Enrique Cubillo Team Manager Flat Iron Bicycle Racing Association, Inc Squad in 2000 "Team CRCA Keith Haring Foundation" 85 8th Avenue 5B NYC NY 10011 www.flatiornracing.com cubo@aol.com 212 243 9601 cell 646 765 4395 pager 917 712 3148 Non Profit Status We are seeking top notch expert class mtn bike racers on the east coast for a decent expert squad next year. downhill and XC. We have excellent suport from Sugoi and many more very good brands. We can supply riders with lots of benefits they need to race minus cash for right now. If you know interested parties have them contact me, thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A note of thanks for the samples you sent. The Choc. Nut Clif Bar not only does the job but about the best tasting energy bar i've ever put between my pearly whites. I'll be ordering in the near future, as quick as I get lower on the 48 Power Bars I purchased recently, if I could explain it to the wife i'd pitch em and make the switch immediately, but alas she has no sense of humor when it comes to waste. I'll slip one to the dog now and then and make quick work of em, the Clif Bar is superior to anything on the Market, you must stop, get off the Bike, and savor this thing. The only problem i'll have is not using em as a midnight snack. Thanks again Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey Man, With regards to the website: 1. I think you have approached it in the right way - keep it relatively simple, and consequently the response (click) time is excellent. Unfortunately, it only takes a first time user a 20 or 30 second wait on a click to go to another site (bikeonline.com unfortunately). 2. If you get a faster connection (I don't know what you are using, but DSL is the best at the moment), you could put more graphics on if you wanted. 3. From both a work aspect and studying (an MBA at the moment), Customer Relationship Management is key - you have that very well covered at the moment. What you might think about is that word will get around about your excellent service - if you start to get larger volumes of people visiting the site, and purchasing, how are you going to deal with that? You will need faster servers and connections, and you will need to organize data so that you can utilize it easily, and continue to give great service (You won't be able to remember everybody you deal with anymore). The key to these things is to prepare for them in advance - if service levels go down, you may alienate existing customers, and drive away new ones. There is also a correlation that if you give good service, that you need not be the cheapest in the market. You are not necessarily competing with bikeonline, which is a pile'em high, sell 'em cheap, no service philosophy. I guess, after all this speel, the crux is keep doing what you are doing - just prepare now for the increase in demand that I am sure you will get! And, if you need anything, I would be pleased to help any way I can. Hope I have not bored you to tears with this! Regards, Robin. Robin, Thank you for your kind comments. You are "Ride On" with your analysis. When Webmountainbike becomes famous, and a bustling e-commerce site, we will remember that you warned us. In the mean time, I guess we'll have to keep riding our mountainbikes while we still have the time to do it... ~MaNiMaL~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MaNiMaL, Hey I just though i would let you know that I am doing a marathon and if you wouldn't mind give me some hint on how to ride +50 miles in a day. thanx-cole Cole, I have done several rides between 100 and 200 miles, and they required about 50 miles a day for 2 and 4 days respectively. On the 4 day ride, I got a little saddle sore on the third day after about 150 miles. You will easily be able to ride +50 miles in a day, but you need to prepare by riding before-hand and ramping up the miles. Start about a week ahead of time and do a couple of 20-25 mile days, with a break day in between. If you can do 25 miles, and then take a rest day or two, you will be able to do 50 in a day. You will be "pumped up" on your ride day, just take it slow in the beginning and don't burn out early. Stay hydrated (cytomax), keep up your electrolytes, and bring plenty of food and fuel. Let me know some more details>> is it a race, what is the terrain like, how many riders, do you have a partner, where is it, etc... I can give you some more tips. Carry a Tylenol or Motrin in case you get any pain anywhere. Make sure you have some clif or energy bars. Get a good night's sleep two nights before the day of the marathon, as the night before you may be too excited to sleep well. If you believe you can do it, YOU CAN! Good Luck! Let me know how it goes. You will feel great afterwards, and be proud of your accomplishment! If you need any nutrition stuff, you can check out our store. These items will help you stay energized, and we use them on all of our rides. Web Mountain Bike Store Ride On ~~MaNiMaL~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MaNiMaL, Yup I