Friday, October 30, 2009

First 29er ride

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Eagle Mountain Bike Park

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Join our Tour de Cure Team

Epic Biking will be staffing a rest stop at the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure on June 13. We would like to invite anyone who would like to help us in this good cause. You can join our team at http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/TourdeCure/TDC530148030?pg=team&fr_id=5629&team_id=354888 or you if you would like to volunteer to help at the rest stop come into the store and talk to me, Dan.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Fire and Ice

Yesterday's ride to work was a mix of hot and cold. I left my Louis Garneau Vulcano gloves in the store and so I had to wear some walmart gloves. So my fingers were freezing. When I got to the Silver Lake subdivision I decided to try and come the rest of the way on the old rail road bed. Climbing an icy hill is a great technical challenge and very strenuous. So now my core is overheated but my fingers are still frozen.

Taking the train bed was a great choice. Trying to power through snow drifts, keeping speed up so you don't break through the ice, and keeping balance through tire ruts makes what would be an easy ride a real challenge.

I started to get lazy and ride on the side of the hill to avoid snow drifts. Then I came to a patch of tumble weeds and a snow bank. I wimped out and went through the tumble weeds, and carried a good sized one the rest of the way to the store.

I should have dropped off the train bed early but instead continued through Coyote Creek Ranch. The problem there is they have this quagmire of mud and horse manure that I have to go through. Thinking it was frozen I tried to ride on the frozen, um... stuff, it didn't work, I broke through the ice and coated my tires in the stuff. Then comes a nice downhill that flings all of the stuff off the tires. Well anyway today I made the wiser choice not to go through Coyote Creek and now my bike doesn't smell like the name of the Kona bike that is in the repair stand, "stinky".

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

2008 Inventory Reduction Sale

Special sale from January 21 through January 31.

20% off selected NEW 2008 bikes.

This is limited to the following in stock bikes. Click on the model name to see full description of the bike.

Brand Model Size Retail Price Sale Price Savings
Giant OCR C3 Triple Road Medium $1,900 $1,520 $380
Giant OCR C2 Road Large $2,300 $1,840 $460
Giant TCR C3 Road Medium $1,900 $1,520 $380
Giant OCR C3 Double Road Large $1,900 $1,520 $380
Scott CR1 Pro Road Medium $2,834.99 $2,267.99 $567
Scott Addict R4 Road XL $3,674.99 $2,939.99 $735
Scott CR1 Team Road Medium $2,099.99 $1,679.99 $420
Scott CR1 Team Road Large $2,099.99 $1,679.99 $420
Giant TCR A W Road Medium $1,500 $1,200 $300
Giant TCR C W Road
Small
$1,900 $1,520 $380
Scott
Ransom 40 MTB 6.6" full suspension
Medium
$2,939.99 $2,351.99 $588
Scott
Ransom 40 MTB 6.6" full suspension Large
$2,939.99 $2,351.99 $588
Giant
Reign 1 MTB 6" full suspension Large
$2,400 $1,920 $480
Scott
Spark 30 MTB Carbon full suspension
Medium
$3,569.99 $2,855.99
$714
Scott
Scale 30 MTB Carbon hardtail Large
$2,519.99 $2,015.99
$504
Giant
Reign X2 MTB 6.7" Full Suspension Medium
$2,100 $1,680 $420
Giant
Trance 1 MTB 4.2" Full Suspension
Medium
$2,400 $1,920 $480
Giant
Trance X2 MTB 5" Full Suspension
Large
$1,900 $1,520 $380
Giant
Trance X2 MTB 5" Full Suspension
Small
$1,900 $1,520
$380
Giant
Reign 0 MTB 6" Full Suspension Medium
$3,100 $2,480
$620
Giant
Reign X1 MTB 6.7" Full Suspension Large
$2,600 $2080
$520
Giant
Anthem Women MTB 3.5" Full Susp. Small
$2,200 $1,760
$440
Giant
Cypher Women MTB 5" Full Susp. Medium $2,000 $1,600 $400
Giant
Cypher Women MTB 5" Full Susp. Small
$2,000 $1,600
$400
Giant
Reign X2 MTB 6.7" Full Susp.
Large
$2,100 $1,680 $420
Giant Reign X2 MTB 6.7" Full Susp. Small
$2,100 $1,680 $420
Giant
Reign 2 MTB 6" Full Susp. Medium
$1,900 $1,520 $380

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Hoarfrost Ride

Man it was cold this morning! I gave my toes frostbite last year on a winter scout camp, and now they get frozen real easily.

When I left the house the thermometer said it was 10˚, which isn't as cold as it has been on other days, but the humidity was a lot higher so the wind chill was much worse. Then as I got closer to Saratoga Springs the fog got real thick.

The hot springs in Saratoga Springs always makes the fog here worse. As I am riding through the fog I start to turn white as the hoarfrost builds on me and my bike. So today's picture shows a bit of the hoarfrost stuck to the brake/shifting cables.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Cold Morning

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Hybrid Bike Test

Ever since I got the new Giant Hybrid bikes in I have wanted to do a real world test, and commute to and from work with the bike. So I rode the demo bike home yesterday. I would have to say it was an outstanding success, because when I got home my wife asked, "How did you get home so early? Did you close the store early?"
Because the ride from the store to home is mostly up hill having the extra boost got me home faster then normal. Today I rode the bike back to the store. Even though I had given it a good workout going up hill, and spent most of the ride with the bike in the sport mode, I still had plenty of battery charge left.

Yesterday on the way into work I rode my mountain bike. Before I left I asked my wife if I should go on the road or the old railroad bed. Why are wives always right? The snow was still too soft on the railroad bed, so I ended up walking most of the way. I would try riding the bike as often as I could but it always ended up being a "stick it in the lowest gear and pedal as hard as you can to keep upright."

I can defiantly say that was the hardest workout of the year. So contrasting the ride in, in the morning on the mountain bike through the snow, and on the ride home on the Hybrid on the road, the Hybrid was a lot easier. :-) However, frequently after someone takes the Hybrid for a test ride they come back and question if you will really get any exercise on that bike. The answer is yes you can get as much exercise as you want. It just makes it more fun.

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