Please Peter Sagan, Hang Up The Number Plates
Just learned that Peter Sagan needs to undergo a second heart procedure after undergoing an initial heart surgery just weeks ago. Dude, you got nothing left to prove to your legion of devoted fans and…
Category: Mountain Biking
Latest Newton-Rider Helmet “Update” Does Little To Calm Customers’ Nerves (Or Protect Their Heads)
Checked back for the March update from Newton-Rider on their foldable helmet and it is a doozy. No mention of helmet standard certification. No mention of production dates. No guess of an estimated shipping date.…
Garmin InReach Mini Hack Can Save You $130 – UPDATED
UPDATED 3/12/24: I’ve been notified by Garmin tech experts that my hack doesn’t, can’t and won’t work. Even though the unit boots up fine, doesn’t throw an error code and sends messages, it is still…
Crowd-Funded Newton-Rider Foldable Bicycle Helmet Issues Troubling News
Learned of the Indiegogo crowd-funded foldable bicycle helmet a few weeks ago (click here to read my first article). Checking back in on Newton-Rider today, I read their recently released progress report. I worked for…
Another Helmet Unicorn Spotted on Indiegogo
I spent years covering the Park & Diamond helmet fiasco and left off in September of 2022 with a story titled “Lessons Learned From The Park & Diamond’s Bicycle Helmet Debacle.” It appears there are…
Merry Christmas
If you are having problems getting into the Christmas spirit, Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels would like to offer up The Night Before Christmas that first appeared in 1933. If this doesn't get you into…
2023 Mike Nosco Memorial Bicycle Ride Rips Up And Down The Canyons Of Malibu
The Mike Nosco Memorial Bicycle Ride gathers cyclists every November 3rd to ride a grueling 82-mile course (there are shorter options) with 9000 feet of climbing in the hills just off the beaches of Ventura…
The 2023 SRC Team Reunion
The idea of a Society of Racing Cyclists Team reunion (formerly the Skunk River Cyclists Team) came from Paul Vine and was immediately championed by another former team mechanic, Calvin Jones. These two spearheaded an…
Are E-Bikes Too Fast For Hiking Trails?
Four major user groups share unpaved recreation trails designated for non-motorized use; hikers, trail runners, equestrians and mountain bikers. A change in California law (that other states may adopt) has permitted electric-motorized bikes access to…
Bicycle Racing Makes The Main-Stream Media
I joked last year right after the Tour de France that as far as the general public was concerned, bicycle racing was over for the year and wouldn’t begin again until the first stage of…