did get the bottom bracket out but it took to cooperation of the local bike shop to do it. I guess what happend was, the previous owner did not take such good care of the bike (which happens to be a Marin) and the threads of the bottom bracket fused with the bike frame. So the guys at the bike store told me the only solution was to torch it out, so I was like alright (because as of this point it was pretty much a last resort) and a few days later I had it out and my new 00' Shimano XT crank set was installed (and let me tell you that it is awsome) well I hope that you had a good vacation and thanks for responding I had wrote others and you were the only one who wrote back I will tell others if they ever have questions where to go. Oh and if you have a couple of water bottles you dont want I would be gald to take them for you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Been riding daily for 12 weeks now and i'm hooked. Your site is really a wealth of information for a 56 yr old kid such as myself. You don't make me want to buy anything, since I already want that, but make me want to get out and ride and learn more about this mountain biking experience. Being from the flats of NW Kansas, i'm forced to do the country roads and the wheat stubble, yet am only 4 hrs from Boulder, CO. and will be heading in that direction in the near future. Really appreciate the information you provide, and you've become my source for getting information, motivation and inspiration. Thanks for making me feel 25 yrs. younger and keep it up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have you seen an all-wheel-drive or front-wheel-drive bike without using chain or cable mechanism for its drive train? What if there is? http://hometown.aol.com/kimbike/index.html Kimbike, Sorry it took awhile to rsvp, we were away on vacation... We agree that a bike without a chain would be awesome, but we are not familiar with any moutainbikes without a chain drive. Also, I don't think there are mountain bikes with front wheel drive that are any good yet... Our mechanic is experimenting with a road bike and cable-less shifting. There is a receiver on the rear derailleur and a transmitter on the handle bar. If you want more info on this, please let us know. So far, it is not yet perfected for mountain biking and he is checking it out on his road bike.... ~~MaNiMaL~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I enjoyed your page and the comments that were contained there in. What I enjoyed most was the lack of presence from advertising. In a day and age when every piece of publication is scoured with ads, it is refreshing to see and read a page that is pure! rippin' it up in MD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey guys: I must compliment you on the design of your water bottle. The soft silicone stopper/mouthpiece is much more comfortable than the standard water bottles I have been using. My Webmountainbike bottle is now quite scratched and battle scarred from riding trails here on Oahu, Hawaii. I'm still working on those trail reports for your web site. Best from Paradise. John Dockall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey MaNiMal, I got your package today and it was the BEST thing I got in the mail this week. I totally needed a new water bottle. I hate to buy them. I usually get them for free from bike shows and other places, but I have not gotten a new one in two years. Thank you for the snack, drink mixes and the water bottle. You the MAN! I cannot wait to try the webmountainbike margarita. If you need any web advise or computer questions in general please feel free to drop me a line any time. Joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MaNiMaL, Came across your site while searching for information on the WV fat tire festival. I'm totally new to riding, had to try after being bugged to do it by my climbing partners for the past three years. Now I'm totally hooked, wondering why I didn't start earlier. I ride mainly at Little Bennett, Schaeffer, and up at the Watershed. Will be riding at Snowshoe this weekend. Here's to a sunny weekend! PS Great site! Keep up the good work. Maybe a section on trip reports? I'm sure your readers would love to submit some. Cheers, Alvin Alvin, Hope you have a great time at Snowshoe! I have ridden the mountain many times on ski's and a snowboard, but only biked a few days there - near Elk River Touring. Last time I was there, it was after riding the Greenbriar River Trail from Cass to Covington. Stop by at Greenbank observatory if you get the time to see the world's largest radio telescope. You can look for us at Little Bennet, Schaeffer, and certainly our favorite the "Catoctin Hiking Trail" in the watershed. We ride at these places all the time, just look for the "Webmountainbike" teal safari van, and you can be sure the "Wrecking Crew" is nearby. Say Hello if you see us... Please let us know if you would like to do a "trip report" on your visit to Snowshoe. We would love to have it on our