When looking to upgrade your mountain bike the first thing that you would usually go for is wheels. We all want the edge when it come to our XC bikes. We want them fast, light weight and most of all durable.  My Intense Sniper  has been one of my favorite bike in my quiver and after last year’s accident at Big bear I have been working hard to get my endurance and fitness back to a place that I can be satisfied with. I signed up for the first round of the Quick N’ Dirty summer series and after warming up...

Clint had the chance to demo some Spinergy GXC carbon gravel wheels this year. He decided to share his review on our blog and filled us in on some of his background as an athlete. My name is Clint Williams. I’m from Northeast Georgia about an hour north of Atlanta, very close to the beginning of the Appalachian Trail and not far from the Blue Ridge mountains. We are nestled in some very good riding areas for road, gravel, and mountain biking. I’ve been in the sport of cycling for several years as I was a transplant from the world...

Evan Christenson rode a pair of GX 650b's through the Trans-Uganda. A 2,300 mile journey biking through deserts, mountains and jungles. Here is his perspective...            The definition of a road in Uganda can be loose. Misleading by nature and deceiving in technicality. And the terrain these roads traverse hides disobeying lies in their challenge. The people surround them, the traffic kareens about, the mountains pile behind one another and the destructive infrastructure leads to days and days weeks and months of pedaling where nothing but pain is all there is to feel. The Trans-Uganda is brutal. The mountains stretch...

(Cover image by Wild Glass Photo) We interviewed San Diego County local, Michael J. Macare on his evolution as a gravel rider and how the gravel scene is taking shape in Spinergy's backyard... A couple years ago, a near miss in a traffic incident changed Michael Macare’s outlook on riding bikes exclusively on roads.  After getting cut off while cycling, he was nearly hit by a car, only seconds later to then be nearly hit by the vehicles that maneuvered to avoid collision with that car. The scene was one of mass chaos where the motorists unleashed their aggression on Michael as he attempted...