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Cosigh: Ride Jah Bike Buttons

Chances are, you missed the Ride Jah Bike posters and if you did, you can pick up one of these Ride Jah Bike buttons from Cosigh.

Recent Roll: Mt. Disappointment

I love riding in LA. Well, not so much in Los Angeles as the Angeles National Forest. It’s home to the biggest climb in the continental United States (the Crest) and the routes you can take are limitless. From Cloud Burst, to Baldy and Mt. Wilson, meandering through the mountains is where I like to be when I visit LA.

So when Kyle asked me where I wanted to go the last time I was in LA, I told him that I didn’t care. His answer: Mt. Wilson and then Mt. Disappointment. I was game, as was Christian, one of Woody, Ty and Kyle’s employees. It was his first ride ever. While he didn’t go in for the haul up to Mt. Disappointment, he stuck his way up to the top of Mt. Wilson. Our day totalled around 65 miles and over 7,200′ of climbing. It was a blast!

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Recent Roll: Reminder – It’s Friday

Redux: Recent Roll of Ty’s contribution to Sunset Boulevard… It’s Friday, so this weekend make sure and ride.

Woody Hard at Work

I’ve got a bunch of scraps from various film backs that I’ll be posting periodically, starting with these two of Woody, the National Track Champ, Olympic mechanic and co-owner of Golden Saddle Cyclery. Check out one more below.

Beautiful Bicycle: A Golden Saddle Waterford Road

Chance are, you’ve got an older steel frame with either indexed or friction downtube shifters, an 8 speed cassette and some worked-over wheels. While a custom steel frame isn’t in everyone’s budget, chances are, a quick kick swap over is. Even SRAM Rival or Force can change a bike from a real pain to a real rocket to ride.

When a recent customer at Golden Saddle Cyclery brought in his old Waterford, the guys convinced him to go modern with it. And here’s the result. This beaut is ready for the HWY 2! Check out more below.

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Golden Saddle Cyclery Kit Pre-Order Extended

Because you should be spending your time riding and boozing this weekend, GSC have extended their kit pre-order until Monday. Get your riding in but save your pennies because this is the last pre-order ever on these rad kits.

Ain’t No Disappointment

If you follow @KyleBKelley and myself on Instagram, these photos should come as no surprise. Tuesday was my last full day in LA and I wanted to do a ride I’ve never done before. But we wanted to take one of the shop helpers, Christian with us, so where would we go?

We began doing Mt. Wilson: 18 miles of climbing and 4,500′ of elevation, which is a piece of cake. Then, we left Christian to nap for an hour at Redbox and headed up Mt. Disappointment, with its rumored top pitches of over 20%. A would be easy feat for my Bishop road with its Austin-hill gearing (34×28) but I was on Ty’s Hufnagel with a granny gear of 38×25. I.e. it hurt like hell.

Even Kyle, who’s a mountain goat of sorts admitted to almost getting off his bike. 3 miles, 1,200′ later and we were at the top and on this one, the views were breathtaking.

Our day totalled around 65 miles and over 7,200′ of climbing. While Kyle doesn’t like to get hung up on distance and elevation, I like to throw it in there not to brag but to show that riding is about having fun with your friends, even while you’re all in pain!

See more Instagram pics from our ride here and 35mm are on the way.

Ride Jah Bike

Just a friendly reminder…

Those Ride Jah Bike posters went fast from the Golden Saddle Cyclery web shop but I hear Cosigh has some left.

Shots from the Road: 08.26.2012

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I consider Los Angeles my vacation city. When I come here, I rarely take photos and mostly just kick around GSC, waiting for either an after work or a pre-work ride. Yesterday Kyle and I took off to Griffith Park for some off-road, trail poaching. I’ve never taken this particular route and as the sun set over the hills, it proved to be quite the day-ender. It ended up being about 17 miles and 1,700′ of climbing with about 50% on dirt. Not bad. Oh and thanks to Ty for letting me ride his Hufnagel!

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Golden Saddle Vol. 1

The guys at GSC may front like they’re strictly into CCR and Neil Young but deep down, they’re metal heads.

“We were once sitting here on a Tuesday evening and one of our friends turned to us and said, “I’d love to have a Golden Saddle Cyclery shirt but it would have to be in the style of the Black Sabbath Vol.4 album cover.” We sat there scratching our heads, trying to figure out where that came from and if he was serious. A few days later we decided to make this a reality and now you can be the master of this reality. Come in and swoop before they’re all gone!”

You can only pick these rad shirts up at Golden Saddle Cyclery, so head in and swoop!