This is an old post from my original website. I am re-posting with hopes you might avoid such a devastating mishap. My biggest crash occurred on June 5, 2008 (a few months after buying my Stumpjumper). I was riding downhill on a “wash boarded” local dirt road (Anderson Truck Trail). I had adjusted my suspension…
Pirates (Page 2) 2014
Gravity Pirates Downhill Clinic Review As I explained on Gravity Pirates (page 1) … this was my first Gravity Pirates clinic. I had been to dozens clinics in the past … having coached high school baseball for 33 years and various other sports for shorter stints. My fellow coaches and I always considered a clinic…
Gravity Pirates 2014
Downhill Clinic Review This was my first Gravity Pirates clinic. I had been to dozens clinics in the past … having coached high school baseball for 33 years and various other sports for shorter stints. My fellow coaches and I always considered a clinic a worthwhile if we could pick up two or three ideas…
Downhill Mountain Biking… 2014
Downhill … How Do I Get Started? Downhill Mountain Biking is in response to a question I received from one of my readers (by Dylan from Alice Springs, Australia). We receive many questions here at Mountain Bike Diaries. Questions regarding trails, riders, maps, video, photos, and GPX tracks are usually easy to answer. Queries regarding…
Steve Ford 2014
Downhiller … Team Leader … Bike Park Developer The following was an email interview with Steve Ford, founder of the Gravity Pirates and Spearhead of several bike park projects in Southern California. MBD: Did you grow up in the San Diego area? Steve: I was born and raised in north county San Diego … specifically…