site... ~~MaNiMaL~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Snap Directory team is pleased to inform you that a site you submitted to Snap LiveDirectory: http://www.webmountainbike.com has distinguished itself as one of the most popular Live Directory sites in its category. In recognition, we have promoted the site to Snap's premium Directory, found at http://edition.snap.com. Each site in Snap's premium Directory has been independently reviewed by one of our editors and placed where it will be available both in the Top Web Sites section of search results and in our topic-based directory of Web listings. Please accept our congratulations on your submitted site being included among the best sites on the Web! Sincerely, The Snap Directory Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hey dr.stan, thanks for the cool swag. i'll give the glue-less pathches a run but we've got these things called bull needles out here and they are straight from hell!! 2 flats in a day is common and if you can't repair a flat quickly, you get left to ride w/ the minnesota people. sedona and flagstaff are just up the road and the riding atmosphere is world-class!! i'll send some pics as soon as i can get my girl to show me how, you know, i gather & she's smart. still no thought on the zen master, i hate those things. hell, half the time its ALL a blur. the zen-master of flagstaff is a guy called Cosmic Ray , check out his website www.mountainbikingarizona.com & the guys at www.mountainbikeheaven.com are cool, too. hey man, i dig yer website and i'll keep in touch. later, jimmy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey folks, Love the page. Question, I am about to buy a 97 VW edition Trek in good condition, it's a GT5600, any idea what it's worth, I'm afraid I'm gonna waste a few of my hard earned bucks on a dog. Any reply will be greatly apprieciated. E-mail me at Oldsock@netzero.net . Thx, Puzzled in PA Oldsock, If you provide additional info we can help you more. Does it have any suspension? What type? What are the bike components? - LX, XT, STX (if Shimano.) Let us know about the hubs, shifters, derailleurs, rims, fork, etc... Also, how much do you have to pay for it? Let us know and we'll get back to you ASAP! ~~MaNiMaL~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey. I really like your site. It's really cool. I just started mountain biking a year or so ago. I did it about once about every week or two weeks. Come fall I was really into it. I've only biked with a few people and they think they are the Gods of muntain biking. They don't tell me any basic tips or anything. So could you put up on your websites basic tips. Like how to go downhill. How to bunny hop. How you should keep you seat when you read, etc. I think that would be great. thanks bill Bill, We will include a section on the basics for new riders, and we think you have an excellent idea!! Thank You!! Your message will be posted on our message board if that's o.k. with you, and we will let you know when the new page is up, and you can help us to add to it or modify it. You can expect a link of our new section sent to you fairly soon, and then you could give us some feedback. Your comments and suggestions have earned you some free gear. Just let us know your address and we will send it out to you... ~~~MaNiMaL~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey guys, I was just checking out your sight and think you have a lot of information to look through.I have been riding for three years now and am always trying to find out new things. I have a GT Pantera and have done most of my riding in and around the Holyoke,Ma area. There are alot of great trails out here for every type of rider. I have also done some riding in Vermont and New Hampshire. The one thing I have been looking for on the web is more trails closer to my home to ride. I have searched many sights now and can not find anything closer to home than in Connecticut. Jim, We have anticipated the problem of finding new places to ride for our viewers. For now, we are recommending our viewers pick up a mountainbiking trail guide for their area or state. They are available at our site under the "fat tire festival" section and for you, under "New England". You will find it invaluable in locating great new trails. Fat Tire Festivals We use these trail books all the time for several states nearby and are always riding new and unexplored terrain! Check one out for your area. All mountainbikers can expand their horizons, right where they live! ~~~MaNiMaL~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was impressed with your site. My goal is to get my web page up to the level that you have yours. You have lots of good information. I will link to yours for sure. David D. Webmaster http://members.aol.com/xcman0621/mtbike.