Lee,
What is the difference in a med cage and long cage rear derailleur aside from the physical length? Where would you use the long as opposed to the med?
Thanks, Richard

Hey Richard.
No real difference other than the length of the cage. If you have three rings and a big cassette, you need a long cage […]

Monday the folks at Colorado Powersports hosted a superfun day at the Thunder Valley MX track in Lakewood, CO. For $10 we customers got clinics, lunch and track time. Such a deal — and it’s gotta be good for business.

Fireman Jeff and I were the only riders with license plates and rear view mirrors. I’ve […]

Now that dual slalom is making a comeback, some of you newbies have been asking how it works. Well, here you go.

Bobbi Watt and Michelle Dumaresq at last year’s Keystone final.

The course
Two parallel lanes, typically with berms, flat turns, jumps and rollers. Most runs take 25-40 seconds.
Qualifying
You take one run on each course (the […]

Lee,
I really want a 5″ Fox fork for my 2003 Specialized Enduro but CANNOT afford $700 for a new one. So what’s the difference between the Vanilla, TALAS and the Float??? Which would be a better match for the Enduro, and if I got a used one, what years are good?? And what were […]

Good Morning Lee!
I got your email address from your column in the Boulder Daily Camera, and I’ve got a question from a coworker. She finally found a helmet that fits right & light, so she doesn’t want to buy a new one. Problem is bugs. She’s looking for some sort of a […]

The Brick (aka Sportsmobile Sprinter) contains a P.3, SX, Enduro, Demo and CRF450X. The next few weeks should go something like this:

- Coach and race at the Keystone Climax this weekend. I’ve visualized myself all the way to the pro/semi DS slalom final. We’ll see how that goes. I hope Jon Watt can handle the […]

Interbike reports record exhibit footprint and higher pre-registration numbers for the 2006 OutDoor…

Hello Everyone

The shoes are coming! We should have them in stock by the end of this year….

Chicago, IL - August 30, 2006

Riders from around the globe converged in Rotorua, New Zealand for…