails were in decent shape but I am still trying to work out the bugs in my lighting setup . I saw quite a few folks out there enjoying the night. You could say that it was a "Ghouls Night Out."






j.rider out

Tune A Fish?

While j.rider and I may be pros at tuning a guitar or bass... Sadly I must admit I have never been a great tuner of forks. After a bit of Internet poking about I found this method repeated a few times, so I gave it a try. I have to say it is a pretty good baseline starting point and I have been happy with how the 29er Reba feels using this set-up.

The 411 via the blog-o-sphere:

After a load of research and reading, I finally found the right formula. Since you’re dealing with a negative and positive air chamber that work together it made sense that there would be an air pressure ratio at work here. I was absolutely correct. First off, the positive chamber does the majority of the work and absorbs the big hits due to it’s larger air volume. On the flip side, the negative chamber is used to absorb all the small hits and literally gets the fork moving early in it’s travel and requires a smaller volume of air. Now, if you put 60% of your body weight into the positive chamber and 10lbs less than that in the negative chamber you should be set. In my case I weigh approx 185ish with all my gear on. Knowing that, I put 110lbs of air pressure in the positive chamber and about 100lbs in the negative chamber (as opposed to the 140lbs suggested by RockShox). I knew that was the right mix as soon as I measured the sag at a perfect 20% of my total available travel. With that setup I left the compression dial all the way open, the rebound just shy of full fast, and the flood gate at 2 turns towards the closed position.

Good Looking Out

Great MTB ride with k.rider yesterday. I'll take 55 degrees and riding single track on 12/31.

"True friends will always be there".

j.rider out.