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I did get out over the weekend to a super new spot I found. just 15 min away at Ralph Stover State park and the adjoining Tohickon Creek county park area. See description from http://www.actionwheels.com/where2ride2.html . I had a great time, had to get off an push sometimes but also handled some technical stuff in very pretty and sometimes dramatic surroundings on the hills above Tohickon creek. Right near the end of my ride a took one of those 0 mph falls on a dead-easy flat section of trail that just had one little branch sticking out. Gashed my shin on sprocket pretty deep so Wendy's POed as you'd expect. I'm going to get the whole familia up there soon, though, because there is picnicking, campling and creek splashing up there too. Next time you are up bring your wheels, I'm going to get to know this spot. -- John Ralph Stover State Park Point Pleasant, PA Phone: (610) 982-5560 Trail Heads: East of 611 and West of Rt 32 at State Park Rd., or Tory Rd. Miles of Trail: 8+ Description: Trails are hilly; full of roots, rocks, and obstacles. One of the most technical trails in the Southeast PA area. To get to the trail if you park at the State Park Rd. parking lot, cross the red bridge and go left up the hill. On the right hand side you will see a white blazed trail. If you park at Tory Rd, cross the road and follow the white blazes to the left. There is also a trail on the other side of the Creek, which is a difficult rocky technical trail with many fallen logs, and two creek crossings. The access to this trail is at the park found in Point Pleasant at the intersection of Tohickon Hill Rd, Cafferty Rd, and River Rd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I ride in the RTP area of North Carolina. There is some good single track here. There are not any long trails that I know of around here. I have a Trek 6000, and a Gary Fisher Marlin. I like your site alot because it covers alot of different areas of mountain biking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have been to your site twice within the last week. Each time I am impressed with the knowledge there and the very clean and knowledgeable way that it is presented. Many should take note of this site as I feel they can learn a great deal from it. You seem like very kind and considerate people. I will return to your site often and if I didn't own a bicycle shop myself I would definitely buy from you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fellow Fat-Tire Addicts: Top 5 reasons why mountain biking in British Columbia rocks: 5. You get to share the trails with fuzzy 600-pound creatures called grizzly bears. 4. 6-foot wheelie drops are standard issue on the expert trails 3. van drop, van drops, van drops! 2. B.C. definitely puts the 'mountain' in mountain biking 1. Moab, shmoab...this is the singletrack epicentre of the world! Mike Brcic, President, Fernie Fat-Tire Adventures Box 2037, Fernie, BC, Canada V0B 1M0 ph./fax: 1-888-423-7849 http://www.ferniefattire.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great site guys. Nice to see a site with helpful articles. Keep up the good work! Shaun C. Louisville, KY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Check travel on brake levers, adjust cable at handlebar or at brake if needed. Brake should start to grip about 1/3 pull on lever. Remember, the LEFT is your front brake. NOT IN THE UK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Left is your back! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi guys, I have picked up about your website in one of the local mountainbike magazines here in Thailand, the name is "Mountain Bike Thailand". They have like this one column, where they introduce new mountainbike related websites. I try to check most of them out and that's how I bumped into your website. They also have a website (www.mountainbike.co.th) but I have never seen it being up yet. Unfortunately they have no email address, but I have the regular address if you're interested: Mountain Bike Thailand Magazine 80/161 Soi Taweesap 2 Nawamintr Rd. Bangkok 10240, Thailand Phone/Fax: (662) 733 4705 Anyway thanks for your mail and keep on riding. Mac. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To: info@webmountainbike.com Thanks for a great site-Ive just started mtb'ing here in wet, muddy England and have been searching hard for some maintenance books to keep my GT in good condition(safe too!) and so your maintenance tips will come in very handy. I've learnt as much from your site in ten minutes as I did from reading about twenty mags. Ta very much as we say here in The Smoke(London). Murad Talukdar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The problem I was encountering was trying to remove the bottom bracket so I could get to my front derailleur ( removal for general maintenance). However, I will have to clean and maintain it 'in situ' as the bottom bracket on the model I have is a sealed unit. The information you already provided me with was extremely useful and I was able to remove my crankset with better understanding as to what I was doing. Thank you for your help. Also, could you recommend the best make of tyre for all terrain or dirt tracks, possibly including any retailers with such tyres. |
